Editing NaAT (section)

== NaAT (for Pages) ==

=== Ranks ===
Members of the thread can have any of three ranks:

* Page

* Squire

* Knight of the order of many posts

==== Page: ====
Page is the default rank. When you first post in the NAAT, you are considered a page. You are usually not recognized officially as a page until you have posted several times or have explicitly called yourself a page. As a page, you are generally expected to follow orders given to you, but still have a great degree of independancy.

==== Squire: ====
Squire is one step off from page. A squire is usually assigned to a knight, although when a shortage of knights arises he or she may remain independent. Squires are expected to obey orders given by any knight, and to especially serve the knight assigned to them (very rarely is this enforced, the KOTOOMP rarely give definitive orders or boss people around). This is also the rank at which warriors recieve their dragon egg.

==== Knight of the order of many posts ([[KOTOOMPs|KOTOOMP]]) ====
This is the highest rank possible. You need to have spent a lot of time serving in the NAAT, and have an awful lot of merit, before you can be promoted to this level. Becoming a knight is a very important matter, and requires a long discussion between the current KOTOOMPs. At this rank, your dragon becomes rideable, and you may be assigned a squire. Your magic abilities can also reach their summit in this rank (not instantly, of course, but it now becomes possible).

=== Being Promoted ===
Although the knights would like to have us believe that a promotion comes from merit and time, it is often just random discretion of the knights. You still need merit and a significant amount of time (there is no written number, but the minimum seems to be six months) to be leveled up to squire. There is no time requirement to be leveled up to knight, but you need a LOT of merit to attain the honor.

=== Weapons and Combat ===

==== Combat ====
The golden rule of NAAT, and really any combat is the [[Balance of Powers|BOP]], or balance of powers. The balance of powers essentially means that you cannot be overly powerful, or dictate your opponent's actions. for example:

''INCORRECT:'' *Throws spear at you* slices spear in half with sword ''throws 10 spears back at you''

Cannot be overly powerful


''CORRECT:'' *Throws spear at you* ''ducks'' picks up spear and throws it back at you

Did not do an impossible move, and stayed within limits for retaliation.


The same rule goes for dictation. Although you might think "I never dictate other people's actions!" The definition for dictate is broader than it may seem.

''INCORRECT:'' Throws spear at you ''Dodges spear'' shoots arrow at your head, and arrow hits

Cannot dictate that your arrow has hit and killed your opponent.


''CORRECT:'' *Throws spear at you* ''dodges spear'' ''Shoots arrow at your head''

You did not dictate the fate of the other player. He or she is free to say if the arrow hit or not.

"Now wait a minute," you might say. "According to these rules, a fight could go on forever with no victor!" Yes, this is true. There is that possibility, and in many fights that is how it ends up. In the NAAT, however, members are expected to know what's fair and what's not, and accurately determine whether something got them or not. In NAAT, nobody is ever killed, unless it is a bad guy. When a NAAT member has fairly decided that he or she was gotten fair and square, they may declare themselves injured and drop out of the fight for a while.

==== Weapons ====
The NAAT adventures are set in a medieval theme, and the weapons follow this theme. Although the sword is the standard choice, you are not limited to them. When you first join or contribute to NAAT, you get to pick a weapon. (There is no ceremony for it, you just have it.) Some special weapons, like magic swords, must be found or given to you, and you are not required to keep the weapon you choose forever. Here is a list of Basic weapons to choose from:

* Blades
* Short sword
* Long sword
* Rapier
* Scimitar
* Broad sword
* Cleaver
* Blunt and swingers
* War hammer
* Battle axe
* Haldberd
* Mace and chain
* Quarterstaff
* Ranged and Stabbers
* Bow
* Longbow
* Crossbow
* Sling
* Slingshot
* Throwing spear
* Javelin
* Shrunken
* Spear
* Haldberd
* Throwing knives

You are not expected to choose from this list, it is just displayed as a suggestion for those who cannot decide u_u

(P.S. CHOOSE DAT BATTLEAXE u_u)

=== Dragons ===
Dragons are noble creatures. Each page is given a dragon egg on his promotion to squire. When you recieve an egg, you are expected to name it. It can take several days, weeks, and sometimes months for your dragon egg to hatch, and even then it is not fully grown. Dragons are usually fully grown by the time a member is knighted, and are then rideable.

Dragons are not just pets. After they hatch, they can understand English, and can communicate to people, usually as a voice in their head. Words in italics represent a dragon putting words into your mind. Every dragon is unique, and the dragon eggs are given so the dragon's personality suits the squire's, and vice versa.

For a full explanation on dragons, email Marissa Mathews, or the current dragon keeper. If you're reading this in the far unforseeable future, then Marissa Mathews is likely gone. Ask the oldest knight there is for more information. If that's you, then you're sunk u_u (NAAT no longer has a dragon keeper because of its Dead thread status)

(For more information on dragons, read the book Eragon. The NAAT's dragon system is largely based upon this book. [The book is now lost to NSA history])

See [[NaAT#NaAT (Dragons)|NaAT (Dragons)]]

=== Evil ===
You never know when it could happen. But at some point, eviiiil will rise from the land (pronounced Eeeeeeeeeeevil) and must be stopped by the noble Knights of the NAAT. Eviiiiil arises when a member of NAAT (usually a senior) takes up two roles: His or her usual role, as a loyal follower of the KOTOOMPs, and the role of an Evil figure, often a wizard or a warlord with an army. When this occurs, the members of NAAT usually must go on a long, bloody campaign to rid the land of Eviiiiiil. You sort of pick it up as you go, just read the combat section and live and learn the rest. NOTE: Do not attempt to be an eviiil figure until you are at least an experienced squire. This is not an official NAAT rule, but a very good piece of advice. Leave it to the experienced ones, until you are an experienced one. u_u

=== [[An Overview of Magic|Magic]] ===
When you first join NAAT, you generally have no magic experience, and cannot use magic. This guide does not really go into depth with magic. To learn magic, you need to express an interest in learning it, and usually a knight or Squire will teach you it. The highest possible strength of your magic is determined by rank. Knights can wield much stronger magic than pages can.

=== Rivalry ===
NAAT is usually not the only thread in Interest Areas. Many other threads have risen and attempted to outdo NAAT, but these have all failed. Nevertheless, there is almost always another rival thread. It is not an official NAAT rule, but an important custom of NAAT's is not to post on these threads. If a thread is not posted on for long enough, it eventually disappears. This is known as defeating the thread. Posting on the thread makes it less likely to disappear, so avoid doing it if possible! Also, it is important to remember that we of the NAAT are gracious to our enemies. While we are rivaling them, and even when we defeat them, gloating or jeering is intolerable. Nobility is a custom of the NAAT that is taken seriously, and it goes toward the treatment of rivals as well! (Important Note: Thread Loyalty to NAAT is NOT required. if you decide you want to post in other threads, or even switch over to and join other threads, please feel free to do so.)

''(A quick side note: NaAT never lost a rivalry, but yet it lost its biggest role play status to the role play chat FFAE, and soon lost its war chat status to the Anti Communists, this marked the end of Role play and war being in the same place)''

=== NAAT Terms: ===
NAAT- Noble And Ancient Thread

KOTOOMP - Knights Of The Order Of Many Posts (plural KOTOOMPs)

Guardians - A tribe of warriors friendly to the KOTOOMP since the time before time.. afraid of dragons, though...

Kezhan - An old, wise, orange tinted dragon belonging to Marissa Mathews.

[[Zer0]] - The root of all Evil in Cyberspace. Has tried to posess a NAAT member, and has hidden the diamonds of NSA. (Zer0 disappeared when NSA switched from FC to Teams, as did the diamonds)

General Mittenpaws- The fearsomely adorable leader of an army of kittens. He and his army disappeared, and no one knows where they now are...

Feledrathin - An evil wizard from times past, who took over the castle with spiborgs. only with the help of the guardians and an enchanted sword was she defeated.

Spiborg - A spider enhanced with robotics. Summoned by the evil wizard Feledrathin.

[[The Confederate Revolutionary Thread (CRT)|CRT]] - Confederate Revolutionary Thread (An old rival thrad that reached 6,800 posts)

Diamonds of NSA - The most powerful objects in cyberspace. Only they have the power to defeat Zer0. (They were all turned to dust after the communist revolution)

=== Random Facts: ===
~NAAT was founded in 2006.

~Leolani Tucker was the first Knight of NAAT.

~Marissa Mathews, the current dragon keeper, is also a [[historian]] of ancient history. u_u

~The last Knight of NAAT was Samantha Aquino, who was knighted in 2018 by [[Cody Johnson]]. Only one person addend, Samuel Hewitt.

~DON'T SHOOT DE OWLS!!!

NaAT is ranked number three in messages sent with 81 thousand. Its current chat/thread activity ranking is 'Dead'.