havenmods | Applications

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
The next processing date is Friday 11th October

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 two weeks, 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. If you wish to request a specific apartment, please do so in the relevant part of the application. 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.

Every attempt will be made to place a character in their chosen apartments, though this may not always be possible depending on the slots available.

Applications are open constantly, but are only processed every other Friday at 7PM EST. The Saturday following acceptance, an IC mingle log will be posted for characters to be introduced to the game.

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.

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)

Previous Game History:
Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)

Applications will be processed on the following dates:
11th October
25th October
8th November
22nd November
6th December
20th December

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. Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. 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, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

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. Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. 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, please. A link to a previous post or thread under a year old with the character is also acceptable. Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Abilities/Powers: Ib has no special abilities or powers; she is a normal human.
Items/Weapons: Only a piece of lemon-flavored candy.
Sample Entry: Here. If this is insufficient, I can write a different one.
Sample Entry Two: There were six paintings on the wall. They were very tall, probably taller than the child who studied them, and showed some signs of deterioration. They depicted six nondescript human beings, three on each side of a door, whose only defining features were the colors of clothes they wore.

Only one painting told the truth.

Liars puzzles were popular among puzzle enthusiasts, but Ib was not a puzzle enthusiast. Up until now, she hadn't had to use her mind like this to find her way through the dark gallery, and her only opposition had been walking statues. If she guessed wrong here, she imagined she'd face a worse fate than something so easily outrun. So how to solve this?

She approached the painting of a human in a green shirt. Yellow paint below the frame sloppily spelled out, "Stand in front of the statue, go west 3 steps, then south 1 step. That's the answer!" A quick glance at the painting next to it showed that the caption was similar, with a different set of walking directions. But the one next to that, with a person in yellow, declared, "The one in white speaks the truth!"

That's not right, Ib thought. It came to her very quickly, but puzzling through it took a little longer. If the yellow person was right, and white was telling the truth, then yellow would be telling the truth too, which didn't fit the parameters of the puzzle. Of course. So that was the trick to solving it.

Ib studied the next three paintings and found there to be a lot of contradictions -- Blue declared that Green was truthful, and Red provided her support for Yellow. The only painting who wasn't agreed with at all was Brown. (Ib wondered if he felt lonely at all, even if it was just for the sake of a puzzle.) She took note of Brown's instructions and went through the door at the end of the room.

The next room held a statue, placed in the center and surrounded by tiles. Ib guessed that the "steps" in the directions referred to the floor tiles, and counted four to the east, two to the north. The second tile clacked audibly beneath her shoe, like it had hit the sides -- was it loose? She stepped away and pried the tile up, digging her nails underneath it. Printed very neatly on the underside of the clay square was a blue number 4.

At once, an inhuman shriek and destructive tearing sounds emanated from behind the door. Ib clutched the tile to her chest in surprise. But the sounds abruptly ended, and nothing came through the door after her. She carefully set the tile back in its spot, crept to the door, and peeked back into the Liar's Room.

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on January 18th.

Congratulations on being accepted, Ib. You will be living in apartment #3.004, and your tag is character: ib. 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 make sure to complete the following:

-> Join havenrpg, havenooc and havenlogs.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community.
-> Fill out this form.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> Check out who you'll be sharing an apartment with on the apartment listings.
-> Introduce yourself in the OOC community.
-> Make sure you have read this guide

IMPORTANT: An IC mingle log will go up on Sunday 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.

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