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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Abilities/Powers: As well as being pretty darn strong on her own with just her teeth and claws (and her headbutting, which can shatter large boulders), Amaterasu has an array of weapons and abilities that really make her play the role of goddess. First, her weapons (these will be the ones she comes into the game with), which can be utilized as a main or sub weapon:

Reflector: As a main weapon, Amaterasu’s reflectors are like short range bludgeoning tools. She can swing them in any direction she chooses to do damage. As a sub weapon, they act as shields that protect her from excessive damage. One reflector, Solar Flare, also has the ability to produce flames with her Celestial brush, which I will cover later. This will be what Amaterasu comes with.
Rosary: As a main weapon, Amaterasu’s rosaries are much like whips. She swings them with a flick of her head (as the beads usually surround her neck) to deal swift but shallow damage. They don’t strike hard, but they strike fast. As a sub weapon, these beads can be shot like bullets, sometimes even three at one time. Again, not as powerful, but speedy. A few rosaries add extra, elemental effects, like the Tundra Beads being able to freeze foes when shot at her enemies like bullets or with the use of her Celestial Brush.
Glaives: Truly Amaterasu’s strongest weapons, but also the slowest. These huge, heavy swords are used as any other sword, but they also have the ability to be “charged”. By focusing her power into a single strike, Amaterasu can deal more damage with a charged up swing than a normal one. Unfortunately, charging up takes a lot of concentration, and she’s pretty darn vulnerable when she’s doing it. Also, like I said before, Glaives are her slowest weapons because they’re so heavy and large. It’d be easy to avoid a swing if a foe is fast enough. As a main and sub weapon, the effects of a glaive don’t change much. As well as her reflectors and rosaries, one particular glaive has an elemental attribute attached to it. That glaive is called Thunder Edge, and like the name describes, it can produce lightning, which Amaterasu cn manipulate through the use of her Celestial Brush.

As well as her weapons, Amaterasu’s main power, the power that truly makes her a goddess in the eyes of others, is her Celestial Brush and the skills attributed to it. By painting with the tip of her tail, Amaterasu can produce an array of different skills and powers depending on what she draws. A list of the different skills can be found in the link provided here, with great detail added (though I must add that Power Slash can be upgraded much like Cherry bomb. The lowest level can cut rock, Power Slash 2 cuts iron/metal, and Power Slash 3 can cut diamond).

Because Amaterasu is coming from the very end of her canon, she'll come with every single brush skill, maxed to its highest level. If a "power down" is necessary for the game, let me know and I'll tell you what skills she will have and how they'll be affected by the dampening effect.
Items/Weapons:
Reflector - Solar Flare
Glaive - Tsumugari
Rosary - Exorcism Beads
Sample Entry:
[Good gods, this place sure is the pits, isn't it? Not only is it definitely not where she's supposed to be - basically heaven filled with light and hope and all that good stuff - but it's very obviously a place filled with everything Ammy had prevented in Nippon. Is this what would have happened had Yami beaten her? Would this be what would have become of her dear Nippon? With a grunt and a swift shake of her head, Amaterasu ignores the dreadful thought. She has to find someone, anyone, in this desolate place. A friend, a survivor, anyone at all. The aura of this place is like a cursed zone, and even Ammy's feeling the choking effects.

As she runs and inspects her surroundings - just what kind of buildings are those, anyway?! - Ammy jerks into alertness every few minutes, her stance changing from curious and inquisitive to on-guard and offensive. Her hackles raise and the fur on her back and neck rises up as a snarl rips through her throat. Who's there?!

...

.........

Yeah, that's what she thought. Snorting again, she continues onward. Waka, where are you, you half-baked prophet? Did you take a wrong turn somewhere because Ammy is sure this can't be the Celestial Plain. She's starting to think this isn't Nippon at all, in fact...or at least she prays not. If this is the distant future of her dear world, then she's failed. Somehow, down the line of her endless lifespan, she failed them all. The thought makes her heart heavy, and Amy whimpers, tail curling between her legs.]
Sample Entry Two:
Bang!

Hmph, that was simple enough. Amy didn't even need to exert that much force with that weird, metalic cylander thing. But oh, the treasures inside! As soon as it's spilled - and a rather plump rat scuttles out with a fright - the contents of the metal trash can splatter all over the ground. With a wagging tail, the wolf eaerly begins to hunt around inside, digging for anything that's edible and not too covered in grime or bugs or something. Even she has standards when it comes to the wonders of food! Still, in this sad and desolate place she's in now, Ammy really can't be picky, and snatches up the scraps of food in the trash, getting properly filthy as well.

Egh, not the best food she's had, and she does yearn for the good life of being handfed in Nippon by kind and generous people, but this place is where she's stuck in. She could attempt to grow some food, but finding a good patch of soil in this place seems hard, and she's not sure being out on her own for too long is wise. The thickness in the air was unsettling, like a cursed zone, andAmmy's senses were constantly on edge - picking up presences here and there at all sorts of random intervals. Yet her eyes and even her ears and nose could pick up only the scents around her.

Best to eat and run, then. Ammy's no stranger to the fine art, but she never had to do so in a circumstance quite as this. Though she's sure the presences surrounding and watching her couldn't be nearly as tough as what she's seen and faced in her travels, she won't take the chance this time around. Bleh, no, way too much of a hassle. What she really needs now is somewhere to curl up and sleep for a few hours. Somewhere safe...but where?

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on October 25th.

Congratulations on being accepted, Amaterasu. You will be living in apartment #2.007, and your tag is character: amaterasu. Please use this tag when you are the poster of the entry or log, and when you tag into an entry or log, thank you. Please note that tags will not show up on the tag list until they have been entered manually once, this does not mean we have forgotten to give your character a tag.

Please make sure to complete the following:

-> Join havenrpg, havenooc, havenlogs and havenplots.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community, and haventest, the Haven Test Drive community.
-> Fill out this form.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> Check out who you'll be sharing an apartment with on the apartment listings.
-> Introduce yourself in the OOC community.
-> Make sure you have read this guide

IMPORTANT: An IC mingle log will go up on Saturday at 7PM EST, where new characters can intro with the rest of the game. Feel free to join the communities and introduce yourself OOCly before then.

Applications Two

Amaterasu | Ōkami - Not reserved

Re: Amaterasu | Ōkami - Not reserved

-> ACCEPTED