APPLICATIONS

[rubycitymods]

APPLICATIONS

✗ Applications are processed weekly, every weekend. The cut-off time for the submission of applications is 11:59PST on Saturday.
✗ Before applying, please read the FAQ and Rules pages.
✗ Please submit your application with the journal you plan to use if you have one made already. If not, another journal is fine, but we prefer your intended journal so it makes for an easier time in granting access to the mod journal and the contacts page.
✗ For very long applications, we would ask you to please separate them into various comments so that they will not take up too much of the page.
✗ Please title your application as { [CANON/CANON OC/OC]CHARACTER NAME || Series Title || reserve/no reserve || X of X } in the subect header
✗ IMPORTANT: Our application form was edited on September 07, 2015. Please use the revised form.
✗ If you are looking for an example of what an application should be like, please refer to the application here for an example of a canon character application, and here for an original character application.


✗ Canon Application
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> First, Last (Western order) <b>Canon:</b> Name only. <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Timeline:</b> At which point of the canon were they taken from? <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?</b>: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, <b>how will you handle their interactions without playercesting?</b> Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for. <b>Personality:</b> We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality where available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional. <b>Background:</b> Here is where we would like to see information about your character's history and their place within their canon. This can be written if you wish, or you can link to any wikis and relevant resources. <b>Abilities:</b> Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.


✗ Canon OC Application
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Character Name:</b> First, Last (Western order) <b>Canon:</b> Name only <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Timeline:</b> At which point in the canon were they taken from? <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?</b>: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, <b>how will you handle their interactions without playercesting?</b> Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for. <b>Personality:</b> We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality if available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional. <b>History:</b> Three well-written paragraphs minimum, detail our your characters’ history. <b>Abilities:</b> Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section. <b>Relationships to Canon Characters:</b> If any, if not applicable please put N/A. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.


✗ OC Application
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> First, Last. (Western order) <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Appearance:</b> The sorts of things included in this section should be the character’s height, build, clothing style, hair, accessories. As well as their general posture and mannerisms as well, like quirks or vocal tics. <b>Chosen PB:</b> First come, first serve. Please check the taken PB page. You are also welcome to use your own or commissioned art, or icons that do not depict your characters face but facets of their personality as well. <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>Personality:</b> This should be self explanatory. However, when discussing personality please include why they have particular personality traits, how this effects their lives and interactions. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional. The minimum will be three well-written paragraphs, but you should be able to write more. <b>World Information:</b> Please go as in depth as you can about the world. There is no wiki or website for us to reference, and we need to know as much as we can about the place your character comes from so that we can understand the character when reviewing the application. <b>History:</b> Your characters’ history in their world. Be sure to be detailed. This section should be a minimum of three paragraphs. <b>Abilities:</b> Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.


A note for CR AU applications
Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.

In these additional sections we would like to see a brief outline of your character's previous game history and how it potentially impacted on and altered their canon personality.

✧ N A V I G A T I O N ✧

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[rubycitymods]

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Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

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Mod Note: Please note that there is currently a player-run event taking place, from September 29 to October 12. Although this is a city-wide event, taking part isn't mandatory, but if you'd like to know more, please see this post for information!

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[rubycitymods]

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

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Mod Note: Please note that there is currently a player-run event taking place, from September 29 to October 12. Although this is a city-wide event, taking part isn't mandatory, but if you'd like to know more, please see this post for information!

[packpapa]

Thank you! After I put in the application, I realised that I'd used the wrong tense out of habit for another game I'm in, but I'll make sure to remember in future to get it in the right one.

[CANON] Amelia || Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones || No Reserve || 1 of 1

[gradosfinest]

I'll be the finest soldier the Grado army's ever seen! I swear it!

[CANON] Seijuurou Mikoshiba | Free! | Reserved | 1/3

[mikoshibas]

PLAYER
Name: Pam
Age: 20
Personal Journal: usapin
E-mail: rainbunneh@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: usagipin | usapin

CHARACTER
Name: Seijuurou Mikoshiba
Canon: Free! Iwatobi Swim Club
Age: 17
Timeline: Episode 12
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

[CANON] Seijuurou Mikoshiba | Free! | Reserved | 2/3

[mikoshibas]

Personality: At first glance, Mikoshiba might look intimidating and serious, standing at a height of 6’2” (and this is Japan, after all), as well as he’s the captain for a swimming team that’s nationally renowned as a swimming powerehouse. However, he’s actually far from, though while of course as a captain - he has his moments where he’s will be taken seriously. He has to make tough calls, but he’ll do it because it’s his duty.

Other than that Mikoshiba’s a good guy, always grinning and acting friendly with everyone, always keeping an eye out for his team mates. In the drama CDs he’ll joke with Nitori and Rin on a very close level, implying that he has a good relationship with his team mates. He also seems to have an affection for cute girls, quick to casually flirt with Rin’s little sister when he first meets her. (Sadly, he doesn’t have the permission to date her. - Yet. One day…..)

He shows good leadership in the way he manages a quite large swim team, staying serious when it matters as well as he shows great skill and knowledge of what he does. It’s also shown that his team actually respects him, so he’s no joke. When it comes to decisions he’s precise and thinks of what’s best for the team, like for example when Rin shows poor team spirit, Mikoshiba makes the decision to take him off the relay because while Rin is a good swimmer, a relay is a team sport. But, in the end, when Rin swims for Iwatobi in the relay instead and comes to Mikoshiba apologizing, he offers him mercy and doesn’t kick him off the team as long as he does it for their team, next time. He might make ruthless decisions, but he’s not heartless. It’s what makes him a good captain.

Much like the rest of the people in this show, he seems to be really enjoying swimming. In the episode you do get to see him swim he breaks the pool record, looking genuinely thrilled at the announcement. In the end, though, Mikoshiba’s your normal teenage guy. A bit on the tall side with lots of muscles, but still coming up with dumb jokes and hitting on girls. He’s helpful and always has good intentions, though they sometimes might seem a little weird -- is him calling Kou “Gou-kun” a really terrible way of teasing her? We just don’t know.

Background:
Not much is known about Mikoshiba’s background as he’s a minor character. He’s the captain of Samezuka’s swim club and a senior at the high school. He’s first introduced when Kou first visits Samezuka in order to find her brother, seeming intimidating at first but actually turning out to be a good guy who just happens to like cute girls. Since then he pops up every time Samezuka appears, though nothing’s stated about his past, at least yet.

In the swimming competition, however, he’s shown to be an incredibly skilled swimmer, to prove why he’s the captain of the Samezuka’s powerhouse. In the Drama CD, it’s mentioned that he lives with his family, and has a younger sister at the same age as Kou -- this coming from a misunderstanding between Rin and him, where Rin thinks Mikoshiba went on a date with his precious sister.

[let me know and i could fill in empty spaces with headcanon, but.. ]

Abilities:
- Swims really well
- Captain of one of the biggest high school swim teams in Japan, good leadership
- does being handsome count

[CANON] Seijuurou Mikoshiba | Free! | Reserved | 3/3

[mikoshibas]

First Person: [ There’s a redhead on the camera, staring into the watch. Looks like he’s finally figured out what this odd cellphone-like object is!! Or, he’s pretty sure it’s a type of cellphone, a vintage one with Skype on it or something, holy shit. That’s so cool. He holds the camera further away from him, so you can now see the glorious lake behind him. Also, he’s shirtless. ]

Hey! I don’t know about you but with this weather we should all go for a swim!

[ Oh yeah, he’s talking about the lake. ]

Dunno why no one’s told me about this place yet, the water here feels really great. At least after from what I gathered by sticking my finger in it! C’mon, let’s swim!

[ Someone should really stop him from diving right into that lake right now because that’s totally his intention. Willing to prevent a swim captain from being Kraken fooder? Now’s your time. ]

Third Person:
He had fallen asleep on a train back home from the regionals, so waking up on a train wasn’t a huge shocker. What was, however, was the unfamiliar landscape he could see from outside the window. He’s quick to notice, the fields of flowers and rivers and an entire area that does not look like his home at all. Did he fall asleep for too long? How long had he been asleep, anyway? Not enough to get this far from home, he hoped.

Getting off the train he realized his suspicion was confirmed. “Ruby City” was definitely not a place he’d ever heard of before, and this place looked like it was some kind of… Old European? Yeah, something like that. It looked like something he’d seen only in movies -- he remembers visiting Italy with his family when he was like 12, but this seems… Even older than the buildings of Rome. He can’t help but feel a bit tense as he walks around-- Is this a dream? Clearly, it must be.

It felt like Alice in Wonderland, really. Like he’d just fallen down the rabbit hole. Probably a dream, he concluded in the end, as he walked further into the city. These things just happened in movies anyway, hopefully a monster wouldn’t just… Swoop down and eat him right this moment. He took a deep breath, slapping the sides of his cheeks as he finally smiled to himself. If he wouldn’t wake up, at least he could take the time to explore, right?

[CANON]Sumia || Fire Emblem: Awakening || Reserved || 1 of 1

[forylisse]

For Ylisse!

Slight additional note:
Even though I have her coming from post-Cynthia recruitment, which obviously says Sumia's married, as to not put any possible pressure on potential castmates, I'm leaving leaving her husband/Cynthia's father unnamed.

River Song | Doctor Who| No reserve

[tardisdiary]

Hello Sweetie, did you miss me?

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[rubycitymods]

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[rubycitymods]

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.

Mode Note: Please be aware that your Third Person Sample jumps around in tense more than we would ordinarily like to see; Third Person writing, used in the Ruby City Logs community, is meant to be entirely in past-tense prose format. We understand that slip-ups happen, but please do try to be careful during any actual gameplay! Thank you, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions. c:

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[rubycitymods]

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.

Mode Note: Please be aware that your First Person Sample is written incorrectly; First Person writing, used in the Ruby City RP community, is meant to be entirely in present-tense/"bracket-spam" format. We understand that slip-ups happen, but please do try to be careful during any actual gameplay! Thank you, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions. c:

Secondary Mod Note Because Dae is Super Forgetful: We see no problem with the stats you listed, though it will of course be up to you to figure out how to write them up RP-style! Feel free to let us know if you have any questions about that or would like any help with it.

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[rubycitymods]

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

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Mode Note: Please be aware that your First Person Sample jumps around in tense more than we would ordinarily like to see; First person writing, used in the Ruby City RP community, is meant to stay entirely in Present-tense/"Bracket-spam" format. Third Person writing, used in the Ruby City Logs community, is what's written in past-tense/prose format. We understand that slip-ups happen, but please do try to be careful during any actual gameplay! Thank you, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions. c:

[mikoshibas]

ahh h h lmfao sorry about that but thank you!! orz

[forylisse]

Ah, sorry on the mess up with first person, but I think it's just something I tend to slip up on with apps (bad habit mostly due to sometimes tl;dring in brackets). Though I will definitely keep an eye on it while in game!

And I'll definitely let you all know!

Annie Leonhardt | Shingeki no Kyojin | Reserved

[noseknows]

PLAYER
Name: Kelsey
Age: 21
Personal Journal: turtleen
E-mail: kelseycunningham@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: mortalstampede [aim]

CHARACTER
Name: Annie Leonhardt
Canon: Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan
Age: 16 as a human, likely much older as a titan
Timeline: Ch34
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

[noseknows]

Personality: Annie comes across as aloof, uninterested, and even cold. She plainly has no interest in taking part in group activity, she's quiet at meals while everyone else is hooting and hollering, or at least talking to the people beside them. When confronted about skipping out on hand-to-hand combat training, she makes no excuses and says it's unnecessary, therefore she won't waste her time or energy. She's already well trained in it, but more importantly, it doesn't count towards grades, and because of that, she goes as far as to say only an idiot would participate. She knows what her goals are, and she will do anything to achieve them, but pointedly will not bother with anything else. Others see this as laziness, and Annie won't contradict them, but in reality, it's simply a strategy.

Similarly, she avoids creating any 'bonds'. While she appears to show interest in and concern for a few of her comrades on a few rare occasions, she is always sure to be standoffish and not to follow up on these instances. Again, something like friendship is unnecessary to her goal. Having their trust, yes, but she can't put her trust in them for fear of creating or showing weakness herself. Her father told her to treat everyone as her enemy - and it's very likely she took this to heart, not only for humans, but other titanshifters as well. She trained with her father nearly all her life and it seems as though his teachings have givin her a rather nihilistic worldview.

Annie does take pride in her hand-to-hand combat abilities and seems to genuinely enjoy it. When Eren expresses interest, she smiles for the first time, offering to teach him. Despite her role as a doubleagent, she's afraid of death and being captured. Rather, most of all she's afraid of failing. In addition, she's shown apologising to a body while the soldiers are cleaning up the streets of Trost and collecting corpses, and again, seems to show genuine emotion.

At first, it seems as though she wants to join the military police because it's an easy and safe job, far from titan threat, and the military police are considered to live in luxury. At the same time though, she has some admiration for those who wish to put their life on the line and join the scouting legion, and shows disgust in those who would waste their talent on the military police, where they will never see a titan, despite being the ones most capable of fighting them. Even so she chooses to go this route, claiming she's a coward. However, after her purpose is discovered it's clear this was a lie. She had to join the military police, it was part of her mission. They needed a titanshifter within those ranks as a doubleagent. Perhaps if she had been a regular human, she would have joined the rest in the scouting legion, but no matter what sort of feelings she may have on the matter, her mission is her duty.

Annie tends to be the first one to recognise and state her faults. Calling herself a coward, for example. Although in some cases, such as that same example, most would think she isn't really. Annie doesn't seem the type to be a coward, and the way she continues to fight, always, shows any fears she has aren't simple cowardice. To Annie this isn't putting herself down or anything like that, it's simply knowing her own strengths and weaknesses, so she can offset them. It's all part of being a soldier. She can't be cocky lest it become her downfall. But she also can't be too humble or lacking in selfworth without running into problems.

[noseknows]

Background: Canon, character

Abilities: Annie was ranked fourth in her training squad and so is very skilled with the 3D maneuver gear as well as talented in strategy and general combat. Her personal skill is a martial arts type fighting style which counters her small figure which would otherwise make her abilities in hand-to-hand extremely poor.

As a titan, Annie is able to harden specific areas of her body, a rather unique trait. In addition to all titan's regenerative abilities, she's also able to control which part of herself is healed first. Normally all injuries would heal at once, which may take a while, but Annie's chosen strategy is to focus on the more important part first, such as regenerating one eye before the other, so she will have at least some vision in half the time it would otherwise take her to regain full vision. In titan form she's about fourteen meters tall and naturally this also means fast and strong. She uses her hand-to-hand combat techniques as well.

First Person: Here

Third Person: What a strange piece of technology. Annie stares at the watch, frowning ever so slightly. From the messages left within it, she can see far too many people from home have found themselves in this place as well. People she shouldn't make her presence known to.

She sighs as she walks down the street, looking around at the buildings. It's not terribly different architecture-wise, but everything else is nothing like the inside of the walls. Of course, she's not unfamiliar with the vast expanse outside them, but it's really nothing like that either. And she shouldn't be thinking of the confines of the walls as her home. She can't forget her mission, even here. But how can she continue if she`s trapped? Reiner and Bertolt seemed to be around, they may have information. ...But would it be safe to contact them? She has to remind herself, she may not be in enemy territory anymore, but she is still not among allies. That may be all the more dangerous.

Well, either way, she wouldn't be doing much good suspended in the crystal. At this point anything is better than nothing. Although inevitable meetings are going to be painful. She wishes she could avoid them. They're sure to ask questions she can't, or rather won't, answer. She's afraid of that.

[CANON] Dracula || Castlevania || no reserve || Part 1

[what_is_a_man]

PLAYER
Name: Cody
Age: 27
Personal Journal: devil_within
E-mail: codward333@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: Starwolfe123

CHARACTER
Name: Vlad Tepes "Dracula"
Canon: Castlevania
Age: Appears mid-40's
Timeline: Before the final encounter in Symphony of the Night
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

[CANON] Dracula || Castlevania || no reserve || Part 2

[what_is_a_man]

Personality:
Since his creation - for lack of a better term - Count Vlad Tepes ruled over a small area in Romania where his castle was located. For a time, he seemed to be a fairly good ruler, if strict. Of course rumors about what he really was would be spread and people would fear him. However, it wasn't until his wife - Lisa - was accused of Witchcraft and burned at the stake for simply consorting with him and bearing a child that anything concrete about his personality emerged. Once angered, Vlad showed a distinct hatred for all things relating humanity, ordering his minions to wipe out everything they could, leaving no survivors of any kind. His castle became a testament to his hatred for humanity as the rather gruesome and grotesque methods of execution of any prisoners or intruders were put on display in his courtyard. This was when he earned the nickname "Dracula" - or son of the dragon.

Along with his hatred for humanity, there is one other thing that Vlad hates more than anything: God. His creation itself was a direct attack on God and the divine rule. He often rationializes his actions as being nothing different from what the Church itself does. He has even taunted his adversaries in drawing direct comparissons between those that follow him and those that follow the Church. He has even gone so far as to construct a chapel in his very castle, seemingly to taunt the Almighty and make assailants question their faith. Even when Holy relics are used as weapons against him, he reasons that it is not any divine power that gives these relics their function, but rather latent magical powers running in the blood of those that use them. It is not God that makes things "holy" but rather wizard or witch ignorant of their own power that turns otherwise common items into weapons.

Despite his hatred for most things, there is a softer side to the "Dark Prince," though he is careful to keep that part of his image concealed. This is no more evident than when dealing with his family. Lisa was the only human to ever treat him with respect and dignity, rather than view him as simply a vampire to be killed. In turn, he afforded her the same respect and dignity. Eventually these feelings turned to love, and they were married - in secret. Together they had a son, Adrian. Even after Lisa's death and Adrian joined the side of the Belmonts, Vlad's feelings for his son can be seen in his attempts to convince Adrian to join his side, seeking an alliance with his son rather than conflict. When Adrian defeats his father and informs him of Lisa's last words, pleading for peace rather than vengeance, he expresses remorse and asks Lisa's forgiveness. However, this seems to be short lived as in subsequent resurrections, he expresses his hatred for humanity anew. As inconsistent as this may seem, it is worth noting that his very castle is host to a spirit of Chaos that has influenced his mind for centuries, and his sudden mood swing could be attributed to that. (This is also partially why I am taking him from the canon point I am, so as to avoid that confusion.)

Background: http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Dracula

[CANON] Dracula || Castlevania || no reserve || Part 3 (final)

[what_is_a_man]

Abilities: Dracula is an extremely accomplished sorcerer, and in fact usually uses his magic for all his needs. His abilities range from teleportation, taking the form of a bat, and most prominently, a superior mastery over fire based magic. When pushed to his limit, Dracula can take on a more demonic appearance for limited bursts. These more demonic forms afford him a stronger control over all forms of his magic, though it is unclear just how connected to the power of his castle these other forms are. He also has an ability to exert control over the very souls of the creatures of the night. Anything with a connection to necromancy, demons, or the like is subject to this power (however it is unclear just how much control he has over creatures that do not directly take up residence within the walls of Castlevania). Aside from his magical abilities, Dracula is an extremely accomplished and charismatic orator, and has used his speaking abilities to make followers out of many.

First Person:

[When the feed clicks on, Vlad will be just staring at the device for a long time, eyes searching for something.]

I can sense the presence of others of my kind. I cannot tell who or how many at this point in time, however, I know you are out there. I offer you this opportunity once, and only once. Come and swear fealty to me, and I will confer upon you my protection and support. Oppose me, and I will show no quarter. It is not my intent to start needless conflict, however I do not tolerate disloyalty.

[He pauses for a moment, raising a goblet to his lips and taking a drink.]

This place is in dire need of structure. I intend to give it that.


Third Person:
Midnight, usually one of Vlad's favorite times. The world was so still, quiet, deathlike. Here though, even this felt... hollow. He gazed up at the moon, making a bit of a grimace as he did. It had been so long since a silver moon shone down on him. Usually the very moon was stained crimson with his very presence. For centuries he had taken comfort in such a small cosmetic change that this was jarring. So much so that he was painfully aware of his disconnection to his castle. He shook his head, lowering his gaze to the wild areas beyond the edges of the city. There were beasts that felt familiar to him out there, but... somehow different.

"This place... it disgusts me. They think themselves safe with their predators on the edge of their awareness. They languish in apathy, safe in their abodes..." He paused, taking a drink from the wine glass he had brought up to the roof with him. "No more. I will shatter their sense of security, and bring the flames of Chaos to this wretched city. I will see that their identities are forged in the furnace of strife, and they will know true suffering. I will find a way to raise an army of these creatures, and lead them into the city for their hunt."

He raised a hand toward the forests in the distance, extending his influence outward but found no purchase at first. "Resist all you wish, beasts, but you will bow to your new master in time. You will submit!" Frustrated with his lack of progress, he decides a more direct approach is needed. Within a blink of an eye, he was in the woods, staring down a massive wolf-like beast. "Submit to me, or meet your demise, beast!" The only response he got was a low growl, even in the face of his full concentration. With a disgusted look on his face, he lifts one arm, a large orb of molten rock seemingly springing from his cloak, burning and knocking the warg back. "I will find what I need to dominate your kind," he said as he approached the dying beast, a hand reaching out for its throat. "But for now, find comfort in that your blood will fuel my cause."

[Note: I made a point of mentioning some of his power/abilities possibly being tied to Castlevania, primarily to give the mods the deciding vote on how those powers/abilities play out in-game, or if they are available to him at all.]

[CANON] Vincent Valentine | Final Fantasy VII | No Reserve | 1/2

[nightmareofsin]

PLAYER
Name: Raile
Age: 25 (man why am I so old)
Personal Journal: None
E-mail: literatehyaena@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc:

CHARACTER
Name: Vincent Valentine
Canon: Final Fantasy VII
Age: 60/27
Timeline: Post-Advent Children
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Tall, dark, and serious, Vincent Valentine is a quiet man with a brooding--and sometimes mysterious--presence. The penultimate stoic, he shows (and often feels) very little in the way of emotion; he spends most of his time by himself and routinely returns even simple questions or overtures with complete silence. Part of this is simply that he is extremely private, and in being so keeps the bulk of his opinions entirely to himself. In person he is severe and often abrupt--not curt, as one might think, but he often condenses his communication into as few words as possible or demonstrates his meaning in silent gesture instead of speaking. Behind the no-nonsense, brooding exterior, however, he is in fact wracked with guilt, and holds himself deeply responsible for many things that are not conclusively or even reasonably his fault, and carries their burden as an immense weight on his soul. He views himself as a sinner, unworthy and incapable of penance or redemption, and bears this weight in silence, pushing himself to act in both accordance and exception to it as he struggles to locate a place for himself in a living, feeling world. This has taken a toll on his mind and his emotional involvement in the world, resulting in a numbed, cold response to much of the world around him, exacerbated by his inherently reserved personality and sharpened by his few years of waking experience.

When he does participate in social situations, he is slightly uncomfortable and decidedly cryptic, preferring to maintain a cold, professional distance from the situation and the people around him. Vincent often speaks in metaphor or vague reference, making him one of the more difficult AVALANCHE members to talk to. He is highly perceptive and naturally intelligent, however, and instinctively analyses new situations with a critical eye, weighing conditions and variables quickly to come up with the most rational (and effective) results. Given time, he prefers to disseminate things in detail--Vincent is a thinker as much as a doer, and many of his conclusions are intellectually, not emotionally, motivated. Guilt, however, is often his strongest motivator, and much of his action through Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children is driven through it. Unlike the other members of AVALANCHE and most of their supporting cast, Vincent is not necessarily a 'good guy'--he has his own agenda and supports it the entire way through, doing as he feels and sees fit for himself and his own causes. He is not, as he will tell you up front, a hero. Without the sugarcoating, the facts are these: Vincent is a dangerous and very self-motivated person with questionable (if extant) morals. He does what he feels he has to, but not out of any sense of self-sacrifice, save for Lucrecia is concerned. For her, he might quite possibly end the world.

Instead, he stopped it from ending.

He is still learning to find his place in a world that kept going without him.

As far as his own well-being goes, Vincent is utterly fearless. He is, however, definitively afraid of himself and the knowledge of things he has the potential to do. He is extremely dangerous and is immenintly aware of it, holding within himself four demons over which he exerts little to no control. This affects his decision to separate himself from other people as well as justifies it, and the distance he keeps grows over time as he becomes more and more familiar with the terrible possibilities of the things he cannot control. He is iminently afraid of failure--he has sinned enough in his life, and bears the guilt with stoic resignation and a sense of responsibility, but the prospect of failing further drives him to both action and isolation in equal turns. In this way, Vincent is as much a liability to himself as he is a powerful weapon. Unpredictable and dangerous, his limit breaks rule him as much as he rules them, if not more, and his inability to control them or their voices is a constant problem and source of agony to him. His unpredictability and hair-trigger reflexes can result in instincts and reactions that can hurt others, and his own psyche is effectively out to destroy what it can whenever he is unable to stop it from doing so. Outside of Chaos, Galian Beast, and the others, Vincent's sense of guilt and self-incrimination is his biggest weakness; he holds back a lot and communicates little, isolating himself from others and sequestering his fractured emotiuons away in a deep part of himself to prevent further damage to what is left of his fragile humanity. His reason and rationale are both affected by this, often in subtle ways, and he may irrationally blame himself for things simply because he was present. He is also extraordinarily stubborn and (among other things) will never ask for help, refusing to do so even for simple things, let alone what he may genuinely need help with.

Background: Here is a wiki. Please disregard all information attributed to the game Dirge of Cerberus, as it is prone to inconsistency with the original canon (as well as sometimes itself) and I will not be including it in my characterisation.

Abilities: Vincent is gifted with rapid regeneration and inhuman speed as well as increased strength--incredible strength, actually, as he is quite capable of crushing a man's skull with his clawed hand. His reflexes take the term "lightning fast" to a new level, and he moves with an alacrity far beyond the realm of normal human possiblity. His senses, too, are unnaturally enhanced, and as a marksman, he is nigh-unsurprised. His uncanny accuracy and precision have been augmented with vision and hearing far superior to human comprehension. All of these make him a formidable weapon, and he uses them as seamlessly as most people seem to breathe; when he puts his mind to it, Vincent is a killing machine. He is not, however, mindless--just the opposite, in fact, Vincent is very intelligent and quite creative with the use of his skills. He is not afraid of getting hurt and for reasons both personal and obvious he is unafraid of death, on whose side he decidedly stands. His limit breaks, obviously, are overwhelmingly powerful, but they are as much a weakness a strength, for he frequently has no control over where they go and what they do--they take over him completely, and destroy everything in their path. When he is in control, however, he has the benefit of extraordinary discipline--even before his transformation, he was a Turk, and though he is capable of going great stretches without sleep, food, or water as a result of it, he can now ignore both hunger and exhaustion or shut out distractions with a single-minded ability that is almost frightening in its depth.

As far as his limit breaks go, there are four: four transformations, that is, demonstrated here. While he can choose to undergo a transformation at any time, his control over these forms is limited at best when it's voluntary, and utterly nonexistent when it's not. It's not a pleasant process, and is absolutely hell on his clothes.

Re: [CANON] Vincent Valentine | Final Fantasy VII | No Reserve | 2/2

[nightmareofsin]

First Person: [A forbidding face appears on then screen, unkempt black hair framing pale skin and near-luminous red eyes. The expression on this face is grim at worst, unreadably flat at best. When he speaks, his voice is low and contains a touch of gravel, as though rough from disuse.]

Does anyone in this city have access to a blender? I want one.

[...well, that was unexpected. Maybe he's not so bad....?

Or maybe he is. He never actually specified what the blender was for, after all.]

Third Person: Vincent entered the cool shelter of the cave, ignoring--perhaps even welcoming--the chilly spray from the falls behind him as his footsteps echoed off the light stone. This was a hidden place, a sacred one, known to only a handful of people in the world. Lucrecia's cave. The spirit was gone, but memory lived here--memory, peace, and silence, complete save for the rush of water nearby and the slow dripping of cold, clear water at the entrance where he stood. He felt like a trespasser here, a black spirit of sin in a home dedicated to light, but at the same time it was his: a sanctuary. The only place on the Planet's surface where he could be at rest. Strands of black hair clung to his face as he stepped over the crystalline puddles, droplets of water clinging to the fabric of his cloak and the metal curves of his claws--he paid it no mind, accepting it and embracing it as part of the experience.

"Lucrecia..."

The name left his mouth almost involuntarily, his low, rasping voice, rough from disuse, disappearing in the microcosm of time and space that he felt separated him from the rest of the world. He had brought the gun with him, Death Penalty; his other weaponry was left outside as a rule, but Death Penalty came with him, and its presence was felt heavily; at no other time did a gun carry such weight, such importance in his mind as now. His gift from Lucrecia, his forgiveness... or what could be forgiven and never could. He stopped in the cavern, shutting his eyes, letting time pass over him and falling back into the deep, bitter recesses of memory.

Lucrecia...

The smell of crystal and damp, clean air filled his nose, the sound of rushing falls and slow, echoing droplets, the steady, rocking rhythm of the train, a muted undulation as it raced along its tracks--

...wait. What?

His eyes flew open. He jerked up, dislodging the gun--Death Penalty--that had been nestled against his clawed arm; he moved quickly to catch it, but his eyes were on the place around him, the inside of an old-fashioned, pre-Materia locomotive....?!

[CANON OC] The Handmaid || Homestuck || not reserved

[clockworkmajyyk]

i will serve no one but myself