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

Sample Entry:
Why is it that people are the most careless when in immediate danger? I will never be able to understand this. Darkspawn taint is no laughing matter, unless your name is Anders. In that case it would be prudent to keep your mouth shut lest the inherent stupidity be sensed by any ogre who happens by.

If it is not, then heed my warning because it will only be given once. The blood of these creatures is foul. It carries a taint that will turn you into the living dead, and drive you star raving mad. They subsist upon the flesh of humans. These creatures called "zombies" I have heard spoken of are very similar. In short? Stay away and let a warden handle them.

[ phew! what a mouthful. he pulls a long suffering look. ]

Anders, that cat has pissed all over my armor. You will clean this at once.

Sample Entry Two: Eight years ago, he'd been a right bastard. Had anyone told him that he'd come back from his fostering in the Free Marches to find his name and land in the muck at the feet of the Grey Wardens and that he would then turn around and join the Order and give dignity back to his family name? He would have laughed in their faces. Granted, he had not been a wastrel nursing a mug of ale or chasing skirts. He was the heir and could not afford to do as Thomas had.

But it'd just be unthinkable that a) his father would turn out to be anything but the shining paragon of greatness he'd built him up to be and b) that he could eclipse the man completely. Yet, he had. Men who spat on his father's memory now looked to him with respect around Amaranthine. The King might not be in any hurry to see another Howe at court, but he was no longer prepared to spend his days there. Unlikely as it had seemed at first, being a warden suited him far better than the tedium of ruling an arling and managing the lesser nobility in it.

He hummed beneath his breath as he ran the damp rag over the smooth wood of his bow. Darkspawn blood was a stain that never came out and he'd be damned if it would ever stay long on his grandfather's bow. Life now while not peaceful, was productive. And simple! He enjoyed that. Straightforward and to the point. He knew where he stood, and what was expected of him each day.

But he didn't want to get too predictable, either. These new recruits told rumors of him scowling even in his sleep. Perhaps if the wardens were ever to give him a vacation, he might brave Antiva. And do a little wenching while he was-- oh, right. Cousland had said that the courtesans there were no doubt part of the Crows. On second thought he might just make an uneventful sojourn to the Pearl instead! Cousland was the one with the patience to deal with those blighters, not him.

Congratulations on being accepted, Nathaniel Howe. You will be living in apartment #4.001, and your tag is character: nathaniel howe. 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

Nathaniel Howe | Dragon Age | 2/2

-> ACCEPTED