I think most of the questions have pretty much already been answered, so I'll just add two things.
2) Though character death is consenting, as said above that doesn't mean you can walk into Stormwind as an orc and expect to get away with it scot-free. Character death, serious injury and etc. do require your consent, but in some situations where your character has ventured into somewhere they really shouldn't, you are expected to understand that there'll be consequences. That's not saying the character will necessarily be immediately executed but, e.g. in the Stormwind example, if a group of players find you and trap you, you won't be able to resist consequences by saying they need your consent, since it's generally held that if you enter such very dangerous areas as the opposite faction capital you're giving your consent right then and there. That said, the players on this server aren't vicious assholes, so even in that example they'd be more likely I think to just imprison you and maybe even let you RP out an escape at some point...
3) The server rules have some general points about lore-breaking, for example you cannot play the relative of a lore character and etc. However, there has always been 'bending of lore' on the server, where people can use their creativity - within reason - to make some more custom stuff. Blind spots in lore, well, most often people try to piece together something to fill the gap via conjecture from other bits of lore or just what they think makes the most sense.
That said, if there's anything significant you want to do custom lore-wise, you should make a thread in 'Contact the Staff' forum and we'll get back to you fairly quickly about whether we think it's do-able. If you aren't sure whether you should ask us... just ask us anyway. <E>
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Usually we just check to make sure it won't somehow block something that happens in retail, doesn't contradict things stated in retail, and that it's sensible.
And also, welcome!
2) Though character death is consenting, as said above that doesn't mean you can walk into Stormwind as an orc and expect to get away with it scot-free. Character death, serious injury and etc. do require your consent, but in some situations where your character has ventured into somewhere they really shouldn't, you are expected to understand that there'll be consequences. That's not saying the character will necessarily be immediately executed but, e.g. in the Stormwind example, if a group of players find you and trap you, you won't be able to resist consequences by saying they need your consent, since it's generally held that if you enter such very dangerous areas as the opposite faction capital you're giving your consent right then and there. That said, the players on this server aren't vicious assholes, so even in that example they'd be more likely I think to just imprison you and maybe even let you RP out an escape at some point...
3) The server rules have some general points about lore-breaking, for example you cannot play the relative of a lore character and etc. However, there has always been 'bending of lore' on the server, where people can use their creativity - within reason - to make some more custom stuff. Blind spots in lore, well, most often people try to piece together something to fill the gap via conjecture from other bits of lore or just what they think makes the most sense.
That said, if there's anything significant you want to do custom lore-wise, you should make a thread in 'Contact the Staff' forum and we'll get back to you fairly quickly about whether we think it's do-able. If you aren't sure whether you should ask us... just ask us anyway. <E>
</E> Usually we just check to make sure it won't somehow block something that happens in retail, doesn't contradict things stated in retail, and that it's sensible.
And also, welcome!