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

While the majority of the application looks good, we'd like to ask for an expansion on the personality section.

The reason for this is that we feel the current personality section gives a good surface overview of the character, but we would like to see more detail about his inner motivations and feelings. For example, how he felt doing his father's requests until he was shown that he should do the right thing.

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

Personality:

Since his creation, the archangel Michael has always done as his father bid him to. From the smallest of commands, to those that required him to bring death to every human on Earth, he never refused. At first, he was being a good son, the best son, the right hand of God, and it was his duty to obey his father. But, while carrying out the orders that he never once thought to rebel against, he found the blood and violence to be intoxicating. There was a sliver of darkness deep inside him, and the battle, the murder, touched it and he reveled in the sensations. Michael always assumed that it was what his father truly wanted him to do, not realizing until it was much too late, that it was a parent testing their child’s character; and that his father found him lacking.

When the archangel loses himself to the blackness inside him, people get hurt, and he becomes the flood mentioned in the bible, wiping out everything in his path. The archangel had almost destroyed the human race, and his brother and sister nearly kill him in an attempt to stop him, the pair saving a young boy from Michael’s sword. Lying in a field, soon to take his last breaths, the boy he was going to slay gives him water and helps him recover. The child showed him through kindness and forgiveness, that doing what’s right isn't easy, but it’s, well, the right thing to do. The experience changed him, heart and soul, and Michael realized that his father was in fact testing him with his gruesome commands. Now, wanting to do what is right, no matter the difficulty, the archangel strives to control his emotions, to push away the darkness and finds himself overwhelmed with guilt when he makes the wrong choice or hurts someone.

Michael grips his emotions tight, and shoves them as far down inside himself as he can. And he does a horrible job at it. That control that he strives for, and often fails to have, is what keeps him sane. If he reverts back to the way he was, he will have failed his father and himself. His absolution is incumbent on the fact that he never becomes what he was, that he considers what is right and what is wrong, and does everything in his power to make the correct decision.

He’s typically stoic, expression a carefully placed mask of disinterest or unamused grimace, to keep himself from becoming too emotionally involved. That inability to control his emotions is what steers him away from feeling the lighter side like love and affection, wanting to keep from becoming attached to others. Michael doesn’t want to fall in love or care for anyone in specific, but he’s helpless to stop those emotions, and he’s shown to be more forceful and aggressive with those that he cares about. He’s harder on them, expects more from them, and generally, has a more difficult time with his emotions when they are involved.

Michael finds that he returns again and again to the arms of the same woman, unable to stop himself from seeing her. He tries to push her away, tells her it is for her own good, but it’s really his way of protecting himself. If he openly admits to loving her, it makes him vulnerable, weak, and under the right circumstances, it would be a doorway for someone to break open his carefully placed dam, letting the flood come spilling out again.

Another side of his nature is that he’s polite when he needs to be, kind even, and has a deep rooted love for humans. Even when he was a murderous tidal wave, washing death over the Earth, he still loved them. They were his father’s creation, his other children, and Michael’s other siblings. His affection for them did not diminish when he was asked to take out the human race, nor did it decrease when he found pleasure in the egregious acts he committed. It’s a striking contrast to what he’s done in his past, and a conflicting point in his character that he so loves the humans, but has previously killed them at his father’s behest. The love of his father, and his bloodlust, had won out over the love for the humans, until he was shown a new way. A light was shone on his darkness, and Michael could now clearly see what he was and what he needed to become.

When he rebelled against his father’s wishes, and became mankind’s only protector, he saw it as his redemption. Saving the humans, which would bestow upon him the ultimate forgiveness for his sins, has become his most ardent motivation for everything he does. If he can save them, change their fate, he can make up for the horrendous acts he’d once imposed upon them.

Congratulations on being accepted, Michael, your apartment block and number is #18.2, and your tag is character: michael (dominion). 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.
-> Check out who your character is sharing an apartment with.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community, and haventest, the Haven Test Drive community.
-> Fill out this form - please note, all re-apped characters are also required to fill out this form fresh, thank you.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> 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

-> REVISE

Revisions;

-> ACCEPTED