Lawrna

Arya is pretty awesome... and crazy now!

(I'll marry Rina <3 Let's be some mofo feminists)

This is the death of Ereinion through the eyes of his wife, Arya Orchid.

I lifted my head, waking from yet another dreamless night. He was still there in our bed. His breathing was shallow and a bead of sweat on his forehead. I was still holding his hand, I squeezed it lightly. His eyes flickered open.

“O-Orchid?”, he asked in a raspy voice, his eyes flicker open, staring dazed at the ceiling.

“I’m here, my love.”, I responded, holding his hand tighter.

He looked over to me, a faint smile on his dark face. His heartbeat was becoming faster and the usually swirling red pools of lava in his eyes were dormant and the rings around his eyes became darker.

“I love you, my Orchid.”, he smiled, yet his eyes were sad.

“And I love you.”, I kissed his hand and his eyes closed.

I stayed by his bedside for days, I never left him.

His eyes never opened again, his hands became cold and his last breath had left him.

Alone.

Left in the darkness.

I miss you, my Hawke.

MC Name:

Eenhoornheid

RP Name:

Arya Orchid

Character Age:

142

Personality, i.e. tendencies, weaknesses, strengths, temptations, etc.:

Arya is very good at keeping calm in sticky situations and has the tendency to sing when she is not (not calm, I mean) , she always ~tries~ to stay kind to everyone. Arya often keeps to herself and stays in the shadows until needed. She adores flowers, trees and pretty much everything living, except for Orcs. Because of her time she lived amongst the High Elves of Haelun’or she is disgusted by them. She loves her children: Layla and Kamari and is very protective of them. She is extremely frightend of thunder and lightning after the death of her dear friend, Mithro when she was a child. After the death of her husband Ereinion she tends to talk to herself or more to a figment of her imagination that represents her husband.

OOC reasons you should be a monk:

I think it’ll be a good opportunity to have some other kind of RP than I usually have. The monks seem peaceful enough for my character and I do like helping people anyways.

IC reasons your character wishes to be a monk:

Arya has always been very helpful. She is looking for a peaceful life away from her old one. Arya is very keen to learn the trait of healing, for others and her own family it would be a nice addition. She thinks her life might take a turn for the best if she becomes one of the monks.

Do you agree to follow the server rules, and that of the monks?:

Well, of course I agree! Otherwise I wouldn’t be here, aye!

Knowledge of the Triumvirate (Including names, celestial bodies, a bit of backstory, etc.):

Keldrith, Rellenia and Tariel became each a stone: a gold bar, a diamond and a piece of lapis lazuli, because the Creator took pity on their souls when they died in the barren wasteland what is now the Wilven Sanctuary. After a child found the stones they became a heavenly body: Keldrith became the golden sun, Rellenia the shining moon and Tariel the twinkling stars.

A large orc comes up to you clutching a battleaxe. He roars a curse, before shouting, "MI KLOMP LATZ!" Respond as your character.

Arya blinks a few times and puts on her best fake smile.

“Sir, I am sorry to say but ‘klomping’ would be very unwise to do.”

Arya nods, pursing her lips.

“Yes, I understand you like to klomp, Sir Uruk, but it is not allowed here. Please, make your way to the nearest exit and klomp your heart away there. Thank you.”

She briskly turns and glides away, her robes trailing behind her.

A tall elf, glimmering in golden robes, steps up to you. He tsks lightly and asks, "Where are the monks?" Respond.

She raises an eyebrow.

“Now, now, Mali, no need to speak so bruskly. We do ~have~ all the time in the world.”

A polite smile appears on her face.

“The monks are right here, where they are supposed to be, sir.”

“Yes, I shall do what I can for your wife.”

Arya follows the Elf to his abode and helps his wounded wife as best as she can.

A weary traveller comes to the temple. Meek and tired, sweat marking her brow as she speaks, and an immense sadness within her words, "W-where am I.. And how do I get water .. Or food?." How do you respond?

(I edited the traveller’s gender, just to mix it up a bit.)

A frown appears on her face.

“Shh, all is well, madam. You are at the Wilven Sanctuary. I can retrieve some food for you and water, of course.”

Arya gestures to a bench.

“Please, sit down. You shall be taken care of.”

Arya briskly hurries off to retrieve some water and bread for the woman.

Skin:

Anything else:

Arya will mostly pray to Tariel, for he became Lapis. As oddly as this sounds I will explain. When Arya was still married to Ereinion she was a part of the tribe called the Warhawkes which her husband was the Chieftain of. The Warhawkes worshipped Lapis deeply and it rubbed off on Arya. For more information click ~here~.

*A small white dove is sitting on top of the message board, it coos. It has a letter in its talon. The bird drops it on the ground and flies off. The message is written in dark grey ink with large and curly handwriting.*

Dear people of Haelun’or,

For some of you the words I write are full of joy, for others, sadness.

An Elven day ago, ((the 24 of November)) my dear husband, Warhawke Chieftain Ereinion, has passed on. I am sorry for all of the grief our family has brought on the Silver City. If I could ever help any of you in any way, just send me a bird.

Arya Orchid Taloha

*An orchid is drawn next to the name*

These are the poems of a High Elven woman who was banished from her city, Haelun'or.

These are the poems she wrote about her husband, Ereinion.

These are the poems of her life.

Feedback would be nice.

One

What seemed magnificent,

pure and vigilant.

Was all rotten

and near forgotten.

Without a second thought

I left to go tie my love knot.

Two

My love was a disgrace

He was the wrong race.

So I spat on their ground

And turned around

Leaving them behind their silver walls

And lonely halls.

Three

They told me it was wrong

But the urge was too strong

His handsome smile

It all started on the green isle

A glance, a grin

Black and white skin

Four

Burning to the touch

I will never have enough

His skin against mine

His fingers tracing my spine.

Never do I want this to end

Forever condemned

To his red eyes

Eternally his prize

Five

Dark as the night

People full of fright

He is evil

At the end of the day

He’ll come back my way.

With a smile on his face

And a loving embrace.

Six

His lava eyes watching my every move,

his black hair is between my fingers.

His radiating heat and his heartbeat,

his sweet scent lingers.

Everything is perfect,

just me and him.

Way up high in the keep,

we just grin.

Thank you for reading!

I might write more, depending on what happens in Arya Orchid's life.

Oh, I have one small complaint:

Recently we, Thilln'iyat, Lelien and Nelo, had an RP session in the library. I am trying to write a story about Lelien's childhood and I was taking notes while we were playing it all out.

Suddenly you say in the OOC chat: 'Ok, G2G, bye!' and then you log out which just left Nelo and I hanging there.

I just want to point out that it's rude to do that, even if you need to go all of a sudden. Please, try and round up the roleplay. Make an exit that makes sense. It annoys me a lot.

Thank you.

A small girl skips past the bookshop, she cannot be older than six. The youngling stops in her tracks in front of the destroyed grass and her eyes widen, it seems as if her eyes might pop out of her sockets. She turns to take a closer look at the stomped grass and frowns. She glances at the sign put there by Lucion, known by her as 'Lulu'. Her poppa told her what the sign said:

'Lulu doesn't want people to mess up his grass.'.

She asked him: 'Why would they want to?'

He didn't give her an answer.

The only thought going through her small and growing mind is: 'Why?'

She walks away, her brows furrowed and lips pouted.

This is a mere snippit of what I am working on at the moment.

Feedback is welcome, of course. I might continue to post on here, or not, depends on the popularity and my own laziness.

The Story of the High Elf by Lana (a.k.a. Arya Orchid)

Part 1

The brilliant sun gleams on my pale face while I look around the huge Cloud Temple. The scent of old books and ink drift through the endless corridors. Magnificent arches and twisted pylons decorate the exterior, the temple is surrounded by roses, dandelions and birch trees. Two bridges connect this massive construction to a small plaza hanging above a lake, from there a bridge goes to each wind direction of Asulon. Laringe stands behind me on the plaza.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” He says, I hear him chuckle softly. Laringe was the boy who brought me here, he found me in the woods on the wild borders of Asulon. The 18-year old was hunting at the time and I was running, running away from my old home in Grassheid. Ah, what a lovely home it was, quiet and peaceful, all what a normal High Elf would love. I knew after some time that I was no normal High Elf, about around the age of 23 I realised that my lust for adventure was greater than that from knowledge. I have planned my escape twenty years. It was perfect. I fled while my parents were at the Spring Festival, I ran until I could run no more. Then Laringe found me, I almost killed him with my bow and arrow. I look at the bustling people on the plaza; orcs, elves, humans, all the races together. Laringe taps my shoulder. “Arya, I’ll show you where the High Elves live, follow me!” He smiles and his green eyes sparkle a bit. He starts walking towards one of the tunnels, the one that is colour coded yellow, a little road forks off it to the right. We go in a tunnel and on the other end there is a huge port filled with boats to go everywhere one can imagine. Laringe leads me to a pretty big boat with green and white sails, we jump on it and begin our journey to the Elven lands. After a week we finally arrive in Normandor, as we walk along we marvel at the grand tree of Normandor, it’s beautiful. Along the way we pass several cosy towns and big city centres, I am amazed by the sheer size of Asulon. My parents were very close minded, they never taught me about the lands beyond Grassheid. Laringe suddenly stops, a bridge to a huge city. It seems to be made out of pure silver, it dazzles in the sunlight. “This is Haelun’or, Arya. Welcome to your Mother Land.” Laringe says to me. I just stand there bewildered by this magnificent place. We begin to walk towards the huge city, the towers dawn over me as we approach the iron gates. A man stands behind the gate watching us wearily and says: “What do you want?!” His face is covered by a gold coloured mask, his long blond hair flows down his back and his light blue eyes stare at us. I look at the man, he is dressed in a long dark blue robe decorated with tiny gems. “Ah hello, uhm, I would like to live here.” I say while I smile at the masked man awkwardly. “Well, fill out this application and I will decide if you are granted access.” He hands me a piece of parchment through the tall gates. It has a few simple questions written on it about why I want to visit Haleun’or… I fill in the parchment with a quill that the gatekeeper gave me and hand him both of the items back. He looks over the answers, smiles contently and says: “You may enter the city now, Arya. I am Seth, the gatekeeper of Haelun’or.” He looks over at Laringe and frowns slightly. “But your friend here may not come in, say your farewells and come with me.” I crease my brow at Seth and turn around to Laringe, he’s smiling happily at me. I smile back and hug him, he whispers in my ear “I hope you have a good life here, Arya.” I whisper back. “Dear Laringe, have a prosperous life, aheral’avern.” I take a step back and nod before I enter Haelun’or, my new life.

Part 2

As Seth guides me through the Silver City, the sun bounces off of the grey walls and the buildings tower above me. Blue and red rooftops divide the city from all the others. On the tour around the city Seth instructs me on how every building and section has its purpose. He leads me towards a small house that is surprisingly not in the Residential District. Seth turns towards me and says. “This will be your house if the council grants you the permission to live here. They gather today, so you’ll know it very quickly.” He opens the front door, which is a sort of wooden gate. He stands aside so I can walk pass, I peer into the small house. The first room is a kitchen with a table and chair, a ladder leads down to a bed room and storage. It’s small, but cosy. I climb back up the ladder while Seth stands by the door waiting.

He says. “Miss Orchid, I need to return to the gate, you may go stay in the city ‘till the council is done.” I smile and nod. He continues. “If you need any help, I will be where I always am.” He reclines his head and walks away. I sigh and smile gleefully. I step outside and close the gate/door, I look around and frown slightly, I notice there is no colour in the city, only the green grass, blue sky and silver towers. I push the thought to the back of my head, there is nothing I can do about it now. I begin to wander in the city, through the winding roads and I come across a gate. I cock my head ever so slightly, curious to what is behind the gate. Through beyond the open gate I can see a bridge made from the same silvery stone that Haelun’or is constructed of, this bridge leads to an island not too far from the mainland, few towers and some fields of wheat fill up the patch of land. I smile, finally relieved to see some plants, except for grass of course. I walk across the grey bridge towards the emerald island. I look around me as I arrive on the island, I smell the strong scent of pine trees and roses in the air, I sigh. I walk around towards the small pumpkin farm and quite big pine tree orchard. There is a small body of water near the both of them and I sit on a bench which overlooks the pond. The trees rustle in the wind and birds whistle a peaceful tune.Behind me I hear loud rustling in the pine tree, too loud for a bird. I turn around to see a Dark Elf sitting in the tree, legs dangling down and his head cocked to one side and says. “Who might you be?” I look up at him, smiling friendly. “I am Arya, Arya Orchid and you, tree man?” He laughs. “Well, Arya, I am Rei. The farmer’s assistant.” He jumps out of the tree and walks over to me, his long black hair sways gently in the wind and a Mohawk stands proudly on his head. “May I join you?” He asks me, showing me a charming smile. I blush lightly and nod, he sits next to me and smiles. “So, you have just arrived here.” “Ye-, how could you tell?” I cock my head and Rei’s red eyes look at me and he replies. “Well, you look famished and you seem out of place here.” I raise an eyebrow and chuckle. “What do you mean by that?” The red in his eyes begins to swirl lightly as if someone trapped a red tornado behind them. “You don’t really fit in with all the other High Elves. For instance, a true High Elf would have never talked to me.” I crease my eyebrows and ask him. “Why don’t they talk to you?” He smirks and magically an apple appears in his hand. “I am different, they don’t like different, them High Elves. Always hiding behind these silver walls.” He whispers in my ear as he hands me the red apple. He stands up and walks away, leaving me flustered. I sit on the bench for a while running through our conversation over and over again, trying to understand why he said that I’m different. I don’t understand…

I fully support Stealth for FM! He'll do a great job, I'm sure of it.

Arya sits beside her husband, Ereinion, in the Warhawke Camp as he receives this message.

She smiles slightly, trying to suppress her gladness from her love. She looks down remembering when she first arrived at the Silver City, Seth opened the gate for her. A pang of guilt stings her, for she has turned her back to her own race out of pure selfishness. Though she is happy for Seth that he has finally found love in the cold city people call Haelun'or.

She looks up at Rei and smiles faintly before she stands up and goes inside of their cabin to check on their daughter.

HAELUN'OR CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION:

Name: Arya Orchid

True name ((MCName)): Eenhoornheid

Origin: I am from a small city in the middle of nowhere, it is called Grassheid, searching for a quite life away from her abusive parents and dull life.

How can you declare you are Mali'thill: My parents were Mali'aheral and so where my ancestors, I am very proud of my clean bloodline.

Why do you wish to become a citizen of Haelun'or: It is such a beautiful city with wonderful people who live in it, it would be amazing to be apart of this community

What is your personal vision for our blessed race: Keep it all in the race and

What does maehr'sae hiylun'ehya mean to you: Spread knowledge and health, it means (for me) that you should let people know what you have done in your life and so spread knowledge of our lovely race.

What Elven phrase do you particularly take to heart? Please explain why: Well, my knowledge of the Elven language is quite limited but if I may become a part of the city I'm sure that I will learn many Elven phrases.

What is the subject of the first book you will submit to the college: A book about the culture, psychology of other races and their habits. For instance: If you would want to trade with a halfing, then you should know how to convince them to give you the wares for less than they are worth.

What would be your reaction if you ever saw a human, orc and unknown Mali'aheral travel the roads from Alras together: I would be completely disappointed with the Mali'aheral, why would someone ever want to travel with those dirty races, especially an orc... *shudders* After getting over the shock, I would try and get the unknown Mali'aheral to come to our lovely city and become a part of this clever community.

What home would you like to receive:(if left blank you will be granted one of the free residences, if one is available): A free one would be nice, thank you.

Are there any other details about yourself you wish to relay to the council: I think I will make a small but important contribution to this lovely city and I'll try to make my presence here as pleasant as possible.

Thank you for your time.

Eenhoornheid's 3rd Application

Out-Of-Character

Minecraft Account Name: Eenhoornheid

How old are you? I am 15 years old.

Time-Zone/Country of Residence: GMT +1/Belgium (the Dutch speaking part)

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Yes, I was born in the US and l have lived there for eight years, I still speak/write English on a daily basis.

Small 2-3 sentence description of yourself: I am an easily amused and sometimes childish girl who doesn’t like any kind of hostility. I’m friendly (well, that is what people say) and I love to laugh.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?: I could go on daily for at least 2 hours except on Tuesday or on days I go out.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: Roleplaying is acting out a story about someone’s life with the help of other people to personify said person.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: I have been on a few RP servers, most of them were post-apocalyptic just because I could not find a decent fantasy server.

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: Meta-Gaming is when you use information that your character could never know, for example: I am targeted for an assassination but I don’t know by whom, if the person who wants to kill me tells me this OOC then I cannot use this information IC.

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: Power-Gaming is not giving another person the chance to flee or force a certain situation to happen for instance, if someone wanted to capture me, he/she would have to give me a chance to resist and not immediately throw on shackles and a blindfold or lock me in a room.

What do you expect this server will be like?: I expect it to be something different, better and more fun than what I here fore experienced.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I played on The Land of Yalin, Aftermath and From Ashes. Yalin just stopped because the owner was having some family issues. Afermath changed to From Ashes after the previous owner wanted to file a lawsuit against the present owner and I’m still playing on From Ashes but it’s not the kind of RP I’m looking for.

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

Do you promise to abide said rules and laws? This includes the Server, Forum and Teamspeak set rules: Yes, wholeheartedly.

How did you hear about us? Through friends of previous servers who now play on the server.

Have you previously made an Application> If so could you link us to your last Application?: Yes, I have: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/52190-eenhoornheids-2nd-app/

In-Character

Character Name: Arya Orchid

What race are you? Elf

What Sub-Race are you? High Elf

Biography: Arya was born and raised in a faraway village in a faraway town called Grassheide, no one knew of this small farmer’s town because barely anyone lived there. Arya’s parents, Vernian and Ellesma, grandparents and the Rose family were the only inhabitants. Vernian wasn’t the kindest father, constantly drunk and hitting Arya for no apparent reason. Her father didn’t look like Arya at all, for she has long blond hair, dark blue eyes and natural pink lips. Ellesma was a spitting image of Arya, the same slender build and height, about 6 feet tall. Ellesma was nicer to Arya than her husband, but when Arya finally turned 50 she had enough and ran to the forests in the search for Haelun’or behind her house with only a bow, a quiver of arrows and some food in a small sac. She kept on running until she could run no more, she had found a little hut on a riverbank with a young human boy in it. The boy, Karl, had been banished from his village for treachery and theft. Arya took him with her on her journey for the search of a home, but for Arya it was pure torture to be around a human… a disgusting race. After a few years, when Karl became 18 years of age, the duo still didn’t find a village and the young man was becoming ill, he passed on after a few days. Arya pushed on, completely not fazed by Karl’s death, she roamed the lands in search of peace and quiet. When Arya turned 75 years old she finally found a place to stay. The Batlard family, an Elven family, took her in with open arms, although she didn’t like them one bit for they were not pure. Their house was only a few miles from the Could Temple. Now she is 82 and left the Batlards in glee, she just arrived at the beautiful Temple.

What is your Character’s ambitions?: Arya wants to have peace and not to be disturbed by ‘lower’ races.

What is your character’s favorite tool? Because she brought her bow with her on her long journey, she became to love it.

What is one of your Character’s most skilled talents?: Archery, for the same reasons as above.

A screenshot of your skin: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dpxor8&s=5

Other information about your Character: She loves High Elfs wholeheartedly and never wants to get in fights. She has the habit of talking to herself and looking down while talking to someone, just because of her years of isolation in the wilderness left her weary of other people.

Open-Response-Questions

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?:

Arya: “HEY! Step away from him!”

The warriors look at Arya and one of them snorts

Warrior 1: “Like you, a woman, are going to do something about it?”

Arya narrows her eyes, she suddenly notices that these ‘warriors’ are Orcs and starts shaking with anger.

Orc 2 laughs with Arya’s aggression.

The Halfling quivers with fear.

Halfling: “P-please help me.”

One of the Orcs takes out a knife and holds it against the Halfling’s neck.

Orc 2: “What are you going to do now lady?”

Arya: “Well, just look and see I suppose, it might include pain.”

Arya smiles and pulls out her bow and arrows.

Arya: “Do you understand now?”

The Orc lets go of the Halfling and the Halfling runs and hides behind Arya, Arya pulls back the bowstring.

Arya: “So, you have two options guys. One: You walk away and NEVER let this happen again or Two: you die.”

The Orcs run for their pathetic lives and the Halfling hugs Arya, she winces slightly but is glad her scared those ‘warriors’

“Thank you!”

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?

Arya smiles and says: “Hello…. Sir?”

Merchant: “Would you like to buy a weapon, maybe a necklace or a new dress?”

Arya looks around and asks the merchant: “Do you have any ‘special’ bows?”

The merchant raises his eyebrow and says: “So you’re one of them aye. As a matter of fact I do”

He pulls out a beautifully crafted and enchanted bow, Arya’s mouth falls open.

The merchant chuckles and whispers: “For you it will only cost 30 minas…”

Arya grins, gives the merchant 30 minas and says: “Thank you… I’m sure it will kill… much”

The merchant chuckles and says: “You have a nice day.” He tips his hat.

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?:

Arya closes the chest again and looks around the house for the owner, the owner is in the back working in his garden and is a High Elf, Arya smiles at the sight and says: “Hello dear sir! I couldn’t help but notice that your front door is open.”

The owner stands up and dusts off his clothes.

Owner: “Ah well, I have lost the key of the door yesterday.”

Arya: “But you do have so valuable stuff in there…”

Owner: “Oh! You went in my house!? Oh dear, I must find the key…”

Arya looks around in the garden and spots something shining near the bed of daisies.

Arya: “Isn’t it that there?”

The house owner looks to where Arya is pointing and picks up the key and chuckles.

Owner: “Why thank you! Here you get an iron bar for your effort and time.”

The owner gives Arya one of the iron bars from in the chest.

Arya: “No problem sir, have fun with your gardening!”

Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you in the common tongue, how do you respond?

Arya smiles and says: “Hello! Would you guys maybe be so kind and give me a spare steak or bread.”

One of the traders whispers something to his friend to his left and they both snicker.

Arya winces for they smell horrible; they have the faint scent of orcs… Arya tries to ignore the stench for they are her only chance of getting descent food and drink.

Trader 1: “Well, of course, why don’t you come to our tent?”

Arya backs up a bit and says: “Uhm, n-no thanks… It would be better to eat outside, it is a beautiful day.” And laughs nervously and shudders lightly. Arya thinks: ‘Oh dear, just imagine being in a room with them…’

Trader 2: “Well, whatever you want, Miss…”

The trader gives Arya a steak and a small bottle of water.

Arya: “Thank you… Do you guys know where Haelun’or is, by any chance?”

Trader 3: “Oh it’s to the east, over there. About 50 miles…”

The trader points to the east while Arya eats and drinks ravenously.

Arya: “Thank you…”

She says while finishing up her meal and stands up.

Arya: “Thank you for your generosity but I am in a great haste. Farewell.”

The traders say their goodbyes and Arya walks to the east, into the forest surrounding the small trading camp. Relieved, she starts running to a bed of flowers just to get the foul odor out of her nose.

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?:

Arya first refuses to kill the bandits but she is broke and really needs the money so she decides to help the guards. Arya positions herself on a tall building on the occupied road, she takes out her bow and arrows and takes aim on the leader. Suddenly Arya hears some commotion a bit further down the street and sees the guards charging the bandit camp. Arya pulls back the string and shoots the bandit leader before anyone could spot her, the arrow is now stuck in his armor, confused the leader takes it out and a small stream of blood trickles down. She takes out another arrow and aims it at the leader again who’s looking in her direction. The leader, who is called Grey, grins and says something to a woman standing next to him, the woman nods and takes out her bow and arrow. Arya shoots another arrow at the leader, which conveniently pierces him, straight between the eyes. The woman who was next to Grey, screams out and runs to the building were Arya is standing on. Suddenly Arya hears footsteps and heavy breathing behind her, she turns her head and sees the woman a few yards away.

The woman yells: “YOU KILLED HIM! MY HUSBAND! MY LEADER!”

Grey’s widow charges at Arya but she quickly sidesteps and avoids her outburst of rage.

Arya: “Calm down! Now!”

The widow, who collided with a wall, looks at Arya and says: “Why d-did you have to kill him.”

She sways back and forth and almost falls from the building, but Arya catches her just in time.

Grey’s widow: “Let me GO!”

Arya quickly lets her go and she takes out a beautiful dagger and nicks Arya’s arm with it. Arya yelps and takes out a small sword from her belt.

Arya: “You don’t need to do this, I only did this for a greater cause,” She smiles and continues. “or maybe because your lovely husband was a pig!”

Grey’s widow narrows her eyes and says: “I am going to KILL YOU!”

She runs up to Arya with the daggers pointing straight at her, Arya dodges and suddenly sees Grey’s widow’s legs flying past her only to hear a thump afterwards.

Arya looks over the side of the building and sees the woman’s mangled body stretched over the pavement. Arya smiles and looks around for the guards, it seems that no casualties have fallen and she climbs down the building to rejoin with the guards.

Thank you for your time :)

Eenhoornheid's 2nd app

Out-Of-Character

1) Minecraft Account Name: Eenhoornheid

2) How old are you? I am 15 years old.

3) Time-Zone/Country of Residence: GMT +1/Belgium (the Dutch speaking part)

4) Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Yes, I was born in the US and l have lived there for eight years, I still speak/write English on a daily basis.

5) Small 2-3 sentence description of yourself: I am an easily amused and sometimes childish girl who doesn’t like any kind of hostility. I’m friendly (well, that is what people say) and I love to laugh.

6) How much time could you be on the server weekly?: I could go on daily for at least 2 hours except on Tuesday or on days I go out.

7) What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: Roleplaying is acting out a story about someone’s life with the help of other people to personify said person.

8) What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: I have been on a few RP servers, most of them were post-apocalyptic just because I could not find a decent fantasy server.

9) In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: Meta-Gaming is when you use information that your character could never know, for example: I am targeted for an assassination but I don’t know by who, if the person who wants to kill me tells me this OOC the I cannot use this information IC.

10) In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: Power-Gaming is not giving another person the chance to flee or force a certain situation to happen for instance, if someone wanted to capture me, he/she would have to give me a chance to resist and not immediately throw on shackles and a blindfold or lock me in a room.

11) What do you expect this server will be like?: I expect it to be something different, better and more fun than what I here fore experienced.

12) What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I played on The Land of Yalin, Aftermath and From Ashes. Yalin just stopped because the owner was having some family issues. Afermath changed to From Ashes after the previous owner wanted to file a lawsuit against the present owner and I’m still playing on From Ashes but it’s not the kind of RP I’m looking for.

13) Have you read, understood and agreed to the rules?: Yes, I have.

14) Do you promise to abide said rules and laws? This includes the Server, Forum and Teamspeak set rules: Yes, wholeheartedly.

15) How did you hear about us?: Through friends of previous servers who now play on the server.

16) Have you previously made an Application> If so could you link us to your last Application?: Yes, I have: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/52060-eenhoornheids-1st-app/

In-Character

1) Character Name: Arya Orchid

2) What race are you? Elf

3) What Sub-Race are you? High Elf

4) Biography: Arya was born and raised in a far away village in a far away town called Grassheide, no one knew of this small farmer’s town because barely anyone lived there. Arya’s parents, Vernian and Ellesma, grandparents and the Rose family were the only inhabitants. Vernian wasn’t the kindest father, constantly drunk and hitting Arya for no apparent reason. Her father didn’t look like Arya at all, for she has long blond hair, dark blue eyes and natural pink lips. Ellesma was a spitting image of Arya, the same slender build and height, about 6 feet tall. Ellesma was nicer to Arya than her husband, but when Arya finally turned 50 she had enough and ran to the forests in the search for Haelun’or behind her house with only a bow, a quiver of arrows and some food in a small sac. She kept on running until she could run no more, she had found a little hut on a riverbank with a young human boy in it. The boy, Karl, had been banned from his village for treachery and theft. Arya, who had made an exception to be nice to another race, took him with her on her journey for the search of a home. After a few years, when Karl became 18 years of age, the duo still didn’t find a village and the young man was becoming ill, he passed on after a few days. Arya pushed on, stricken by grief, she roamed the lands in search of happiness. When Arya turned 75 years old she finally found a place to stay. The Batlard family, a human family, took her in with open arms, even though she hated other races. Their house was only a few miles from the Could Temple. Now she is 82 and she has just arrived at the Cloud Temple, looking for a home, a family and peace.

5) What is your Character’s ambitions?: Arya wants to have a big family and finally have a quiet life.

6) What is your character’s favorite tool? Because she brought her bow with her on her long journey, she became to love it.

7) What is one of your Character’s most skilled talents?: Archery, for the same reasons as above.

8) A screenshot of your skin: http://tinypic.com/r/dpxor8/5

9) Other information about your Character: She loves all things that live and never wants to get in fights. She has the habit of talking to herself and looking down while talking to someone, just because of her years of isolation in the wilderness left her weary of other people.

Open-Response-Questions

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?:

Arya: “HEY! Step away from him!”

The warriors look at Arya and one of them snorts

Warrior 1: “Like you, a woman, are going to do something about it?”

Arya narrows her eyes.

Warrior 2 laughs with Arya’s aggression.

The Halfling quivers with fear.

Halfling: “P-please, help me.”

One of the warriors takes out a knife and holds it against the halfling’s neck.

Warrior 2: “What are you going to do now lady?”

Arya: “Well, I have no idea, just look and see.”

Arya smiles and pulls out her bow and arrows.

Arya: “Do you understand now?”

The warrior lets go of the Halfling and the Halfling runs and hides behind Arya, Arya pulls back the bowstring.

Arya: “So, you have two options guys.One: You walk away and NEVER let this happen again or Two: you die.”

The warriors run for their pathetic lives and the Halfling hugs Arya.

“Thank you!”

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?

Arya smiles and says: “Well hello! These are quite the wares you have here.”

Merchant: “Why thank you, I take great care of my products and customers!”

Arya looks around and asks the merchant: “Do you have any ‘special’ bows?”

The merchant raises his eyebrow and says: “So you’re one of them aye. As a matter of fact I do”

He pulls out a bow with infinite as enchantment, Arya’s mouth falls open.

The merchant chuckles and whispers: “For you it will only cost 30 minas…”

Arya smiles, gives the merchant 30 minas and says: “Nice doing business with you, sir.”

The merchant chuckles and says: “You have a nice day.” He tips his hat.

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?:

Arya closes the chest again and looks around the house for the owner, the owner is in the back working in his garden.

Arya: “Hello dear sir! I couldn’t help but notice that your front door is open.”

The owner stands up and dusts off his clothes.

Owner: “Ah well, I have lost the key of the door yesterday.”

Arya: “But you do have so valuable stuff in there…”

Owner: “Oh! You went in my house!? Oh dear, I must find the key…”

Arya looks around in the garden and spots something shining near the bed of daisies.

Arya: “Isn’t it that there?”

The house owner looks to where Arya is pointing and picks up the key and chuckles.

Owner: “Why thank you! Here you get an iron bar for your effort and time.”

The owner gives Arya one of the iron bars from in the chest.

Arya: “No problem sir, have fun with your gardening!”

Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you in the common tongue, how do you respond?

Arya smiles and says: “Hello! Would you guys maybe be so kind and give me a spare steak or bread.”

One of the traders whispers something to his friend to his left and they both snicker.

Trader 1: “Well, of course, why don’t you come to our tent?”

Arya backs up a bit and says: “Uhm, n-no thanks… It would be better to eat outside, it is a beautiful day.” And laughs nervously.

Trader 2: “Well, whatever you want, Miss…”

The trader gives Arya a steak and a small bottle of water.

Arya: “Thank you so much! Do you guys know where Haelun’or is, by any chance?”

Trader 3: “Oh it’s to the east, over there. About 50 miles…”

The trader points to the east while Arya eats and drinks ravenously.

Arya: “Thank you!”

She says while finishing up her meal and stands up.

Arya: “Thank you so much for your generosity but I am in a great haste. Farewell and may your trades be fair but in your favor.”

The traders say their goodbyes and Arya walks to the east, into the forest surrounding the small trading camp.

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?:

Arya first refuses to kill the bandits but she is broke and really needs the money so she decides to help the guards. Arya positions herself on a tall building on the occupied road, she takes out her bow and arrows and takes aim on the leader. Suddenly Arya hears some commotion a bit further down the street and sees the guards charging the bandit camp. Arya pulls back the string and shoots the bandit leader before anyone could spot her. She takes out another arrow and aims it at a bandit who’s looking in her direction. The bandit flees for his pitiful life and others follow him. Suddenly Arya hears footsteps and heavy breathing behind her, she turns her head and sees one of the bandits standing a few yards away.

Bandit: “Well, you are the one who killed my brother! MY LEADER!”

The bandit charges at Arya but she quickly sidesteps and avoids his outburst of rage.

Arya: “Calm down! Now!”

The bandit, who collided with a wall, looks at Arya and starts weeping.

Bandit: “Why d-did you have to kill him.” He sways back and forth and falls from the building.

Arya yelps and looks over the side of the building and sees the bandits mangled body stretched over the pavement. Arya winces and looks around for the guards, it seems that no casualties have fallen and she climbs down the building to rejoin with her teammates.

Eenhoornheid's 1st app

Out-Of-Character

1) Minecraft Account Name: Eenhoornheid

2) How old are you?: I am 15 years old.

3) Time Zone / Country of Residence: GMT +1/Belgium (the Dutch speaking part)

4) Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Yes, I was born in the US and l have lived there for eight years, I still speak/write English on a daily basis.

5) Small 2-3 sentence description of yourself: I am an easily amused and sometimes childish girl who doesn’t like any kind of hostility. I’m friendly (well, that is what people say) and I love to laugh.

6) How much time could you be on the server weekly?: I could go on daily for at least 2 hours except on Tuesday or on days I go out.

7) What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: Roleplaying is acting out a story about someone’s life with the help of other people to personify said person.

8) What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: I have been on a few RP servers, most of them were post-apocalyptic just because I could not find a decent fantasy server.

9) In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: Meta-Gaming is when you use information that your character could never know, for example: I am targeted for an assassination but I don’t know by who, if the person who wants to kill me tells me this OOC the I cannot use this information IC.

10) In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: Power-Gaming is not giving another person the chance to flee for instance, if someone wanted to capture me, he/she would have to give me a chance to resist and not immediately throw on shackles and a blindfold.

11) What do you expect this server will be like?: I expect it to be something different, better and more fun than what I here fore experienced.

12) What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I played on The Land of Yalin, Aftermath and From Ashes. Yalin just stopped because the owner was having some family issues. Afermath changed to From Ashes after the previous owner wanted to file a lawsuit against the present owner and I’m still playing on From Ashes but it’s not the kind of RP I’m looking for.

13) Have you read, understood and agreed to the rules?: Yes, I have.

14) Do you promise to abide said rules and laws? This includes the Server, Forum and Teamspeak set rules: Yes, wholeheartedly.

15) How did you hear about us?: Through friends of previous servers who now play on the server.

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

In-Character

1) Character Name: Arya Orchid

2) What race are you? Elf

3) What Sub-Race are you? High Elf

4) Biography: Arya was born and raised in a far away village in a far away town called Grassheide, no one knew of this small farmer’s town because barely anyone lived there. Arya’s parents, Vernian and Ellesma, grandparents and the Rose family were the only inhabitants. Vernian wasn’t the kindest father, constantly drunk and hitting Arya for no apparent reason. Her father didn’t look like Arya at all, for she has long brown hair, dark green eyes and natural pink lips. Ellesma was a spitting image of Arya, the same slender build and height, about 6 feet tall. Ellesma was nicer to Arya than her husband, but when Arya finally turned 50 she had enough and ran to the forests in the search for Haelun’or behind her house with only a bow, a quiver of arrows and some food in a small sac. She kept on running until she could run no more, she had found a little hut on a riverbank with a young human boy in it. The boy, Karl, had been banned from his village for treachery and theft. Arya, as kind and friendly as she was, took him with her on her journey for the search of a home. After a few years, when Karl became 18 years of age, the duo still didn’t find a village and the young man was becoming ill, he passed on after a few days. Arya pushed on, stricken by grief, she roamed the lands in search of happiness. When Arya turned 75 years old she finally found a place to stay. Because she is kind and helping, the Batlard family, a human family, took her in with open arms. Their house was only a few miles from the Could Temple. Now she is 82 and she has just arrived at the Cloud Temple, looking for a home, a family and peace.

5) What is your Character’s ambitions?: Arya wants to have a big family and finally have a quiet life.

6) What is your character’s favorite tool? Because she brought her bow with her on her long journey, she became to love it.

7) What is one of your Character’s most skilled talents?: Archery, for the same reasons as above.

8) A screenshot of your skin: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ut3fw4&s=5

9) Other information about your Character: She loves all things that live and never wants to get in fights. She has the habit of talking to herself and looking down while talking to someone, just because of her years of isolation in the wilderness left her weary of other people.

Open-Response-Questions

1) 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?:

Arya: “HEY! Step away from him!”

The warriors look at Arya and one of them snorts

Warrior 1: “Like you, a woman, are going to do something about it?”

Arya narrows her eyes.

Warrior 2 laughs with Arya’s aggression.

The Halfling quivers with fear.

Halfling: “P-please, help me.”

One of the warriors takes out a knife and holds it against the halfling’s neck.

Warrior 2: “What are you going to do now lady?”

Arya: “Well, I have no idea, just look and see.”

Arya smiles and pulls out her bow and arrows.

Arya: “Do you understand now?”

The warrior lets go of the Halfling and the Halfling runs and hides behind Arya, Arya pulls back the bowstring.

Arya: “So, you have two options guys.One: You walk away and NEVER let this happen again or Two: you die.”

The warriors run for their pathetic lives and the Halfling hugs Arya.

“Thank you!”

2) 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?

Arya smiles and says: “Well hello! These are quite the wares you have here.”

Merchant: “Why thank you, I take great care of my products and customers!”

Arya looks around and asks the merchant: “Do you have any ‘special’ bows?”

The merchant raises his eyebrow and says: “So you’re one of them aye. As a matter of fact I do”

He pulls out a bow with infinite as enchantment, Arya’s mouth falls open.

The merchant chuckles and whispers: “For you it will only cost 30 minas…”

Arya smiles, gives the merchant 30 minas and says: “Nice doing business with you, sir.”

The merchant chuckles and says: “You have a nice day.” He tips his hat.

3) 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?:

Arya closes the chest again and looks around the house for the owner, the owner is in the back working in his garden.

Arya: “Hello dear sir! I couldn’t help but notice that your front door is open.”

The owner stands up and dusts off his clothes.

Owner: “Ah well, I have lost the key of the door yesterday.”

Arya: “But you do have so valuable stuff in there…”

Owner: “Oh! You went in my house!? Oh dear, I must find the key…”

Arya looks around in the garden and spots something shining near the bed of daisies.

Arya: “Isn’t it that there?”

The house owner looks to where Arya is pointing and picks up the key and chuckles.

Owner: “Why thank you! Here you get an iron bar for your effort and time.”

The owner gives Arya one of the iron bars from in the chest.

Arya: “No problem sir, have fun with your gardening!”

4) Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you in the common tongue, how do you respond?

Arya smiles and says: “Hello! Would you guys maybe be so kind and give me a spare steak or bread.”

One of the traders whispers something to his friend to his left and they both snicker.

Trader 1: “Well, of course, why don’t you come to our tent?”

Arya backs up a bit and says: “Uhm, n-no thanks… It would be better to eat outside, it is a beautiful day.” And laughs nervously.

Trader 2: “Well, whatever you want, Miss…”

The trader gives Arya a steak and a small bottle of water.

Arya: “Thank you so much! Do you guys know where Haelun’or is, by any chance?”

Trader 3: “Oh it’s to the east, over there. About 50 miles…”

The trader points to the east while Arya eats and drinks ravenously.

Arya: “Thank you!”

She says while finishing up her meal and stands up.

Arya: “Thank you so much for your generosity but I am in a great haste. Farewell and may your trades be fair but in your favor.”

The traders say their goodbyes and Arya walks to the east, into the forest surrounding the small trading camp.

5) 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?:

Arya first refuses to kill the bandits but she is broke and really needs the money so she decides to help the guards. Arya positions herself on a tall building on the occupied road, she takes out her bow and arrows and takes aim on the leader. Suddenly Arya hears some commotion a bit further down the street and sees the guards charging the bandit camp. Arya pulls back the string and shoots the bandit leader before anyone could spot her. She takes out another arrow and aims it at a bandit who’s looking in her direction. The bandit flees for his pitiful life and others follow him. Suddenly Arya hears footsteps and heavy breathing behind her, she turns her head and sees one of the bandits standing a few yards away.

Bandit: “Well, you are the one who killed my brother! MY LEADER!”

The bandit charges at Arya but she quickly sidesteps and avoids his outburst of rage.

Arya: “Calm down! Now!”

The bandit, who collided with a wall, looks at Arya and starts weeping.

Bandit: “Why d-did you have to kill him.” He sways back and forth and falls from the building.

Arya yelps and looks over the side of the building and sees the bandits mangled body stretched over the pavement. Arya winces and looks around for the guards, it seems that no casualties have fallen and she climbs down the building to rejoin with her teammates.