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APPLICATIONS

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✗ 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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Daenerys Targaryen | A Song of Ice and Fire | Reserved | Part 1

[gelenka]

PLAYER
Name: Riddle
Age: 28
Personal Journal: N/A
E-mail: N/A
AIM/MSN/etc: tiger_eyes

CHARACTER
Name: Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen (Also known as: Dany, Daenerys Stormborn, The Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, Mother, Mhysa, The Silver Queen, Silver Lady, Child of Three, Daughter of Death, Slayer of Lies, Bride of Fire and The Dragon Queen. Her various titles are as follows: Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea and Breaker of Shackles/Chains.)
Canon: A Song of Ice and Fire
Age: 19 - her show age rather than her book age.
Timeline: After she learns of Jorah Mormont's betrayal.

Daenerys Targaryen | A Song of Ice and Fire | Reserved | Part 2

[gelenka]

Personality: “As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.”

Daenerys has come a long way since her first meeting with Khal Drogo. The trials she endured while at his side - and after his death - have shaped her into a powerful, outspoken, fearless woman. She believes she cannot feel the agony she felt when she lost her first love, Drogo, and their child, Rhaego, again. In her mind, she has overcome the absolute worst; therefore it is no surprise that she charges forward without fear and without hesitation only heeding the advice of those around her occasionally (and only if the advice pleases her). She is a true Stormborn now and her sights are set on ruling all of the Seven Kingdoms - something her ancestor did long ago.

"Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it?" - Ser Barristan Selmy

However while it is true that she can be downright rash at times - or, perhaps, brash is a better word, Daenerys has the intellect and wit to escape tight corners. She and Viserys were given the best education that could be acquired while they were in hiding - and Daenerys has not forgotten those crucial lessons. An example of her displaying her wit happened when she released the Unsullied and kept her precious Dragon (Drogon) in the process. She knew well that no one else could control her Dragons but her, yet she kept that important piece of information from her enemies. They paid for that mistake with their lives as they were baked in Drogon's fires. Furthermore, she also kept the fact that she is trilingual from them. While they spoke in Valyrian, she pretended to not understand them when, in fact, she understood every word.

In their own way, her children (i.e. her Dragons) give her even more confidence to charge forward and take what she desires as she makes her way to the throne of ultimate power. With her confidence comes sass, wit, charm and a fiery passion that seems to burn to her very core. But there are more than a few occasions where those traits seem to bring her more ill will - and trouble - than good. (For example when she determined where the khalasar should travel and they got lost in the desert.) Yet, thus far, she has evaded the shadowy arms of death.

"Keep walking. If I look back I am lost."

Even so there is a certain naiveté to Daenerys. She is young (by both book and series standards) and her cockiness blinds her to the dangers around her. Without her retainers like Ser Jorah, she would have succumbed to poison (thanks to Robert Baratheon) or worse. Yet she doesn't give them enough credit nor does she realize that her loneliness since Khal Drogo's death could be used against her. By choosing one of her trusted handmaidens as a lover (for a short while), she thought to avoid said danger, yet she knows she doesn't have time for love - no matter how much her heart might yearn for it. There is a softer woman behind the shield of steel she has fashioned around herself. If someone were to pierce it, she might be rendered vulnerable. Yet she remains blind to that possibility - certain that the worst is behind her - and that, in turn, has become her weakest attribute.

"I know that she spent her childhood in exile, impoverished, living on dreams and schemes, running from one city to the next, always fearful, never safe, friendless but for a brother who was by all accounts half-mad...a brother who sold her maidenhood to the Dothraki for the promise of an army. I know that somewhere upon the grass, her dragons hatched, and so did she. I know she is proud. How not? What else was left her but pride? I know she is strong. How not? The Dothraki despise weakness. If Daenerys had been weak, she would have perished with Viserys. I know she is fierce. Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen are proof enough of that. She has survived assassins and conspiracies and fell sorceries, grieved for a brother and a husband and a son, trod the cities of the slavers to dust beneath her dainty sandalled feet." - Tyrion Lannister

She cannot imagine failure - nor does she plan for it. However the pride she desperately hangs onto - and her vision of reigning over all of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros - are oftentimes balanced by her good heart. Ser Jorah Mormont comments on more than one occasion that she will be a great ruler because she can empathize with her people. In that way, she isn't above them - she is one of them. The slaves of the various cities certainly seem to agree with him after she frees them of their shackles - as do the Unsullied. She has the iron will of a conqueror, but at her heart, she is a mother. She does not sit idly while others suffer needlessly and she does not shy away from seeing justice done - no matter the consequences that may befall her for doing so in the future.

The world Daenerys envisions is one where right and wrong are clearly labeled (for example if someone owns slaves, they are clearly in the wrong). Punishment will be meted out for all offenses swiftly and every man, woman and child shall be free. She knows well what it feels like to be in a cage - and to be abused (thanks to Viserys). While she will always love her brother and thank him for his protection in her early years, she knows to her core that she will be a better ruler than he could ever hope to be.

"This Mother of Dragons, this Breaker of Chains, is above all a rescuer." - Tyrion Lannister

For the pain and fear she has endured at the hands of Robert Baratheon, Viserys Targaryen and those that sought to aid the Baratheons (and/or Lannisters), Daenerys reaches out and offers those in similar positions solace. She is not a Queen who rules by fear; she would rather be loved and respected. However, as her journey lengthens, she is beginning to realize that she cannot gain the love of everyone.

There will be betrayals - three of them - and a hard road ahead. But she promises herself that she will be strong - she will endure. She will not forget what Khal Drogo and the Dothraki taught her. Weakness is not acceptable and rulers, in times of crisis, must learn to stand alone in a sea of doubt. For her children, she will do so; for her brothers, she will do so; for her mother and father, she will do so; for herself, she will do so. There is nowhere to go except forward - even if she must leave fire and blood in her wake.

Daenerys Targaryen | A Song of Ice and Fire | Reserved | Part 3

[gelenka]

Background: First Book to the end of the Third Book.

Abilities: ♕ Her control over her trio of dragons is her greatest power.

♕ She has also proved that she is immune to fire.

♕ Other than that, she is a skilled ruler with a sharp wit (and a sharp tongue) who is not afraid to make hard decisions,

♕ a skilled rider (in both the horse sense and sexual sense after marrying Khal Drogo)

♕ and a woman who has no trouble using any weapon at her disposal should one try to corner her or harm her and her children.

Network/Actionspam Sample: [Written for another game. If you want a fresh sample, I can give you one.]

[Her anger over having been separated from her children has dissipated. It will never fully disappear until she is reunited with them - no matter what the Drabwurld offers her. She has partaken of the wine and some of the finer dishes, but it takes more than baubles to distract a Targaryen Queen.]

To those who met me at the feast, we need not repeat introductions. However for those who either did not attend the feast or missed a grand opportunity... [Those words are said with a playful air rather than a serious one.] I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen. I hail from a city called Astapor. It is not my true home, but it, along with other, less known, places has served me well.

[She can thank Astapor for all of their Unsullied in particular. And at such a reasonable price!]

I am interested to meet all of those who call Westeros home. [There is a new spark in her eyes and she lifts her chin.] I do not seek conflict - [Initially.] But I think we can make use of this rare opportunity. You need not fear me.

[Unless you're a Baratheon or Lannister and she isn't entirely comfortable with the Starks either.]

Dragons once frequented this land, did they not? [The questions is off-handed - nothing to see here, move on - but her gaze is fixed.] What became of them?

Who saw to their demise?

[Her soft tone is transforming into one of steel. A mother does not take kindly to the deaths of other children - even if they are not her own.]

Prose Log Sample: The night air was blessedly cooler than the searing heat of the day, yet Daenerys found she was not soothed. Obtaining the loyalty of the Unsullied had been a huge accomplishment and she swelled with pride each time she thought back on how they had agreed, first as one and then as many, to follow her freely. But they were but one step on a long journey that would, with any luck whatsoever, return her to Westeros and the Iron Throne.

"Khaleesi, you must get some sleep." she glanced over her shoulder to see one of her handmaidens turning down the blankets on her bed.

"Soon." she promised the young woman, "I want to enjoy the night air a little longer."

Sensing rather than seeing her handmaiden bow in acquiescence, Daenerys moved closer to the edge of the tents, her arms crossed over her chest. Fires burned here and there and, if she listened closely enough, she could hear the sounds of dreaming Dragons. Her children need only rest, eat and grow. She would ask nothing else of them.

Not until they are grown.

Then she would ride them into battle and right the wrong that had been perpetrated years ago. But that seemed like such a distant dream - especially as she took in her surroundings. The distance between Westeros and herself was staggering. It made her impatient. She wanted her children to grow faster; her army to expand and there to be no doubt in anyone's mind or heart that she was the rightful Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

Control the present.

Daenerys refused to lose her pride (or her bravery) in the face of an unknown future. Viserys had taught her to submit and listen to everything he said without argument. She knew she couldn't live that way, so the idea of a man entering her life and trying to be her equal - or better - left a sour taste in her mouth. However, and quite unfortunately, there was a certain comfort that came with finding herself wrapped in strong arms. If the man was as talented as Drogo in bed, she knew she could quickly forget her agitations.

What she wouldn't give for a good...

One of her Dragons was calling for her. She smiled to herself and turned back to her tent. There was something ironic about hearing Viserion's voice after she thought of his namesake.

He was needy too.

Pushing back her tent flap, she walked over to the cream and gold beauty, her expression tender.

"Your voice is stronger." she murmured approvingly, scratching behind his ear as he leaned against her hand, "Soon your body will follow. But, first, rest."

More for his sake than her own, she slipped into bed and blew out her candle. A happy sigh followed and she knew her children were content. If only she could say she felt the same.

ACCEPTED

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