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Applications Three

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!
RESERVATIONS ARE OPENED!

NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR PROCESSED FOR APRIL, DUE TO A CURRENT DISCUSSION ON THE GAME'S FUTURE.
RESERVATIONS WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR A LONGER PERIOD.
MAY APPLICATION CYCLE WILL BE POSTED HERE AS SOON AS IT IS DETERMINED.

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 posts can be found here and here if you would like to look through past accepted applications.

Applications will be open on the following dates (from 7pm EST):
10th-17th April
8th-15th May

Applications will be processed on the following dates (at 7pm EST):
17th April
15th May

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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Thank you!!

Out of curiosity, his old tag was "character: dr. hermann gottlieb". Not to carry over his annoying neuroticism about the title to the ooc world, but for the sake of consistency (since he's keeping memories and stuff, same character), can I just use that one?

Hey sorry, I posted the app under the wrong journal account, so I'm going to be friending the communities with this one instead! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Yes go ahead.

That's fine. The person that is most precious to them is not necessarily someone they have to directly recall, because Yao is cruel like that.

No problem!

Excellent! Thank you!

Would a link to a thread in the same sort of dialogue-heavy style work? I have one handy, I realise. ;;

Personality: It had been foretold that a Lunar Flower would be the one to lead the wolves to Paradise, a safe haven built on a foundation of peace. In order to claim Paradise for themselves the humans, in this case the Nobles, took it upon themselves to collect flowers. With the aid of science and alchemy, the Nobles tried time and again to create their perfect Flower Maiden who would lead them to Paradise instead of the wolves. Their effort paid off in the form of Cheza; the only perfect Flower Maiden in existence. Those that were imperfectly created, the family that Cheza would later return to see, eventually withered away. Later believing herself to be the only one left, she was visibly distraught but was given little chance to grieve their passing because they were being pursued.

One would never know one of the main contributing factors of her creation is greed. She is everything one would imagine a flower to be both inside and out; kind, gentle and ignorant of all things evil. Her unflinchingly kind aura tends to lure people in while her honest and gentle nature keeps them there. Despite what a person has done in the past, she seems unwilling to pass judgement on them for their misdeeds. This is most prevalent when it comes to her willingness to heal as, in several cases, she tended to someone who not only attacked the wolves -- but also her. She will never ignore a person in need of help if she knows there is a chance that she can assist them in some small measure. They might not even be aware they need help, as it could be something as unnoticeable as loneliness that she picks up on. This selflessness, while endearing, also gets her into trouble. She puts the well-being of others before her own despite the frailty of her own body, without asking for anything in return.

Even in the process of withering she will stubbornly refuse assistance and continue onward as if nothing is amiss, going as far as to heal someone despite knowing it could worsen her condition. It isn't that she has a death wish, she simply doesn't want to be a burden and values others above herself. She will never match the physical strength of her comrades but the conviction behind her inner strength is absolute and unyielding. Until she has completely withered away, she will not allow suffering to befall those under her protection. On that same note, she will also not hesitate to save the wolves from themselves. Once, when Kiba and Tsume began to get into an argument, she used the power of her song to lull them to sleep. This action served a dual purpose; to give them a restful night's sleep and to end the fight before it could escalate further. In the whole of their dwindling world, it can be said that Cheza loves the wolves above all else. There is nothing more she enjoys doing than traveling with them, stroking their fur as they sleep and joining them in the unmatched excitement a full moon has to offer.

The wolves are everything and more, as they have given Cheza something she had been lacking before; life and purpose. In their company she is very animated whereas, when she was kept in suspension, she often appeared to be in a daze. Cher, a scientist who studied Cheza, was taken aback when she witnessed her smiling while running with the wolves. In fact, Cheza was bound to the wolves even before they officially met, as it was wolf blood (from a fight between Tsume and Kiba) that finally roused her from her sleep. While she cares for all of the wolves, she shares the closest bond with Kiba. While she is the one destined to be the guide to Paradise, it is Kiba whom she will lead there. They appear not as two strangers who have just met, but as two who have known each other for the entirety of their lives with her trust in him being unwavering. They appear so close, in fact, that they can converse telepathically with Cheza seeming to be aware of both Kiba's location and his physical state. In meeting the wolves, Cheza found not only purpose but also a reason to open Paradise. In Paradise, the wolves would live in peace rather than be hunted down to extinction. As they had protected and watched over her, she wished to do the very same for them.

The emotions she feels tend to be felt excessively due to the strength of her empathy. However, when not among her friends, she tends to revert back to looking distant. When happy she will laugh and twirl around without a care in the world, as if dancing to a song only she can hear. If it is sadness that she picks up on then, depending on the intensity, she will either appear somber or simply be so overcome that she will weep. This also extends to the wolves, as she is incredibly in tune with them. She's been shown to feel their pain so intently that she let out an almost ear-piercing scream, even though she was never wounded herself.

While Cheza exists for a very singular purpose, one that will inevitably come to a conclusion, she is still taking the time to savor the little things in life. The majority of her existence was spent being suspended in a glass dome filled with water while others studied her, so a lot of things, which most would take for granted, are very new to her. This innocence makes itself known most prevalently in her body language and mannerisms. When she walks her steps are light, quick and bouncy, as if she were frolicking about or skipping through a field. When gifted something as simple as a pair of boots she was quite ecstatic, spinning around and dancing to test them out. When Toboe tried to give her a fur shawl, however, she looks disheartened. It was rejected, as the idea of wearing something with fur on it made her sad. All that she could see, most likely, was that a living thing had to die for it to be made.

To make up for her blindness, Cheza tends to compensate by means of touch and also by listening to the voices of the living things around her. Not only do they guide her but they have also assisted her and the wolves when they were in danger. Though only she can hear them, she speaks to them fondly and respectfully. Because of them, some may not even realize her lack of sight. As an honorable mention, Toboe once thought she was going to dance off of a cliff but, when her foot met with air and not the ground, she changed direction at the last second. With this in mind, she would have a difficult time navigating without help from her "friends."

Sample Entry: Thread, Thread II

Both samples are from

haventest but are a little short, as we're still threading. I wasn't sure if either would work. Thank you!

Yes it would.

Congratulations on being accepted, Cheza, your apartment block and number is #21.3, and your tag is character: cheza. 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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Here you go. And a second, in case the first seems too meta?

Thank you! I'll actually be using this account for Cheza.

Congratulations on being accepted, Lumine, your apartment block and number is #25.2, and your tag is character: lumine. 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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No problem - here's some more about him! c:

Med'an often acts without thinking, repeatedly running off after only getting half the story, but his intentions are generally good. When he learns about his mother – and that she is in danger from the ogre Cho'gall – his first instinct is to steal a flying mount and find her. He repeatedly mentions wanting to rescue her (despite the fact that she's proven herself capable of fighting), and only towards the end admits that he also wished to “prove himself” to her. When Valeera comes to his rescue, but ends up outmatched by Cho'gall, he readily steps in to heal her throughout the fight, and heals her again after another battle when his uncle isn't available to do it. Though it takes him some time to decide what to do with himself, he eventually comes to the decision that he must help the new Council of Tirisfal defeat Cho'gall and save Azeroth from him and the threat of his master C'Thun. Meryl mentions that he taught Med'an “that the strong aid the weak. And that, above all, truth matters”, and though it is never stated outright, it is likely that he also taught Med'an the Three Virtues of the Light – respect, tenacity, and compassion.

He is also somewhat motivated by curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. He mentions to Maraad that he has been diligent with his meditations on the Light and that studying it is very satisfying. When the last vestige of his father Medivh's power calls him to Karazhan, he is initially afraid of going there, but decides that he has to learn what Medivh can tell him in order to make the right decisions about his fate. In the World of Warcraft Special, Med'an's page is narrated thusly: “Still others find their contentment in knowledge. And to work alone has no satisfaction. Because for some, happiness is not freedom, but a sense of belonging. And a sense of accomplishment.”

That narration also suggests something about Med'an's friendliness and feelings towards others in general. Warcraft as a canon is full of conflict, of course, but notably Med'an never really seems to differentiate between Alliance and Horde. He's not confused or disturbed by working with members of both sides, and does not seem to have negative thoughts about any species. The only time he considers one side negatively is when he sees the destruction the Old Horde brought to Draenor – he thinks to himself that he is a “monster”, related to the “mad orcs” who destroyed so much (such teenager, very angst) – and that is arguably more about the Old Horde than the current Horde (since he then continues to work with Horde members and is not concerned about it at all). In terms of relationships, what appears more important to him is how others view him than how he should view others, and this is where much of his insecurity shines through (“I have kept [my parentage] a secret. Anyone who learns this will say I am the son of an insane regicide and a monster”). He eventually decides that, despite his fears, his allies must be able to accept him for who he is, and when they all agree to trust him and lend him their powers, he is very touched and promises to do well by them.

For Meryl specifically: although Med'an does not call him "father", that is essentially what he is to Med'an, having raised him since infancy and taught him all he knows. As aforementioned, Med'an clearly loves Meryl - they share an embrace when Med'an mentions having a nightmare, and he gets upset at the idea of Meryl doing something dangerous for his sake - but it would be inaccurate to say that they always get along. Early on, Med'an thinks to himself that Meryl treats him like he's "still a child" and is fairly angry with him for lying about his mother. However, this tiff does seem to resolve itself quickly enough (though Med'an still thinks that everyone treats him like a kid, in typical teenage fashion) – it's likely that this is more a reflection of Med'an's brashness and adolescence than any serious problems with his guardian. By the end of the comic, he's also become mature enough to respectfully voice differing opinions from Meryl (see the aforementioned battle with the elementals) as well as understand the difficult choices Meryl has to make sometimes (such as taking control of a demon and letting it possess him for the foreseeable future).

The question of how Med'an feels about the surprises and new experiences he faces in the comics is a difficult one. The comic ends just after Cho'gall is defeated, and we have heard very little about Med'an otherwise. The revelations about his parentage are taken rockily at first - insecurity about his mother and fear about his father - but he seems to have accepted himself and his family at the end. He also quickly accepts Aegwynn as his grandmother and immediately starts calling her by that title once he finds out who she is. Positive new experiences - the opportunity to visit Outland and learning how to heal with the Light - are met with excitement and a quick absorbing of knowledge, and neutral surprises ("I'm part Draenei?") seem accepted easily enough. Overall, he can rush headfirst into things, and get emotional and conflicted, but in the end he rises to the occasion and does what needs to be done.

At the end of the comic, Garona explains that while Med'an will be staying with Maraad (and this sounds like a decision she has made more than he did, though we can't be certain), she will be going into exile with Meryl. Med'an reacts briefly but passionately with an angry “NO!”. It's clear that, though he's surely interested in learning more from Maraad, he's not entirely happy with how everything ends.

(One further note: I refer to Med'an as a teenager, and so does the comic at times. Chronologically, he's actually almost 30; since Draenei presumably age slower than orcs or humans, his mixed heritage means that he's physically/mentally maturing slower than normal. I usually put his mental age around 14-16.)

Congratulations on being accepted, Med'an, your apartment block and number is #5.1, and your tag is character: med'an. 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:

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IMPORTANT: An IC mingle log is currently up right now on the log community, where new characters can intro with the rest of the game. Feel free to join the communities and introduce yourself OOCly before then.

- I'm sorry if this seems kind of repetitive

Much of the reason behind her drastic change was due to being abandoned as a child, it angered and scared her to see her people left without someone to guide and protect them and when the one person she looked up to refused to do anything Kuvira knew it had to be her.

In three years Kuvira became self-righteous. She’d gotten it into her head that she knew how all of the citizens of the earth kingdom felt and that unity through military force was the answer to it all. It was because of this that she believed the ends justified the means, making her relentless and willing to go to any lengths to achieve her goal; such as forcing citizens into slave labor, sending dissenters and those not of Earth Kingdom heritage to re-education camps, and experimenting with dangerous technology (The spirit vines.) As well as sacrificing her fiancé to get a chance at taking out Korra and her companions.

When her motives are defied or criticized she becomes aggressive and cold, easily making the decision to leave a group of bandits to die, or threaten Varrick’s life when he refused to continue his work with the vines. When disrespected by the governor of Yi she berated him for putting his pride above the needs of his people and didn’t hesitate to leave without providing aid. While she’s charismatic and persuasive enough to convince most people to join her cause, she’s not above resorting to intimidation to get people to bend to her will.

While she normally possesses a calm, collected and serious composure when threatened or provoked that demeanor collapses; showing her to be rather short tempered and she quickly becomes agitated and hostile. Shown most prominently when she discovered Zhu li had been purposely sabotaging her weapon and when her mecha suit was breached.

Ultimately, her confidence in her own right and skill drove her to believe she could win no matter the odds against her. As long as she had that flicker of hope for victory she fought, refusing to give up even when her mecha was breached and Korra had confronted her in the control room. It took the destruction of her mecha and her causing her own cannon to go out of control for her to finally see how disillusioned she’d become.

She’s not a completely terrible woman though, showing a softer side during private times such as taking the time to gently ease Bolin’s fears about her motives, or urging Opal to reconcile with Baatar. She’s open and pleasant with her fans and even has the capacity to forgive people who are loyal to her.

Edited 2015-02-24 21:44 (UTC)

Congratulations on being accepted, Kuvira, your apartment block and number is #24.3, and your tag is character: kuvira. 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 is currently up right now on the log community, where new characters can intro with the rest of the game. Feel free to join the communities and introduce yourself OOCly before then.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN.
RESERVES WILL EXPIRE ON MARCH 15TH AT 7PM EST.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED AND CLOSE ON MARCH 20TH AT 7PM EST

Name: Caps
Contact Info: Plurk: Capsulecorp
Other Characters Played: n/a
Requested apartment: with the Straw Hats if possible

Character Name: Bartolomeo, aka Barty, aka "Bartolomeo the Cannibal"
Canon: One Piece
Canon Point: manga chapter 778, after he witnesses Zoro cut down Pica
Background/History: Canon wiki: onepiece.wikia.com seriously this series has 779 chapters, there's too much to sum up.
Barty's bio: http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Bartolomeo

Their history section is a little ridiculous, since only one smallish but important thing is really known about his past. The wiki's idea of "history" is a blow by blow of everything he's done and said during the Dressrosa arc, which does inform his personality but not his actual background. Ugh. So, allow me to elucidate the important things to take from that section (spoilers abound):

History:

- he was a thug, essentially a gang boss or mafia boss, in the East Blue for most of his life. He had control of the underbelly of a number of towns, though his main base was Loguetown - the Island of the Beginning and the End, being the first or last island in the East Blue for anyone leaving the Grand Line or trying to enter it. The island where Gold Roger was executed. As an underground boss he oversaw the trashing of at least 150 towns and was fairly wealthy.

- he was in the square on Loguetown the day Luffy and the Straw Hat pirates came through, and witnessed first-hand with his own eyes Buggy's attempt to execute Luffy, and the subsequent "miracle." A storm was passing over the island, and lightning struck Buggy's upraised sword, shocking him and destroying the execution tower an instant before that sword would have come down onto Luffy's neck and killed him. Being rubber, Luffy was naturally unharmed. Everyone watching was stunned at the timing, and some proclaimed it a sign or a miracle. Bartolomeo himself seemed to have an epiphany, that Luffy was exactly what he said, the man who would become the new Pirate King, and from that day forward worshipped him and his crew from afar.

- from the start of their journey up through the battle at Marineford, he followed the Straw Hats' exploits in the newspapers and knows everything about them - at least, insofar as the newspaper reported. He collected their wanted posters and turned his wall into a shrine to their exploits, he knew what they did to Crocodile at Alabasta, and he was extremely excited by the way they declared war on the World Government while rescuing Nico Robin at Enies Lobby. He even knew, as the papers reported, that Luffy was the brother of Portgas D. Ace, who was killed at Marineford. After that battle and the death of Ace and Whitebeard, Barty gave up his gang and formed the Barto Club, his own pirate crew, so he could hit the seas and become like Luffy.

- Barty has been sailing for almost two years, while the Straw Hats were "away" in their timeskip training. In that time he earned a bounty of 150 million beli (slightly more than Zoro's current bounty) and the nickname "Bartolomeo the Cannibal." The Marines tend to give pirates epithets that may or may not fit them but are indicative of something that happened at the time they were given their first bounty, so while Barty may or may not actually eat people, he clearly did something to make the Marines decide to call him a cannibal on his wanted poster.

- he came into the New World one year prior to the current timeline - but apparently hasn't gone further than Dressrosa in that year. This means he took one year to go through the "Paradise" half of the Grand Line. It isn't known exactly when, but at some point in his career he tortured other pirates by skewering them and holding them alive over a fire - and broadcasting it via denden mushi for everyone to see (possibly giving rise to his Cannibal nickname, even if he didn't eat people). He is also known to have bombed innocent civilians, though it isn't said where or why. The only crew member of his whose name we know is "Missionary" Gambia, a staff officer with a bounty over 67 mil.

Everything else in the wiki history is what he does while on Dressrosa, and it's stupidly detailed (considering it all happens within the space of 3-5 hours), so here's the highlights:

- there's a tournament being held by Doflamingo, in the coliseum, the prize for which is the Mera Mera no Mi, Ace's Devil Fruit which has been reborn in the world. Gladiators, pirates, and even kings of nearby nations are there to fight for the prize, and so is Barty.
- he beat the ever-loving crap out of a Marine officer undercover in the coliseum in retaliation for said officer beating up one of his own crewmates, Gambia the Missionary.
- pretended to throw a bomb into the audience of the coliseum, but it was just a baseball. Proceeded to mock the crowd for being as gross and cruel as he is for stampeding over each other to get away from a mere ball.
- lazed around the ring, not fighting at all, until near the end of the match. Dropped trou in front of the audience to pee into the moat surrounding the fighting ring. When attacked from behind by Hack, put up a barrier, and finally turned to join the fight, primarily using his Bari Bari no Mi to great effect.
- discovered that Luffy was fighting in the tournament in disguise and proceeded to go full fanboy. Spent the rest of the tournament following him around like a puppy, until someone stepped in to take Luffy's place to allow him to go help Law.
- interfered in Dellinger's attempt to assassinate Bellamy, protecting Bellamy out of brotherhood
- spent most of the final round protecting Rebecca from Diamante instead of fighting, and then fell in with Sabo, Koala, Rebecca, Robin, and the Tontatta after the coliseum is destroyed.
- went with Robin and Rebecca to help Luffy free Law and ended up on the lower plain, fighting alongside Robin and Cavendish against several executives in the melee
- took down the executive Gladius by sacrificing himself, enclosing himself and Gladius inside a barrier during an explosion. Followed it up with a Bari Bari no Pistol, a punch enhanced with his ability in homage to Luffy's move. Seriously injured and exhausted, he is now sitting on the battlefield watching Zoro be totally badass, and that's where he'll be pulled from.

Personality:
Okay, so everyone likes to start out claiming that their character is an exercise in contradictions, but really, Bartolomeo has two completely disparate sides to his personality. The only character more two-faced than him is Cavendish, who literally has a split personality. To the public, the Marines, and likely some of his crew, Bartolomeo is awful. He's an asshole. He's cruel and nasty and disgusting. He is, as Gyatz announced during his intro to the tournament, "voted number one on the list of 'Pirates We'd Most Like To Disappear.'" But once we discover his belief in and worship of Luffy, we see his other side - that he can be humble, he believes in the brotherhood of pirates and is capable of being helpful, brave, and positive. He's still not nice, necessarily, but he is a lot more noble, honorable, and friendly than his first appearance would let on. The trouble is, we can't really know whether one of those sides is an act, so we just have to conclude that Barty is the way he is and could possibly be in the middle of a shift in personality based on meeting his idol, Luffy.

When we first see him, he tells the coliseum audience to go to hell, and then proceeds to fool them into thinking he's tossed a bomb at them. When they turn into complete animals in a desperate attempt to get away from the ball he tossed, mowing over women and the elderly in order to get away, he sneers at them, pointing out that they're just as bad as him. He has no good opinion of these mobs of people, he knows how cruel and terrible all people can be in the right circumstances and calls them trash. When Dagama points out that he isn't well-liked, Barty shrugs it off. He doesn't care what the common people think of him, and he doesn't want them to like him. He probably never took great pains to correct the Marines when they called him Cannibal, and really, considering he roasted people alive, he is not a nice guy. He can genuinely be cruel and sadistic, and a little bit crazy. He used to do typical mob things like demand people cut off fingers for loyalty and whatnot. He has a short fuse and will snap and pull a knife on a guy for saying the wrong thing. Not just pull a knife, but declare that he will cut the man's tongue off so he can pay for saying awful things (about Luffy). He can also be cold and calculating in his craziness, considering the way he took down Maynard for messing with his crew. While Barty didn't show any real strong emotion when he found Gambia beaten, he was still fairly pissed, and when he went after Maynard in revenge, it was a planned, calculated move rather than an on-screen explosion of temper. He only gave the Marine a cold, fangy smile before the scene cut away, and the next thing we see is him casually sauntering into the ring with his hands in his pockets while Maynard lies in a bloody heap behind him. Barty has no manners, or maybe selective manners, and in public, he tends toward the gross. He picks his nose, he swears and insults people. His absolute worst was pissing in the moat in the middle of the fight. It was a quick way to get a glimpse at how he sees the world, the people, and himself/his place in it, because it accomplished a lot of things in one disgusting moment. It was an expression of contempt for the tournament and everyone there to watch the bloodsport, it was an attempt to embarrass everyone (he didn't just quietly pee over here in the corner, he dropped his pants to his ankles and whipped it out in front of everybody, and when the announcer started screaming about it, just stood there with a dumb grin), and it was a subtle dig at the strength of the fighters in the ring with him, because he was comfortable enough to turn his back on all 100+ of them and appear unguarded and vulnerable to attack. He taunted the crowd, he taunted his opponents, and in the end, it backfired on everyone, because once Hack came at him, he pretended to panic and then boom, barrier, and all those jeering, booing spectators had to clam up in shock at the magnitude of his power. Beyond that he's also a jerk to Cavendish (who at first wants to kill Luffy, something Barty says outright he will not allow), mouths off to Dellinger knowing full well that he's a Doflamingo executive, and even sneers at Sabo when he first appears, not knowing who he is or what he wants with Luffy. He's insulting and crass and has a casual disregard for the lives of others who aren't important to him. He shows absolutely no mercy to his foes, and no regret for injuring anyone who might have fought him earlier.

On the other hand...as weird and kind of goofy as his man-crush on Luffy is, it has the positive effect of bringing out Bartolomeo's best qualities. He has an almost religious belief in Luffy, a faith in his mere existence as well as his drive to become Pirate King that rivals Zoro's (and Zoro's is pretty epic, let me tell ya). He knows without any doubt that Luffy will become King of the Pirates, and is as willing as anyone in the Straw Hat crew to do anything to help him along that road. In fact, he even confesses to Bellamy that it's his dream to join the Straw Hats. Barty is the first pirate we've seen to actually want to join the crew from the outside, before even meeting Luffy. Considering he was once a mob boss and is currently captain of his own crew, he turns immediately subservient to Luffy and behaves more like a henchman than a leader around him. His belief may have been sparked by witnessing the miracle lighting-strike at Loguetown, but it was cemented by following the crew's exploits, meaning that his own philosophies of piracy and crew have been actually shaped by Luffy's own. So, like Luffy, he believes in the sanctity of crew and protecting his crewmates. Before his epiphany he was a mob boss, and never had the kind of dream of going to sea and becoming a pirate like most of the other pirate characters we see. Thus, he's not really sure what he's doing as a pirate besides becoming strong enough to be worthy of the Straw Hats. This is likely why he still does awful, cruel things, as a holdover from his past. Yet, he knows Luffy went to war to save Robin, and thus, he too would avenge his crewmates the same way. His relationship with Gambia isn't seen in depth, but he keeps his distance and doesn't appear too distraught, so maybe he isn't as close friends with his crew as Luffy is with his. We don't know if any of them are from his gang, or if he formed an entirely new crew upon deciding to become a pirate.

Around any of the Straw Hats, Bartolomeo is a massive fanboy. He squees and sparkles, he cries with joy, he can't even look directly at Luffy or else he becomes too intimidated to speak. He wept at the chance to get Zoro's autograph and burst into hearts and flowers around Robin. He dances and twirls and skips along, being around the Straw Hats is the best ever omg and once he realizes he's useful to them? He's helping them? It's his dream come true. He has actual fangasms. He stammers and flails and turns into a complete dork. He even shows a level of respect and humble deference to Sabo once he's clued in to the fact that he's Luffy's brother - Luffy is his senpai, Sabo is the respected great senpai. Barty threw himself into the path of an attack to protect Robin when his barrier was stretched to its limit, he decided he had no choice but to use his body as a barrier for her. He protected Robin for a time, but also Rebecca, because she was important to Luffy and thus, he made her his priority. Yet, the Straw Hats and their important friends aren't the only ones he shows respect to. When Dellinger attacked Bellamy, Barty seemed to catch on to what was really going on behind the scenes even without direct information - he knew Bellamy was trying to get into Doffy's crew, and then one of the executives shows up to assassinate him, there's some serous shit going down. He felt for Bellamy, showed genuine concern, and declared himself Bellamy's brother of the ring - when two men fight each other in the ring, he says, they become bonded like brothers. It didn't matter that he essentially beat Bellamy, he was willing to set that aside and support him instead. He protected him from Dellinger, holding a barrier up and taunting Dellinger until he gave up and left, and then carried Bellamy to safety. He's also hot and cold toward Cavendish - an asshole to a point, but also protects him with his barrier, and recognizes that there's something odd about him - something he can't just dismiss. He claims to give no shits about him, but his behavior doesn't always agree.

It isn't just the people themselves Bartolomeo works to protect, it's what they stand for. The biggest example is his reason to fight in the tournament in the first place: he intended to win the Mera Mera no Mi for the sole purpose of giving it to Luffy. He knew it was Ace's fruit, he knew Luffy would want it, and barring Luffy himself being there (nobody assumed he would be), he determined that he would go and get it and present it to Luffy. He even brought one of his own crewmates along to help, though likely Gambia is the only other one in the Barto Club to even have a bounty or be strong enough for that tournament. Barty wasn't interested in fame, fortune, or anything else at all. Given how he acts and what he's done to earn his reputation, it's strange for him to be so utterly selfless. But that's the power of his belief in Luffy - in the abstract idea of Luffy, since it isn't until that day in the coliseum that he even meets his idol. For all his self-serving actions during the B Block fight, when it comes to the final, he doesn't do a thing for himself, but instead uses his barrier to keep Diamante from killing Rebecca, and does everything Sabo tells him to do. While he knows the Straw Hats can take care of themselves, he wants to help, and he does. His barrier protects Usopp and Robin, and he does everything in his power to stop their foes from hindering their progress. His most sacrificial acts in the fight versus Gladius show that he does actually have the capability to put others first and be their support, asking for no thanks or fame in return. Gladius intended to blow up the wall behind Robin, but also inflated himself, threatening to pierce them all with poison needles if Bartolomeo didn't stop him. Barty's only chance to save them all was to enclose Gladius inside a barrier, with himself, so he could attack him and contain the poison needles and explosive damage to only himself. For Robin's sake, and even Cavendish's, Barty sacrificed himself without hesitation. He let himself get torn to shreds to save the others, and still got up and kept fighting like a Straw Hat would, bloodied and exhausted but able to pull out one last move.

There is a sense that Bartolomeo is still finding his way, that he shot to stardom pretty quick but he needs to do a little more growing before he's worthy of joining that crew. He's 24, but has only been a pirate a little under 2 years. He's strong enough to make it in the New World, as a Super Rookie, but being on Dressrosa with the situation as it is, getting caught up in the need to take down Doflamingo, Barty is sort of evolving right before our eyes. He is going from the man the announcer and the crowd said he was, worthy of boos and contempt, to someone his idol could accept as a peer. In fact, we see as much in his inner thoughts while he punches out Gladius - he seems to have had another epiphany, that all his rookie strength doesn't matter and he's still not worthy of being a Straw Hat, so he has to work to become "stronger," not physically but as a person. He makes that vow to himself with tears running down his face while he carries out his final attack. He has the potential to still be an asshole to anyone he doesn't like or doesn't care about, and will probably be a crass jerk for a while. Yet there's hope for him, he's not all bad and certain people will get a much different read on him. After all, Robin was amused enough by his antics to start calling him Chicken-kun. Around any Straw Hats, he will still be a flaily dork with stars in his eyes. But a lot has changed in the world in the few hours since he first stepped into the ring at the coliseum, and he's got to roll with it.

Abilities/Powers: Bartolomeo is a user of the Bari Bari no Mi, a Devil Fruit which gives him the ability to create invisible-ish barriers around himself or others. These barriers are extremely durable and solid, they aren't made of glass or anything that can easily shatter. In fact, in all the fights he wages on Dressrosa, not even the most powerful of Doflamingo's executives can break one of his barriers, not even Gladius' explosions. Most of the time he can be seen simply creating a wall for people to run into, and it is implied that the wall acts as a mirror of force - however powerful the attack directed at the barrier, it will deflect at equal power in the opposite direction, rebounding on the attacker. Bartolomeo has a natural limit to the actual square footage of surface area of barrier that can be created/maintained at a time - he revealed this limit when he created a set of stairs for Robin to use to climb from the third to the second level of the king's plain, massively increasing the surface area of the barrier but in turn making it impossible for him to make another one at the same time. He can also change the shape and size of the barrier, within that limit - he can create a super-long, thin barrier for example - and can manipulate these shapes at will. Lastly, he is able to use the barrier as a weapon, pushing it away from himself to act like a huge battering ram or wrapping it around his fists to enhance his punches.

Of course, the downside of any Devil Fruit is that he cannot swim. Any still body of water, from a bathtub up to the ocean itself, will sap his strength and render him incapable of moving. He's also vulnerable to the Armament haki that other people from his world might wield, though there isn't proof one way or the other yet if his barriers can be cut by someone using Armament haki.

Whatever other skills he has can be inferred from his background. He was able to not just become a mob boss but maintain control of gangs in cities across different islands, so he is charismatic and also probably good with organization and money as well as fighting. He is a good fighter, he doesn't just rely on his Devil Fruit. He carries a tanto stuck in his belt, so he is willing and capable of using a dagger or knife. He also has a pretty good memory, considering he's memorized every last exploit of the Straw Hats, plus he's not stupid; he was able to recognize that Usopp is really Sogeking, something Luffy and Chopper can't even do. He's quick to draw the right conclusions and strategize mid-battle.

Items/Weapons: just two: his tanto, a short-sword stuck in his waistband, and his coat, since he's not wearing it in chapter 778. It fell off.

Sample Entry: http://reallybadeggs.dreamwidth.org/14943.html?thread=4265567#cmt4265567 - it shows his interaction both with strangers (Thatch, Marco, Johnny) and a Straw Hat (Robin).

Sample Entry Two: As he walked, Bartolomeo kicked at rocks and other chunks of debris in his path, an idle expression of the irritation he was trying to hold back. Hands jammed deep in his pockets, he sulked and slouched his way down the cracked street, shooting angry glances at empty windows. The sense of being watched never really went away, and even after a month he was still guarding himself against those gaps of darkness in the crumbling walls, as if expecting an attack at any second and warding it off with only his glare. To be fair, a glare from Bartolomeo the Cannibal was enough to silence the meek and send cowards scampering out of his path, back home. Fangs bared, heavy brow drawn, it was an effective weapon when he didn't feel like getting his hands dirty. Yet, the longer he was here, walking his route under the baleful gaze of those empty windows, the more he wished something would attack him so he could bathe in its blood.

Well, there were monsters. Just not out here under the bleak sun. Today felt like the kind of day where Bartolomeo would gladly give in to his impulses and go find something to demolish, just to relieve the irritation. Yes, that sounded like a great idea. He already knew how pointless it was to knock down buildings, but just out of spite, he crossed his fingers and sent a barrier smashing into a wall anyway.

The darkness of the tunnel didn't bother him one bit, Barty was used to things much worse than what went bump in the dark. He had to watch his step or else stumble against debris in his path, but otherwise handled the journey just fine. His real problem was going out to do this alone - some of the monsters could be tough cases, even for him, so hunting parties worked a lot better. But he wasn't here to hunt, just to blow off some steam. As such, he left the tanto sheathed and hands in his pockets, grinning to himself at the thought of only using barriers. Yes, punching the ever-loving shit out of something with a Bari Bari no Pistol, that sounded fun. He started to whistle idly as he strode through the tunnel, trying to attract something to him. Come on, assholes, I know you're out there. Come get me. Tasty rookie, right here...

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Character Name: Zoro Roronoa
Canon: One Piece
Canon Point: Between chapters 597-598 Effectively right in the middle of the time skip. More specifically during the flashback in the most recent chapter where Mihawk takes him off booze.
Background/History: History is heeere

Personality:

Zoro is strong. Being strong is really what Zoro is all about. It’s his ultimate goal in life to be the strongest swordsman. His entire self-image is tied up in his own massive strength and he continues to improve it, lifting insanely huge weights to both better his power and stamina.

Yet, while being the strongest swordsman remains his dream and plays a large role in who he is, this dream shifts and even is overshadowed by the desire to protect his crew and his devotion to his captain. In a sense, Luffy’s dream becomes more important to him as evidenced when he was willing to give Kuma his head to save Luffy from getting executed. He will also protect members of his crew when they need him to and has been seen at least once presenting his back to the enemy in order to block a blow aimed at one of his crewmates. This is significant because he risked a very large part of his pride. For Zoro, a swordsman should not have scars on his back as it is a sign of cowardice and weakness and he even came close to death to protect his back and got a massive scar on his chest because of it. Though Zoro often risks death, sometimes for reasons of pride, sometimes for noble reasons, always in a fight which he has to try hard to win…But sometimes for stupid reasons too, like attempting to cut off his own feet as a last resort, deciding to go winter training and getting lost and nearly freezing to death. My god, can he be dumb.

Zoro is also very loyal and true to his word. He promised to follow Luffy with Luffy as his captain and sticks to it. He will almost always follow Luffy’s decisions unless they threaten to break up the crew. For instance, when Usopp left in Water 7, Luffy wanted him to come back with no consequences. Zoro told Luffy he wouldn’t follow someone who so easily let the crew walk over him. Usopp had left of his own free will and if he wanted back, he had to apologize. Zoro doesn’t allow anyone to disrespect his captain and won’t allow Luffy to disrespect himself like that. However, his loyalty to his captain goes even beyond that and he was willing to die for Luffy, sacrifice himself in exchange and takes on Luffy’s pain at great physical harm to himself. In short he’s willing to give up his own dream for Luffy’s ultimate goal.

Tying into this, Zoro is also stubborn. Really stubborn. If he starts a fight he generally finishes it and continue to fight until the battle is over, despite the fact that he is heavily bleeding and probably close to death. Once everyone is safe, then he can relax.

He’s good at reading people and their true intentions and has a very fine tuned bullshit meter. He also understands everyone has their circumstances and will pretty much let them do their own thing unless their bullshit proves detrimental or they really need to understand something. If the time comes he’s not afraid to cut right to the point of something no matter how harsh he may sound. At the same time he believes everyone has the right to be as they are no matter how stupid it is in the end so long as they are willing to accept the consequences of that. He’s very good at reading fighting moves and the nature of someones’ fighting, as well as the nature of his own swords.

Despite all this hardcore nature, he can also be pretty gentle, especially around those that are young like Chopper and he’s seen at least once washing Chopper’s fur. He has a definite soft side.

He also has no sense of direction to speak of, is a heavy drinker and is often found sleeping somewhere on deck when he’s not obsessively training. He pretty much does the grunt work of the crew sometimes but he’s pretty okay about it though he can get pretty snippy if he feels he’s being manipulated or used. Also even though he’s mostly laid back, he has a sense of pride that can be poked by Sanji, provoking them into a brawl—though sometimes he pokes Sanji first since a part of him loves jerking the cook’s chain. He also never got stuck upside down in a chimney. Never. Whoever told you that was making things up

Abilities/Powers: Zoro's abilities are basically tied into his swordsmanship and three sword style where his techniques can be found here. Though he is also developing something known as 'armament haki' which makes his skin or what he is holding nearly impossible to penetrate by usual means. However he is still in the learning stages of this and will take some time to get it right.

Items/Weapons: I'd like for him to arrive with his three swords.

Sample Entry:

[the feed clicks on to Zoro obviously in one of the tunnels. He looks a little weary as if he hasn't slept recently, but is nevertheless solid on his feet]

I know that there are a lot of problems with the tunnels and people are afraid to go in them, but why not look at it as a training opportunity. In order to get out of here we have to be strong enough to beat our enemies. That's not going to happen if you avoid the dangerous places. [he folds his arms] For anyone who wants to learn I am holding training sessions here, so feel free to come find me.

[he hesitates, then adds]

If you can. These tunnels are damn confusing. [Guess who has been lost for three days?] Is there really an exit? [dubious]

Sample Entry Two:

Zoro sat by the wall, swords propped against his shoulder as he watched Luffy playing around with some rocks in the middle of the cracked road. He leaned back and took a tiny sip of the rot gut bathtub whiskey he and the love cook had managed to throw together a few weeks ago. It wasn't the best. It was actually so disgusting it would be a stretch to even qualify as 'bad', but the important part was that it was alcohol. It took the edge off of this world full of flinty edges and uncertain times.

Food was the problem. Well it always was, but in this case moreso than usual. There just wasn't enough of it and Luffy was looking rangy and underfed. It pissed Zoro off to no end. He wanted to crush the assholes of Yao or whoever they were, help his captain cut a swath through them and do what they always did-- break the world and let it remake itself into, hopefully, something better. Free all these people from-- this. And he would... One day they would all find a way to rise up and tear this place to the ground and take their lives back into their own hands. Take their freedom back.

He just had to get stronger.

Zoro chugged the rest of the booze and then set the bottle aside, standing and sliding his swords through his haramaki in an easy movement.

"Oi, Luffy, I'm going to the tunnels."

If Luffy wanted an adventure, he'd come with. Or anyone else who heard. He didn't mind taking people through for errands or to get stronger or to just see what was there. For him, he had monsters to fight-- No matter who they used to be.

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