havenmods | Applications Two

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!
The next application opening date is Friday 16th January, 7pm EST.
The next application processing date is Friday 23rd January, 7pm EST.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE POST YOUR APPLICATIONS HERE ON THE NEW APPLICATION PAGE

We're so glad you're thinking of joining us in Haven, where we are all safe.

In order to apply for a canon character, please fill out the information below and post it in a comment in this entry. For an OC, please apply using the OC information. Please do not link to applications, all applications must be posted here. Please do not delete your applications; if you do not want it to be seen, you can request for it to be screened after a decision is made.

You may apply for two characters every application round, to a total of six characters. Only two of these may be from the same canon, and they cannot be too familiar with one another. Please make sure to mark the header of your comment(s) with RESERVED or NOT RESERVED, as well as the character name and canon. App challenges are not allowed currently.

Try to remember spelling and grammar are important, and in app length quality and not quantity is what matters. All parts of the application must be your own work, plagiarism will not be tolerated, though you are welcome to reuse your own old applications.

If you are asked for revisions, please don't panic! It doesn't mean the mods don't like you, only that we probably need more information before making a decision. If you are asked for revisions, you will have one week to supply them.

Applications are open on a monthly cycle, where they will be opened on the second Friday of every month for a week, and then processed on the third Friday of the month, before being closed again.

We now have a test drive community at haventest which is continuously open. Posts there may be used in lieu of a sample in the application. You may also link posts, logs, or threads from other games and memes in lieu of samples, though we ask that they be no more than one year old. As of November 22nd 2014, samples cannot be "where am I" intro posts. The reason for this is that we often find it hard to gauge characterization from those, as most people when immediately in a new surrounding are confused or frightened.

While we encourage players who have dropped to re-join us, we do not encourage the continual rapid dropping and re-apping of the same character in a short time period. You are welcome to request specific housing, and all attempts will be made to accommodate that request, but it may not always be possible.

To see what we are looking for:
Canon Characters:
Sample Application (Faith Lehane)
Sample Application (Iroh)

Original Characters:
Sample Application (Mors)
Sample Application (Vera de Barr)
Sample Application (Malkus Iverwelling)

Previous Game History:
Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)

The old application post can be found here if you would like to look through past accepted applications.

Applications will be open on the following dates (from 7pm EST):
12th-19th December
16th-23rd January

Applications will be processed on the following dates (at 7pm EST):
19th December
23rd January

To apply for a canon character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Requested apartment: Please put N/A if you have no preference. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Canon: Canon Point: Where in the series are you taking them from? Background/History: A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person/action bracket format, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome. Sample Entry Two: At least two paragraphs in third person/prose format, please. A link to a previous log or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome.

To apply for an original character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Requested apartment: Please put N/A if you have no preference. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Background/History: At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person/action bracket format, please. A link to a previous post or thread under a year old with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome. Sample Entry Two: At least two paragraphs in third person/prose format, please. A link to a previous log or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome.

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Abilities/Powers:

Innocence
Allen is an Exorcist, which means he's a host that was chosen by a "crystal of god" (actual religious ties to the Judeo-Christian God? debatable/probably not) commonly called "Innocence", a weapon of a light/holy nature that exists to directly counter a darker power called "Dark Matter". His is a parasitic type dubbed "Crown Clown" that he was born with, meaning his body acts as the instrument that shapes the Innocence. He is a living weapon because of it, as it takes the form of his left arm and has merged completely with his DNA, bonding with his soul and his heart. It leaves his left arm looking distinctly inhuman, even when it's inactive. The only way to separate him from it is to cut his arm off entirely, and even that didn't work the last time someone tried. It can also be sealed with ofuda so that he's unable to move or activate it.

Innocence is a weapon that must be activated before it can be spiritually sensed or used beyond being inherently tough, its natural properties versus Dark Matter, and in Allen's case—making his left arm exceptionally strong and nimble (he's ambidextrous). Once activated, its power comes from how well it synchronizes with the host—with their heart and resolve, given it's tied to their emotions. Allen has broken 100% synchronization, making him a "critical point breaker" and technically a candidate for General of the Black Order if he weren't suspected of being a traitor and a Noah. This means he can transform his left arm into two forms, each with various abilities. The lower synchronization form of a claw, and the higher synchronization form of a giant exorcising broadsword (which requires him literally ripping his entire arm off to transform it into the sword). In either form he also has a white cloak that serves as a living body armor as well. The weapon is sentient to a degree, and he can use it (or it can use him) to push his body to move when he's too broken to do so on his own anymore. In general, the claw form of his hand has raw offensive power that can harm anything while the sword cannot harm humans/normal creatures at all.

Sword of Exorcism
The (current) ultimate form of his Innocence that mirrors Allen's own heart—the sword doesn't harm humans or flesh directly, but harms only that which is "evil", meaning he can selectively cut the darkness in a person while leaving the human themselves alive. It can exorcise, very generically even as Innocence otherwise generally doesn't, given he was confident if Lavi was possessed it would have freed him (but Lavi was not, Lavi was only Lavi, so it did nothing). It does have a corporeal form and mass to it as he can use it as a shield against attacks, but it cannot ever cut or harm normal humans and will pass right through them.

That said, as Allen himself is not human, but is also a Noah, it harms him as well and will cut part of him.

When the sword is active Allen can also use an ability called "Death Orbs" which is a series of massive explosions all around him, but this appears incredibly taxing.

Cross Grave
When invoking his Innnocence as a claw, he can use this ability either defensively or offensively. Defensively he can draw a cross in the air to form a shield, and offensively it serves to crucify and exorcise akuma by drawing the cross on them. It's a very powerful weapon offensively, but only in the sense of exorcism against creatures that can be purged by abilities that put them at peace. To an akuma it "feels good", presumably because of bringing that sense of salvation.

Crown Edge
Another ability with the claw invocation of his hand, he can fling crowns (yes... crowns...) from the talons of his hand like many, many rings. Explosive and ranged.

Edge End
Empowers a swipe from his left hand with a large amount of raw holy/light energy.

Crown Belt/the cloak
Possible in any invocation, it's an extension of the white cloak form and body armor of his Innocence. He can use it to wrap himself in ribbons to force his body to move, rappel around and push himself off the ground like the entire cloak is a living object, or use it to reach out and bind another person or object. It manifests as white ribbons he lash out with from his right wrist. Additionally, at any time he can harden the cloak and contort it to make spikes, a shield, webbing, or any number of forms he can imagine it taking. It can be as soft as down or as hard as his claw depending on his will.

The downside of his Innocence and the cost is that all of this requires a tremendous amount of energy. Life-force and caloric. He has to consume ridiculous amounts of food to sustain his invocations or even just passively given that it is a parasite, and the more he uses it the more it shortens his lifespan. And in Haven, food is probably going to be a much more pressing issue relating to that. (Can he become faint from overusing his abilities and not eating enough? Yes. Yes he can. It takes a lot because his stamina is shounen protagonist levels of ridiculous, but it's possible.) He'll have to pay for using his Innocence a lot more than he was and be worn out more easily if food's in short supply.

Cursed left eye

Allen's left eye is cursed so that he sees the corrupted/despairing souls that power metal/Dark Matter weapons called akuma (not actually demons). While this is extremely canon specific and it's not implied that he can see ghosts or anything else of that sort, demonic energy/cells or corrupted souls could theoretically be a parallel. Humans that are half-akuma in canon don't register as anything strange to Allen until they activate the weapons/cells in them that are akuma in nature, and then he just sees a vague dark aura around them. This is the most likely panfandom sight he would have, being sensitive to seeing dark auras and having a sort of sixth sense more about it if something is clearly darker/demonic/similar to akuma. Ghosts he could probably have a sixth sense about as well, but no actual additional sight. ~~He's just a cheat like that.~~

It's also probable that it serves as a seal of sorts on the Noah memory within him, but the abilities of his eye can be sealed as well through sorcery.

The 14th/Noah Memory
Just because he wasn't a complicated special snowflake enough already, in addition to being an Exorcist, Allen is also (somehow) paradoxically the Fourteenth Noah, two things that should be mutually exclusive but somehow aren't. The memory is just beginning to awaken in him though, and while he's been told it will one day erode his personality and all that he is away until he is no longer Allen but the Fourteenth, it's something Allen stands adamantly against (even if that's more just a show of willpower). It's a darker, extremely powerful entity (and separate person, really) that resides in his head that, for the moment, just haunts him through appearing as a shadow specter in reflections. Injuries from Innocence though, or in theory agitating his scars and injuries from that, or other (potentially) holy attacks—that will cause the awakening to progress. For his time in Haven (because canon has not fully explained the 14th, Nea, and the entire mess well at all yet or what Noah abilities he would have beyond familial telepathy), it'll stay dormant and just an annoying shadow only Allen can see unless I get him injured in such a way. Or unless someone tries to probe his mind or somehow enter his dreams. (I'm hesitant to do much until canon actually addresses it, though.)

The memory comes with the ability of being a/the "Musician". This means he's also able to control and pilot an interdimensional travelcube of a city called Noah's Ark via uncannily being able to play the piano and, more importantly, a certain melody. But given that would allow him to escape any game he was placed in he won't be able to summon the Ark at all. He will still have the unaccounted for knack of being able to play (at least that one piece) on the piano. Just to no effect beyond sounding heartbreaking.

Physical Abiltiies
Beyond his supernatural ones, Allen is essentially a hand-to-hand combat child soldier with a hard-knock life that grew up having to fend for himself. And it shows. He's wiry and slender but extremely strong and can take sometimes incredible abuse and injury before succumbing (he spends half the series being walled and walled pretty bad). His stamina, even with a taxing weapon like parasitic Innocence, is almost inhuman in that he can fight and be on his feet for sometimes days at a time without rest.

Additionally, he grew up in a circus and has a ridiculous degree of haphazard grace, getting him called a "nimble pest" because of the acrobatics that sometimes get thrown into how he fights. His left hand especially he is incredibly dexterous with as well. With his reflexes he can catch (large, akuma blood) bullets even with his hand.

Edited 2013-10-02 16:05 (UTC)

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