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

Name: Auria
Contact Info:

AuriaTetsukai // AuriaTetsukai (AIM)
Other Characters Played: Terra //

ihaveaflashlight
Preferred Apartment: None

Character Name: Ib
Canon: Ib
Canon Point: End of game, "Promise of Reunion" ending
Background/History: Here and Here.
Personality: Ib is nine years old, but already very independent for her age. At the very beginning of the game, she strikes off on her own to explore the art gallery, and spends the first part in the dark gallery alone until she meets Garry. Even when they begin travelling together, Ib doesn't abandon her self-sufficient nature to lean on him; instead, she and Garry become a team who support each other.

There is a degree of stoicism to Ib in that she deals with the horrors of the art gallery unflinchingly. There's no in-game reaction. Where Garry lashes out at the world that's trying to kill him (like kicking the mannequin head or the doll), Ib deals with everything calmly. It's only after Ib begins travelling with Garry -- after she has found someone to help her -- that we see her succumbing to everything that's going on around her, culminating in her fainting.

Ib is, in general, a rather quiet and well-behaved child. Being a more traditional RPG protagonist, she has no dialogue except for the choices when talking to other characters, and the inferred dialogue from various parts of the game (such as when she asks her mom to let her roam the gallery alone). The "Promise of Reunion" ending does require extensive conversing with Garry, but most of this is one-sided, with Ib offering two- or three-word phrases in response.

Though there isn't much given in regards to Ib's home life or family, much can be inferred about her personal life. Her family appears to be high-class and cultured, being able to afford tickets to a large-scale art exhibition. Garry also comments on the quality of Ib's clothes and her lace handkerchief, both likely expensive items. Ib is unable to read many negative words or words associated with death ("Hell", "isolation", and "wariness" are among the many words she doesn't know). She also assumes that Garry is "sleeping" if she finds herself in an ending where he dies. Though nine is an age where one might already have been acquainted with death or other hardships, Ib appears to still be unaware of these.

Of course, this has all been thrown out the window in Haven, where Ib is now quite experienced with death. She also has frequent nightmares and is far less self-sufficient than she was in the gallery. Haven is much more unforgiving, so she has become cautious and rarely ventures outside the apartments without someone accompanying her. She's also become aware of how untrustworthy other people are -- prior to arriving in Haven, the most dangerous person she'd met was Mary, and a little girl with a palette knife is far less lethal than a murderous vampire or a crazy French scientist. Thus, she is more wary of approaching people who don't already have the Garry Seal of Approval (and even then, she's still afraid of Diva).

Abilities/Powers: Ib has no special abilities or powers; she is a normal human.
Items/Weapons: Only a piece of lemon-flavored candy.
Sample Entry: Here.
Sample Entry Two: Here.

Edited 2013-12-21 01:38 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 3rd January.

While the application looks good, we would like to ask for a revise third person sample.

The reason for this is that the link to the third person sample leads to a first person/action spam thread. You are welcome to link another thread or write a new one.

We apologize for the inconvenience. You have one week to reply to these revisions, thank you.

WHOOPS. I had a feeling, but I figured since the thread was really prose-y anyway that it might still pass. OH WELL. Here's a better one.

Congratulations on being accepted, Ib. You will be living in apartment #6.008, and your tag is character: ib. 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

Ib // Ib // Not Reserved

Re: Ib // Ib // Not Reserved

-> REVISE

no subject

-> ACCEPTED