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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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Lelouch Vi Britannia 2/?
Lelouch carries much guilt from decisions he has made in the past. The death of his sister Euphemia, because he was careless at the time, the death of Shirley's father because it pained her so much, even over how he treated his faux brother Rolo at the end of everything. Those are just a few examples of what we encounter in the series.
He harbors a lot of anger and resentment towards the treatment of both himself and Nunnally. Although he did later learn the truth about Charles and his mother he felt it was unacceptable that they be pushed away,even though he understood the royal family does primarily operate under social Darwinism. It only helped fuel his motives for trying to change the world. Though often times the emotions that he displays are genuine. He is ultimately, in the end, very human with very human reactions and needs.
He is a liar at times but usually because he must do so. Even though he states he does not lie to Nunnally that statement is only technical because she never truly finds out what he's done until the end of everything. He views himself, at times, as an actor in a great comedy and tragedy that almost seems to never end. He can be incredibly egotistical and hypocritical -- but beneath all of these layers he is ultimately a good person who wishes for the betterment of others but enjoys playing the politics of those who refuse to better themselves.
( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Physically he is very weak. He has no prowess with sports, athletic activities or competitive physical activities of any kind. His emotions can sometimes cloud his decisions and cause him to make irrational ones at the time that wind up costing him something valuable. While goal-oriented and driven because he can be so cold and calculating he sometimes misses the big picture with his friends, or completely disregards them, even though he feels the need to protect all of them.
HIs power is the command Geass, which allows him to issue any order at any time to whomever he chooses and it cannot be refused. Because he has such great intelligence and intellect he is able to use the Geass effectively to meet his own ends and that makes him an incredibly dangerous opponent if crossed.
Lelouch Vi Britannia 3/?
The specifics of the Geass are as follows although Lelouch's powers grow substantially by the end of the series:
(borrowed from the wiki)
Commands must be issued verbally.
Eye contact, either direct or via a reflective surface, is required for commands to be issued.
Eye contact through a screen or sensor (such as those on Knightmares) is insufficient.
The maximum effective distance is 270 meters.
Commands may be issued only once to any given individual, but any number of commands may be issued at initial application so long as eye contact is unbroken. In addition, the commands apparently never wear off so long as the conditions still apply. Since Jeremiah's Geass Canceler negates all Geass effects, those exposed to it may be commanded once again.
Commands are limited to what the victim is physically and mentally capable of, though they will try to carry out the command to the best of their ability. For example, a victim will not be able to correctly answer a question they do not know the answer to, but will direct the user to someone who can if they are able. The victim can, however, be commanded into an induced belief (such as forgetting things, or hallucinating) even though this is not normally biologically possible.
The victim's memories for the duration of command issue and execution are sealed and cannot be recalled, thus anyone affected by the power will not be able to remember anything they did while carrying out the command or who ordered them to do it.
Though a victim with strong will may resist a command at first, they will eventually submit.
So long as the above conditions are met, commands may be issued to anybody (including the user himself), besides those who have gained the power of an immortal Code, and to any number of individuals at once. Those under the effect of Geass are signified by a red outline on their irises, presumably a visual cue for the viewer since the characters never point it out.
Lelouch Vi Britannia 4/4
( Sample ) :
http://starfishbucks.dreamwidth.org/21067.html?view=590923&posted=1#cmt590923
( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : I would very much like Lelouch to retain some of his geass abilities! Of course if used it would be with player consent (as in I would message them personally before doing so) and possibly go down to him only being able to cast it on someone once a day? The geass is part of who he is! I want to play him as accurately as possible! Is this alright or can we negociate something? <3
ACCEPTED
☆ Accepted! - - -
Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.
If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!
As for his geass ability!
He would still be able to use it. He wouldn't be able to use it more than twice a week, unless there is some event going on in which the power restrictions are lifted. He will be able to use his geass on NPCs but not those relevant to the plot (AKA those we have up in the NPC contact). The NPCs won't really be able to give him much, if any information, but he can control them to make them do things for him.
As for player characters, his geass works on them as well, if the players consent. We suggest putting up a permissions post with some information on Lelouch, his geass etc so everybody knows what they are dealing with here when it comes to that aspect.
I hope that is clear enough but else don't hesitate to ask more.
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