Rumors is a system for circulating IC rumors, and it ties into the game’s two support systems for political roleplay, Influence and Renown. Characters can hear, start, share, spread, investigate and quash rumors. These rumors can be of a more general nature as well as targetted against a specific character, in which case they can be aimed to either damage or boost that character’s Influence or Renown. The system also allows for Staff to insert rumors, and players who wish to have general (untargeted) rumors spread about their characters can contact Staff to have this arranged.