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 the aspect of War, Håkon has a set of passive and active abilities. Passive abilities include the ability to generate his own life force. This means his human body is stronger and sturdier than the average person’s, and that he is capable of surviving injuries people normally would not be able to survive. His healing ability is also quite strong. While a broken leg will remain a broken leg, his leg will likely recover in four weeks, when the usual takes six. Little things like that. To be honest, in the grand scheme of things, his sturdiness is of no use. Because he will be reincarnated anyway, the need to stay alive decreases. He is also able to sense conflict within others. At the peak of his power, Håkon is capable of cataloging and sensing the conflict of every individual who lives in his world. He can look at anyone, and be able to tell you what sort of conflict they’ve experienced, whether or not they’ve fought, physically or verbally, with anyone, whether or not they have ever experienced war. He is instinctively drawn to people who are embroiled in conflict. At Haven, this passive ability will be toned down: he will only be able to sense that people are related to conflict, but will not know any details unless the other mun agrees to it. Other passive abilities include: rudimentary magic resistance, and the ability to grab any mundane object and allow it to be used as a weapon. A ruler gains a sharper edge. A lightbulb glows hot. Wood strengthens. Cords become sturdier. He is also able to pick up any weapon and have instinctive knowledge on how to use it to maximum efficiency. His ability will be toned down to only weapons that he has seen before, and only if other muns in the thread agrees.

As a person, Håkon eats and sleeps like a regular human being, but he technically doesn’t need anything but sleep. Food and water are things that he consumes to keep up appearances—technically, his organs only function at a minimal level. However, he needs at least three hours of sleep per day to be at full functioning capacity. He tends to forgo even that amount of sleep—causing him to crash in energy levels approximately once every week and a half.

Håkon’s only active ability is the ability to form ‘Contracts’ with other people. As the Aspect of war, he is unable to perform magic unless he holds a contract. Usually, he holds a contract with his world, negating the need to form contracts with other beings. Upon arriving in Haven, he will need to hold a contract with another character in order to tap into the full range of his magical powers. Ultimately, his power, like the Wishmakers of his world, is the ability to grant miracles by manipulating life-force. With a contract, he will be able to tap into both his own life-force and the life-force of his contractor. His element is fire, and his nature is war, which allows him to perform strong magic to do with war—summoning swords and storms of flames, for example. He is also able to grant minor miracles that have nothing to do with his nature, such as levitation, limited flight, making an apple pop into existence, drawing a large-scale graffiti on the wall etc. But these are limited. The larger the scale of the magic, the the life-force it’d take. He cannot bring the dead back to life, and as healing is not his nature or element, he can only grant minor healing magic. Any large-scale healing will likely cost both him and his contractor’s full life-force, causing them both to die.

Also, not really abilities, but I wasn't sure where to put this-- Hakon cannot recognize human faces. As in, every face more or less looks the same to him. It's like trying to get a three-year-old child to recognize the differences between the faces of identical breeds of horses. Impossible. He judges people's identities via their actions, voices and mannerisms, but he's pretty easy to fool if you know what you're doing. Also, Hakon hits states of mania and depression. He'll get worked up on adrenaline, and then crash a few days later. ~~*The more you know~*~

Applications Two

håkon wium lie ❧ original character // not reserved