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

History
Helios was born in America on December 15th 1978, but he is Romanian. His parents were living in America at the time, having moved back there since the Communist regime and not wanting to raise their children there because of it. Throughout much of his schooling in America Helios and Nero were taught English in school but also Romanian, by their parents, and Helios and Nero’s relationship was a bit rocky but not as bad as it would become. They studied magic and its properties under their parent’s teachings and were only allowed to use it at home. However the time finally came for the Sprensonne’s to move back to Romania after the 1989 Revolution and that is when both Helios and Nero’s parents re-opened the academy. Helios and Nero used to get along quite well as they both practiced magic together under their parent’s supervision and teachings. Nero however perceived himself to always be shadowed by Helios. Helios was a quicker learner, quicker to understand and memorize and thus gained much more light in his parent’s eyes, or at least that is what Nero thought to be true. The first stone was cast by this and it was throughout most of their time in primary school, which created the now present day fissure between the two brothers.

It soon came time for Helios and his brother Nero to attend Sprensonne Academy but not under their parents, who were supposed to be the Headmaster and Mistress, but a family friend took the position for them as they moved back to America to deal with other business matters. Throughout that time in school Nero was supposed to be taking care of Helios since he was the older of the two but he merely abused Helios for that long period of time, and thus formed the many phobias and psychological problems which now plague Helios in the present. Helios never attacked back because they were brothers and he was a bit more innocent than Nero. He never wanted to hurt Nero no matter what and that’s because of his pure heart and selfless disposition. He never told anyone about the things Nero did to him which created a rather large void in Helios often leaving him wondering why Nero hated him so much.

After their parents deaths Sprensonne Academy closed once again and it was deemed to stay that way forever. Helios went off to college in hopes of becoming a psychologist while Nero wanted nothing else to do with magic; his grudges and hatred making him forget his magical blood entirely and he basically shut Helios and everything in Romania out of his life for good. Nero returned to America where he joined the military and eventually became an FBI agent. Whereas in college Helios was more or less withdrawn and kept to himself most of the time, still unable to break the psychological strain and abuse Nero had instilled in him. Until of course he met Varron Capinello who would become his roommate and best friend for the next several years. Unwillingly Helios accidental showed Varron his magic one day having thought the other was at class. Varron approached Helios about the subject and Helios was honestly terrified about this and wasn't sure how to keep the other from talking. Because having yourself outed in a place surrounded by normal people was very bad. But Varron was taken with the information and he never thought for once that magic could actually exist. He and Helios talked about it for hours on end and this is where Helios' field studies of belief creating and bringing things into actual existence via the minds of others came to spawn from. Obviously this hypothesis would be claimed to be ludicrous by many of his colleagues and professors. So Helios took it upon himself and he set off back to to prove his theories right. He therefore re-opened Sprensonne Academy once again a plan of action in full swing for the middle-aged man as his dreams soon to come full circle.

Helios is the 19th generation of his family’s lineage (basing this off of generations being 20 years minimum) and therefore his magical growth and knowledge exceeds that of his ancestors by a ten-fold. Magic grows with each passing and with proper use and refinement. Helios receiving all those is now one of the most powerful magicians in his time period. Helios will use his power to make the subtle changes to the school over time for its final and current re-opening. Helios retook the school back with his True Light, Elise, be his side and with modifications towards curriculum and those who attend the school he soon re-opened it under the true founders bloodline of Sprensonne.

Before the actual school’s reopening Helios was engaged to Elise Gaita a woman who was part dryad and whom he had met in college. It was typically common for magical families to marry into one another, especially in this world, and the reasoning behind it was the mixture of magical attributes would pass over to the children giving them both powers of each parent and thus making powerful witches and wizards. Sometimes they even allowed the mixing of mythological creatures with humans as well. They would be half-breeds but extremely long living and more powerful than the regular human magician. Despite their halfbreed nature they were not persecuted against and were actually accepted with open arms in many cases and many turned into fine instructors for magic. Elise had a very big part in healing the wounds inflicted upon Helios from Nero's years of abuse. She helped him cope and seek out help for his stuttering, to which in the present no longer remains and only crops up from time to time. But she also helped him devise and plan the opening of Sprensonne Academy with the intent to garner an understanding and to rekindle the mutual relationship between mythologies and humans. Seeing Elise have to hide herself in public, whether it's by wearing a wig or even dying her green hair, made Helios come to realize that outwardly appearances shouldn't be taken into consideration when it came to myths. He also found this out by Elise taking him to visit many of her family's acquaintances which were mythologies and Helios having no prior connection or interaction with them wanted to help in any way possible. It was here that he began to gain a small following of sorts in the realms of mythologies, and his ideas spread rather quickly to the other families. However the Magic Council at the time didn't realize what one of their soon to be members was doing. It was only after Elise's death that they realized Helios was consorting with mythica and that wasn't very tasteful in the magicking community simply because they, as mythologies, were different and much too powerful. The Magic Council feared them and therefore alienated them or gave them menial jobs to which they could only rise up in the ranks so much. There is a very apparent rift between mythologies and magicians for this reason and Helios was trying to be the final mediator between the three (humans, magicians, and mythologies) with his school.

Elise was what they call Helios’ “True Light” a term quite commonly used in the magical underground world. True lights are specifically limited to magical individuals simply because their magical wavelengths and souls affect one another in such a way that they create a perfect union between the two. It meant that both spouses are so perfectly bound and intertwined to one another’s souls that it is nearly impossible to separate or break them; a perfect match if you will. Of course, such bonding and soul sharing can be problematic and dangerous. If either one was to die, the other's soul would essentially be damaged; this damage meant a cessation of any and all ability to feel romantic love or desire ever again, as well as a host of other problems.

Applications Two

Helios Sprensonne | Original Character | Not Reserved