2.) PLEASE KEEP OOC (OUT OF CHARACTER) TO A MINIMUM IN THE MAIN CHAT ROOM. IT OFTEN INTERFERES WITH THE RP TAKING PLACE.

3.) REMARKS OF RACISM OR SEXISM MADE OUT OF CHARACTER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLAYING A FUCKHEAD AND BEING A FUCKHEAD.

4.) THIS RP IS AN OSZ (OPEN SEX ZONE). IF YOU DO NOT LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, THEN I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE AND COME BACK (or don't in most cases as we probly do not need nor want your ass here) LATER, OR YOU IGNORE WHAT'S GOING ON AND CONTINUE PLAYING. SNIDE COMPLAINTS AND/OR COMMENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

5.) GOLD'S NOT IN THE ROOM? YOU KILLED SOMEONE OR A FIGHT BROKE OUT? IT DOES NOT COUNT. GOLD MAKES THE FINAL DECISION

6.) RESPECT THE HOST'S. SLAVE OR MASTER, THEY HAVE THE POWER OF THE HAMMERS. AND WHILE THEY ARE NOT TO BE HAMMER HAPPY THEY CAN KICK YOU WITH GOLD'S PERMISSION, IF THE GOLD DON'T AUTHORIZE YOUR DEATH FIRST. (All Hosts are to log any and all kicks made an e-mail them or post them appropriately so the individual removed can be dealt with)

7.) ANY SLAVE BEING ABUSED BY ANYONE OTHER THEN A BLACKWELL WILL BE CONFISCATED AND BROUGHT UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE KEEP. THE PERSON HARMING THE SLAVE WILL BE KILLED AND ALL POSSESSIONS WILL GO TO WHOMEVER KILLS HIM/HER, INCLUDING THE SLAVE.

8.) ALL SLAVE SALES MUST GO THROUGH A MEMBER OF THE BLACKWELL FAMILY , AND AGREED UPON WITH A MEMBER OF THE BLACKWELL FAMILY.

9.) ALL SLAVES MUST KEEP IN MIND: YOU ARE PLAYING A SLAVE CHARACTER. SLAVES DO NOT GET TO CHOSE WHOM THEIR MASTERS ARE, NOR DO THEY GET TO CHOSE HOW MANY SLAVES THEIR MASTER CAN HAVE. DON'T LIKE IT? TOUGH SHIT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE PLAYING A SLAVE.

10.) ALL SLAVES, AS WELL AS MASTERS, ETC. IN THE KEEP, NEED TO READ ALL THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOUT THE COLLARS. IT SAVES A LOT OF HASSLE. (& it don't hurt to read the rest of the site to, saves us from having to beat it into you later.)

11.) THE COLLARS CAN ONLY BE REMOVED BY A BLACKWELL! NO CLONES OR FAKES AND MUST BE DONE IN THE KEEP. NO RUNNING TO ANOTHER ROOM AND TRYING TO SAY THAT "SO AND SO" GOT IT OFF.

12.) NO SPEED FIGHTING. FIGHTING STYLE IS DETERMINED BY THE DM (GOLD HAMMER) MAIN STYLE USED, CROSS UP MIX OF TB/SPEED/AND DESCRIPTIVE NO LESS THEN 4 WORDS NO AUTO HIT BULLSHIT AND NO 'DOES SO' BULLSHIT. IF you can't dodge a move with the allotted 5 second time period in your connecting post, then you are hit! GOLD HAS FINAL DECISION
Fighting scripts will get a kick/ban on sight.

DO NOT COME INTO MY FUCKING ROOM AND CALL THE STYLE OF FIGHTING USED WITHIN A MODE. DO NOT THINK THAT YOU MAY USE WHATEVER STYLE YOU WISH WITHIN, FOR THE STYLE HAS BEEN SET AND IS USED BY ALL MEMBERS LESS OTHERWISE SAID BY THE GOLD HAMMER.

13. CONCERNING OPENING OF THE ROOM: A LIST OF MEMBERS ALLOWED TO OPEN THE KEEP WILL BE SUPPLIED AS WELL AS HOW IT IS TO BE OPEN. ANYONE ELSE CAUGHT OPENING THE ROOM WILL BE BANNED PERMANENTLY!

14.) All Unowned Slaves are property of Hells Keeps current Lord (Mr. Blackwell) until such time as they are Sold to a New master ( See rule # 9)

15.) Don't like the rules? Don't agree with what the gold has stated? Then get the FUCK OUT! GOLD MAKES THE RULES THE GOLD HAS FINAL SAY!

16.) ALL CHARACTERS SHOULD HAVE A COMPLETE CHARACTER PROFILE, THOSE WHO RP REGULARLY IN THE CHAT SHOULD MAKE SURE TO JOIN. ALL SLAVES MUST HAVE A COMPLETE CHARACTER PROFILE THAT INCLUDES THEIR MASTERS NAME! PROFILES MUST BE POSTED ON THE FORUM'S PROFILE SECTION!!!!.

17.) Do NOT COME IN THIS RP LOOKING TO JUST FIGHT, THIS IS NOT A SPARING AREA. THIS IS A PLACE TO ROLE PLAY.

18.) The Keep is Zoned the following:
NFZ/NKS(woga)/NIZ/OSZ/FCZ
This means "no fight zone/no kill zone without gold approval", "no idiot zone", "open sex zone", and "force collar zone" (any others will be added as needed)

19.) Don't preach to the quire about what is posted in this community. (MEANING don't try n tell the gold that the setting is not present because it very much is, all you got to do is read a lil.)

20.) DO NOT COME IN AN CALL SOMETHING A MODE WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND APPARENTLY HAVE NOT EVEN READ THE COMMUNITY.

21.) This community/rp has been run the same way and rp has been the same since 6-23-2002 an its not about to change because you do not agree with it. Don't like it? leave and don't come back.

22.) EVERYONE MUST MAKE AN ENTRANCE INTO THE CHAT ROOM, DO NOT COME IN AN JUST "OH I WANT TO BUY YOU" RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THIS IS AN RP FOR CHRIST SAKES BE CREATIVE!!! MAKE AN EFFORT WITH YOUR ENTRANCE NONE OF THIS "ENTERS THE ROOM," "ENTERS" BULLSHIT!

23.) NO outsiders may be hosted, only the slaves owned by the keep and guards sanctioned by the keep will be given a brown hammer. If you abuse this gift you will have it removed an it could also result in your being banned.

24.) All legal kills should be posted on the KILLS section of the forum so that they can be given credit and so that the "dead" can not return without a legalized approved reason via the gold hammer.

25.) EVERYONE must make a decent entrance! If not you will most likely get a boot out the door.

26.) Use (()) for OOC as that is universally recognized, anything else could get you in a lot trouble!! * IS FOR ACTIONS, ~ IS FOR TELEPATHY

27.) Once again this rp is a CLOSED game. Meaning that once your character becomes a slave here or what ever, what happens in rooms that are unaffiliated with the keep DOES NOT COUNT. If you are playing a slave whom does not have permission to be away, and you are found in another rp your collar will activate an bring you to the keep. You can use the same chat name for a charrie in another rp just make sure that it is a DIFFERENT character profile on your profile! This cuts down on a lot of cross-room rp bullshit!

28.) If you are having a problem with someone in Whisper, speak to Blackwell or Mother Firefly or even to Cale or any of his or my characters (me being Blackwell) be prepared to SHOW US the conversation. We will handle it once you say something to us. DO NOT IGNORE the problem person because that can hinder your or their performance in rp. you will be given 3 chances to unignore said person before you are kicked. If the person continues to bother you in whisper WE will handle it by what ever means we have to.

29.) This can not be stressed enough.. If you are Given a Hammer DO NOT ABUSE IT! YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION TO KICK OR BAN SOMEONE FROM MYSELF (BLACKWELL) OR CALE. IF YOU KICK SOMEONE/BAN THEN YOU HAD BETTER HAVE ONE HELL OF A GOOD REASON!

30.) Any SLAVES belong to a member of Hells Keep should add the tag ΩHKΩ to the end of their names. this shows that you are owned by a member of the Keep! And you MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE Keep's COMMUNITY/GROUP!

31.) With the new addition of the "Diary" message board which is for members to post "personal journals' for their characters" The information which characters post is NOT to be USED IC! It is not common knowledge these are characters thoughts etc on paper. The only way anyone would know of these is to actually go and find each characters diary which YOU MUST DO IC with that particular character present in order to find it to read it.

32.) Those who create characters who are apart of the in-depth storyline which revolves around hells keep MUST HAVE A APPROVED PROFILE!

33.) While Users MUST also follow the OZ COC, They Also must Follow the Chats stated rules for the RP (IE these rules!) If you can not do so you will be dealt with as the Owner (Blackwell) Sees fit. NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM THIS.

34.) There has been an issue with Members wandering to other rooms, as well as opening their own rooms. While I do not care if you do this, DO NOT DO IT WITH THE NAME THAT IS TIED TO HELLS KEEP. (Unless that room is apart of HK's Domain of course the room must be approved before it can be apart of the keep) There is no Acceptation to this! HKSP rules apply with the rooms of which are allied/affiliated.

42.) No RP between Keep Slaves, and any other character is to occur within whisper unless given permission by Gold or that individuals Master. If someone would like to do something in whisper with a slave, please notify one of the Blackwell Family Line, so that it can be taken care of immediately. Also be prepared to show us CHAT LOGS. (Please save the conversation on WordPad, Notebook, or MSWord. Then, send a copy to a Blackwell, or post it on the community's message board.)

43.)If something happens (this can not be stressed enough) please make sure that a log is sent or posted so the managers can deal with it! (In other words, if some John Doe Dickhead starts a fight with a owned slave, or other family member, save the incident as instructed in Rule #1, and send it to Blackwell so the situation can be handled.)

46.) DO NOT come into HKSP and start trouble, and then the moment it turns to confrontation run to another channel in order to avoid the consequences. We WILL NOT bother to chase you. This is a closed community RP, meaning the RP itself does not involve any other rps unless stated on the 'affiliated' list. (To get a list of affiliated rooms please check the Allies List). As stated we will not chase you. Instead you will be banned by every means neccesary. If you're going to act like a coward, we don't want you here, and we won't RP with you anywhere else.

47.) An old rule, which has had to be reinstated over the past couple of weeks, is NO DOUBLES! If someone that is a member here, is already using a character picture that you have as well, we will ask that you change it entirely, or at least make enough drastic changes to it, that it is determinable of being unique.