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thalassino) wrote2012-09-05 03:44 pm
thalassino) wrote2012-09-05 03:44 pm
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◣ Application ◢
Please note that as of July 28th, Vatheon will start working towards end game.
August 31st is the last day for applying. We will no longer open applications after that. Thank you for your consideration.
» Please make sure that you read the rules, and check the reserves before applying. People who do not read the rules will be rejected immediately.
» You are allowed to apply for two characters per application cycle. You may also reserve two characters. We will try to review each application as soon as possible. If longer than a week has passed and you have not heard back anything about your application, please drop us a message.
» Don't lie in your application. Don't copy / paste things from wiki. Keep what you post in your application strictly you. Sure, it's hard to add your own flair to writing history or a personality, but try to keep from summarizing too much. Show us your shine! Plagiarizing another player's application is ground for an immediate rejection.
» If someone has a reserve for a character, and you want to apply for them, you have the choice of either A) challenging the application with one of your own or B) waiting until the reserve expires and then applying/reserving as the character. If you challenge the original reserver, your application will not be reviewed until the original reserver has submitted theirs.
» Currently, the character limit is five characters. Any more is up to the mods, and must be discussed ahead of time with them. You may only apply for two characters from the same canon.
» Keep spamming to a minimum on the applications. Wait until that person is accepted into the game before holding out a conversation on a thread. Comment spamming here makes things cluttered, and a mod may accidentally miss something important. ( But feel free to comment-spam the Reserve page, if you'd like. )
» Please don't skip over any section of the application below.
» Please finish your application before posting. We reserve the right to decline any applications that are still unfinished when we process them.
» When reviewing applications, we take opinions of our members into consideration. If you would like to make a comment about an app that is being decided upon, do not hesitate. Here is where you can leave a comment with what you thought of another app. All comments will be screened for privacy, and the option to be anon will be left on. Do note, player opinions do not decide if an application is accepted or not, but will be taken into consideration.☆ Player - - -
( Player Name ) : A nickname will work. Whatever you would like to be listed as.
( Personal DW ) : Not your character's journal. Your own, just in case one of the mods ever needs to contact you that way.
( Age ) : No players under the age of 15, please!
( Timezone ) : Just for reference sake!
( Other Characters ) : At Vatheon, that is. Please list in the following format.
Character ( Character's Journal ) | Series☆ Character - - -
( Character's Name ) :
( Character's Age ) : There is no set age limit for the characters, and in fact, this is very flexible. So long as your character is mature enough to take care of him or herself and is mature enough for the game, they can be apped! As a basic guideline, think the maturity of someone around the age of 13 or so.
( Series ) :
( Canon Point ) : What part of the story of the series is your character coming in after? Did he or she just die? Did something traumatic just happen? Is it near the end, the beginning, or the middle? Tell us!
( Playability ) : If you are apping your second person for a particular canon, please give us a quick reasoning on why the characters would not be extensively interacting/how you are planning to avoid any playercest issues. If you are not apping from a canon you already play in, please disregard this section.
( History ) : You may provide us with a link to a wiki-page, or something else that will sufficiently give the Community and the mods background on your canon. If you wish to write out the history yourself, you still may do such.
( Personality ) : Probably the most important part of the application! Tell us what your character is like. We're looking for a well-developed analysis of the character. Perhaps between three to five paragraphs, roughly. Feel free to do more or less, however, if you think that better suits you. Most applications will be closer to the three than the five, and that's completely okay!
Just make sure to hit on crucial aspects of that character. What does he or she like? What does he or she hate? What are his or her motives? What parts of your character's past influenced how they are? Does your character act differently in front of different groups of people? Think of these questions as you write. Feel free to go off the page and focus on other questions. The above questions were just to get you thinking.
( Strengths/Weaknesses ) : So tell us! What can your character do well? What is your character weak against? Any cool spells? Good at picking locks? Anything you can think of, put it here.
( Other Important Facts ) : Have something else important to mention about your character that doesn't really fit in anywhere else? Be sure to include it here!
( Sample ) : This can be in first person or third person. There's no limit to your sample post. Just be sure to include your character's voice. Don't just write your character walking around! Be sure to include thoughts, quirks, and anything else that shows us you know your character. How would he or she react to the mark? How would he or she react to waking up some place new? Is he or she still brooding over something? The sample does not have to be set in Vatheon. You may also link to other roleplay threads; just be sure to give us something that shows how you plan to play them and clearly shows their voice! Or feel free to do a few of the above. Whatever you think will best show your characterization.
Please note! If you are linking samples, please make sure that at least one sample is from within the last three months. You are still free to link other samples that are older in addition, if you feel these would help show your ability to play the character, but at least one sample needs to be recent. Thank you.
If you are unable to think of a good starting point for a sample, we collected some prompts of situations that are pretty likely to happen within Vatheon to start you off. You are very welcome to deviate from these prompts or come up with something completely new. This is just something to hopefully help you get started:☆ A new curse has settled upon the city of Vatheon: Suddenly you character realizes they are unable to lie for the duration of a week. How do they react?
☆ What is this? Is that rain? How nice-- wait a minute, is it raining rubber duckies? Seriously?
☆ Suddenly, by the force of Vatheon, an over zealous npc, or even your character's friends playing a joke, your character suddenly finds themselves wearing clothes they otherwise would never wear. What do?
☆ The city of Vatheon is under attack (again). Giant sea-creatures are wrecking the city (again). Time to prepare for battle.
☆ A new plot development has happened and your character has decided to get some more information from one of the NPCs. How do they proceed?
( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Tell us here!
GETTING STARTED: premise ☆ rules ☆ taken ☆ reserves ☆ applications
GAME INFO: faq ☆ the city ☆ the island ☆ nostalgia nook ☆ welcome brochure ☆ information database
OOC INFO: mod contact ☆ player contact ☆ dropping ☆ hiatus ☆ residency
INDEX
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Reaver | Fable | Reserved | 1 / 3
☆ Player - - -
( Player Name ) : Redd
( Personal DW ) :
( Age ) : 23
( Timezone ) : EST
( Other Characters ) : Frank Archer (
Reaver | Fable | Reserved | 2 / 3
☆ Character - - -
( Character's Name ) : Reaver
( Character's Age ) : Unknown, he appears to be physically in his early thirties, but he's over two hundred years old. Just how old is he? He doesn't even remember.
( Series ) : Fable
( Canon Point ) : Fable II, right after sending the Hero of Bowerstone to give the Dark Seal to the Shadow Court, but before contacting Lucien
( Playability ) : N/A
( History ) : Reaver @ Fable Wiki A lot of this pertains to Fable III, which is after the canon point I've chosen to take Reaver from. Fable III takes place fifty years after Fable II, which explains the difference in Reaver's appearance.
( Personality ) : No one loves Reaver more than Reaver himself. He's egotistical, vain, and self-centered, to say the very least. While it might seem like Reaver only cares about himself, the truth is that Reaver relies very heavily on the opinions of others. He wants to be remembered - whether that means people love him or hate him doesn't matter; as long as they remember him. For the most part he will try to get people to like him - he's rich, he's powerful, and he's a good lay. Reaver likes being adored, and ultimately relies heavily on people liking him. He's very good at persuading people to like him whether it's through charisma or bribery; he's a born leader and while he's overconfident, there is a certain charm that comes with that. It's obvious that Reaver cares far more about himself than anyone else, however. He has lived for at least two hundred years and never once regretted losing anyone - be it a wife (several of whom he threw overboard because he cared more about saving his treasure), a friend (not that there are very many of those, a "friend with benefits" is far more accurate), or a lover (and he's had plenty of them). Reaver is Reaver's favorite person, and nothing anyone can say or do will ever change that.
Outside of his people-dependent and rather oversexed lifestyle, Reaver seems to be a complete airhead. He's the sort to ramble on and on about himself and his past deeds, even while in an incredibly dangerous situation, such as escaping from a madman who wants to capture him and use his Hero of Skill abilities. No big deal. Reaver doesn't seem to take anything seriously, including the deal that keeps him young forever (as long as he sacrifices someone else's youth, that is). While all of this is quite true - he is a bit of an airhead and he's horribly overconfident to the point of underestimating everyone who goes up against him - he is quite clever and cunning and most of the airhead behavior is an act. In fact, most of Reaver himself is an act. He's spent the past two hundred years (or so, he's not entirely sure how long it's been) pretending to be "Reaver," a persona he created after the disaster in Oakvale destroyed his hometown, family, and friends.
Many years ago, Reaver was a normal young man with an incredible fear of death, and more specifically, aging. He feared losing control of himself more than anything in the world. He summoned the Shadow Court and struck a deal with them: every year he would sacrifice one person's youth to retain his. Part of that deal involved destroying Oakvale, his home town, but Reaver didn't know that until the Shadow Judges had already set off to do it. He arrived in time to witness his entire town - and the people he loved and cared about - destroyed. It took him quite some time to recover, and by then he decided that he would embrace the fact that he had done horrible things, like sacrificing peoples' youth for his own. He created a new persona - a stronger persona - Reaver. He isn't that boy anymore and looks back on his past self with loathing. He hates how weak he was back then and genuinely likes what he's become (to some extent, at least). There are times when he genuinely does feel bad for the things he's done. But that's easily solved by several drinks, an orgy or two, and moving on with his new (and far better!) life.
The "Reaver" persona was indeed created as a coping mechanism, but over the years it has become more than just a persona. The boy who accidentally sacrificed his entire town to the Shadow Judges has become Reaver. While this isn't something Reaver is proud of, he still is that boy sometimes. For the most part, however, he's anything but that boy. He's cruel, cold, calculating, and cunning; he will use people and abuse people. He's not afraid to speak his mind regardless of how terrible his thoughts are. He's sadistic and takes pleasure in watching others suffer. He enjoys the sacrifices he makes (though the trek through the marshes that used to be Oakvale is never pleasant). He's done everything he can to distance himself from that boy, and even two hundred plus years later he's still haunted by nightmares of Oakvale's destruction. Reaver absolutely loathes it and has tried everything he can to ignore it. He doesn't feel the need to use his old name anymore, and claims he's forgotten it. He hasn't. He hasn't forgotten anything about his old life in Oakvale so many years ago.
Reaver still fears death and aging even after all this time. Sometimes he considers stopping the sacrifices (it gets so old after two hundred years, after all, and it's so tiresome to travel through Wraithmarsh), but the thought of the Shadow Judges coming for him - like they did Oakvale - terrified him beyond belief. He won't stop the sacrifices simply because that would involve his death.
As the Hero of Skill, Reaver is more than just an average human. He has exceptional aim and speed and he's well-known throughout Albion for his piracy. Rumors circulate about Reaver having been alive for hundreds of years, but no one pays them any mind. The title "Hero" typically implies that a person is good, but Reaver couldn't be any further down the evil scale if he tried. He has no issues murdering people (especially if they slight him in some perceived way - arists beware, you'll never capture his image perfectly) and he has no issues selling people out. He's a terrible person and he owns up to that fact. If you're expecting the Hero of Skill to be heroic at all, then you have another thing coming.
Reaver's a clusterfuck of issues covered up by a flamboyant, sadistic, and airheaded facade. He's egotistical, self-absorbed, and overall a difficult person to deal with - assuming he's not trying to win your interest through sex or bribery. Reaver's a difficult man to pin down, but that's part of his charm. He's a rogue and he's completely unapologetic about it. He owns the fact that he's a terrible person, and he works it in a way that will either make you want to hurt him or love him. Either way, you'll remember him.
And that's exactly what he wants.
Reaver | Fable | Reserved | 3 / 3
✔ Reaver is also a decent fighter, though he prefers to use his Dragonstomper .48 instead of the cutlass he carries around. It's only once people start actually beating him up that he whips out the cutlass.
✔ He's quite the charismatic man, but the majority of Reaver's influence comes from his wealth. Either way, he has plenty of people impressed by him. He practically owns the port town of Bloodstone.
✔ Despite acting like an airhead most of the time, Reaver is quite clever and capable. He plots to stab the Hero of Bowerstone in the back by giving them over to Lucien (for a hefty sum of gold, of course) and is capable of forming all sorts of plans to get what he wants. Such as letting himself get captured by the former Pirate King so he could take the title as his own. (That totally wasn't an accident and was on purpose. Really.)
✔ Reaver is incredibly confident. While it borders on overconfidence which can certainly get him in trouble, Reaver does have a good understanding of just what he's capable of. He does get himself into more trouble than he can really handle on his own when he tries to sell the Hero of Bowerstone out to Lucien, but he has an escape plan and can certainly defend himself.
✘ Reaver doesn't take anything seriously. The entire time he and the Hero are fighting their way through the Rear Passage of his manor, he brags about his abilities and deeds, never once seriously considering their situation or finding it a threat.
✘ Though he doesn't look it, Reaver is paranoid. He doesn't sleep very much and he ultimately cares more about his life and youth than anything else.
✘ Considering he made a "deal with the devil" to remain youthful forever by sacrificing others' youth for his own, it really shouldn't come as a surprise that Reaver doesn't care about anyone else. He has serious empathy issues that stem from several hundred years of neglect. It's kind of hard to care about people when you haven't tried in years, you know!
( Other Important Facts ) : Nothing else to mention! Except he'll get very antsy once he realizes that he has no idea if he'll age here or not!
( Sample ) : [Good afternoon, citizens of Vatheon! Hopefully you don't mind an almost-panicked looking Reaver appearing on your feeds today! He's clearly doing his best to remain calm, but the constant tugging at his collar should be an indication that something is definitely off.]
I've heard that the curse this week pertains to lying.
[Straight to the point? Uh oh, this can't be good.]
How many of you have been through a curse like this before? I need to know how it takes effect. Does it immediately prevent you from lying? Is there some way around it, like say... phrasing everything as a question?
[A pause. There's no time like the present to try it, right?]
I am Reaver, the Pirate King and best marksman in Albion.
[...Dammit, okay, so he's forced to tell the truth. Let's see here...]
But what if I try asking it as a question? Perhaps I'm really John and I'm no more than an ordinary human? Perhaps I'm really just an incompetent blacksmith? Who's to say?
[That's... better... sort of.]
If I have to spend this entire week talking in questions I swear I'll hurt someone. Preferably whoever is behind these curses, but I'll settle for whoever crosses my path.
[Whoops, there wasn't really any need to let the entire network know that! With a frustrated sigh, Reaver shuts the feed off.]
( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Just double checking, but Reaver will be able to keep what he had on him in terms of weapons, correct? That includes the Dragonstomper .48 and the cutlass.
ACCEPTED
☆ Accepted! - - -
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