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

Not much is known about Clementine's behavior before the outbreak, but it can easily be assumed that her personality didn't change too much. She'd gotten quieter, maybe, but she was still a smart young girl, who was able to notice more than one might initially expect from a kid.
First impressions reveal that Clementine is pretty quiet, content to draw pictures of happier times when left to her own devices. She may not be able to completely understand certain situations, but she does like to be included in decision making if she's part of the group. Despite being a child, she has a surprisingly mature ability to adapt and learn; she's also been able to keep her innocent outlook and hope that things will get better despite seeing many of her friends leave or die. . .and despite having had to shoot her own best friend/father figure to prevent him from turning.

Any one, especially a child, could have fallen to the despair and distrust in their world, but Clementine was always quick to try to befriend the strangers that they would come across. Being wary of everyone wouldn't get her very far when it came to getting help from strangers, even if it meant that it would put her in a dangerous situation. She's learned that she shouldn't be so quick to trust, but being so trusting is part of her nature and hard to dismiss. After all, when Lee, a total stranger, came to her house she didn't seem afraid of him and trusted him enough to want to stay near him. Of course the alternative was to stay hiding in her tree house with walkers all over the place. Better to be with another living human being than be by herself.

At the core, Clementine is a good, sweet girl who wants to do good and help those she meets. Some children seem to be oblivious to the situation they're in, but Clementine is of the sort to want to get right in there and help out where she can, with this usually ending up bein by crawling through ducts or going through doggie doors. Oftentimes she'll take the initiative to do so herself if she gets the opportunity, whether or not she's told to - as long as it's something she can do to help out. She actually doesn't like it when she's told to stay behind where it's safe, for two reasons; one, because she likes being treated as an equal who can help out, and two - and this is the biggie - because she's afraid the people she cares about will leave her for good, by getting killed. Even if there isn't anything she can do, she would rather be with them - she hates to be alone, because it's more frightening alone than in the thick of things. To better be able to defend herself, she was taught by Lee how to shoot a gun. She's no sniper, but she isn't afraid of shooting walkers if she needs to. Well she is a LITTLE afraid. Although she really prefers not to use the weapon; she'd much rather sneak about and run away.

Post Timeskip:
One notable change to Clementine's personality in the almost two years she's been surviving during the zombie apocalypse, is that much of her naivete and trust was gone. She still holds the hope that people would help each other out in those dark times, but at the same time, she is even more wary of strangers, given the cutthroat manner of those she's met. Many people are unwilling to accept new strangers into their group, thinking of them as just 'another mouth to feed', and are suspicious of new faces. If there was even the slightest chance someone was bitten by a zombie, they are more likely to turn them out - whereas Clementine is still more willing to cooperate and help people. She's not quite jaded yet, but she does get frustrated when she can't find supplies during scavenging, and tends to keep her thoughts to herself when she comes across dead bodies. She's used to seeing them, and feels sorry for them, showing she still has the kind and compassionate heart in spite of the hard times she's been through.

In addition to the tougher exterior from Clem, she's more resourceful, taking the lead when she needs help - for example, when she was bitten by a dog and needed help, she took the initiative to find it herself - even if it meant stealing - when the people she encountered refused to help her. This includes taking the supplies she needed (though she still felt guilty about it) to stitch her own wounds (which hurt like a biiiiiiitch) and saying what she needed to say to convince someone to help her (Even though she kinda meant it, though she was reluctant).

She still isn't much of a fighter, but she can be plenty scrappy, able to hold her own - if briefly - against a adult male, and she's learned to use her environment to help her, whether it's from fighting or primarily, running and hiding, as she thinks quickly and she's spry on her feet.

Lastly, she's given to smiling less, and the primary reason for this is to the heaping pile of survivor guilt she's suffering through. She blames herself for Lee's death, she blames herself for Omid's death, and she blames herself for Sam the Dog's death. As she tells Luke, people die because of her. As a result, she's a little more reluctant to form friendships when she fears most of all, the people she cares about will die because of her for some reason. Yet she misses having friends at the same time, and so that distance is tempered by the need to socialize and be helpful to people. No matter, she soldiers on, because giving up is not an option nor a way to honor the memory of her fallen friends. This is her motivation behind her survival - survive and live, so as not to disgrace the memory or sacrifices of those who passed before her. She may not like it, she may hate living when everyone she loves dies, but she continues to hope that things will get better in the future, and that she wants to continue living to see that day come about.

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

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