Out-Of-Character
Minecraft Account Name:smithyp
How old are you?:14
Time-Zone/Country of Residence:England GMT +0
Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: I was born in England and have lived here my whole life, I seem to be good at using grammar and spelling but everyone makes mistakes so it is impossible for my spelling/grammar to be correct all the time.
Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself: I fight a lot when I am playing Minecraft, I usually play on PVP servers where we fight a lot against other player, so I am used to fighting but I can also be a decent builder and will help out anyone that needs help unless I am busy doing something that is important to me.
How much time could you be on the server weekly?: 10 - 22 hours a week.
What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: To me Roleplaying is what is says in the word, you play a different role of another person that isn't yourself, you have to act differently to what you would normally and be a totally different person.
What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: I have never played a roleplaying Minecraft server but I do understand the concept from playing other games that involve playing as a different person/character.
In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is:
Meta-Gaming is where you use things outside the gaming world like other people or the internet to gain information that your character could not possibly know. For example your friend telling you the place of his secret base over Skype but there is no way your character could know this unless someone told him in-game, so they would not be able to get there because they were told in something outside the world that wouldn't exist if you were actually the character that you are playing the role of.
In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Emoting is: Power-emoting is where you do something inside a game to someone that takes away the person’s ability to react to or stop the event from taking place. For example "Ben walks over to John, shoots him in the head and takes him stuff". In this example there was no way that John could have stopped ben from shooting him and he had no time to react to the gun being pulled on him
What do you expect this server will be like?: I am hoping this server will be very good and great fun, it looks very professional just from the website.
What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I have played on some other server that were mostly PVP servers but I have been on others, I left them because some people where just stopping me having a good time on the server, I still play on these servers sometimes but I am looking for a new server that I can become committed to and have a good time playing
Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?: Yes, I agree to all the rules and I will do everything to obey by them and play fairly, as these seem like very sensible rules and are there to stop others from annoying/stopping other people's fun.
Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules: Yes.
How did you hear about us?: A friend told me.
Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?: No.
In-Character:
Character Name: Xarthor Casdon
What Race are you? (You may only be Human, Orc, Elf or Dwarf!) :Human
What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race):
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.): Xarthor is a young man who is aged 17. His farther, Aradan Casdon, was a knight in the army of the Realm of Hanseti, he is highly decorated soldier for his bravery. Xarthor has always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a master swordsman, everyday his father trains him in the path of the swordsman, he shows him how to block, parry, attack etc. But not only has that but his farther taught him to live off the land and to survive for himself.
One night while Xarthor is deeply sleeping in the comfort of his bed he is suddenly awoken by the large city alarm bells ringing throughout the small village. This meant either 2 things to Xarthor either there was a fire in the city or they were under attack. Xarthor shook his farther awake and asked him "Farther, the town bells are ringing. What is happening?". Suddenly Xarthor and Aradan heard the sound of some loud, clumsy sounding men rush past the door. "Grab your sword Xarthor" Aradan quickly said to Xarthor. Xarthor immediately knew that Hanseti was under attack. He went over to his bed, knelt down and grabbed his sword from underneath his bed. This was to be the first time Xarthor was to use his sword in live combat, where the people he where fighting actually wanted to kill him. Fear welled up inside him but it was quickly pushed away by excitement and adrenaline. Xarthor and his farther ran outside the door of their cosy house to see women and children cowering in fear through the windows of their neighbours, Xarthor knew he must be brave to protect these innocent people from the violent acts of the attackers. Xarthor also saw the knights of the city coming out of the castle, swords drawn to defend their powerful city. Xarthor drew his sword and stood with his farther as they fought man after man whose intent was to harm and destroy the city. Xarthor barely even had to think about what he was doing. He was a natural swordsman and had being training for this ever since he was a young boy. As he fought off the attackers they seem to dwindle in numbers but Aradan had more attackers round him than Xarthor had, Xarthor quickly dispatched of the clumsy and untrained fighter and ran to his father’s aid. Just before he got there one of the men sliced Aradans right arm, his sword arm. Xarthor watched in horror as his farther dropped his sword and was about to be murdered by a group of people, unworthy to call themselves fighters. Anger boiled over all other emotions and he ran at the attackers, he sliced down a man with his sword at the father’s throat and parried another attacker who had seen him coming. He stabbed forwards and it caught the man in the chest, he fell to the floor and then the others saw the rage and anger in Xarthors eye and ran back towards the gates of the city, where they were seen by a group of knights who quickly killed them for their crimes. Xarthor turned to his farther and saw blood gushing from an open wound on this right arm. He took him farther up in his arms and carried him back to the house, he quickly bandaged up the wound and made sure his farther was okay before setting out of the house to protect his city.
The following morning the King addressed the public and explain who the attackers where and why they were here. A large group of bandits who had a serious grudge against the King. They had a well formulated plan to kill him but they could not go through with it as they thought their numbers would be enough to overwhelm the knights of the castle. But they may have had more in number but among their ranks where many unskilled and untrained fighters who were easily dispatched. Xarthor went home to check on his farther. He was ok but would be out of action as a guard for a long time. Xarthor could see the sadness in his eyes as he explained he would not be able to train Xarthor with a sword for a good while, just until his arm had recovered. But until that day Xarthor promised to train his hardest every single day and become a knight of Hanseti.
What are your Character's ambitions?: To defend the Realm of Hanseti with his life, to protect the innocent villagers and townsfolk from anyone that would try to attack, harm or kill these people.
What is your character’s favourite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc.): Sword
What is one of your Character's most skilled talents? Swordfight, but he also has the useful skill of living off the land and using what he finds around him to his advantage. And a decent ability 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: Xarthor is a tall, strong young man who had long blonde hair, he had many friends throughout his teenage years but now he spends most of his time with his farther, training or going out and hunting animals to put a meal on the table for his farther and him. Although Xarthors greatest skill was with the sword he also had a fair amount of ability with a bow, this helped him to hunt the animals he would find and easily kill them without scaring them away. Xarthor enjoyed spending his time training with his sword and bow but the thought of being a guard of Hanseti is what spurred him on each day. Xarthor never took to the basic armour that was usually worn, he preferred lighter armour that gave him more mobility so on the day of his 15th birthday, Xarthors farther bought him some light armour, it was green to match his eyes and it fitted perfectly. Xarthor had worn it ever since they day he received it for combat training.
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? I immediately know I must help this poor man that is being picked on, I use the bushes around him and sneak through them, when the time is right I jump out of the bushes and tackle one of the men to the ground, I quickly get up and draw my sword, and point it at the other man’s throat as he slowly puts his away, I pull a small hunting knife from my belt and point it at the guard I had previously tackled. "Don't even think about trying this again. On anyone. Because there will always be someone there to help out the innocent." I let the guard scurry away before I help the man up and give him a small amount of money to replace it for the amount the guards stole. He thanked me but I tell to go and teach himself to defend himself better so nothing like this happens again. Then I set off on my way.
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? "Hello kind sir. Do you happen some food I can buy, I’m just passing through and need something for the road" " 'corse we do, we have our finest homemade bread and we have many apples and other fruits" he says proudly. I look around the small stall and then say to the man " I will have 2 loaves of bread and 4 apples please" He passes me the items and I pay him. I smile and say "Thank you for your time" and walk away placing my items into my bag.
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 peer inquisitively into the hut. The smell of old musty belongings fills my nose and I immediately know the place has not been used in many years. I shout "Hello, is anyone there" into the hut and it echoes around the small room. There is no reply so i quickly grab the irons bars and sword and put them into my pack. I leave to hut not feeling bad about myself because if no one was there to claim them then they belong to no one, so they are now mine.
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? I walk over to the trading camp and they give me a friendly greeting, me and the obvious leader of the camp start talking and eventually he asks if I need some food or a place to stay for the night. I gladly accept his offer than am treated as a guest to the camp where I am given a warm bed and a delicious meal.
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 offers their support. How does your character act on this information?: I hate the thought of people preying on strangers and stealing their money and belongings, I must help to protect the roads from these evil bandits. I instantly walk over to the guard captain and say "I willing to take out anyone who would harm the innocent, I will help you eliminate these bandits.". The captain quickly asks my name and writes it onto a scroll so he knows who to pay when we are done. And with that, we set off.
Anything else you would like to say?: I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my application
