The Hand of Set (also
called The Hand, THoS, or HoS) is a guild
for
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Hand of Set is a member of the Legend-Gaming Community. Hand of Set
is based on the premise of a cult following the
dark serpent god Set. It believes that it has received
a mission from Father Set himself to spread his
divine teachings to those outside of Stygia. As of November 28th, 2007, Hand of Set now accepts Cimmerians into it's fold. These Set worshipping Cimmerians are known as Stone Snakes and come to us because of the lack of a tank class for Stygians. You may read all about the finding of the Stonesnake tribe in the Diary of Kalam Mekhar..Additionally, as of August, 2008, Hand of Set also accepts Aquilonians into it's fold. This was done in an effort to increase the community due to the decreasing interest in Age of Conan by the MMO community.
Author Robert E. Howard
(creator of Conan) originally created the world
in which the game will be based, a psudo-earth in
which he took cultures during the height of their
barbarism and lumped them all together, regardless
of their chronological placement. In regards to
The Hand, Set is the primary god of Stygia which
Howard derived from Egypt. The name comes from Styx,
a river of the underworld in Greek mythology. Thus
HoS has an Egyptian-like feel, also a tribute to
the desert environment which pervades in Stygia.
Age of Conan will
offer a variety of optional gameplay elements; PvP, PvE,
Roleplaying, Town Building and Questing.
The Hand plans to embrace all of these elements and master them.
When its time has arrived,
the prey goes to the hunter.
The cult's first order
of business was to organize itself, which we have done. Our next and primary goal was to ensure our members were given a unique environment. We believe we have accomplished this by providing a supporting hand to our members' play style, whichever playstyle they choose.
PvP (Player Verses Player Combat)
This playstyle is held by many online gamers. Many players tend to gravitate towards the PvP aspect of games. Age of Conan is a great environment to stretch your PvP legs by providing Guild Verse Guild combat, the politics, and the viscral combat that follows. Hand of Set members will be exposed to the highest form of PvP. Our leadership and Officers each have over ten years experience in PvP environment such as Dark Age of Camelot and Shadowbane. We plan to use our experience to our advantage. Members who have an interest in PvP can be assured that they will be greatly rewarded with ranks, gear, and popularity.
PvE (Player Verses Environment Combat)
This playstyle, like PvP, is held by many online gamers. It is not a big surprise that Age of Conan has chosen to incorperate large end game raiding, dungeon runs, and a rich quest system. Members of Hand of Set can expect our guild to be intimately involved in each aspect. It is the goal of our guild to achieve end game raiding status and to be one of the first guilds to conquer all that Age of Conan has to offer. Our Raid Leader has been leading raids since Everquest. His guild in World of Warcraft were the first to down Onyxia and Ragnaros. We hope he can bring his past successes and experience to Hand of Set and give us the same success he has experienced in other games.
Role-Playing
Though Role-Playing is not for everyone, we sincerely urge our members to participate. Age of Conan is a MMORPG. Members will get much more enjoyment out of the game if they use their imagination and participate in Hand of Set's role-playing and it's rich lore. Our founder, Nkosi, spent a great deal of time writing and forming our lore. We are very proud of it and we hope our members are as well. Members of Hand of Set are *not* required to Role-Play. We only ask those who do not participate in Role-Playing to not hinder those who do.
City Building
Age of Conan gives us a great opportunity to experience a side of MMO gaming not often seen. City Building will be a very large focus of the game. Hand of Set will be very much involved in this great game mechanic. One of our first orders of business in Age of Conan will be the construction of Xu'Set, our city. The great city shall be located in Purple Lotus Swamps. Members of Hand of Set will be expected to participate and assist in the gathering of resources and the building of the city. We will begin working on and planning it's construction shortly after release.
Recruitment / Training
Recruitment and Training play a very important role every MMO guild. But less organized guilds fail to master the very important concepts. Hand of Set puts much of it's focus on Recruitment and Training. Our application process, interview process, and trial process is very complex and detailed. We take our recruitment very seriously. Hand of Set does not necessarily decline those who are less experienced. We view it as our duty to take our less experienced members and hone them into MMO veterans. We have an entire section of the guild devoted to training and helping those who are 'newbs' to the game.
Act and you shall have dinner.
Hesitate and you shall be dinner.
In game, our focus will be PVP and PVE. A high priority will be the foundation of our home city/temple in the PVE lands. We will also be moving forward into the PVP aspect of the game as a guild. All the while we will be role-playing to a level of comfort acceptable to each member (ie. we won't force you to RP).
Joining the cult is
simple. Please visit the Joining page for more details. Hand of Set has been around since June of 2006 as an Age of Conan guild. We were, perhaps, one of the oldest Pre-Game guilds around. Know what you are getting into. For it is our seriousness, organization, and dedication that allowed us to survive and prosper for two years. We expect our members to exhibit those fine qualities.
Trust in Set, but tie your
camel.
As one might imagine,
The Hand delves into the darker aspects of roleplay.
Seduction, lust for power, murder, slavery, demonology
and necromancy are commonplace and necessitate the
need for potential cult member to be mature. Know
what you are getting into before you approach us
wishing to join.
