Hoi, Amabelwyn!
Well, lessee... Not quite certain if'n yer comment 'bout readin th' Wiki means y' DID learn all there was t' know 'bout emotes, so startin there, lemme just point out that not only can y' access emotes from th' button at th' left edge o' th' chat entry window, but if there's emotes y' think ye'd like t' have handy, y' can cue 'em up in a couple o' different ways. Most commonly, folks'll use a quickslot,, which y' can produce by typin in [ /shortcut number /emote ] (without th' brackets) where number is th' number of a unused quickslot (They're numbered 1-12 on th' bottom row, then 13-24 on th' second one up, 25-36 on th' next row, etc.) an /emote is whatever action ye'd like t' do, such as [ /bow ]. This'll create a black button with th' name o' th' emote on it (or at least, th' first few letters o' th' name) which y' can then click t' do th' emote.
Th' other possibility, if y' don't want t' use up quickslots, is t' use a alias. Aliases are real handy fer a lot o' things, th' only drawback bein that y' have t' be able t' recall what th' alias is... Y' build a alias by typin in [ /alias ;xxx /bow ] where xxx is any set o' any keys ye'd like—fer bowin, y' might just use "b". Then, t' use th' alias, y' type in [ ;b ] an that causes ye t' bow.
Th' important thing t' note is that th' semi-colon key is th' alias key. All aliases b'gin with ";"
Y' can also say things in th' alias, such as [ /alias ;ow Ow, that really hurt! ]. Then typin in ";ow" an hittin enter will cause ye t' say "Ow, that really hurt!" in th' /say (local) channel.
There's more involved ways t' use these things, but I'll leave ye t' google 'em on yer own when ye've got comfortable with 'em.
If yer interested in roleplay, y' can let folks know this by typin in [ /rp on ]. This'll change th' color o' yer name above yer head t' white. [ /rp off ] reverts it back t' th' standard yellow.
Y' can also add yer own descriptive text t' emotes, or just describe whatever yer doin. With a reglar emote, when y' [ /bow ], other people's chat windows show emote text sayin "Amabelwyn bows". But if y' type in [ /bow bows to the stranger she just rescued ] then th' chat window will show, "Amabelwyn bows to the stranger she just rescued". If y' want t' describe something that's NOT a reg'lar emote, use [ /e ], as in [ /e looks under the table for the ring he just dropped ]. This will display "Amabelwyn looks under the table for the ring he just dropped"
Remember that the chat window will show your name first, so start typing your action with an uncapitalised verb.
Once y' start takin part in fellowships, or join a Kinship, y' can switch chat channels by typin in [ /f ] and hittin th' SPACE BAR t' enter Fellowship chat. Similarly, [ /k ] takes y' into Kinship chat, [ /ra ] is fer Raid chat, [ /say ] takes y' into local chat. [ /t charactername ] sends a private message (also called a "tell", hence th' "t") t' th' character named.
It's also helpful t' give different chat channels different colored text. Y' can do this by R-clickin th' General chat tab, an then selectin Change Text Color (that might not be th' exact wordin, but ye'll see it easily enough >.^ )
That ought to be enough t' get ye rollin fer a little ways, at least. Let us know if y' have any other questions!