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.

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Abilities/Powers:

Soul Eater: With his weapon of choice Blood Scythe, Ragna gains the ability to take the life force out of his opponent with each slash of his blade. This is his Drive attack, and in most cases the life he takes from each attack is little-to-low middle amount--in it's dormant form. When awakened, Ragna's blade becomes an actual scythe, powered by his incredible control of seithr (which is the magic element that comes from his world). In this form, Ragna can take away even more life from his enemies, changing the amount to middle-to-large.

Azure Grimoire: The Ars Armagus Ragna carries in his right arm. Ars Armagus is a stronger way to manipulate seithr, and to use ars, you need a grimoire. With the power of the Azure Grimoire that grants the user strength, Ragna can use it to active his Blood Kain, enhancing his overall strength and seithr control, allowing him to be more versatile. There's a cost however, in which that Ragna has to give up some of his life force consistently until Blood Kain wears off. With the Azure, Ragna can also perform moves like Dead Spike, Gauntlet Hades, and Hell's Fang, all moves which he adds seithr to to damage his opponent.

The Black Beast: Ragna is the "body" of the Black Beast, and is where most of his seithr power and control comes from. As mentioned before, Dead Spike makes use of his seithr, however he also summons parts of the Black Beast within him, using one of the beast's heads as it's main method of dealing damage. It also comes out within other attacks listed above, ranging from the beast's claws to even it's breath. One of Ragna's more damaging attacks, Carnage Scissors uses two large slashes from his blade, along with summoning the beast's tail. Pulling this all together, Ragna can transform his entire body into darkness, along with his weapon to suck the life out of his enemy, and then blow them away entirely.

The Idea Engine: Ragna possesses a fake Azure Grimoire. While the Grimoire allows him to be stronger, it doesn't hold true to the real Azure. In Continuum Shift, Terumi, the original creator of the Azure Grimoire, locks down his fake one. He faces certain death, until Murakumo Unit Lambda-11 takes the hit. She passes down the Idea Engine to Ragna, something that had belonged to her originally. This engine allows Ragna to negate any restrictions, and access the true Azure.

This aside, Ragna also has a couple of ars magus abilities that goes through day-to-day usage, such as an ability to conceal himself within the ars so he can't be seen. These are minor and weak compared to most, and they don't usually help him in battle, but are seen as a mere convenience.

Items/Weapons: Keeping his clothes, weapon, and his silver bracelet.

Applications Two

Ragna the Bloodedge | BlazBlue | Reserved