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All,
In a recent discussion involving Flash, the subject of someone declanning one character and reclanning another was brought up. Traditionally, one would have to take the new character through the usual clanning process. However, as our Staff thinned out some clans changed that policy and would reclan people's alts without having them go through the usual process.
From now on, we will start enforcing the old, normal rule. You earn your place in a clan as a character, not as player. Anyone found to have been clanned without the clan's usual process may be declanned instantly and the councillor/master who does so may face repercussions.
~WoTmud Staff