Guard zone

A guardzone is used to describe an area under the protection of Guards, usually a town. While in a guardzone, if an innocent(blue)player is attacked or stolen from they can say guards and their attacker/thief will instantaneously punished in the form of an NPC guard instantly appearing and striking down the assailant in a single hit, accompanied by a bolt of lightning.

Guardzones can also include the areas around a moongates and even extend a ways outside of a town's distinct borders of buildings and structures. For example, the guardzone covering Britain reaches quite a ways eastward along the road and in the forested area.

In a few guardzones the rules of protection vary slightly. Traditionally, Murderer characters setting foot inside a guardzone could instantly have guards called upon them, but during some events such as the Undead Invasion of Trinsic or, on some shards such as Siege Perilous or Mugen, a murderer is safe from the guards unless they initiate an unlawful act.