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 ✧

Comments

REVISION REQUESTED

[rubycitymods]

Thank you for your application. At this time, we are requesting a revision of your personality section. Specifically, we would like to see a little more detail as to what causes Thranduil to behave as he does, along with some more canon examples to cite from.

Feel free to submit your revisions any time before the next app round and they will be processed asap!

Understood! That first version was far too bare. :)

[mirkwoodking]

Personality: Thranduil possesses the wisdom of the Elves, yet, in his case, he is far more demonstrative with his emotions than his Elven kin. I believe most of his pain and anger comes from past battles with the Orcs of Mordor; battles with other (lesser) Serpents/Dragons (where he sustained his horrible facial wounds) and the loss of his father Oropher (which occurred in the Battle of Dagorlad). Because of the trauma and loss he has suffered, he wishes to protect his people - even if he has to forsake others to do so. In his mind, no one is more important than those who follow him and his kin - which is why he leaves the Dwarves to flee Smaug instead of standing beside them to combat the Dragon.

Such an alliance would have likely ended in misery - even if they achieved a victory. Besides, the Dwarves had withheld precious gems from him - including the Arkenstone - so he saw no reason to risk his life and the lives of his people. Thranduil has a strong love for gems - and he wishes to possess many of the jewels the Dwarves collected in their stronghold - however he does not take kindly to being denied.

With age, comes wisdom, however even an Elven-King can be childish at times.

However underneath his almost childish/callous approach to the world outside of his Woodland Realm (particularly with the Dwarves), Thranduil does show moments of possessing a softer heart. He could have easily tortured the Dwarves when they entered his domain. Instead, he tried to aid them by keeping them locked up - and fed! - so that they would not approach Erebor and lose their lives in the Dragon's fire. (He was kinder in the book. He let the Dwarves have free-run of the stronghold until they were rude to him. Then he withheld his hospitality and locked them into cells.) Thranduil's reasoning for doing so was quite simple: he wanted Thorin to learn from the mistakes of his father and grandfather. When he saw Thorin was following the same path as his predecessors, he deigned the leader a danger to himself and his followers. Thus, in his own way, he was "protecting them from themselves" (which never goes over well when pride is involved on both sides).

It is no surprise, then, that his bedside manners (in relation to the Dwarves) leave much to be desired. Thranduil makes it clear that he doesn't care for them: mainly because he believes they are liars and fools (due to the fact that they follow the, to him, suicidal path of their kin). However not caring for them does not mean he wants to see them killed: he would rather they learn from the past and settle down in a new home. His message is one he makes clear to those who serve under him (Legolas and Tauriel do not harm the Dwarves as they escape down the river).

In fact, his attention is soon turned on the real threats to his realm once the Dwarves are out of his reach (i.e. the Orcs, Wargs and Spiders). Thus Thranduil is not blinded by his distaste - and he will not chase the Dwarves to the ends of Middle Earth. He will only attempt to teach them (and keep them safe) while they are in his kingdom.

His pride is what stands in the way of him making any real progress with the Dwarves. Truth be told, his intentions are usually good, but his pride tends to lend a dark, cold edge to his words. At his heart, his people - particularly his family (which is composed of a nameless female Elf, his son Legolas and Tauriel to some degree) - mean more to him than his own life. He would sacrifice himself for them; he would even allow himself to be seen as a coward if it kept them safe. (Which is how he differs from some of the Kings that preceded him. The problems of Middle Earth do not interest him - nor does he want to include himself or his people in them. As long as his Woodland Realm endures, Thranduil will not budge to anyone's aid.)

In summation, Thranduil is a proud Elven-King who protects his kingdom passionately. He can be downright childish at times when he is denied something he wants, but underneath that childishness is a dash of wisdom. His dearest wish is to see his kingdom - the kingdom of his father, Oropher - blossom and stay strong even in the darkness of oncoming storms. There will always be wars, but there is only one kingdom like his. The Woodland Realm is his precious gem and he will block the whole world out if need be.

Note: As for how he will treat others in the city, his pride will be very apparent. Anyone younger than him (which is pretty much EVERYONE), will be taken with a grain of salt. However it isn't impossible for him to feel fond of some of the residents. Eventually. And if that day ever comes, they will find themselves under his protection.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

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