The guild ranks are, in order from lowest to highest: Pup, Cub, Juvenile, Wolf Alt, Wolf, Werewolf, Beauwolf, Beta and Alpha.  There is also an additional rank (Missing in Action, or "MiA") for members who have been away from the game for some time, but we consider may be back.

Alpha is the Guild Leader and Beta is the "officer" rank. Beauwolf is a rank reserved for "alts" of the Beta members, and was created in memory of a well loved member of the guild, Beauvine, who sadly died after a tragic accident. 

Werewolf rank is limited to those members of the guild who have attained the "Wolf" rank, and are regular raiders with those specific characters.  More information regarding the Werewolf rank can be found here.

The Wolf Alt rank is reserved for alts of members who have reached the Wolf rank, and bestows the same privileges.  

Other than the Wolf/Wolf alt and officer ranks, all ranks are awarded on a per character basis.  Inactive characters will either not progress up the ranks or progress slowly.  However, inactive characters of a member who has achieved Wolf rank with another character will automatically be placed in the Wolf Alt rank.  Inactive characters that are not attached to an active "main" run the risk of being removed.

When you are first invited into the guild, you will be placed in the Pup rank - a probationary trial ranking where you get to see if the guild is where you want to be. If you are happy to continue on in the guild after three weeks, there are no objections from more senior members of the guild, and you have been active for a reasonable time during that three weeks, then you will be eligible to be promoted to a Cub. 

Please note that the probationary period works both ways.  It is a time for new members to see if we're the type of guild they want to be in, and it's a period for us to ensure that you seem to fit in with the guild.  If either party decide during that time that we're not a good fit, there will be no hard feelings and we would wish you well in your search.  Feedback is welcomed in order to improve our future recruitment procedures. 

Promotions will be earned through activities within the guild on a per character basis - helping other members, taking part in guild chat, etc.  Any promotion is purely at the discretion of the Guild Leader and Officers - asking for a promotion will not make a promotion occur any faster - indeed it may slow the process down!

The Guild Leader or an assigned officer will carry out promotions at a time they see fit - in theory they happen approximately once every two weeks or so, however, this is flexible depending on the recent member intake, any roster changes that are taking place, real life time constraints on the person carrying out the promotions and how many other things are being organised/dealt with at the same time. 

Please be aware that you may see your promotion as "someone just needs to click the button" - we see it as at least an hours uninterrupted work in between looking after the guild vault; guild auctions; organising, running and participating in guild events, instance runs and raids; maintaining, updating and administering the guild website, Discord and Facebook page and general guild troubleshooting - dealing with problems, whispers and messages "on the fly".  Bear in mind this person is like you - they want to play WoW occasionally, too!