Throughout The Bird and the Beast world event, players accumulated votes by gaining renown. Votes was spent to decide the microchanges and escalations for the following phase, each phase lasting 5 days. The voting interface was accessed by using the Voting board located at the ground floor, or by talking to the Armadylean record keeper or the Bandosian record keeper. Votes not spent in the previous phase carried over to the following phase. Voting for the event ended at the end of phase 7.