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

Personality: First impressions would describe Lenalee as practical and even-tempered, who's friendly to those who are friendly to her, and unafraid to provide scoldings when they're needed. She's the one who takes the new Exorcist on the tour and the one who makes introductions and tries her best to assimilate them to their new life. She tries to make things cozy and the like, doing her best to provide a home for those who had to leave their old one. It's the little things that she truly enjoys, whether it's holding a conversation or making a simple cup of coffee for her brother. And she's surprisingly kind for someone who fights on the front lines of a war.

Lenalee is a definite product of her surrounding environment. She's been a soldier for a war that she's never wanted to fight in (and still catches herself wishing for a different future), always surrounded by people who might not come back the next day, and really seeing no progress at all for the side of humanity. It's never changed for years now and she's got a cynical side to her to show for it. Lenalee does her best to keep her spirits up, if not only for the people around her, but also because she knows she wouldn't be able to live her life if all she saw was a horrible end to it. In early canon, she frequently ruminates on the idea of total destruction or the "bad ending", and despite her desire not to think about those things, she does it anyway. She can't help it because she's truly afraid. She's afraid for herself, afraid for her brother, and afraid for her friends. Lenalee is not Allen. She won't sacrifice anything that's dear to her for the sake of the entire world. The world is a complete unknown. The nature of her job requires her to treat all humans (outside of the black order) with suspicion because she does not have the luxury of identifying Akuma right on sight. She (like the other exorcists) must consider humans as her enemies in order to survive. Because Lenalee does want to survive. She's found her brother and friends who make up the entire world to her and in order to keep them close, she finds it in herself to keep her resolve. Even if the ending is completely bleak, she'll find solace in fighting as long as possible in order to protect those dearest to her.

Fortunately, being forced to suspect the humans around her in a never-ending war has failed to shape Lenalee into an abrupt, cold, and curt person. She's still friendly, she still cares, and she'll still slap you across the face if you do her the dishonor of either 1) abandoning her or 2) harming yourself or 3.) not depending on her when she offers it. She takes friendship very seriously which means she's always ready to hold your hand or offer a comforting shoulder. She'll never mistreat you or lie or do anything that will hurt your feelings, and whatever you do she'll do her best to listen to the reasons behind it (even if they're completely dumb). On the other hand, serious friendship means getting angry very quickly at things that are Not Allowed (please see above). She's quick to use either violence or some type of passive-aggressiveness, though she doesn't ignore you purely out of spite. It's more of a "I'm extremely irritated but there are bigger things going on than your stupidity so I'm just going to ignore you for now."

Hey, at least she's caring? Though some may argue that she cares too much. Her friends are precious enough to truly hurt her if they desired, and their deaths or absence may be enough to push her over the edge. So here's where her "hope" comes in. She's hopeful and optimistic for a girl shackled to an organization that treats her primarily as a tool (and not a real human being), only because to not be hopeful is to completely lose her mind. It's a tough, bleak world out there. She'll keep on fighting with all her strength not to succumb to it.

She's impressively strong when she puts her mind to it. There's very little that could stop her from protecting and helping and there's very little time for her to be weak. The least she can do is not worry others. Sometimes she finds it all too much to bear, which is why she's prone to crying out her feelings from time to time, but she doesn't stay down for too long. At her point in canon, Lenalee has already come to the decision that if protecting her entire "world" means giving up her life, then she'll do it.

Abilities/Powers: Lenalee is able to activate and control her Innocence which take the form of a pair of boots.

>> Dark Boots : With her dark boots activated, she can leap across large distances, jump to high heights (straight to the sky), and deliver powerful kicks that are the equivalent to falling steel. She can use a technique called Mist Wind, which creates a destructive tornado when she kicks out into the air. (The tornado would be big enough for her to slip into and hide in, but not so big enough to devour an entire town. They also last for a rather short time.)

>> Level Two allows her to use the ability Sound Shackles, which elevates her speed to the "speed of sound" by letting her use sound waves as solid surfaces to kick off on. She can also use Water Shackles, which allows her to run, walk, and fight effectively on the water's surface. The ability Iron Shackles transfigures her boots, feet, and her legs into a massive array of blades.

However, controlling Innocence comes at a cost. Her synchronization rate is about 86%, which means that if she overextends this rate, then her body will suffer severe consequences. Iron Shackles seems to be a technique that she can only use at 100%.
Items/Weapons:

(1) a pair of metal hair ties
(1) mechanical golem (broken)
(1) simple long-sleeved, black dress

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