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: Bix
Contact Info: plurk: corbix, skype: steelcorbix
Other Characters Played: Kozmotis Pitchiner (

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Character Name: Aqua
Canon: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
Canon Point: Secret Ending, diving in to the Realm of Darkness
Background/History: A wild wiki appears!
Personality: Much like her namesake, Aqua is generally a very calm, patient young woman who can easily adapt to a difficult situation. She has a deeply rooted sense of right and wrong, an unshakable foundation that guides her every choice. She can be a bit reserved and a might bit too serious at times, but just because she isn't rambunctious or apt to loud outbursts doesn't mean she doesn't know how to relax and have fun. It's just been a long time since she's had reason to laugh due to the threat of the unversed and the loss of her teacher and friends.

The largest driving force behind Aqua's actions are her friends; whether it's to help them, protect them or teach them. They're the source of both her strength and weakness, faced with their loss and separation from anyone familiar she's apt to give up. She will avoid fighting them if ever possible, though when they need to be stopped she will step up to the plate and take that responsibility. She takes any threat to her friends as seriously as she would a threat to herself, their protection being her first priority.

Aqua's unshakable faith in those she counts amongst her friends belies a decidedly optimistic outlook on the world. She believes in the best of people, and will support them with everything she has when they need it. She can be a bit overprotective of those she cares for, something that can become a bone of contention despite her intentions. Her protective nature extends beyond her friends, if a threat shows up in the immediate area she will be amongst those fighting it off as opposed to hiding. Aqua is confident in her skills and doesn't need or necessarily want someone to protect her. She can be brusque about someone trying to play the hero for her; she's no damsel in need of rescue and will fight right alongside against whatever threat is present.

Aqua takes her role as a Keyblade Master seriously, she's a protector of the Light and it's citizens. She will always do the right thing, even if it means taking the harder path. She adamantly refuses to utilize the powers of darkness, and firmly believes that it is never something to be turned to. Revenge only begets more revenge, acting out of anger can only bring sorrow and pain. There is a limit to this, she's only human after all, vengeance and anger is well within her range of emotions. While this borders on being hypocritical, her intentions are always for the best of everyone involved.

Aqua's mastery of the trickier magic belies a willingness to learn and the patience needed to achieve those levels; she's willing to do the leg work involved with learning something and maintaining the practice of it. She's comfortable doing research and taking advice from others; there is always someone who knows more than her about something and if they're willing to teach her she will apply herself. This extends to teaching others, if they're willing to learn and honest in their endeavor Aqua is willing to teach. Whether it's fighting, magic or simply about the worlds at large and the balance of light and darkness.

Still waters run deep, however, and beneath the endless faith and optimism is a warrior who's fully capable of setting aside a friendship if it means doing the right thing no matter how much it hurts. When push comes to shove, Aqua can and will defend herself and those around her without fear.

Abilities/Powers: Aqua is a Keyblade Master, though not as much of a purely physical a fighter than her contemporaries. She bases her attacks on magic and agility, using her own slender frame and effortless use of the Reflect spell as defense.

She primarily uses elemental attacks of varying levels, from single balls of fire or ice projectiles and fields of electricity around herself to raging infernos that twist around her or summoning massive blocks of ice from the ground to encase or send opponents flying and even send up to three fireballs or chunks of ice at an opponent.

Further enhancing her fighting ability are various command styles that alter the nature of both magical and physical attacks; wreathing her in fire (Firestorm), spinning chunks of ice around herself (Diamond Dust), electricity (Thunderbolt), levitation (Spellweaver), illusions of herself (Ghost Drive), even using the keyblade as a means to gain a midair advantage (sky climber) and extension of the keyblade itself (Blade Charge). These are, however, limited in both duration and some are more difficult to use due to the specific magic require to unleash them on an opponent.

Another trick up Aqua's sleeve, used primarily against difficult odds or overwhelming numbers, is Lightbloom a deceptively graceful spinning technique that allows her to wildly fire orbs at an opponent. More often however, she relies on the directional Prism Rain; sending multicolored orbs in a singular direction.

From a non-combat standpoint her magic is still decidedly strong, and as a Keyblade Master she is able to sense the darkness within the hearts of others as well as place protective charms on people and objects. She is able to transform her keyblade in to a glider for faster transportation as well.

Items/Weapons: Her personal keyblade (stormfall), the keychain for Master Keeper (allows her to swap it for stormfall) and her Keyblade Armor (summonable)

Sample Entry: [The video feed is black, though a voice can be heard.]

What is…?

[The view twists rapidly, briefly showing a glimpse of a pair of pointed armored shoes and an odd silver badge over pink straps before the underside of a young woman's chin framed by blue hair is visible, looking around in what might be obvious confusion.]

This isn't the Darkness, but how…? Where…? What happened here?

[She finally looks down and a blush creeps across her face. Totally just realized it was on and recording her talking to herself. She clears her throat, recovering quickly.]

Hello, my name is Aqua and if anyone can tell me what world this is I would be grateful.

[There's a pause, as if she's debating something.]

Also, if anyone's heard of a boy named Terra I've been looking for him. He's not in trouble, I'm just… worried.

Thank you.

[She fumbles for a moment before cutting the video off.]

Sample Entry Two: A log!

Edited 2014-01-30 08:17 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 31st January.

While the majority of the application looks good, we would like to ask for revised first and third person samples.

The reason for this is that the link provided for the third person sample is over a year old, and we do not feel the first person sample adequately displays Aqua's personality. You are welcome to write a new sample or link to a different log or thread.

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

As the deadline for submitting revisions has now ended, we will have to decline this application. We apologize for the inconvenience, and you are welcome to reapply at any time.

Applications Two

Aqua | Kingdom Hearts | No Reserve

Re: Aqua | Kingdom Hearts | No Reserve

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Re: Aqua | Kingdom Hearts | No Reserve