Out-Of-Character
Minecraft Account Name:Stevanos_Aldren
How old are you?:27
Time-Zone/Country of Residence:-6 Central/U.S.A.
Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?:Yes I do.
Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself:I am a collage student who was been role playing for over 5 years on multiple games. I have been playing Minecraft for over a year now and this will be my first time on a RP server.
How much time could you be on the server weekly?:I would have to say that I would be on 1-3 hours a day after school.
What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you:Roleplaying is the sport for the thinking man. Where most other types of games have there appeal, roleplaying has little to no boundaries and it gives you the chance to explore your creativity.
What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?:I have played some online massive multi-player games like World of Warcraft and DC Universe to name a few. But my Primary experience with roleplaying has been with tabletop gaming like Dungeons & Dragons, World of Darkness, and Mutants & Masterminds. I am greatly looking forward to trying out my RP skills in a setting such as Minecraft.
In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is:Meta-Gaming is when a player uses his own knowledge to gain a advantage in game. An example of this is when a OOC conversation mentions that someone just found a valuable item and a character runs over to him to buy it without asking if he even had it in game.
In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Emoting is:Power-Emoting is when you force your actions onto someone else. An example would be if someone states " I pull out my sword and stab you in the eyes, making you blind". A way to avoid this is to simple make your actions an attempt " I pull out my sword and try to stab you."
In your own Words, define what Out of Character (OOC) is:You talk OOC when you wish to converse with other players, but not as your characters.
In your own Words, define what In Character (IC) is:IC is when you are having a conversation with another player, but your talking as your characters would.
What do you expect this server will be like?:I expect this server to be an enjoyable experience and a means to expanding my RP styles.
What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?:I have not played on any RP servers. This would be my first one.
Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?:Yes I have.
Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules:I do.
How did you hear about us?:I was told by another member Marrus
Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?:No
In-Character:
Character Name:Stevanos Aldren
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):None
Biography (Please make this at least 2 paragraphs long. This must include the history of your character and his life as well as age, appearance and personality, etc.):Stevanos was raised in a simple fashion. Being the only child of a lower class merchant family in Oren, Stevanos was raised to carry on the family business. At the age of 9 he started working in his family's small, but modest shop of "rare antiquities" that his father would purchase from wandering traders and foreigners. His father, a portly middle aged man by the name of Selvik, woke him up every morning, sat him down on the dinner table, and told him his three rules to having a profitable business: There is no such thing as a free sample, make sure your merchandise is genuine, and never, ever, lie... unless you are absolutely sure you can get away with it.
When Stevanos turned 15, His father felt he was old enough to tend to the shop on his own. During a unusually slow day, a strange man entered the shop to sell his wares. Now Stevanos was used to local kooks and rif-raf coming off the street to sell there "one of a kind items" in the shop and , thanks to his fathers tutelage, he was able to spot the difference between true treasure hunters hoping to sell of there finds and low life scum trying to sell there old, dried leather shoes for a few extra bits to spend at the pub. But this man ,however, was difficult to read. He dressed in black robes with gold trim along with gloves and boots of a similar fashion. His face, young and slightly tanned due to overexposure to the sun, was hidden within a hood. Before Stevanos cold ask the gentlemen if he could help him, his father came rushing into the store and without so much as a word kicked Stevanos out and locked the door behind him. It was certainly unusual for his father to act in this sort of fashion. Who was that man? What was his relationship to his father? That look in his eye; was that anger? No, no more like a combination of anger and fear! Knowing he was not going to get any of his questions answered standing outside, Stevanos left to find his mother in the hopes that she could fill him in on the situation.
To this day, Stevanos has no idea how a man like his father was able to marry the gem that was his mother; a slender raven haired women who would have looked better suited to be the wife of a noblemen rather than a small time merchant. As he made his way home, Stevanos stopped at the corner near his house when he spotted a small gathering of people looming over his front yard. Feeling a sense of worry running up and down his spine, Stevanos dashed to the small crowd. As he drew closer to the crowd, it parted, allowing 4 guards carrying a bloodied sheet filled with a human sized frame out of the house. Stevanos, filled with panic and fear, rushed the guards and attempted to remove the cloth. The sudden attack from nowhere caused the guards to hesitate and that was all the time Stevanos needed to remove the top section of cloth and turn his worst nightmare into reality. There, with her face frozen in horror, was his mothers lifeless body. From the look of her wounds, she had been stabbed multiple times.
Stevanos, not able to cope with what he had just seen, felt the world begin to spin. How was this possible? He had just seen his mother no more than six hours ago! She was full of life and love for her family. Not knowing what else to do, Stevanos ran back to the store, hoping that his father was still there. The entire run to the store was a blur. Thousandths of different explanations ran threw his mind as to why this had happened. If he had been more alert of his surroundings he would have noticed the faint smell of smoke in the air and the sounds of screaming people as he rounded the bend to the store. It wasn't until the noise and smell became overwhelming that he left his train of thought to witness the sight of his family's shop burning to the ground. It was to much for his mind to comprehend. the last thing he remembered seeing before the world when dark was the sight of a man dressed in black robes with gold trim leaving the area much slower than everyone around him.
Stevanos awoke the next morning in the bed of his neighbor. He had seen the chaos that was his family's shop burning down and when he went to render aid he found Stevanos clumped on the ground unconscious. When he asked if his father was OK, Stevanos was given nothing but silence. He didn't need a vocal answer. He already knew before he even asked. For several days after, Stevanos moved threw life as a ghost. Nothing seemed to remove the sense of loss and displacement he had felt since his life took a turn for the worse. Every night since then he had been having the same dream of being surrounded by darkness, seeing the sight of his mother's face, and watching his family's life burn to nothing but ash. but no matter what happened in the dream it always ended the same way: The man in Black and gold would be there watching from a distance and laughing at him. Who was that man? What happened when he left the shop? For all the things Stevanos did not have the answer for one thing was unmistakably obvious. He was not going to find any of his answers sitting around and feeling sorry for himself. Feeling a sense of determination he had not felt for a while, Stevanos sold every little bit he owned to acquire everything he needed for his journey. After making sure that all the arrangements for his family were in order and thanking his neighbor for his kindness, Stevanos left his home of 15 years and set out to find the man who could answer the questions he needed.
What are your Character's ambitions?:To find out why his family was killed and to locate the man in Black and Gold.
What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc):Axe
What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?He is a merchant by trade, so his talents come from his ability to sell sand to people in the desert ( Or at least attempt to do so)
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:Every once in a while he will still have the dream of his family's death and the man in Black and Gold.
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?Stevanos watches the two warriors from a distance glancing over there armaments. After a few short moments he notices that the warrior on the left is using an old piece of copper wire to hold his breast plate in place and the one on the right is using an old short sword with a broken hand guard. Clearly these men either stole the equipment or whoever sold it to them was a scam artist of sorts. After his observations, Stevanos starts to move closer the men." Excuse me gentlemen but I believe that you have had your fun." The men turn to Stevanos, brandishing there weapons in his direction. "You Lissin ear strengir! This is nun of yur bidnis! The lil grub has what we want so off wit ya, befer our blades meet yur innerds!" Stevanos looks over the two men and starts to laugh. Seeing there threat having no effect on him the warrior with the shoddy short swords raises the blade to cut Stevanos in two. Stopping his mock laughter, Stevanos moves to the side and using all the strength he can muster strikes the weapon near the hand guard causing the blade part of the sword to fall from his position. Before the look of shock can leave the warriors face, Stevanos delivers a headbutt to the warrior knocking him on his back. The second warrior begins to move away from the halfling with his own weapon still position between Stevanos and him. "now lissin ear strnger. I want no trouble. You an the lil grub can go bout yur bisness." At that the warrior starts to make a hasty retreat. Stevanos looks over the ground to find a small rock. After finding one of adequate size, he makes a careful aim and hurls it at the retreating warrior's armor near the copper wire. With a loud bang the wire snaps causing the breast plate to fall from the mans chest ;the warrior tripping over it as it dose so. Watching the half naked man run causes the halfling to let out a little laugh. After thanking Stevanos for his assistance they shake hands and part ways.
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?"Greetings my friend. I was wondering how much is that gold necklace you have there?" "Oww this is a rare item indeed sir! As you can see it is solid gold, with a diamonds and gems from every corner of the world. It has been in my family for 10 generations. I could not possible part with it for less than 200 minas." Stevanos looks over the object with the skill befitting a collector. "Hmm very interesting. Well I would have to agree that this would be worth that much, if not more, if this was not a fake.""I beg your pardon sir?"" You see this is not solid gold. It's only gold plated you can tell from the slight gold build up around the corners where whoever smelted it double layered the pendent. and your assorted diamonds and gems are mostly glass replicas, but very impressive non the less. Ill give you 30 minas for it." The merchant's face becomes red with embarrassment as several onlookers, no doubt his usual clientele began to whisper amongst themselves." ehmm... very well. 30 minas it is." After giving the man the gold, Stevanos places the necklace in his pack and continues on his way.
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?:Stevanos, believing the hut to be abandoned, counts his blessing and begins to remove the items from the chest. As he leaves however, he notices a small piece of parchment near the bed of the hut. Stevanos picks the paper up to reveal that it is a child's drawing depicting the hut along with stick figure representations of a man, women, and a little boy. Seeing as this parchment is quite new the occupants of this hut must be out foraging or hunting. It's possible that they simple have no visitors and see no reason to hid their valuables. After replacing the items in the chest, Stevanos continues his journey onward. Whispering good fortune and happiness to the unknown family.
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 greet you my friends. If it is not to much trouble might I trouble you for a drink of wine? Perhaps a small bit to eat as well?" " Of course stranger, for the right price of course." Stevanos give out a sigh of defeat "well that might be a bit of a problem. You see I have nothing of value to give. Unless of course you would take a story as your payment?" The traders mumble to themselves for a moment before they turn back to Stevanos. "OK stranger if your story is good then you can eat and drink your fill." After finding a place to sit amongst them, Stevanos begins the tale of his journey. The tragic death of his family, the paths he had taken, the merchants that he has swindled, and the family in the forest he had almost stolen from. Needless to say, by the time he was finished Stevanos had more than enough to satisfy his hunger. After a nights stay with the traders, Stevanos says farewell to his new friends and wishes them well as he continues his journey to town.
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?:Stevanos, never wanting to back down from a reward volunteers his services to the guards. However, he offers the guards an alternative to fighting. The bandits have been attacking anyone who they think might be carrying valuable items. Stevanos asks for a carriage along with a single stead to pull it and several open boxes of explosives. As he leaves town with only his axe and a torch. Stevanos's plan springs into action. The moment the guards surround the carriage, Stevanos kicks off the loose snares that attached the horse to the underside and jumps on. Simultaneously throwing the torch behind him on the carriage as we rides off. Without turning back, he hears the sound of the carriage splintering into pieces. After retuning to the village he brings back the horse and gladly excepts the reward from the town.
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