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.

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Personality:

Despite how cheerful Akane can seem on the outside, she actually is a very tragic character. Her back story is laced with many ugly feelings that would normally lead to insanity in any normal person.

Thankfully, Akane is far from normal.

With the death of her parents at a very young age, it isn't hard to imagine how desperately clingy she was to her only family, her older brother Aoi. Being this as it is, she is very dependent on him. Not only that, but Aoi is actually the only reason she hasn't totally been overcome by selfishness. Akane loves her brother more then she cares to explain, and he's the only reason why Akane the human still exists somewhere inside the hollow shell that used to be his sister.

In hindsight, what she did was very selfish on her part. Tricking and deceiving a few people she once knew, and one/two she had never met, all just so she could have the chance to live her life again. Because of this selfishness, it's hard for her to face the people whom she forced into the second game. This also shows how much of a weak person she is—or maybe it is, in fact, strength that got her this far. It's debatable, really. Is she weak for not being able to face her sins, or is she strong for having committed them in the first place?

Amidst her whole life, Akane's personality changes drastically—you might even say it does a complete 180 flip. When she was a child, while it's tough to believe now, she actually was a very compassionate being. And way back then, her feelings towards Junpei were legitimate and she was actually rather in love with him. However, once she went through the first Nonary Game and was exposed to how cruel life could be, she changed her personality in order to deliver the creator's just reward. Think Lady Macbeth from Macbeth. She was a very sweet woman, that is, until she got a little greedy (or in June's case, filled with thoughts of revenge). And after her husband told her what could happen, she became thirsty for power, flipping her whole personality around in order to be able to deal with all the pain she knew she would inflict.

June is very much the same. She knew what risks she would have to take in order to save her life, and she prepared appropriately. June was aware that as she was she wouldn't be able to deal with all the suffering she would cause on eight different people. So, she hardened her heart. She became selfish, greedy, a monster. She became the kind of woman people could both pity and fear, depending on how you became aware of her existence.

Though, like Lady Macbeth, she has moments when she slips up. Take for instance, in one of the possible routes in the game, when they stumble upon a body which looks like Snake's exploded, dismembered, corpse. You could say she's a good actor in this scene, when she breaks down into screams and tears and is cemented where she stands. However, you could also claim that this is a bit of a revelation for her. This is when, for the first time, really, she sees the damage she has done unto another human being. June can see the harsh brutality she forced onto previously alive and kicking person, and it's... just too much. This proves that, despite her efforts, she's still retained some of her human-like compassion.

And if she's kept some compassion, why couldn't she hold onto some of the feelings she felt towards Junpei? It's... actually a bit of a difficult thing to explain. Akane, at one point in her life, did fall completely in love with Junpei. As we all know, love is a hard thing to get rid of. Even Lady Macbeth held onto her feelings to Macbeth, even though she knew she was a horrible creature of a woman. However, there is a key difference between Lady Macbeth and Akane here. Akane knew, from the moment she "died" that she would have to use Junpei. She knew that ultimately, she would have to deceive him, betray him, manipulate his feelings towards her so she could selfishly live another day. She knew all this, so she parted ways with him when they were young, so she could spend the rest of her life prepping to diminish any romantic feelings she had towards him.

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