The Hedge Knight

Kais, he's a great guy OOC and IC he is just an excellent RPer. There's few people I'd choose to do such a job with how many I know, and Kais would be great. I support this all the way!

(( Very finely written, I enjoyed reading about the scenes you saw, and the fact that you didn't know Gavin was healing the people that were damaged early on. I shall continue to read this for sure! :) ))

Name: Gavin Arnstein

Truename ((MCName)): Chimlet225

Race: I was born to a lowly human family.

Origin: Northern lands to a village full of half-wits and savages. I left luckily at a young age and learned all I could about healing.

Why do you wish to become a citizen of Malinor: I wish to be-rid myself of the crazed lands of humans I once worked in and wish to settle with my wife Chirr and raise my family here. And if the time comes I shall bear arms for these lands and those within it.

Do you agree to adhere to the rules of Malinor: I agree to these laws and shall hereby abide said laws.

Skills: I know how to wield a blade quite well (29) I also use a bow and I've trained equal with my bow (29). I can craft with wood fairly well (17) and I'm rubbish with plants (8). If I were to go hand to hand with another man I'd most likely fail (4) I lack proper patience to fish (4). I rarely ever go under ground for ores (3) and digging just ain't my thing (2)

Application:

Mc Name- Chimlet225

Rp Name- Gavin Arnstein

Age- 22

Old Jobs and Work- Some military work at a younger age mostly cutting off limbs of injured men or stitching up wounds after cleaning them the best I could, then guard for a short while, and now a wandering medic receiving donations.

Then Ser Patrek Olyvarr in the town Arethor offered me under his house and I accepted and took his oath.

Skills for odd jobs? (Mining/Lumberjacking/Etc)- Lumberjacking. [12]

Weapon of Choice and ye mastery with that? (Weapon Skill lvl) I've trained with a bow much in my younger life, but I hadn't used it in a while diminishing most of my skills. [25] And I'm alright with a sword as well, but I try to kill them with an arrow before I need to pull out my sword. [25]

Why do ye wish to Join the Lances? I need money for my woman. And warfare is quite familiar to me.

Do ye take the Oath-needed-

Oath: I Gavin Arnstein pledge my Weapon, my knowledge and life to the Knightly order of the Red Dragon. And Swear my allegiance to Emperor Godfrey Horen and His Line of Succession. I shall serve the King, Order and Oren with undying loyalty and will do all that I can to keep them from harm.I will always complete a quest given to me by my king, Knight and Kingdom. I swear to protect its people and to stay true to the order and obey its ways and laws.

Minecraft Account Name: Chimlet225

How old are you?: Fifteen, my birth date is September 29th.

Time-Zone/Country of Residence: CST: (GMT - 5:00)

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: I'd like to say that I do. But that's up to you to decide.

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself: Well, I've been roleplaying since I was about eight or nine for the mere fact the modern world I live in bores me. I spend my evenings with my girlfriend and spend the night on Minecraft. Then when summer comes I dress up for fairs as Gavin, my little rogue archer. In short I love history, and I love fantasy so something like this is exactly what I'm looking for.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?: Over the next three weeks I'll be on for about an hour or two at night, and on the weekends I'll be on for five to six hours. So in total about eighteen hours?

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: Roleplaying is as it describes, taking the role of another and playing it, and really going deep into the character as if they are yourself, making choices that could greatly impact your character's life while you just watch and think about how much your character's life either rocks, or sucks.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: As mentioned earlier. I have been roleplaying from quite an early age, from playing in my backyard with friends to taking the role of Gavin and speaking in an early English accent and rarely to never breaking character in front of many random people. I also played on some roleplay servers on Minecraft.

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: Meta-Gaming is taking knowledge gained out of character and using it in character. Example: You found out some plans while listening to your "enemies" plot out of character and having your character warn your allies of these plans.

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: Power-Gaming is pretty much being a god on the battlefield by saying: Sir Pinkles stabs Christopher through his helmets eye slit and into his eye quickly killing him with only one blow. Or something along those lines.

What do you expect this server will be like?: Well seeing all the different castles, I was hoping for something like The Game of Thrones. Don't get me wrong, I've read the books, but I'd love to just see constant wars being waged. And if it's not like that? Well then I'll just go along with it, no problem. I'm just very interested in the way this looks especially after seeing the map.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I played on a Fallout server that turned into a Skyrim server. I left simply because they kept changing, and each time they changed I lost everything. Then I started my own server, but it never took off.

Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?: Yes, and I promise to abide by said rules.

Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules: Ironic that I just said that without even reading this part. But yes I do. You all have my word.

How did you hear about us?: Someone wrote a very funny app and someone else posted it on the Minecraft Forums so I decided to check it out and realized that this server looks very spectacular.

Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?: Nope.

In-Character:

Character Name: Gavin Arnstein

What Race are you?: Human

What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race): Northerner

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.):

Gavin was born to a nomad family moving from place to place near colder climates. Around the age of seven his parents finally explained to him the importance of hiding from the shadows in the distance, though they hadn't explained why. Two months pass and a group of raiders kill some of the people in his group. Gavin now fears the shadows and begins learning how to use a bow and a long sword. Almost three years have gone by and Gavin has some experience with a bow and has killed six elk. He is also decent with a sword but his small stature cripples stronger swings. He and his brother go out quite often in this time usually gathering skins for his people to wear and meat to eat. One day guards from a distant castle come riding in looking for Gavin's father claiming that something had been stolen, Gavin couldn't hear. His dad came out of his tent with the family sword at hand and warned the men to leave for he had nothing to fear in his lands. The guards sat silent then began chuckling and dismounted their horses. With much haste his father took one swing towards the closer guard, but the sword did little damage to the guards chest plate. Another guard stabs his spear through Gavin's father and he then begins coughing up some blood. Gavin's father then attempts to thrust his sword and only slightly hits the side of the guard's knee. One guard walk over behind Gavin's father and whispers something to him. Gavin's father then shouts to his tribe that he did nothing and that his current actions are justified. As he finishes his sentence the guard plunges his spear into the back of Gavin's father's neck killing him quickly. Another guard walks up and picks his axe up above his head and slowly comes down on the dead man's neck swiftly releasing his head. Then one guard shouts if anyone else dare defy our lord, you'll die like this man, a liar and a traitor! They then take his head and mount their horses, and ride off into the distance. Gavin in tears watches the men of his tribe pick up his father's lifeless body and bring it to the edge of the camp. Four years have now passed, Gavin is considered a strong man at fourteen years of age. His bow skills are very fine and his swordsmanship still has room for improvement and he is ready to enlist himself in the army to fight alongside his older brother. He packs his bags and leaves his two sisters, mother, and younger brother behind telling them not to ever expect his face there again. One week of traveling goes by and he sees a young women, about seventeen years of age. She is blond with blue eyes with pointy ears, and Gavin is fascinated, but unsure of such creature. Nonetheless he continues with his group of friends and enemies to the castle, on foot. The next day they are ambushed by raiders, Gavin looses his friend Derek and has a slight cut on his lower cheek, he begins wearing a cloth on his face to hide any thought of Derek. Three days travel and he makes in to the castle barracks. While registering he notices one of the guards faces. It was the man that killed his father. Gavin has no choice but to disregard this fact and continue onward in life. After another four years Gavin has been fully trained and been in a few skirmishes over land, he and his brother are reunited and most often fight together. In time a more horrid battle occurs and their enemies outnumber Gavin's side. Gavin and his brother are fighting a group of muscular men, said to be Orcs. Gavin gets stabbed by a crude weapon and falls back. His brother yells for him to run and throws his family sword at Gavin. Gavin watches as an Orc jumps onto his brother and stabs him multiple times with a rusty dagger. He then notices another coming up to his brother with a rock, it then begins bashing his brother great helm repeatedly, all he can hear is metallic yells for help with a slight gurgle in it. Just then Gavin gets trampled by a group of allies coming to aid the front line. Gavin then struggles to get up, his wound bleeding heavily, and eyesight blurring. he manages to stumble a few feet forward and eventually gets into a short sprint. After minutes of sprinting without stopping he falls onto a tree and passes out. He eventually wakes up in the middle of the night. He looks down to see he is still bleeding and begins thinking of way to help slow it. He looks at the tree he ran into and pulls some bark off of it and jams it into his stab. He then looks around for his family sword and realizes it's on the ground, covered in blood. He then looks to his hand to see that he held the sword by the blade. He pulls his sword from his sheath and drops it, replacing it with his family sword. He then turns around to see fire in the distance and faint screaming. He turns back around and begins walking with no slight clue on where to go, just hoping to find peace of mind and a good lady to birth his children and grow old with.

What is your Character's ambitions?: Helping people in need because he could never help those who meant anything to him.

What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc): A bow, Gavin hates close combat from past experiences and it's fairly easy to hunt with.

What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?: His ability to hold back his anger (Patience?)

A screenshot of your skin (must be in proper format):

Other Information about your Character: He fears asking women of anything, as he fears rejection.

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?

Gavin- "How strong must you be to attack such a man?"

Warrior 1- "Oh lookey'er we got ourselves a hero!"

Warrior 2- *Laughs*

Warrior 1- "Ow strong are you anyway?"

Warrior 1- *Approaches Gavin*

Gavin- "Strong enough to continue smelling your foul breath."

Warrior 2- *Looses care in the halfling*

Gavin- "Run!"

Halfling- *Runs*

Gavin- *Tries to run*

Warrior 1- *Grabs Gavin*

Gavin- "Oh, heh, I didn't mean what I said about the breath..."

Warrior 1- "You owe me some gold little boy..."

Gavin- "I guess I have no choice but to yield.."

Gavin then pays the two men what little money he had for food. Then gets beaten up a little and left on the ground passed out.

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?

Gavin- "You seem as if you're dishonest with your trade, therefor I shall not be doing business."

Shady Dealer- "No, no, please buy some of'me wares!"

Gavin- *Walks away*

Shady Dealer- *Presses his dagger to Gavin's back*

Shady Dealer- "Give'me what'cha got and yer free."

Gavin- "Fine let me just turn around with the gold.."

Shady Dealer- *Brings his dagger back to his side*

Gavin- *Turns arm ready to punch and attempts to hit the man*

Shady Dealer- *Blocks but falls back in the processes*

Gavin- * Unsheathes his sword and puts it to the dealer's throat*

Gavin- "To bad I've already been mugged.."

Gavin- *Picks up the dagger and throws it into the distance*

Gavin- "I'll give you ten minutes to grab that dagger and give me a real fight."

The dealer then gets up and runs.

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?:

Gavin- "Better not chance it..."

Gavin- (Thinking to himself) "Someone else might need this more..."

Gavin closes the hut door and continues traveling.

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?

Gavin- "I could trade you some pelts if you'd like. Unfortunately I have been robbed recently"

Trader- " Bah, got tons of those, why would I need yours?"

Gavin- "Well I come from a line of fine hunters, skinning is the best from me..."

Gavin would then attempt to strike up a deal for some bread.

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?:

Gavin- "I just want justice, I'm willing to help in anyway I can."

Guard- "We're taking all the help we can get, just make sure you're ready."

Gavin- "This wont be the worst I've gotten myself into..."

Gavin would then follow the men and hopefully win the small skirmish.

(Hopefully the image of my skin came up, if not here's a link http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/chimlet225/?action=view&current=2012-05-14_002354.png

I didn't have much time to finish towards the end, so I'm very sorry. Thank you and have a good day.)