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* The person must be a ''major'' contributor in some '''verifiable''' historical event.
* The person must be a ''major'' contributor in some '''verifiable''' historical event.
* Verifiable means included  in an event post or otherwise endorsed/approved by an immortal. Character backgrounds and made up fiction are ''not'' verifiable.
** Verifiable means included  in an event post or otherwise endorsed/approved by an immortal. Character backgrounds and made up fiction are ''not'' verifiable.
* Simply participating in an event is not enough to warrant a separate article. However, being the catalyst to a major world event can be. (E.g. "opening the box that destroyed Hashan")
** Simply participating in an event is not enough to warrant a separate article. However, being the catalyst to a major world event can be. (E.g. "opening the box that destroyed Hashan")
* Becoming a guildmaster (or house master) is not enough to warrant an article, but being the ''first'' (founding) one probably is.
* Becoming a guildmaster (or house master) is not enough to warrant an article, but being the ''first'' (founding) one probably is.
* Being on the old HELP NOTABLES is not enough to warrant an article.
* Being on the old HELP NOTABLES is not enough to warrant an article.


'''When in doubt, always err on the side of not creating an adventurer article.''' It is (and should be) a major achievement to be written into the pages of history and is not for everyone.
'''When in doubt, always err on the side of not creating an adventurer article.''' It is (and should be) a major achievement to be written into the pages of history and is not for everyone.