Overview:

Leveling on VH is a way to encourage people to write with everyone and ensure that various site-wide systems are put into use—such as the questing system, the event system, and more. Leveling is a unique process that is optional, but it's meant to encourag people to do things their character might not do, in order to hit their requirements. However, the staff team believes that the leveling system is a great way to build up meaningful plots.

Once a character has reached Expert mastery level in a foci, they have fully mastered that foci.

• Expert (capped)
• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Competent
• Beginner
• Novice (all foci start at this level)

We do take into account the age of your character, as well as if they have a canon position. We hope that this makes things a little bit more believable, given that usually characters that are older have more experience, and therefore would be at a higher level (usually) than someone younger than them.

NON-ANCIENT CHARACTERS:

• Canon characters naturally start with 19 mastery points, regardless of age, except in the event they are 45+, then they start with 24.
• Ages 16-25 start with 12 mastery upgrades
• Ages 26-35 start with 15 mastery upgrades
• Ages 36-45 start with 19 mastery upgrades
• Ages 45+ start with 24 mastery upgrades

ANCIENT CHARACTERS:

• Ages 4,000-5,000 start with 12 mastery upgrades.
• Ages 5,100-6,000 start with 15 mastery upgrades.
• Ages 6,100-7,000 start with 19 mastery upgrades.
• Ages 7,100+ start with 24 mastery upgrades.