Applications

[havenmods]

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:
<b>Name:</b> Your name or nickname <b>Contact Info:</b> Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Haven. <b>Preferred Apartment:</b> If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. <b>Character Name:</b> Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) <b>Canon:</b> <b>Canon Point:</b> Where in the series are you taking them from? <b>Background/History:</b> A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. <b>Previous Game History:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. <b>Items/Weapons:</b> Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? <b>Sample Entry:</b> At least ten sentences in first person, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. <b>Sample Entry Two:</b> A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

To apply for an original character, please fill out this form:
<b>Name:</b> Your name or nickname <b>Contact Info:</b> Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Haven. <b>Preferred Apartment:</b> If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. <b>Character Name:</b> Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) <b>Background/History:</b> At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. <b>Previous Game History:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Please explain in as much detail as possible. <b>Items/Weapons:</b> Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? <b>Sample Entry:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry Two:</b> A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

Comments

[sharif]

Sample Entry:

Dear-Mun

[A young man appears on the network today, looking rather flustered.]

What is this place!?

[He sounds frantic and judging from how shaky the camera is, he's not doing a great job of holding himself together.]

It seems like it's deserted, but I swear I heard footsteps behind me! Then when I turned, there was no one there! But there were footprints that weren't mine!

[His voice rises higher and higher in pitch until it snaps at the end of his exclamation, leaving him breathing hard and looking even more frantic.]

Please... please, I need your help. I need to find my way back to Qishan, or at least to the dungeon Amon. Someone here must know the way back! Please, I'll give you everything I have. I don't have much, but back home I'm quite rich. I can give you all the gold you want, just get me out of here!

[And with that, the feed cuts out with Jamil still shaking and looking more than a little pale.]

Sample Entry Two:

This wasn't the dungeon. This couldn't be the dungeon.

First of all, his slaves and guards weren't here. He had brought the most useful ones, the ones who would most likely survive the dungeon's traps, or at least the ones stupid enough to fall for them and reveal a way through for Jamil and the others. He had expected there to be texts in Toran to read and puzzles to solve, not... this.

This place was empty, devoid of any sort of life that he could see. Occasionally he could hear footsteps, but for the most part, he seemed to be all alone. Jamil shuddered. There was something terrifying about being all alone in an unfamiliar place. He had never been left alone like this; even his parents had never left him alone, he'd always had slaves to entertain him, at least. Perhaps this dungeon preyed on one's deepest, darkest fears.

"I'm not afraid of being alone." Jamil said aloud, as if that would help. His voice was weak though, and he cleared his throat, straightening up and trying again. "I'm not afraid of being alone, Amon!" He addressed the dungeon, sounding far more confident this time. "I demand that you reunite me with my men! If you've killed them then so help me--"

He didn't finish, footsteps cut him off. Jamil turned, drawing his sword as he did so, leveling it at the person behind him. Except, there wasn't a person there, just footprints. Jamil shuddered, sword shaking along with his hands. "A-Amon, I will not let you defeat me!" He cried out, trying to regain some control of the situation. The footsteps were closer now and Jamil shivered. He sheathed his sword and pulled out the odd device he had found when he arrived. It was a communications device of some sort - or at least, he hoped it was. He messed with the buttons frantically, trying to get it to work as the footsteps got louder. "Someone, anyone, help me!"

[havenmods]

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on June 7th.

-> ACCEPTED

[havenmods]

Congratulations on being accepted, Jamil. You will be living in apartment #4.004, and your tag is character: jamil. Please use this tag when you are the poster of the entry or log, and when you tag into an entry or log, thank you. Please note that tags will not show up on the tag list until they have been entered manually once, this does not mean we have forgotten to give your character a tag.

Please make sure to complete the following:

-> Join havenrpg, havenooc 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.