Player interaction

When you meet new people in Salem they are totally unknown to you, right down to the name; Unlike other online games where the name is instantly shown, though a few exceptions apply.

Getting Known

When you first meet a player he will have no name hovering over the character, and any chat will appear as "???:Lovely weather today"

To 'get to know' a player you will first have to Memorize the player by right-clicking his character and selecting the option from the radial menu, this will prompt the Buddy list, where you are able to put a name to the face, anything you like, if you shouldn't happen to know the name, you can add a description or similar. Also you can arrange players by a handful of colourgroups, seen just below the namelist

Kinship

So you've gotten a bit better aquainted have you? Well then you can, by either using the radial on the character, or via right-clicking the name in your buddy list, select "Make kin" ; By doing so You prompt the other player to accept the kinship request, making both see what the other has set a "Presentation name" in the buddy list. It will also allow both players to see each others online status