Characters act as a player¡¯s avatar within the game. Players are afforded up to 7 characters per server. As characters kill non-player character (NPC) monsters, they accumulate experience and skill points (SP). As experience points accumulate, the character's "level" increases, meaning various attributes of the character are augmented. In Chronicle 5, the level cap has been set at 80. Players purchase and then upgrade their character¡¯s skills using SP. A character may only be deleted if not a member of a guild, or clan. The process of deletion usually takes six to seven days.