Birchwood Isle Family Roleplay

Although not written into the rules, you won't get very far if you don't have Discord. It is required for you to submit your application to join the site! If you have any questions or concerns about how to join, or if you don't yet have an account on Discord to use to join our chat, please reach out to an administrator via PM and we will get back to you to help set you up. This is not only how we process our applications, but also where we talk about our threads, characters, and community. Ideally, you should join before you register on the forum!

Access to Birchwood Isle has been private to its founders for a decade. We ask that all prospective members first understand that this is a sacred space for the people who created it, and as such, our motto stands: "Love it. Live it. Or leave it." All files contained in this board are considered mandatory for prospective members. You should read and absorb every file before deciding if Birchwood Isle is the right roleplay home for you. It will not be the ideal place for many people. Bear in mind that odds are, you need us a lot more than we need you!

Every so often, something changes significantly at Birchwood Isle, and we need to be able to keep you up to date on all of the happenings around the island. This board contains up-to-date announcements of any changes you need to be aware of, and important announcements will be added to our news section at the top of the page. Often, these announcements will cover opportunities for you to get your characters more involved in the culture and activities of Birchwood Isle, so it's worthwhile to check them out and be up to date!

All characters are subject to administrator approval. While we understand that for many of you (and us as well!) these people are "emotionally real" and that you may be deeply attached to the people you choose to bring to Birchwood Isle, every one of them must be processed and filed into the correct member group, sorted into the correct folder, and verified for suitability for our roleplay. Please ensure you've read all of our rules before you decide to submit your inner person for approval. We will reject unsuitable applications to ensure suitability!

The very first thing you should do after you've finished reading our rules is to submit your member application. This application helps admins and existing members know how to interact with you and your characters by telling us about your preferences, a little bit about who you are (anonymously), and helps us verify who has read our rules and to rule out anyone who isn't suitable for our site and environment. Later, your character applications will be added to your member application thread to help guide future interactions.

If you're hoping to create a family, or even if you're looking for friends for your character, you are welcome to request the character you want. You will need to have an application on file for your own character first, and then you should put together some information about what you're looking for. You may be as detailed as you like. Some people love a lot of detail and other people want room to expand on the basic concept! Please note that we do not allow child or adolescent characters to request parents at this time.