The White Hart Tavern is open for business, Monday evenings at 7pm Goblin Servo Time on Jabber in the chatroom WhiteHartTavern_XShc for cross-faction RP! The Human mage Camyra Agathor will be your hostess. More info under the cut!

Come for the food and drink, get involved in zany antics (especially if an engineering Gnome shows up)! Need a clandestine place for spy work and skulduggery? Come on in. Want to trade rare items with new clientele? Belly up to the bar. Want to meet some of the folks you can't talk to in-game? Have a chat! Don't be afraid of the plots and whirl of conversation, even if it does move awfully fast sometimes.

We only ask that you keep in mind that there is no combat inside the Hart itself; twenty feet outside the doors are another matter entirely. There are magics in place for this reason. Attempting to ignore the consequences of the magics would be rather detrimental to your person.The magics are very old, very powerful, and are triggered by intentions and emotions of those inside the building.

We ask for no combat because this is a text-only social venue and it's disruptive and discouraging to other RP going on in the room. Attempting to ignore the magic detriments to show how badass your character is will only force the mods to act, and no one wants that unpleasantness. See link for further details.

How to connect to Jabber:

How to get to the White Hart - A pictorial tutorial by Iloam. Updated in the comments if you're having trouble with the original tutorial on how to register, thanks to minor upgrades by pidgin. Sometimes the best advice that can be offered, though, is "fiddle with it" as the program tends to make upgrades and changes fairly often.

IC Setting (from Iloam's post with some modification):

The White Hart Tavern & Hunting Lodge is nestled in the snowy mountains of Winterspring, a good hike away from Everlook. This hearty Tavern is several hundred years old, originally forged from hefted stone by dwarves. Now, the Tavern & Hunting Lodge serves as a way stop for weary travelers from the cold, as well as a reputable business hub in the Northern Kalimdor lands. The establishment is now said to be owned by an aloof and wealthy Ethereal being who has been spotted visiting once or twice, but nobody truly knows and many suspect this story to be simple hogwash. The wait staff on hand is primarily comprised of Goblins and has a strict cross-faction tolerance policy.

The locals will tell you that the peace is so well kept here, that business traders wishing to smuggle goods through the faction lines have a fairly well established black market trade line going through The White Hart Tavern & Hunting lodge - from harmless hard-to-get ingredients and recipes to priceless jewels and artifacts.

On the surface, however, the White Hart is simply a great place to warm your feet by the fire, stop in for ale and a bowl of warm stew, or stop over for the night in your travels.

The layout is modeled exactly like the generic Human "Inn" style in WoW, which can be seen in locales like Brill, Darkshire, or even Chromie's residence in Andorhal. There are three floors, however you can use your imagination to give yourself more room to RP in than the cramped In-Game models (i.e. we don't necessarily have to hear your conversation in the kitchen from the front door). See the archive link below for layout reminders if needed.

OOC Note: I'm currently the only IC staff member on hand, and can't always attend to everyone immediately on busy nights. It can be assumed the Goblin NPCs will see to orders in a timely fashion. If someone wants to ICly join the WH staff, contact myself and/or Iloam and we'll talk.

Moderation:

The White Hart Tavern chat is owned by Iloam/Lox, with moderator assitance from Camyra/Lirriel. People are welcome to join the chat and begin RP before the "official" start time on Mondays. Some folks occassionally use it other days as a handy place to chat RP, especially cross-faction, not necessarily at the WH location. This is all fine. Keep in mind, however, that if a problem occurs in the room at any point, we are the people to contact via Haven PM, game mail, or IM and email if you have that info. The chat is not affiliated with Haven or Haven Staff beyond using this site as an announcement and RP archive since it is a Shadow Council-based RP event. See archived link below for further info.

Archived Links:

Location, Appearance, & original jabber instructions - Where it is, what it looks like ICly, and the old jabber instructions, which may be handy if using an older version of Gaim/Pidgin.

Guidelines for Moderation - Reminders on how to handle problems that may be encountered in the chat and who to talk to about it (or not), as well as how we handle serving/hosting duties.