[Accepted] Draiden's Application

[Draiden 326]

Out-Of-Character Information

What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: Draiden_Kaid

How old are you?: 18

Are you aware the server is PG-13: Yes

Have you read and agreed to the rules?: Yes

What’s the rule you agree with the most?: I agree most with characters having to use in-game lore to create their backstory. Using in-game events and in-game areas makes a character far easier to integrate with the game's universe. Making an unknown wanderer from a distant unknown land is always odd for me because it's too general and vague to get a sense of culture or immersion of a character, and just ends up boiling down to a contest of which vague backstory is the most fantastic.

Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: The rules seem pretty straightforward

How did you find out about Lord of the Craft?: Desuberniis referred me.

 

Definitions
 

What is roleplaying?: Roleplaying is acting in its purest form. As such, how deep roleplaying can get is directly associated with how much a person is willing to sink themselves in a "role" within a simulated world that may or may not be different than real life. Similarly, your role may not be similar to you and may or may not do what you would in certain situations and may hold different beliefs and prejudices that you would normally not. In short - Roleplaying is advanced playing pretend

What is metagaming?: Metagaming is when you use elements outside of your character's understanding to get ahead, such as OOC information and 3rd party applications like Skype

What is powergaming?: Powergaming is manipulating elements of the game world and/or rules to achieve in the quickest and easiest way, when in a realistic world, you would not want to and/or attempt such strategies to get to your goals

 

In-Character Information

Character’s name: Gareth Furetto

Character’s sex: Male

Character’s race: Human (sub-race Highlander)

Character’s age: 18

Biography: Gareth was conceived during the most recent Human-Orc war to a peasant woman of a small village and an unknown soldier while he was stationed in her village. However, their spark never lasted, as he left to go onto the next battle; the next conflict. Gareth will never know what became of his father, and can now hardly remember his mother, who died when he was very young. He was alone and afraid in the world, until a group of travelling loggers decided to take the babe along with them, eventually leading to his adoption by them.
                   His childhood was hardly that. From their arrival in Vailor he'd see small hamlets come and go as the company was always on the road, cutting trees when they became a nuisance and leaving when they were finished. He was hardly ever allowed to wield an axe and do felling himself, but many a year was spent watching the loggers and performing menial tasks for the group like cooking and cleaning. When he hit his adolescence, he started working for the company in name - with an axe in his hand and sweat on his brow. In his downtime, he'd still cook for the loggers, but now he was more of an equal among the axemen, and was considered a man by every right in their eyes.
                   Sometime during all this, the company met up with a group of travelling merchants who struck some kind of trade proposal to travel together. It was here he met Aedan, another adolescent making his way in the world. They became fast friends for this time, and Aedan would come to be Gareth's closest friend with a bond he would compare to kinship.
                   One night, Aedan shared with Gareth his intentions to leave the group and strike out on his own to become the greatest blacksmith alive and urged Gareth to come with him. Gareth was hesitant to leave the company, and wished him well. However, Aedan would not take no for an answer. Aedan talked of grand times and adventures beyond compare, and Gareth eventually agreed. With tears in his eyes, he thanked his guardians and surrogate parents for all they've done, packed his things, and left.

Personality Traits: Admires good craftsmanship, but is slow to accept his own accomplishments as "good". Feelings are often very simple but very deep. Passionate. Enjoys merriment and wants everyone to have a good time - even if he is not. Enjoys gothic architecture. Sanguine sense of humor. Values loyalty, respect, freedom and the law. Brutally honest, sometimes to a fault, but understands the importance of some secrets. Does not think he is terribly important in the grand scheme of things. He can handle stress, but is not prone to be cavalier in the face of imminent danger. He is often cheerful, but is prone to fits of extreme anger and crushing depression. Tries not to be ambitious and often undersells himself so that his acheivements are valued more. Loves rain and colder climates. loves the sound when he cracks his knuckles, neck and back - up to the point of needing to crack his knuckles every time he hears someone crack something of theirs, such as knees when they sit down/squat, etc.

Ambitions: He dreams of having a place to call his own, people he can call friend, and a trade he can thrive in and eventually master. He wants to live in a place of peace and comradery, and sometimes wishes he was a warrior with a cause just enough for him to take up.

Strengths/Talents: He is almost never sick. Fast sprinter. Tends to make friends easily. Enthusiastic and unfazed by tragedy and death. Tends to remember much and more about the things he learns. Agile. Moderately strong. Hardy

Weaknesses/Inabilities: Tends to tire himself out easily. Cannot pace himself in physical activity and pours all his energy into an activity from the get-go. Low impulse control socially. Can becme cold and even mocking of things he does not know, understand or does not like. Has few close friends. Fears not being accepted and/or being ostracized by his peers. Extremely tolerant of antisocial behavior

Appearance (List the extra details of your characters appearance, IE; height & weight): His face is somewhat windburned and tanned from days spent out in the sunlight. his nose is straight and slightly narrow. His chin is somewhat pointed and he has a strong jawline. His brown hair is medium-length and is tied in a pontytail with a red ribbon. His beard covers his chin, cheeks and upper lip. It is long enough to comb, but is too short to style one way or another. His shoulders are broad and he naturally has strong core and back muscles. his hands are large. 6'1, 195lbs

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