[✔] [Accepted] [Human] Varlan Application

[Bakerismaxamis 122]

Out-Of-Character Information
Please fill out the following questions as accurately as possible, and ensure the essential details are accurate.

Minecraft Account Name: Bakerismaxamis
How old are you?:25

Time-Zone:United States, Eastern Pacific

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

What previous experience have you had in role-playing?: I have had much experience in Role playing. I have played many titles such as the Elder scrolls, World of Warcraft back in the vanilla days and many other titles. I have always had a love for role playing and from what I'm gaining on knowledge of this server. It is everything that a role playing fan could want and love!

How did you hear about the the Lord of the Craft?: I was browsing through Minecraft related videos on Youtube and came across a video for this server. Which immediately grabbed my attention.

Link any applications that you have previously made for the server:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/832121-the-lord-of-the-craft-enter-the-world-of-anthos-officially-t-h-e-1-roleplay-server/page__st__2260#entry20983743  #2268
Have you posted this application on the Minecraft Forum? If not, then please do so (link above): Yes I have. Though they are outdated from me editing the app over time. This one is the most up-to date one.

Have you read the Human lore, and shall you ensure you make use of it and follow it in your biography?:Yes I have read, understand and will use and follow while playing.

Definitions
In your own words define the following terms. Do not take any definitions from elsewhere!:

Role-playing: Role playing is when you take on the role of another person or monster. Every aspect of their actions is portrayed while in character. Which in turn affects the world around the character and others characters as well.

Meta-gaming:Alright meta-gaming in my own words is when someone that is in character acts on something or goes somewhere with no knowledge of its existence. A good example would be if you knew someone with a house very far out in the wilderness and they give you the coords for the location. You could simply head in that direction and be there rather then having your friend show you the way by traveling together.

Power-emoting: Power-emoting stands for when a character type an emote on another character that would otherwise show them as winning in a sense. You have to let the other character answer back to the action in a sense and being realistic is also a big thing in role playing.

In-Character Information:
Complete the following biography on your character:

Full Name:Varlan Boran Gerofe [Human]
Current Age:19
Sub-race (if any):Northerner
Past / History (include childhood, major-events, etc. 2+ paragraphs long):

       Varlan's life growing up was filled with sorrow and loss at a young age. Varlan, his mother and father were orginally from a small settlement close to Hanseti, which He was born at. Though having northerner blood from both of his parents, they traveled to Ager to escape from the poison fog that has moved into the mountains bordering Hanseti when Varlan was ten .His father, Vargan was a sucessful miner. Often leaving home and venturing far into the earth to find rare minerals and make a good living.
 
       His father died while mining in the mountains west of Ager. He was mining deep below the surface and was killed when the ceiling made of gravel, collapsed in. Varlan was twelve when his father was killed. His mother, Larquin was a farmer. Though she was northrener as well, learned over time from a young age to tend fields and work with wheat. She was killed by a group of thieves when she wouldn't give them her minas and other supplies while attempting to get to the market in Solace to sell her collection of materials.

       Varlan was sent to a relative at the age of twelve. His Uncle Cron, his fathers brother was a shepard, got to know his nephew better over time. He had a small home built on the far outer limits of Solace.Handling livestock was a chore he learned well since his uncle Cron had animals to look after. Collecting sheep's wool and getting buckets of milk to sell at the markets is what took up most of Varlans time. As he grew and aged, he found himself traveling to Solace by himself to see the city and all its glory. 
    
      Talking to the townsfolk and gaining communication skills to help him reason with others better was another thing he would do to pass time. The red coat Varlan bears was given to him as a gift from his uncle. A well put together coat with thick padding on the shoulders and ribs. His uncle was an old man now, around his mid 60's now that Varlan is nineteen. Getting older and knowing that Varlan would have to go out into the world to seek his own way. He told him many times that the day would come when he would have to leave his uncles care and search out his own destiny.

Ambitions for the Future:
My characters ambitions are to head out into the world and explore the far reaches of Anthos. Though magic was only folk tales told to him while growing up. The idea of being able to wield power beyond any sword or axe was tempting and could aid in the battles against any foe. Varlan wishes to better himself with self defense while traveling so the idea of joining the forces of good to align against the threat of any attacks across the land. Political affairs across Anthos have always intrigued him too.

Personality: An observer in a sense. Rarely speaks his mind to others unless provoked or challenged. other then that he is strong-willed and confident in the choices he makes. Though his temper can run high if pressed enough and blind his judgement.

Skills: Some knowledge on herding and caring for livestock was gained with Varlan's Uncle Cron. . General understanding of plant flora was gained from exposure at a young age.

Appearance (this must include an in-game screenshot of your skin):

 

     5'10", standard skeletal build of a Northerner, Blonde hair, sky blue colored eyes, brown pants and a leather belt. A grey wool shirt and a worn in but sturdy red coat given to him by his uncle Cron. The coat belonged to Varlan's father.

-This is the picture of my character. Totally custom too I'll add.

Any other details you wish to share about your character:

  

   Varlan has many ideas of what he wants to accomplish in the world of Anthos. The first thing he wishes to do is gain more knowledge of the world's layout first. Many great things await in the world of Anthos and Varlan is tempted to leave his uncle Cron and venture out into the world..

Open-Response-Questions
Each question in this section must be answered with a minimum of one paragraph which must describe the event in full. Please be as descriptive as possible and do not break character or lore at any point.


1. Whilst in the mighty human capital you notice a dark-clothed figure stealthily making his way towards the Emperor’s palace - he is clearly up to no good. there are guards within shouting distance - what do you do?

Answer:
     While checking my inventory outside the the Emperor's palace, I caught a glimpse of a suspisious looking person making their way towards the palace's entrance. The sun was setting now and made it more difficult to see clearly. Shuffling my things back into my bag, I make haste in catching up to the cloaked man. While I made my way up the stairs leading into the main chamber I seen the man taking something from the wall of the backside of the room.

     As I filled my lungs and shouted "Thief! There's a thief stealing from the Emperor's palace!" As soon as the words left my mouth the man jetted a look of disgust at me and began charging me. Looking around for anything that could aid me in defending myself, I picked up a chair sitting by the wall. The man was now ten feet away from me when a guard entered the chamber from the main entrance. The cloaked man halted and stood staring at us both.

      I stated to the guard " He is the thief! He stole something from the back wall!" The guard looked at the man who was now standing as stiff as a board in front of us. "Did ya take something from this chamber?" the guard replied to the man.
 
      The thief didn't answer the guard, hunching at me now and staring directly at me. Suddenly he lunged at me with wicked speed. As he pulled a dagger from his coat and thrusting at my chest.I took the chair and heaved it in his direction. As the chair smashed into him, he stumbled back abit. The guard leapt forward and smashed him over the head with the hilt of his sword. The figure hit the ground with a loud thud. The guard grabbed the mans chin and took a good look at him. "Ahh, I remember this one. Sneaky as he is deadly." The guard replied to me.
 
     Looking through his belongings, the guard found an envelope containing information on tactics used in battles.The guard grunted "A spy.. Straight to the dungeon with him!" As I stood there taking in everything the he said, The guard stepped over to me and placed a small bag of Mina's in my hand. "Thank you friend, you did a good deed today." Smiling at him I replied "thank you, this will help me on my journys ahead of me." As I turned around and headed out the entrance of the palace.


2. Whilst wandering in the deep oak forest you come across a large clearing, in which sits a small cobbled cottage. Outside it stands an unstable old man armed with a small iron blade, surrounded by two heavily armed bandits - they appear to be threatening him. You are armed with leather armour and an iron longsword, how do you react?

Answer:
While out scouting for any source of food I could get, I noticed a small cobble-built building with three people standing outside. Some yelling could be heard from where I was though it was not understandable from this distance. they continued to argue as I crept closer to the three men. Now I could see the two thugs were pressuring the elderly man to hand over his possessions or else they would burn his house down. Hearing this I decided to attempt to help him in some way. Looking around for anything that might aid me I seen a rock half the size of my hand and a large branch from a nearby tree laying in front of me. As I picked the rock up I noticed that one of the them now had the elderly man by his shirt and somehow got the iron blade from him.

I took aim at the man to the right and hurled it. the rock bounced off his helmet with a loud clang. As they both turned around to address the situation, I huddled down behind some bushes right before the clearing. the thug holding the old man barked "Get ova thar an check that noise ye numb skull!" As one of armed thief's approached where I was. He began to scan the area for movement. Closer and closer he got, almost to the tree he was now.

Walking over to the tree he took one more glance around before turning to his partner and saying "Thar be nothing ova here! Just crittas!" Soon as those words finished exiting his mouth I stood up with the branch that I had found. Rearing up and swinging everything I had into the hit, bringing the club down on his helmet. Tooonng! the man fell to the ground without a movement afterwards.

the other armored man threw the elderly man down to the ground as he swung around to see what had happened. Now standing about fifteen paces from each other I asked him "Why are you attempting to rob the old? Are you too much of a coward to rob the fit?" I stepped over the defeated theif that laid on the ground and began to approach the other villain. As the man stared at me for a second and it settled, suddenly the rage formed on his face as he began to yell " You think you know what we live through in dees lands! You nothing! We take all from all we kill!"

As he said that he began to charge at me. I braced myself and relaxed the muscles in my legs and arms. He got about three paces away when he lunged at me with a broad sword. Jumping off to the left of the blades direction cut through the air. Rolling up to my feet and focusing back on him. I looked at his eyes as he was not looking at me for that split second.

As I put it together in that instant I was hit from behind as the other armored thug regained consciousness and snuck up behind me while I was distracted.Blood trickled down my face as i turned around slowly to find a sword pointed at my throat. the thug standing there now laughing at me responded " So ya like to be playing tricks an' being sneaky aye?" Now the second thug was approaching me as well. Glancing at both thief's and thinking of something to respond with, I looked over at the elderly man who was now standing at the entrance of his house looking at the two men with burning eyes.

"No! I will not have this bloodshed any longer!" Though feeble looking and past his years of being a prime fighter, the man all the sudden lunged for something at the inside part of his doorway. He grabbed a case of some kind and yanked a golden blade from the sheath. Standing there now with the vorpal blade drawn towards the two men, both thugs began to laugh at him. "You gonna hurt us old man?" the one replied. "You too weak!" the other thug spat. the elderly man reacted with a quick smile then charged at the two armored thieves with unnatural speed. the thug to the left side was caught off guard as the blade buried into his chest. Standing there as he looked on in horror as the life faded in his eyes.

the blade almost unearthed itself from the thug as he tilted backwards and landed dead on his back. Now the last thug stood there enraged and spitting. He yelled "YOU WILL NOT KILL ME OLD MAN!! ME WILL CRUSH YOU INTO DUST!" As he began to swing relentlessly at the old man, he struck the golden blade a few times with beserker strength. When the third blow landed, the elderly man let out a shriek as his blade hit the ground and trickles of blood that followed. the thief had struck the old mans hand with his sword, slicing through his tendons and rendering his fighting hand useless.

As he was about to lay the last strike on on the worn out man, I took my blade and rushed him from behind. As I stepped forward to land a clean hit to his back he ducked down enough to evade my blow. Fumbling to catch myself from throwing all of my weight into my attack, I fell to the ground. Standing over me now and about to execute his attack, he said "So ye be coming to save ta day and you gonna end up being killed by ma blade!" Laughing, he got into position to launch his next strike. Twack! the loud sound of an arrow meeting its mark was heard. Looking at the man, i was stunned to see him start to hunch over and after a few seconds he fell to his knees.

An arrow was aligned right in the middle of his back. An elf stood about thirty paces out by some trees. "Hail!" He yelled over to us as I stood to my feet. I replied " Greeting stranger! I'm glad you acted out in the way you did!" the old man thanked us both and even gave us some food and supplies for saving his life. Though he would not say what they were after. the elf and I made sure that the elders hand was bandaged up good. Afterwards I parted ways and continued on my journey.


3. You are standing within the mighty human capital when you notice a small man standing behind a colorful stall. You approach the stall and notice that the man is selling a variety of general goods - he says that he is selling just about anything and that he has no set prices. He is willing to allow you to haggle and choose prices. What do you do? (Explain: your haggling, items of choice and the discussion that happens).

Answer:
Looking over the broad selection the merchant had across the table, something caught my eye. Looking at the hilt of a golden broad sword barely visible in part of a small pile of items in the corner. I asked him while removing it from the other trinkets. "What price do you have for this sword?"

Peering at the blade a slight smile appeared on his face. "That's no ordinary blade you hold my friend!" Looking at him I replied " Are you so sure of that?" Nodding at me he reached forward and removed it from my hands. "Yes, I'm sure, look here." He raised the blade up and flipped it around to show a stamp on the bottom of the hilt.

"This blade was enchanted by Dwarfs at some point in the past." As I took in what he said while looking over it for a moment, seeing the marvelous blade shining with magic sparked my interest even more in the arcane arts. I said to the man "So, what do you want for it?" He replied with a cold grin "You can have it for three hundred minas." Looking at him with a blank stare for a few seconds i answered back. " I'll give you two-hundred and eighty Minas instead." As I reached into my coat and pulled out a small bag.

the merchants eyes lite up as I poured the bag out onto the table. "You, my good sir have made a good deal today!" He sheathed the sword and handed it to me. As the salesman collected his payment I said to myself. "This guy doesn't have any clue what he just sold me." Smiling as I walked away.

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Congratulations! Welcome to Anthos!

 

I do love it when applicants write a really good application after improving points stated by the application team.

 

Well done, an overall good application. Plenty of detail and thought put into it and I can see you understand your character and how to role play with it.

 

Good Luck with your role play adventures!

 

Ben~

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