Out-Of-Character Information:
Please fill out the following questions as accurately as possible, and ensure the essential details are accurate.
Minecraft Account Name: CreativeMatt
Country of Residence: United Kingdom (England)
Do you have a good grip on English grammar and the English language?: Yes, I am good at writing and speaking English but I am not from England. I was born in South America and speak Spanish. I've been living here in the UK for about 3 years now.
Have you read, understood and agreed to the rules?: Yes
What previous experience have you had in role-playing?: I've role-played in many games before. I am quite skilled. It has been about 3 years since I first started role-playing.I believe it is really to fun to role-play and take the role of whatever you want to be as it offers endless and limitless ways to be creative.
How did you hear about the the Lord of the Craft?: I first heard about LotC a few weeks ago while I was looking for Minecraft role-playing servers. I then searched for the server in YouTube and found the channel and I think it's a great server to role-play and has lots of interesting and original ideas. It has an amazing story line and I hope I can immerse myself into it soon.
Link any applications that you have previously made for the server: This is my first time making an application.
Have you posted this application on the Minecraft Forum?: I haven't done so yet. But I will do so after I finish writing this application!
Have you read the Human lore, and shall you ensure you make use of it and follow it in your biography?: Yes. I have read though most of it.But I am still remembering it all, sorry if I make any mistakes!
Definitions:
In your own words define the following terms.
Role-playing: Acting as a character and describing what he/she does, their feelings and beliefs and actions. Making their story and life and sharing it with countless people.
Meta-gaming: Obtaining information that you have not gotten "In Character" while role-playing. For example acting like you know someone but you actually never meet them before. Knowing their names, where they live, etc. This could actually be gained in character if you gather the information. But knowing it straight away without ever meeting the person and gaining all that information in "Out of Character" is meta-gaming.
Power-emoting: Role-playing an action that will automatically not let other players a chance to react like "Bob slides his blade out of sudden, moving towards the person and sending it straight though his neck then lets go. Person would fall to the floor dead".
In-Character Information:
Complete the following biography on your character.
Full Name: Drakan Hawken
Current Age: 25
Sub-race (if any): Northerner
Past / History:
Drakan Hawken. Son of Maximus Hawken and Teresa Hawken. Raised in a small house in the northern border of Asulon. Well, what is there to say about me? Let's start with my young days. When I was young my father teached me the basics of survival and wielding a sword. Courage, honor and bravery ran on my family and we have fought in many battles to protect our Empire. Aside from being a born fighter; my father was a trader. Me and him went on the wilderness to find loot and make a living because of the harsh environment we used to live in. We couldn't live off crops, and also we Northerners aren't good farmers. Life was harsh for us. I was ready to live this way. I have always being ready for anything. Until that day. The day it became worse. About seven years ago I was doing one of my usual trips to the wilderness by myself. Normal routine, find the loot and then get out alive and survive. We used to live in a house far away from settlements. This was a good and a bad thing in many ways. Every thing was normal at first, until I found my family butchered laying on the floor as I entered. First thing that came to my mind. Who would do some thing like this? It was obvious. Bandits. My mother laid next to my father. Her throat was slit, while my father had a stab in his chest. I know my father, probably died trying to protect my mother.
I searched though the house. Mostly every single thing was gone. All our family's work. Gone. I searched though most of the place, as if I could test my luck and find anything useful. The only thing I've found that meant and had a use was the robes my grandfather used to have. He was the one that created our family a long time ago. When he passed away. He gave them to my father. Since, I am the only Hawken left alive, I think so. Maybe one of my cousins could be alive, but I haven't spoken to any of them for about fifteen years now. Anyways, I should be proud of it. So I took the robes. The robes are very useful and meaningful. Courage, honor and bravery. That's what they represent and they represent our family with the "H" insignia on the back. Since that day. I realized I was on my own. So I moved from city to city. Made a living whoever I could. There were harsh times and better times but in the end it always came from my effort and hard work to survive another day. I don't know what will happen to me or for how long I will live. As much respect I have for my family. I want to be myself. I do not want to fight for other men, even if it means honor I want to fight for myself. As I've said; I am ready for anything.
Ambitions for the Future: Drakan wants to make a living any way he can, moving from place to place. If he does manage to make a living. He also wants to bring the glory of his family again, make a name for himself. He wants honor.
Personality: Drakan tends to be quiet unless spoken to properly. If he is shown he will show respect. If he is shown hate, he will show hate. He tends to be thoughtful about things and actions and also tries to stay neutral as much as he can if the matter does not involve him. When he gets to know a person closely he tends to be much more humorous and friendly. Drakan works hard to earn his objective. Whatever it might be. He will try his best to achieve it.
Skills: Learning and mastering to use a sword from a young age, he's good with weapons. His father teached him the basics of survival in the wild. Drakan has an average weight and stature so he's able to move quite swiftly. He's not incredibly fast but he can manage to run and defend himself.
Appearance: Drakan has black hair with brown eyes, he's a white human male in his mid 20's. He is not short but also not very tall. Same thing applies for weight. He has not got a heavy build but also not a light one. He's in the middle.
Open-Response-Questions:
Each question in this section must be answered with a minimum of one paragraph which must describe the event in full. Please be as descriptive as possible and do not break character or lore at any point.
1. Whilst in the mighty human capital you notice a dark-clothed figure stealthily making his way towards the Emperor’s palace - he is clearly up to no good. There are guards within shouting distance - what do you do?
Answer: I would look at figure, inspecting him. Checking if he's carrying any weapons. Slowly follow him. As I always would, I choose to stay neutral. But he could be a threat to the Emperor. He means no good. Who would walk around the streets like that. Expecting no attention at all with those shady clothes. But why should I stop him? If I die no one will care. No one will even remember me. I have no significance. But my father and grandfather have fought in battles for the Empire. So it might as well be my duty to protect the empire by saving the Emperor. But there's no point in assaulting a random mysterious person if I don't even know who they are and what are they doing. It's not my problem. So I will go to the guards quickly, since they get payed to defend the Emperor and the Empire and it's their duty and tell them about the man in the shady clothes. If they decide to do some thing about it, I will be willing to help. If they do nothing, I guess I must find myself and so on I will follow the man. Move towards him and ask him what is he doing, but first I must not be dumb enough to get close enough. He could slide a blade out and send it straight though my neck, but that would be very hard to manage since I am tough and my reflexes are sharp, focusing on him. I will keep my distance. If he's up to no good. I will stop him.
2. Whilst wandering in the deep oak forest you come across a large clearing, in which sits a small cobbled cottage. Outside it stands an unstable old man armed with a small iron blade, surrounded by two heavily armed bandits - they appear to be threatening him. You are armed with leather armor and an iron long sword, how do you react?
Answer: Bandits. Fearless and tainted with hate. They have no respect for the meaning of being a human being. All they want is to get richer while they leave others suffering and starving. They are a basic example of greed in our minds. I will move towards them and tell them to back off and leave the old man alone. I do not want the old man to have the same fate as my family. My father put up a fight against those bandits but this old man. He has no chance with that iron blade. I must stop the bandits. If the bandits are threatening the old man. I will stop them. Firstly with a warning. If they attack me. I will put up a fight, I do not care if I am outnumbered and them having better weapons and armor But that would be dumb. The chances of winning are the same as me losing. And if I get butchered they will continue to threaten the old man, maybe they even kill him as well. So I might reason with them. The old man doesn't really have anything to offer apart from that old rusty blade. I would offer the bandits my weapons and armor They can surely get much more from that. But that isn't really honor full Well maybe a bit. But I learned during my journeys that nothing good comes out of revenge. Only more hate.
3. You are standing within the mighty human capital when you notice a small man standing behind a colorful stall. You approach the stall and notice that the man is selling a variety of general goods - he says that he is selling just about anything and that he has no set prices. He is willing to allow you to haggle and choose prices. What do you do? (Explain: your haggling, items of choice and the discussion that happens).
Answer: I move towards the stall, looking towards the man. Giving him a slight nod. The man who obviously is a trader like myself in a way. I look at his goods. Inspecting them. As I gaze towards the man and tell him I would like to buy some food. Perhaps chicken, since I need to travel later this evening and keep on the journey going to make a living and survive. Chicken for dinner, would be just perfect. Also if I am feeling quite lazy I would get some wood to make a fire and have a small camp. I would reason some good prices that we both would agree on. I would also after done buying all the goods, ask how he manages to obtain them and if it's easy. Perhaps it could help me. I don't really go to the wilderness a lot, not after what happened a long while ago. It reminds me of that day. Not like I am afraid of that day. I just dislike it. Anyways, I would share my ways to trade with the man at the stall and maybe he could share his. It's worth a try.
