Applications Two

[havenmods]

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:
<b>Name:</b> Your name or nickname <b>Contact Info:</b> Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Haven. <b>Requested apartment:</b> Please put N/A if you have no preference. <b>Character Name:</b> Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) <b>Canon:</b> <b>Canon Point:</b> Where in the series are you taking them from? <b>Background/History:</b> A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. <b>Previous Game History:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. <b>Items/Weapons:</b> Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? <b>Sample Entry:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry Two:</b> 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:
<b>Name:</b> Your name or nickname <b>Contact Info:</b> Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Haven. <b>Requested apartment:</b> Please put N/A if you have no preference. <b>Character Name:</b> Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) <b>Background/History:</b> At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. <b>Previous Game History:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Please explain in as much detail as possible. <b>Items/Weapons:</b> Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? <b>Sample Entry:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry Two:</b> 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.

Comments

[flatteries]

Abilities/Powers: Inigo is seasoned in battle. His in-game class is Hero (the upgraded form of his original Mercenary class), which is a class that fights with swords and axes and has fairly balanced stats with nothing in particular standing out. It means he's good with a sword or axe (a little better with the former than the latter though), enough to face and often kill bandits and other warriors in battle.

The special skills he knows thanks to his class are:

- Armsthrift, which makes weapons last longer and break less easily.
- Patience, a skill that increases the chance of hitting the enemy and avoiding the enemy's attacks when the enemy is the one initiating an attack.
- Sol, a skill that activates based on skill stat (let's say about a third of the time) and makes the user recover health (HP) equal to the damage they delivered to the enemy.
- Axebreaker, which gives a higher chance of hitting the enemy and avoiding their attacks when said enemy is using an axe.
- Luck +4 (inherited from his mother), which.. well, makes the luck skill higher, pretty much what it says on the tin. Luck is the stat the influences your chance of getting hit (making that lower) or hitting the enemy (making that higher). So in other words, with all of this considered he's pretty nimble in battle.

Items/Weapons: A steel sword, his mother's ring and dignity a Concoction which is basically a healing potion with limited use.

Sample Entry:

[ As Inigo starts his "broadcast" over the phones, he's already chuckling a little to himself, the grin on his face so wide it might as well be blinding. Sure, he might have been here in this place for a while already, but that doesn't hinder him from doing this kind of thing all the same. No matter what the nature of this place is. He's got to make a good impression even if it's a late one, right? ]

Dear ladies of Haven! Allow me to finally make my introduction, if you would forgive me for being so late. [ Yes, he's knowingly ignoring half of the population here.. ]

My name is Inigo, although "man of your dreams" might be appropriate as well.. [ Yes, he's being serious, even if he's still smiling his face off. ] But I will allow all of you beautiful creatures to call me that. I would not entirely be opposed to "darling" either, so feel free. I have to say I have seen quite a few of you around the village already and because of that I can hardly walk around without being simply astonished by all the beauty surrounding me! All of you will have to go a little more easy on me before I pass out!

[ That's.. probably more than just a little exaggerated, but Inigo is always over the top when it comes to these kind of things. How he can say all those corny things with a straight face is anyone's guess. He pulls his hand through his hair. ]

Perhaps that could be done through a little bit of.. alone time. [ He he. If you know what he means. You do know, right.. ] Now, now, no need to line up! I can assure you that each and every single one of you will get their turn, and I shall devote all of myself towards making sure you will get my full attention. So what do you say..?

[ Inigo, do you really expect to get any enthusiastic reactions to that.. ]

Sample Entry Two:

He knew it was dangerous. Sure, even though it might not be as dangerous in this time as it was in the future with the Risen all over, there were still threats to take into account even in this time. Bandits, their direct enemies, even some Risen as well..

It was why sneaking out of the camp at night probably wasn't the best idea. But there was hardly enough space in his tent to practice without knocking things over or running into a wall at least three times. He had tried already and it hadn't exactly been easy to provide an explanation for the bruise on his forehead the next day, mostly since he wasn't a very good liar. Not to mention that he was deadly afraid that any other member of the group would waltz right into his tent while he was in the middle of a dance. How would he ever survive that kind of embarassment? So after that time he decided it would be for the best to not practice in there anymore. But that left the question of where he could find a good place to practice. Even at night, there would be people around the camp who weren't able to sleep or had something urgent to do and during the day there would definitely even be people outside of the camp. Outside of the camp at night would be the only place with no people, huh? The only things to deal with would be bandits. Maybe Risen. Maybe-- okay, so maybe there were a lot of potential dangers. But somewhere in Inigo's head dealing with danger actually sounds a whole lot better than dealing with the embarassment of people seeing him dancing. Not like he was scared of those bandits, right?! What's an arrow in your shoulder compared to the humiliation of your secret hobby being known to everyone?!

.. Well, maybe he was a little nervous. By the time he actually left the camp and was surrounded by the darkness he had to gulp to himself at least. Not like he wasn't used to being by himself or fighting alone, but even so.. there was something about the idea of whatever there was out there lurking in the darkness that he didn't quite like. But the young man swallowed down the nervousness. Who cares, if one of those things shows up, he'll just get rid of it..! No problem! Even false confidence was confidence.

He comforted himself with the idea that at least in the darkness like this, truly nobody would be able to see him. And with that knowledge he could easily start on the dance routine he had practiced for so long already that he could dream it up any moment. The one his mother left him. A step to the right, a twirl..

In a few moments he had already almost forgotten the danger. If not just because dancing like this made him feel a little more safe, a little closer to his mother. All the times he had practiced this by her grave back home he had felt like she was watching over him, and here in the darkness with nothing but himself visible to him it felt a little like that once more. Almost as if she was right there. Sure, she was there in the camp as well, but he never did quite dare to show her in person. Maybe because even if she was his mother, she was still different like this, or maybe-- no, it was definitely just that he was too afraid of disappointing her. Especially after already being unable to save her in the future.

In the middle of a step he stopped, gazing up at the sky, even though everything looked the same in this lighting except for some faint stars. "Mother.. are you proud of me?"

It was hardly more than a whisper. He wasn't waiting for a direct answer, after all.

[havenmods]

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 17th January.

-> ACCEPTED

[havenmods]

Congratulations on being accepted, Inigo. You will be living in apartment #2.008, and your tag is character: inigo. 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.

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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.

If your character has been assigned a room on one of the upper floors, please make sure to familiarize yourself with the state of the apartment block via the plot page (December event).