havenmods | 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Personality:
Out of all of Blue's traits the one that seems to show the most and is the easiest to see is how loyal she is. Once Blue has made a bond with someone it is nearly impossible to break and she would defend that person to the ends of the earth, which is close to what is happening in the series. Despite being unsure of whether or not the wolves really killed her master's and her family she still stays with him, helping him hunt down the wolves in order to get a kind of superficial revenge. Regardless of revenge or not, Blue wouldn't betray Quent even when he turned a gun on her, fearful she had hurt a boy. She was left a little in shock when he does however. It leaves her wondering why he would do such a thing when he only draws the guns on wolves. In a sense it can be felt that this might be when she began to question what she might really be. When she first meets Cheza these feelings of being more than a dog are fully awakened and the wolf inside of her is finally shown to her and then decides to finally leave the Quent unable to hunt wolves any longer. A small part can be felt that she is also afraid that since she knows what she is Quent might have some hidden hatred for her as well. Not able to deal with this possible emotional truth she goes to make a living on her own. Though she eventually joins the wolves her respect and love of her former owner was still strong enough that she wanted to try and protect him even from afar.

This also goes into how hard of a worker she is. Having been shown Blue isn't happy unless she is doing some form of work. Whether that is hunting or even scouting. She gets restless easily and needs something to pass her time. It's possible this is from being constantly on the move with Quent and being in one place too long makes her bored or anxious. She has a need to be working and won't be happy unless she is. Even if the work can be something as simple as fetching something for someone. Blue wants to work and be helpful to whoever she can be even to the point of wanting to repay someone’s kindness no matter what.

Because of the way she was raised Blue's another trait of hers that separates her from the other wolves to a degree is her love of humans. Blue was found and raised by Quent's son and him, so humans were all the family she ever knew. Even when she was found Quent assumed she had wolf in her, by her looks and size, even with that thought he still raised her and they became close partners. Blue has displayed this love of humans many times, especially towards children. Even taking a beating in order to protect a human boy she didn't even know. Blue can seem rather motherly because of these kinds of actions and while Toboe loves humans as well there is an almost childish connection for the younger wolf. Besides Hige, Blue really does feel a connection with Toboe because of their pasts with humans, though she tries to not get very close because of his connection with Tsume. When it comes to Tsume Blue knows they have had shaky beginning and with that she knows there is a degree of uneasy and trust with the two of them. She however tries to look beside that and follows the pack trying to show them all she is no longer hunting or leading hunters to them. However with all of her connections and love of humans she does feel a little out of place with the other wolves and isn’t sure she will be allowed into paradise. She feels that because she is only a half breed and has helped kill so many wolves with Quent she won't be allowed into paradise and will be left behind alone. There have been many point where she feels as though she weighs the pack down and that there is still a deal of uneasiness or distrust in her because of the pack and hers past encounters.

Another thing with Blue is the fact she knows that she is attractive in wolf and human form. Because of this she knows how to get things she wants from humans and even wolves, Hige for example. Using her feminine ways she will convince someone to help her but never going as far as to completely tricking the other, though close to it. She just knows that she has to do what she has to, to get something in this world and being on your own makes that even truer. Though this can also lead to her being rather sarcastic with people that are dumb or bad at flirting with her. Yet her biting sarcasm proves to only entice people more and want to get closer to her and past those comments, like Hige. Out of everyone in the pack though her closest connection would have to with Hige. Even when all the other members were ready to throw her aside and walk away from her, Hige followed after her and trusted her without a second thought. It’s this kind of trust and devotion that really caught her attention making her notice the other as more than just another wolf. Blue would do anything for Hige and follow him anywhere, a fact she tells him so many times. Even with her devotion and love for him she also knows he is loyal to members of his pack and even with her pleas for them to run away together she lets her thoughts fall to the side when he decides to keep with Kiba and the others. Instead going with them even though she knows her chances of getting into paradise are very slim.

Being a half breed she isn't sure if humans are more her kind or wolves are. She doesn't really fully belong to either and this can lead to her feeling of being alienated at times. Unable to choose where she should really go or where she will be left when they reach paradise. Despite this though she still tries her best to be in the pack and to help find paradise, some of this might be that she wants to make sure the others get in even if she doesn’t. Their world isn’t safe for wolves and if it saves Hige and the others she will gladly sacrifice herself and happiness to do so. Even with feeling as though she is an outsider she has a lot of respect for Kiba, their leader, even if she thinks he might be out of his mind at times. Since Kiba had gotten them out of a lot of potentially dangerous situations and led them to Cheza more than enough times to prove that he mostly knew what was doing. So she doesn’t really question him as greatly as members of the pack, like Tsume, at times. Blue wants to be near Cheza as well since ever since she first met her just being near the flower had given her mind such release and peace. It’s a feeling she has rarely ever known and she wants to grasp to it as long as she can. So Blue tries to protect the flower and help the pack get her to paradise at all costs. She wants to make sure Cheza is happy forever.

Fears:

A few fears that Blue has are losing her Pa (Quent), her friends, being separated from them, not being able to work, being left behind or to be hunted by her Pa. Once Blue makes a bond with someone it's strong and just the thought of being left without those people causes her a great amount of fear. The last thing she wants is to be left behind and alone with no one she knows with her. One thing that would be worse for her would to be hunted by the person she cares about most and who helped raise her, Pa. She can act like these things don't bother her and that she has a thick skin to them but in reality she is very insecure about it and just the thought alone is enough to depress her. Blue wants to be with everyone she cares for even new friends. So to be locked away or unable to be near them or to protect them would leave her heartbroken and unsure of what she can do. A big fear that she has since she is half wolf is that Pa will not even bat an eye to killing her and that she will die without anyone. A lot of her fears are really directed towards being alone or left behind.
Another one of her fears is that the people she loves will get hurt and she can do nothing to stop it or help. This can also lead to her being fearful of people she knows fighting not wanting the worse to happen and they all separate or leave.

Weaknesses:

Blue doesn’t quite understand humans in the sense of suddenly being one. Having been essentially a pet her whole life she is left at a loss of how to act around humans and anything but a pet. This leaves her a little vulnerable and unable to blend into normal people, depending more what she learned as a pet. Because of this she can also endanger the pack if anyone is hunting them and more times than not she would rather remain in her dog/wolf form than human, just because it makes more sense.
Another issue Blue has is that she has a temper. Up until she met Cheza she was allowed to express her aggression and was allowed to attack what she wanted. So with she gets into an annoyed or aggravated state her first instinct is to become violent. Many times not looking before she leaps and going on her baser instincts, to attack and ask questions later. Though this is greatly downgraded towards humans.

One other weakness of the wolf is her issues with bonding. Blue doesn't know where she really belongs and this can leave her at a loss of who she can trust or who will betray her. With humans she will be more wary but with other wolves she will be just as wary until she can tell they are not out to hurt her or alienate her.

A final weakness in her overwhelming fear of being left alone. Blue doesn't like it and will try all she can to prevent it from happening. Some of this is from the fact Quent's son, her real owner, died and left her alone with Quent she doesn't even want to experience that heartache again and tends to guard herself.

Applications Three

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