Out-Of-Character Information
Please fill out the following questions as accurately as possible, and ensure the essential details are accurate.
Minecraft Account Name: prodofpersia
How old are you?: I am 14 years old.
Time-Zone: EST - Eastern Standard Time
Have you read, understood and agreed to the rules?: Yes, I have read, understood, and agreed to the rules.
What previous experience have you had in role-playing?: I have played on many large RP servers, such as Massivecraft in which you choose classes, and A'therys Ascended, which includes nations, towns, classes, and is a very big role-playing server.
How did you hear about the the Lord of the Craft?: I was looking on Google for great Minecraft role-playing servers, and I came across the LOTC website. I read through everything, and decided this server sounded perfect.
Link any applications that you have previously made for the server:
http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/90062-dark-elf-prodofpersias-application/
Have you posted this application on the Minecraft Forum? If not, then please do so (link above):
Yes, I have posted this application to the Minecraft Fourm.
Have you read the Elven lore, and shall you ensure you make use of it and follow it in your biography?:
Yes, I have read all the Elven lore, and I will make use of it, use it, and follow it in game and in my biography.
Definitions
In your own words define the following terms. Do not take any definitions from elsewhere!
Role-playing: Role-playing is when one character, or a group of characters, act as a character they have made and interact with eachother.
Meta-gaming: This is using information that you don't know to your advantage before anyone tells you it. One example is if you knew a characters past before you met them. This is not allowed.
Power-emoting: Power-emoting is using actions or words that ruin the story and does not allow any other actions from other characters. One example is saying: "Jimmy and James push prodofpersia off the roof, paralyzing him from the neck down". This ruins role-play and is not allowed.
In-Character Information:
Complete the following biography on your character:
Full Name: Ceruahern Ehierhileia
(Pronounced Ser-oo-aa-hern Ehh-hair-he-leah
Current Age: 140
Sub-race (if any): Dark Elf
Past / History (include childhood, major-events, etc. 2+ paragraphs long):
Childhood:
I was born in the large town of Kingston, in Anthos. The first word I said was "res", which means "unpredictable" and fits in with myself completely. We lived like a normal elven family, not fighting with the others in the vicinity. Many people gave us dirty looks when we were out, and one old man even yelled "Look at them dirtyyyy beasties!" Our #1 household rule; don't talk to strangers.
I always thought we were the upper class; that's what my parents told me. We lived in a small wooden hut, and we almost never received special treats or toys. I wanted a "Dark-Attack Practice Dagger" said to be used by the Krughai themselves to train, but my parents said that toy was "Not age appropriate" and it was "Not in our heritage". I took that to mean "No", being the simple and absent-minded child I was (and still am).
But back then, I was too young to know the truth of our wealth. We were not wealthy; we were not middle class; we were not even lower class. If I had looked in a mirror, I would've saw a pile of dirt staring back. If I had known about this, I would've pushed my parents into a pile of trouble, so it was for the better that I had no clue.
My parents and I were Slaves. Working day and night to serve the appalling humans, which explained why they would always leave me in the morning, and come back sore in the evening. You could call it a form of Dehumanization toward my parents, but to me, it was something much different. It was trickery. As a child, I never enjoyed serving people and doing work, so the deceitful humans tricked me; and all the other slave-children; to work. We were told to "Light the campfire" and "Collect logs" for the "exciting yearly festival", that never happened. Every time my parents would leave for another day, and I headed out to chop wood, tears filled my mothers large blue eyes, and she would whisper "Be safe, my baby." I would always peek out the window, and watch them walk far away, my curious self wondering where they were going.
My father was 6'2" and my mother was 5'9", they were in perfect health, which probably made the humans target them. I always prayed I would one day surpass my dad in height, because I always wanted to be a strong, military leader. My mother was always worrying about my safety, such as warning me "When you get older, Ceruahern, people may discriminate against you." "Be the better elf", they always said to me, which confused me; Why would people be mean to me? We are the same as them, after all....
When I was about 30 years of age, my dad started to teach me "Self Defense" lessons, due to my mothers anxiety for me. I was always into Combat and Fighting, and I was jumping off the walls with joy when he announced the Self Defense Class. These lessons were cheerful, with laughing and bonding time between my father and I. I continued with these lessons for 10 years, and learned skills such as locating the directions by a tree trunk, and how to scale trees using only your hands and feet. These lessons, despite me not knowing it, would become some of the most valuable things I had learned.
I was a food-loving little elf. Food was a comforting thing to me; whenever I felt down or sad, I would scan the closets vividly with my small brown eyes looking for a treat. This trait came naturally; I was always spotting out goodies and coins without even knowing it. The saddest time in the house, for me, was when the cabinets were empty. "Mama, I'm starving!!" I would yell. If there was no food in the house, there was no happy Ceruahern either.
It was dark, but cool. There was a nice breeze flowing across the brown grass of our lawn. I had just finished my Self Defense lesson, and was in a great mood. So was my father, we both had a knack for fighting, and we both loved the feel of it. Of course, I became hungry, and asked my father politely to retrieve me a treat. "Father, It is a lovely day today, and I am quite hungry, so I was wondering if you could quickly retrieve a pepper-stuffed apple from the forests. If you do not want to, that is perfectly fine." Being the generous man he was, he replied "Ok, just this once though, Ceruahern." My father never returned from that forest.
Teen Years:
There was so much sorrow in the house of the Ehierhileia's. Everyone knew about our loss, and everyone tried to avoid the "Out of place" Ehierhileia's. I wondered why no one was speaking to me, because I was always the "Life of the group" with my friends. Soon, people started going missing. The town grew smaller and smaller. Every morning I would walk around the town and find boarded up houses, sometimes half broken. My mother became worried something was going on. She said to me "People do not just go Missing without explanation." She decided, after much thought, that we would have to escape from the town. Again, my curiosity kicked in, and I wondered why she said "escape" instead of "leave" or "say goodbye". I became very attached to that small old rotting house; mostly because I did not want to leave my fathers soul.
That morning was a blur. All I can remember is being hoisted onto my mothers shoulders with a bag on my back, and the up and down motion of feet running on uneven ground. I remember some snapping noises (which I now recognize as whips) and some growling; which I thought was in my nightmare, but, unfortunately, it turned out to be real. I woke up, to find myself in a snowy and icy tree surrounded by rotting zombies and chilling skeletons.
Older Teen Years:
We had been living in those wastelands for nearly 90 years. The self defense lessons came in great handy, thanks to my father, and I was strong enough to run at a rapid pace along with my nimble mother. We grew quite skinny, our old pants from Kingston slipped right over our whole bodies. I lost very much in those wastelands; the emotions, sorrow, and morals seemed like they floated right out of my heart, and froze in the cold wind. My eyes grew narrow, and more keen to any movements, due to the scary fact a Monster could pounce on me or my mother and take us in an instant. The tree was cut up and scarred, due to the constant punches and stab wounds it received from me. I had been strengthening myself for 90 years, and I was prepared for what was coming on that sunny morning.
I was prepared this morning; no dreaming and no nightmares. Throughout our whole time here, my mother and I had exchanged little words, most of them spoken on this occasion. We had established the direction we needed to go; west; thanks to my fathers knowledge of direction.
"Ceruahern, get the bags, its time to go."
"Yes, mother"
No conversation involved, only needed orders. This was what it was like in those wastelands, and I still stick to those rules today. No unnecessary talking.
"Done, mother"
"Get in your position, when the path is cleared, we will run"
Done. No more words exchanged between my mother and I, for the rest of her life.
Step after step, we ran and slid through those wastelands. My nimbleness and quickness, learned from my father, were the traits that made me survive. When we reached the tall, swaying grass, I was overjoyed. When I turned around to smile at my mother (first smile in 90 years) I saw her arm. Green skin around a large missing chunk of skin. Teeth were stuck in the skin, and her arm was spewing bright red blood. My head started to spin, my forehead grew to the size of a watermelon, and sweat poured down my sides. During the days with my father, I learned self defense and fighting, but did not go over one aspect of healing.
Believe me, I tried everything. I tried picking the teeth out of her arm, I tried burning the bite closed, I even tried sucking the infection out of her arm, but to no avail. The day after she was bitten, she dropped dead on the floor. I could of killed myself right then and there. And something, deep inside was bothering me. For a split second, the thought popped into my mind;
"She's food now, Ceruahern. Eat Her."
Modern Days:
The days passed by. Walking, staring down at the tall grass, trying to clear my mind of everything in my life, even the good things. I was becoming un aware of my surroundings, all I did was walk. There was nothing that could have saved me from those horrors, and nothing that could have made me happy. Even when I bumped into the cold metal gate, and read the sign; LEUMALIN; my eyes stared straight through the joy of arriving, and kept going back to that one phrase;
"She's food now, Ceruahern. Eat Her"
Ambitions for the Future: I wish to establish a home, until I can make a journey back to the forests my father ventured into, and hopefully make a home with him. I wish to gain back some of my morals lost in those wastelands, and I wish to eliminate the humans from the very ground.
Personality: I am sneaky, I always look for the bright side of bad situations, I have a very strong willpower, and I will do anything to save myself / make myself wealthy. I do not like talking, and hate conversations. I do not talk about death in any form, though I have no problem preforming death.
Skills: Skilled Swordsman, Nimble, Fast Runner, Very Quiet
Appearance (this must include an in-game screenshot of your skin): I am a dark-skinned elf, with blue eyes. I have medium length black hair, and enjoy wearing gloves all the time. I wear no shirt, but ragged pants and small shoes.
The link to my skin: http://www.planetmin...rk-elf-2091885/
Any other details you wish to share about your character:
I regret asking for the pepper-apple, and I will hate myself forever for not saving my mom. I keep things to myself, and I do not let go of anything that hurts me.
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.
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1. As you walk through the deep forests you hear the sound of whispering and snickering. Upon inspection you realize that a group of older elves are mocking a small elven child. How do you react?
Answer:
"These are elder's, Ceruahern, leave it be" I think to myself. The sorrow, the pain he must be going through. I had a horrible child hood; I don't want any other children having the same. Using my learned smarts, I dash up a tree with my survival skills, and yell
"I have three men with bows in these trees. Leave the child alone, or we will fire"
The elders instinctively react, and pull their bows also.
My mind works like a prey. I look for the solution, and quickly react. They will not shoot at me; if they kill me, they will be banished. I scan around the tree and find three medium sized ridged rocks. I pick up one rock, and yell one last warning;
"I will fire, let the boy leave, and all will be well."
Giving them no time to react, I fire the first rock at who looks like the ringleader, and It hits him square on the forehead. My long thin hand whips around with incredible speed and loads the second rock.
No need for another rock, the two other elves run for safety. What cowards, I was looking forward to shooting them both.
"Leave this scene now, boy" I shout, spit flying out of my mouth.
"Who are you?" the small elven child asks.
"None of your business, don't make me knock you out also"
He runs away, half crying from the last remark. I do what I need to do. No need for unnecessary conversation, and definitely no need for identification. I feel as if I should check the knocked out elf for coins, but then I remember his friends may be near.
I feel that familiar buzz when I do something right; It feels good. I don't know why, because there was nothing to gain from that encounter. I stroll away, onto the pathway with my head held high.
I am the better elf.
2. Whilst wandering through the Elven forests you come across a frail old man with a walking stick. He collapses in front of you, falling to the ground with a sharp thud. Out of his pocket falls a small pouch of gold coins, which hits the ground and splits open spreading coins across the pathway. The man lies there, defenseless - what do you do?
Answer:
As soon as the shiny gold splatters across the pathway, my greediness kicks in. I cannot reveal myself stealing; I must convince him I have good intentions, and then run away with the money. My morals and conscience starts to kick in;
"No, I have lived my life in poverty, I deserve these coins more than that man does. He is almost dead, isn't he?"
and
"Look at this poor soul. He is trying to live a life, just like myself. It is not his fault I was poor, and he needs the money to help himself live."
Discarding the good morals, I stroll over to the man and ask;
"Sir, do you need help getting up?"
"Oh yes please, boy, thank you for the help"
I softly pick him up and wrap his arm around my shoulder. I be as smooth as I can while placing him down in a sitting position along the large, dark tree.
"Here, let me pick up your coins also" I say with a nice tone, knowing my intentions.
"God praise you. You are a wonderful person"
One by one, the coins clink in the bag. That amazing sound of money on money; the sound I have learned to love. Almost as ear soothing as the sound of sword to sword.
My quick thinking skills kick in, right as the last coin clinks in the bag.
Running, step by step over to his cane.
Snapping the cane in two, and throwing it in the dense forest, while hearing the soft
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" of the old man.
Sprinting away, not with my head held high. My head is held low, and I have that stomach gurgling guiltiness flowing through my body. Some one will find him there. Do not worry, Ceruahern, this was to keep yourself alive. I need this money more than that man.
3. Whilst traversing the Elven Woodlands, you come across a small clearing in which a colored carriage sits. A trader stands outside of it and calls you over, telling you of his wares. He points out that his carriage sells just about everything, and that he's willing for you to haggle for a price. What does your character do? (Please include:- item, haggling for prices and the discussion involved).
Answer:
The trader ushers me over to his magnificent carriage. He must be a very successful trader, to afford this piece.
But I know i'm not spending a penny at this trader.
"C'mere, you defenseless boy! I have a bargain' for ya'! Im sellin' ma finest swords, for yer protection!
Right away, I notice his poor grammar. Be polite, Ceruahern.
"Hello, sir. How are you today?" I politely say.
"Errr... I'm myself doin' just fine... Now c'mere, lemme show ya' what I got!"
Ok, time to think up a plan. Shall I say "No thank you" and walk away, or get items for free.
I walk over to the carriage, and I see something that shines in my eye. Small cutlasses, my favorite type of sword, made by the great blacksmith Ehala Marluharern, a dark elf blacksmith in which every elven child admires.
These swords are mine.
"These here swords are werth 300 minas; but for ya', ill give em' for 100"
"What a deal, sir! That is a great price! If you could wait for just one second, i'll see what I have"
"Okee, be quick though"
I reach into my pocket, and out of luck, I decided to bring my dagger along. I pretend to foil around in my pocket for some money, and pretend to act sad. I have always been good at lying.
"I'm sorry, sir, but it seems like I do not have enough money" I say, with my sad-mask on.
"Alrighty, then, I gotta' run, hope to see ya' again"
His mighty carriage starts speeding up, and I hear the familiar whip sound on the horses. The rocks start flying out from under the wheels, and I begin to create a plan.
It only takes a couple of seconds for my working mind to make something up. I glance to my left, right, behind me. No one in sight. I begin sneaking behind the carriage, stepping in and out of the large road-holes gracefully. Closer and closer, the colorful carriage becomes, until I am right behind it. Trying to doge as many flying rocks as I can, I stab the back two tires deeply; I love that feeling of a piercing stab.
"Oye! What coulda' happened!" the trader yells, distraught.
Under the carriage, my slim body slips, and I get ready to attack. Blade out, forehead sweaty, hand shaking.
The trader bends over;
"O lordie, ma' carrIIIAAAA..............."
Silence is a virtue.
"These swords are my defense, I did the right thing" my head is telling me, as my body is churning with guilt.