My Elf Application

[Sallos 2]

Out-Of-Character

Minecraft Account Name:nohdfg

How old are you?:15 years old

Time-Zone/Country of Residence:US; Central Time Zone

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?:Yes

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself:I love to game, it's my passion :D. I used to play alot of Gameboy and Xbox, but I'm more into Steam now. I've played minecraft since some time in alpha, and I've never gotten bored of it. I also love strategy games and FPS, but I love retro games :D

How much time could you be on the server weekly?:Since it's summer vacation, probably 3-5 hours, and during school 2-3 hours most likely.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: Roleplaying is very interesting. When roleplaying with others, it is like writing a book in real-time all together. Roleplaying is acting like your character, and making the game real to you, and have it be recognized as real to other players.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?:Forums mostly, I've always like to roleplay with others. I've also hopped on a few World of Warcraft servers and tried out some roleplaying.

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is:Meta-gaming is acquiring knowledge from, say, OOC chat, or from a previous life. For example, a previous character could know about a secret entrance that leads to a castle, but your new character would have absolutely no knowledge about this entrance.

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Emoting is:Power-emoting is the act of killing, stealing or wounding a person without giving them a chance to intervene. For example, two enemies could meet up. Enemy one could say "Balgro swings his axe at his foe." which is perfectly fine. However, Enemy two says "I kill you with my bare fists and eat your heart." which is Power-Emoting, because there it is just straight killing, without any chance to intervene.

In your own Words, define what Out of Character (OOC) is:That is talking out of the role play, for example; Maybe I am role playing with a couple of friends and I am hungry so I say, maybe, "/ooc I am going to make a sandwich" I would say "OOC" before that because my role play character wouldn't say something like that, that is just me communicating outside of the role play.

In your own Words, define what In Character (IC) is:IC is speaking for your character and trying to act like that character would. For example, you shouldn't use abbreviations like "brb" and "lol", you should speak as if you were the character.

What do you expect this server will be like?:Full of level-headed mature people, who are looking to have a serious roleplay, and get along with everyone else.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?:I've played a few different kinds of servers, like factions, rpgs, building, but I tend to not stick to one server. Usually this is because of the people on the server, some people make it hard to play the game, so I'm hoping this server is a little harder to get in and break rules.

Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?:Yes, I agree to follow the rules

Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules:Yes, I agree to do whatever I am told

How did you hear about us?:My friend, Coalmine told me

Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?: No, I have not

In-Character:

Character Name:Verdion Amandil

What Race are you? (You may only be Human, Orc, Elf or Dwarf!) : Elf

What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race):None

Biography (Please make this at least 2 paragraphs long. This must include the history of your character and his life as well as age, appearance and personality, etc.):

Age: 26

Appearance:Verdion is a stout, and relatively thin elf with lightly tanned skin from his years in the outdoors. His face is always lit with a smile, from his positive outlook on life and nature, and brown eyes greet you from under his brown hair.

Personality: Verdion is a person who doesn't speak much unless necessary or in time of panic. He isn't completely emotionless,he would risk his like for his party members and friends but doesn't have alot of ties to family. In return, he thinks of his friends as his family. He secretly enjoys the company of others but tries to act independent and tough. Verdion is also quite new to life in large towns and enjoys, and is more used to, natural surroundings. Verdion also has trouble killing without hesitation, he is one of those who can't sleep at night after he kills someone.

History: Verdion was raised by his father. His mother died at his younger brother's child-birth from cardiac-arrest. Verdion's father was a traveling merchant, who roamed around a forest, chopping wood, fishing in ponds, and hunting wild animals. Verdion's father was very poor despite good business and required a lot of help from Verdion and his younger son,Gurchanar. Gurchanar meant everything to Verdion and Verdion's father, he was definitely the prize of the family, inheriting most of their beautiful mother's genes. Verdion took Gurchanar under his wing and taught him many of the skills his father had taught him. Verdion used to also practice archery on a range that his father set up in the back of their cabin in the forest. He became very good at marksmanship with a bow and when he became 13 years of age, Verdion's father stopped hiring a mercenary to escort his wares to the towns. One day, when Verdion was 16 and Gurchanar was 11, Verdions father had an argument about the price of firewood with a local drunk. The drunk smacked Verdion's father across the head with a wooden club and the head trauma killed him instantly. Verdion aimed his bow shakily at the man but couldn't bring himself to killing him. Gurchanar quickly grabbed the bow and without hesitation shot the man dead between the eyes.

Verdion and Gurchanar went back to living in the cabin. They grew crops in a garden in a substantial fashion. One day human soldiers arrived at the cabin looking for Gurchanar. Gurchanar stepped forward and was shot dead. The head soldier said aloud, "11 year old murderer found dead at cabin, also, soldiers receive commendation for the finding the infamous child." The human soldiers all snickered and rode away on horses. Verdion could do nothing but sob and watch as his brother died and humans got away with the crime. Verdion could do nothing more but move to the city and try to live as a soldier in training.

After years of training with the soldiers, and doing various deeds, Verdion proved to be quite the archer, and a useful asset to the team. However, not wishing to be conscripted to being a soldier for his entire life, he left the group at the young age of 25 to become a traveling mercenary and seek his fame and purpose. After traveling through the north, he eventually met a warrior dwarf going by the name of Ironbark, and they agreed to travel together, seeking riches and power..

What are your Character's ambitions?:To become more brave and be able to kill without hesitation and become the best bowman in Asulon.

What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc):An oak-crafted longbow

What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?Marksmanship with a bow

A screenshot of your skin (must be in proper format, if you do not know how to acquire one, copy and paste this link into your browser: ( http://tinyurl.com/Lotcscreenshot ):

Other Information about your Character:

Not much else.

Open-Response-Questions

Each and every question must be answered with a minimum of a single full paragraph and entirely in RP.

Whilst traveling from the Cloud Temple you see a small halfling, being harassed by two armed warriors. They appear to be trying to steal money from him, how does your character respond?My character would consult with the party what the best plan of action would be. Whether we attack the warriors or just continue walking would be up to the entire party together.If we do chase or kill the warriors, we would escort the halfling back to the nearest town or give him the supplies necessary to return to his home.

Your character wanders into Alras, and comes across a small stall, behind which a well dressed man is standing. He’s offering various wares, the merchant turns to you and says in a posh accent " 'ello there, what can I do you for today?" What is your character response?"Hail, merchant.Would you perhaps be selling some arrows, or feathers?"

If he had them, I would purchase the items with some pouches of minas, and wish him on his way. If not, however, I would apologize for wasting his time and say I'm not interested in any of his wares, and continue on my travels.

Whilst wandering in the wilds, your character comes across a small hut, which looks abandoned. Inside it you see a chest containing a few iron bars, and a golden sword. How would your character respond?: I would scout around the hut, to see if anyone was lurking around, before I would go inside and take the items, and leave a note of apology to whoever might still live there.

Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you you in the common tongue, how do you respond?: I would ask to travel with the merchants, if they were heading in the same direction as my party were. We would sell off some of our acquired treasures from adventuring, and follow them. However, if they weren't traveling in the same direction, I would ask for a map of the area and continue my travels.

You hear word that bandits occupy the road outside the town in which you have been staying. The town guard have gathered, and are asking for assistance to help eliminate them. The leader of the party is offering a reward for any who offer their support. How does your character act on this information?:I wouldn't actually fight in the main battle, unless they were rather low on men. However, I would scout around the bandit camp, possibly placing some traps and looking at how many bandits there were, what level of equipment they had, and noting any strategic locations, before returning to the town guard and telling them of this information, which should fetch some rewards.

Anything else you would like to say?:No, nothing really in particular.

[nppeck 601]

Reason(s)Why Your Application Was Denied [Correct the X'ed Areas]:

Role Play:

Missing Biography [ ]

-Short Biography [ ]

Insufficient Information in OOC [ ]

Insufficient Knowledge on Role Play [ ]

Insufficient Knowledge on the World [x]

Open Ended Questions Need Refining [ ]

Illegal Character Abilities [ ]

Unrealistic Events [ ]

-Fabricated Large-Scale Events [ ]

Incorrect Lore [ ]

Power/Metagaming [ ]

Contradicting Statements [ ]

Cliche [ ]

Villain Application Needed [ ]

Incorrect Definitions of Power-emoting [ ]

Incorrect Definitions of Metagaming [ ]

Form:

Bad Spelling/Grammar [ ]

Missing Areas [ ]

Breaking Rules [ ]

Incorrect Formatting [ ]

Skin:

Missing Skin [ ]

-Skin Doesn't Fit Character [ ]

-Incorrect Character Description [ ]

-Incorrect Skin Format [ ]

-Unlore-ful Skin [ ]

Other Comments: I very much enjoyed reading your application, however your biography doesn't really mention anything about elven lore or use any locations on the server. Please include more of the server's lore and show your understanding of the world of Asulon.

[nppeck 601]

Moved to Denied Forum