Family and Surname
A surname comes from a family and nowhere else. A family deed founds one, it holds ten people, and its name is unique on the shard.
A surname is not something you take for yourself here; it comes from a family. The surname you type at character creation is dropped and you are left with your first name. The day you join a family its name is added to yours, and the day you leave it you are your first name again.
Founding a family
A family is founded with a family deed. Whoever uses the deed becomes its head and chooses the name.
| Rule | Value |
|---|---|
| Family size | ten at most |
| Name length | 3-16 letters |
| Allowed letters | a-z and A-Z only, no spaces |
| Uniqueness | no two families share a name |
Accented letters and symbols are refused, the same rule ships uses for naming. A character can belong to one family at a time.
Running a family
The family window opens from the Family button on the character information screen. The head invites members, removes them, hands the headship over, or disbands the family. Someone can be removed while offline.
The head cannot simply walk away. They have to pass the headship to another member or disband the family first; when a family is disbanded everyone falls back to their first name.
The server holds the truth
Who belongs to which family is kept in the server's own record and read again at every login. If you were removed while you were away, your surname is already gone by the time you walk back in — nobody keeps the name of a family they have left.