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.

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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

Character Name: “Viola.” As revealed in the true ending of the game, the real Viola is the young woman whose body the main character has taken; her real and spoileriffic name is Ellen, the titular witch. (I can tag whichever is deemed appropriate, but as her identity is a major spoiler, I've used the name she is referred to by for most of the game.)
Canon: The Witch's House
Canon Point: Immediately after the true ending, walking home with her new father.
Background/History: While the history section here contains most of the information, there are a few missteps and specifications that should be made. The world of The Witch's House is rustic and fantastical, with no indications of anything that would require electricity or modern conveniences. As for Ellen's past, a demon did not take care of her dirty work; she “X'd” her parents herself, with the demon simply cleaning up her mess afterwards. Finally, Viola had known Ellen for some time – a few visits, at least – before she was tricked into giving up her body.

Personality: As a character who doesn't have a particularly long canon, and one who only speaks in a single ending of the game, it can be a bit hard to quantify exactly what makes Ellen tick. To do so, one needs to look at both her dialogue in the True Ending, and the diary entries she has left around the house.

”I was sick, so no one played with me.”

From a young age on, Ellen was a wilting violet. The disease eating away at her body made it difficult for her to do “normal” things; she couldn't go outside and play without severe pain and fatigue, and it didn't take long for her to become completely bedridden. She found joy where she could: in flowers, scented and gorgeous; in clothing, adorable and vibrant; and in books of all sorts. A particular love to her was the occult – such fantastical, outlandish ideas inspired her a great deal. After all, escapism was all she had left.

”My father and my mother didn't love me.”
Her parents, on the other hand, weren't always the kindest of folks. Perhaps they were abusive, or perhaps they were neglectful, or perhaps they simply weren't able to handle the strain of having such a sickly child. These details are never revealed, nor are they particularly important; after all, their role ended soon enough.

”So I X them.”

At a young age – no older than thirteen, at the very latest – Ellen murdered her parents. She never once displays any sign of regret about her actions, and why would she? After all, it was this act that would attract a wandering demon. It was her parents' murder that gave the demon souls upon which to feed. And it was this source of food that led the demon to offer her a contract: continue providing souls, and the demon would give her magic of her own.

So, what do these diary entries tell us about her? By this point, it's easy enough to try to explain her actions, to point to the flaws of her parents or the influence of books on magic and witchcraft, but when it comes down to it one vital point must be made: Ellen is an awful, awful person. After her parents' death, Ellen refused to stop – she lured more and more children into the woods, killing them with her magic and letting the demon feed. And when she finally made a real friend in the kind and trusting Viola, she had no qualms whatsoever in tricking her, stealing her body, and leaving to live the poor girl's life for herself. When Viola finally dies, at the hands of her own father no less? Ellen is unable to stop herself from one last giggle.

Of course, Ellen had to make sure there wouldn't be any chance of discovery within her plan. And as a girl who has been confined in a bed, alone with her books and her thoughts for years and years, Ellen is nothing if not thorough. She saws off her legs and gouges out her eyes in secret before the ritual to swap bodies “for a day” occurs; when Viola cries from the pain, Ellen offers her acid in the guise of medicine so that her throat will be burnt beyond speech. This is partly due to Ellen's cautious nature and completeness in her planning, and partly due to her intense cruelty; she freely admits that her actions are at least in part to make Viola hurt as much possible, to feel as much despair as she can, before she dies.

But it's odd – even with her boundlessly awful nature, Ellen seems to have relatively simple goals. She has no problem with taking on the role of Viola for what will presumably be the rest of her life, and odder still she has no desire to fight against it. She goes as far as to promise Viola that her father will receive “all your share of love” when she's taken her place. Still, it seems unlikely that she'll go back to being a completely normal young girl. After all, she says herself that “it's not so bad, being powerless for a while” - not words of someone who plans to stay in their current position.

All things considered, what is it that makes Ellen her own being? She has taken on the role of Viola with great fervor, adopting a new name and a new body with it. She is willing to act out the part she has earned for an indefinite length of time; as far as she concerned, she is the new Viola. So she will smile at those she interacts with, and show kindness to any friends she makes along the path. But one must always remember that at her very core, beneath Viola's blonde braids and blue eyes, she is still Ellen, and Ellen is a wicked girl. She is cruel and sadistic, delighting in nothing more than the pain of those she resents. She has earned a second chance at life, and she will stop at nothing to protect it.

Just remember: if you wish to remain safe, always hide from the young witch's wrath.

Abilities/Powers: As a witch, Ellen had many powers – most notably the ability to trade bodies with someone if they gave willing, full-hearted consent. The house and all its residents listened to her and her magics, and she was able to kill many children to feed her demon. However, none of this is relevant with regards to her current state – when Ellen took Viola's body, her magic stayed in the dying husk she left behind.

Items/Weapons: A letter from her “father,” a bloodied knife, and the clothes on her back.

Sample Entry: Sample thread here.

Sample Entry Two: This place made her sick.

To wake up away from the life she had gained – to have a loving father and quaint home ripped from her grasp – was awful enough. Had she not earned her reward? The time, the painstaking effort, the years of slowly falling apart... Just the idea of losing everything she'd fought for was enough to make bile burn at the back of her throat. And yet this place was even worse than that, more revolting in its very nature. This place had no flowers. This place had no books. This place had not a single redeeming feature to it, not a one. This was the life she had been forcibly traded – a life of bleak, barren misery.

And yet... This place had not a single soul that knew of the witch's house in the forest.

She moved to the edge of her new bed, careful to tuck the bloodied dagger under what was being passed off as a mattress. It simply wouldn't do to get herself caught this early, now, would it? After all, she had important matters to be dealing with. Finding a way out, perhaps, or at the very least talking to all these people with powers of their own. It only made sense that in a hell like this, there would be demons somewhere. Brushing her dress off, she stood from the bed and made her way out of the room.

Perhaps this place wasn't entirely worthless after all.

Edited 2013-03-29 06:15 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on March 29th

Congratulations on being accepted, Viola. You will be living in apartment #3.001, and your tag is character: viola. 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 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

Re: VIOLA | THE WITCH'S HOUSE | RESERVED

Re: VIOLA | THE WITCH'S HOUSE | RESERVED

-> ACCEPTED