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

Sample Entry: Test Drive

Sample Entry Two:

England woke up with a headache that felt like somebody was repeatedly banging a hammer against his head. Like a star had collided with his skull ~~again~~. This was not unusual, and soon enough he could feel memories of himself, a lot of whiskey and his local pub form in his mind’s eye.

“Oh, fuck me.” He sat up, rubbing his head with a groan, hearing the distant ring of his mobile phone. Sunday morning. When there was little else going on this was the day he used to relax, which usually involved cooking and embroidery, perhaps a walk to the park and a good book. Other days, like today, it meant catching up on the paperwork his boss had given him. What he wouldn’t give to wake up back on a ship; that was generally work he looked forward to. Hard, heavy work, but rarely dull.

He missed it often; the old days. Oh, things were better now in many, many ways. Things were easier now in many, many ways too. He didn’t miss the disease and the early deaths of most of his people. But oh, when he was younger— much younger, only a child wandering through the forests and fields of his home, and back when he was a young privateer on the sea, or taking care of a young and rather more innocent America. He seemed to remember that back then it was easier to be by himself. He had worries, of course, and too many of them. But none of them involved paperwork. And besides, it was harder to remember those old worries properly now anyway; they didn't so big now, somehow, and mostly he remembered the times he enjoyed. He could, and often would, spend hours at home, reminiscing.

Though of course, at least these days he didn’t have to worry about invasion.

Not that there was no conflict in his life now.

“I don’t give a bloody rats arse about any of that, frog,” he told France, irritated. There was a pause, an opportunity France used to begin blabbering on again. England gritted his teeth. “Oh, yes, well, if Europe’s doing it then— Yes, well, I won’t complain if you’re not there at the meeting either, believe me.” He hung up the phone, and quickly began to get dressed, giving up on any more sleep. He desperately needed a large mug of tea.

England gave a small smile as he looked up to see one of the fairies sitting by his mug in the kitchen. “The froggy bastard called,” he told the fairy, nodding to the phone in his pocket. After the tea had brewed and been poured, he sat down at the kitchen table with a cup full, two painkillers and a newspaper. “He thought it right to let me know of some new trend in Europe.” He scoffed. The fairy fluttered by his ear and told him she would slip salt into his wine when France next came over. England couldn’t help but chuckle.

Paperwork and a headache there may be, but he had his best friends and tea. Sundays weren’t all bad.

Edited 2013-12-09 02:46 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 20th December.

Congratulations on being accepted, England. You will be living in apartment #1.004, and your tag is character: england. 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

England | Hetalia | Reserved

Re: England | Hetalia | Reserved

-> ACCEPTED