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

Hi there,

Due to Haven being a completely different setting, power limitations from other games aren't in effect, so I'll need to request a full abilities section. In addition to this, she would be the real Madoka (otherwise she then becomes an AU). Though, of course, she can believe she is a clone from her Mayfield memories.

I apologize for the inconvenience. You have one week to reply to these revisions, thank you.

No, it's fine! I completely understand! Most of what I included in her application is just a watered down version of her abilities. But here are the full power versions:

→ Soul Gem: Everything in the original soul gems section is true to canon. She is essentially a zombie and her body is dead when not close to her soul gem. In the PSP game, when character Sayaka is separated from her soul gem for a few days her body starts rotting. When her soul gem is returned to her, Sayaka is able to control a half-rotted corpse. The same would be true for Madoka.

→ Soul Gem Purification: Madoka wishes to destroy all witches before they are born by her own hand, no matter the timeline or world. This results in her timetravel-teleporting to every magical girl ever before she became a witch and taking their grief, then destroying their soul gem and allowing them to die peacefully.

However, I would like to keep the modification where Madoka doesn't teleport to magical girls. The logic behind this is that the teleportation was possible because Madoka shot millions of pink arrows and those arrows went to their target, bringing a Madoka with them to purify sou gems. Madoka hasn't shot these arrows in Haven, so those arrows cannot land. This gives any Puella Magi magical girls the option of becoming witches if they want. I'd hate to be ruining that chance for other players.

Madoka will be able to purify soul gems by touching them, as she does in the Anime, after physically reaching the girl in question. Her purification power applies only to soul gems, and cannot be used to purify anything else. It also means destroying the soul gem, so it would kill the girl... Obviously, requiring permission and a lot of pre-planning.

→ Magical Girl Transformations: These were accurate to canon. Madoka no longer really has a civilian form, so would spend most (if not all) of her time transformed. This is because of her---

→ Concept Existence: Madoka's wish broke the boundaries of time and space. She was everywhere and no where at once. The universe essentially freaked out and tossed Madoka into a higher plane of existence. This is what allows her to teleport to any girl in any time and any world, allowing multiple Madokas to exist at once to clear multiple soul gems... but at the cost of her human life. Madoka Kaname is never born and never dies. Her mother Junko no longer gives birth to her. No one in her home world remembers her (Except Homura).

Because of this, Madoka's Puella Magi form is her only form. She doesn't have a civilian self anymore because her civilian self was never born. Madokami can be viewed as Madoka's transformation, because she otherwise does not have to "transform" like other magical girls.

However, this is a really complicated concept. I will be playing Madoka as having one solid body. She won't be able to teleport like in canon and there won't be multiple Madokas at any given time, except when she has to destroy her own soul gem.

→ Witch Form: Kriemhild Gretchen is Madoka's witch form. Her wish allows her to destroy any witches, including herself. Therefore, if Madoka's soul gem taints to that point that it is hatching into a witch then a new Madoka will appear to destroy Kriemhild Gretchen. But Kriemhild Gretchen may have a chance to hatch before being destroyed.

In the PSP game, Kriemhild Gretchen is capable of one-hit KOs: She kills Kyoko with one attack. She is so powerful that in one timeline Kyuubey predicts she can destroy all of Earth in 10 days. When she hatched in Godoka's timeline, Kriemhild Gretchen was threatening to destroy the entire universe. So if she does hatch, she will be a dangerous opponent... one that Madoka will come destroy as quickly as possible.

→ Magical Powers: Like I mentioned, Madoka fights with a bow and arrow. The arrows she fires are made of magic and are quite powerful. There are canon mentionings of Magical Girls being able to use magic for other purposes, but thy are all super vague. So vague that I am more comfortable omitting them, because they were never explored or defined. Madoka would not want to use her magic for anything but arrows anyway, because she doesn't want to taint her soul gem needlessly.

→ Mayfield Memories: As you suggested, she will remember Mayfield and believe it is real, but find that she was never a clone copy. Madoka will likely begin piecing this together as she questions how a Datacopy can exist outside of a computer, then conclude that she has inherited Clonedoka's memories. So even once she figures it out, she will believed Mayfield is a real place. She will also believe that Clonedoka is still living in Mayfield and they are separate "people".

This won't be shaking her faith. Madoka will not immediately have any reason to believe her home world is in danger without her. She may occasionally worry, but will be able to correct herself. Remember, she's essentially a God now: She exists everywhere and nowhere. Madoka firmly believes her wish has been granted. She'll still be able to focus on Haven and not let her mind stray too much.

If you need further elaborations, please let me know!

Congratulations on being accepted, Madoka Kaname. You will be living in apartment #4.007, and your tag is character: madoka kaname. 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.

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