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applications: open

Applications will be open from 10:00 PM EST on the 1st of every month until 10:00 PM on the 7th of every month. They will be processed as quickly as possible after they are submitted; if you have not received a response by the 10th of the month, feel free to contact the mod.

Applications will be open from October 1st until December 7th, and will be processed on a first-come first-served basis.

● Please post the entirety of your application in a comment to this entry.

Applications may receive a verdict of Approved, Declined, or Revisions.

● Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
● Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod.

● There are currently 58 Character Slots still available in the game.

● While the game is close to character cap, reserved applications will be processed before unreserved applications, with unreserved applications being processed at the end of the cycle until cap is reached.

● Application Queue: All applications that would put the game over character cap will be placed in the queue below and processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications in queue will be processed as drops happen, regardless of whether the application cycle is complete.

● Casts at or close to Cast Cap: Marvel Cinematic Universe: 15/15; Marvel Comics: 12/15

application guide

● Accepted character types: fandom, original, canon AU
● Non-accepted character types: fandom OC, AU
● The character limit is 2, with 2 apps allowed per month; players can buy up to a maximum of 4 character slots with AC bonus points. There is a cast cap of 15 characters per cast at this time.
● Linked samples should be no older than 1 year.
● Application challenges are not allowed at this time, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 04/02/2017: Applications must fit in ONE COMMENT on the application page. In special situations such as original characters or canon characters without an information link, please try to keep the summary concise and stick to major turning points. If you have been as concise as possible and it absolutely will not fit in one comment, please store the background section in an entry on your journal/musebox/website and link it to keep the application within one comment.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 02/03/2018: The Strengths and Weaknesses sections are a stand-in for the usual personality section and should relate to the character's personality strengths and weaknesses. These sections should not include anything related to abilities and the weaknesses should not be 'positives in disguise' (for example, stating that a character has a weakness to iron because they are a fairy would not be an acceptable response to the weaknesses section, nor would stating that a character is too generous). Every character has good and bad personality traits, please include both.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 03/10/2018: Linked samples must be from a publicly available source. Friends-locked samples are not acceptable for use (via screencaps or other methods), unless they have been unlocked and made public.

● A mod-created sample application can be found here. This is an example of a canon application. The strengths section has been filled out in bullet point form, and the weaknesses have been filled out in paragraph form - both options or a combination thereof are acceptable.

● Sample Applications: Ronan Lynch (Canon Character; Written Background), Yuuri Katsuki (Canon Character; CRAU), Derek Hale (Canon Character; CRAU), Tolemi Pagoda (Original Character), Benjamin Holt (Original Character)

player information
● name: your name or alias
● age: your age (generalizations are fine)
● contact: any way to contact you (PM, plurk, etc.)
● other characters: any other characters you play in Riverview

character information
● name: your character's full name, in Western order
● canon: your character's canon, please specify which if there are multiple versions
● canon point: please state as specifically as possible, with chapter/episode reference, if possible
● age: please clarify if your character is not mentally, physically, and chronologically the same age

● (canon) background: this is for canon characters only; link to a resource or give a quick run-down of your character's involvement in canon
● (original) world: this is for OCs only; please give a succinct rundown of your character's world and your character's place in that world, as well as a brief explanation of their history

● abilities: list your character's abilities including any specialist non-superhuman skills they might have; feel free to link to a wiki or other information source that clearly states them; clearly state if any abilities need to be nerfed

● strengths: list at least 3 personality strengths your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words
● weaknesses: list at least 3 personality weaknesses your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words

● job skills (optional): if you would like your character to be placed in a job to start out, list three work-related skills so they can be assigned something suitable; this is different than the abilities section, and should only be three words or very short phrases - the character will not be placed in a job if there are no traits listed here; This is something that is asked in orientation, and would be volunteered by your character. But please feel free to specify if they have a skill they might not mention but that you would like considered in their job placement and I'll take it into consideration as a "funny coincidence."
● housing (optional): tell the mod if you have any preference for where your character is placed in community housing

● network username: provide the username that your character will use when accessing the network; the default is in the form of first initial, last name (j.doe) but your character can pick anything else they like; usernames should have no spaces, but periods are fine

● network sample: write out or link to an example of how your character would communicate over the network; this sample does not have to be long, but it must clearly show your character's personality and a good understanding of their voice; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

● prose/action sample: write out or link to an example of how you write your character in interactions; this sample should be a bit longer and can be done in prose or action bracket style and can be set in the game or your character's canon, though please avoid over-use of NPCing other characters - this is about your character; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

submit an application

Please fill out the information in the form below and submit it in its entirety in one comment to this entry. If your application doesn't fit in one comment, it needs to be trimmed - application standards are weighted to quality rather than quantity.

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player information
● name: Pax
● age: 21+
● contact: PM or noblesse#6659 on discord
● other characters: n/a

character information
● name: Daenerys Targaryen (and many, many titles)
● canon: Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire
● canon point: End of 7x07
● age: 22-ish

● (canon) background: Here & here & further info

If allowed: while I'm playing Dany having gone through the show's version of events, I believe her chapters in the books up until the end of ADWD offer a valuable insight into her motivations and character that aren't necessarily made clear on the show. Emilia Clarke (like Kit Harington) does her best to convey what's going on in her mind through her facial expressions and tone, but that's realistically only going to convey so much.

● abilities:
🔥 immunity to damage & injury from heat/fire
🔥 clever tactician
🔥 administration/ruling
🔥 riding dragonback
🔥 multilingual (at least fluent in High Valyrian, the common tongue & Dothraki)
🔥 negotiation & diplomacy
🔥 leadership
🔥 conquering places

The following is book-only, but I'd like her to keep:

🔥 dragon dreams

Separately:

It'd be great if Dany could receive her dragons (or at least Drogon) as AC rewards! Their size and/or power could be limited, if that might be an issue. The show and books give her an unspoken, empathic/psychic connection with Drogon in particular, as he seems to reflect her mood and/or know when she is in distress. There's a passage in the books where she screams, (during sex, admittedly, however:) and she's unsure if it was Drogon or her making the sound. Also, he shows up when she's upset and then later, to rescue her from the Sons of the Harpy.

The biggest difference between book and show in this case is that she needs neither a whip nor a magical horn to gain control of him in the show.

● strengths:

i. but we are not men:
Thanks to a lifetime of abuse, Dany has a "gentle heart" when it comes to those the show labels as the "downtrodden." She starts small within her husband's khalasar, freeing women who'd otherwise be raped and enslaved. By the time she's widowed, she turns that into a full-on crusade against the Masters of Slaver's Bay and refuses to leave and pursue her own desires (to go home) until its slaves are freed and under their own rule.

ii. fire cannot kill a dragon:
Call it pride or confidence; she has both in spades. No longer a meek girl, a string of hard-won victories have emboldened Dany and given her the notion that she can accomplish anything she sets her mind to; no matter the nature of the methods used, in some cases. It enables her to succeed further and even go against her Hand's advice and triumph where his council fails her, but. It's a double-edged sword.

iii. i will answer injustice with justice:
Dany's moral compass is rigidly set to do 'the right thing.' Grey areas don't exist in her mind for much of her arc, and she's challenged time and again on that score. It led her to feed men to her dragons and burn the Tarlys as an example. Questionable? Sure. 'Mad Queen' material? No.

● weaknesses:

i. waking the dragon:
Despite herself, Dany certainly has inherited the bad temper which House Targaryen is known for. She lashes out many times at others, as when Ser Barristan is murdered and she brings a group of Masters before her children... and has one killed as an example. Or when Tyrion brings up the matter of succession, and she becomes chilly and fiery all at once in her displeasure. She doesn't take well at all to betrayal, and her dismissal of Jorah from Meereen is a great example of that.

ii. fire and blood:
That moral compass is also a weakness in that she can't easily bend and compromise. No, she's not a Mad Queen, but she is inexperienced in taking care with how she deals with complaints and complex issues laid at her door. A man brought her the bones of his daughter; she locked up her dragons. Mossador killed a Son of the Harpy, so she had him publicly executed. Both wrong things done for the right reasons. And both cost her.

iiii. my reign has just begun:
That same confidence that's such a well-earned strength is also to her detriment. She can't see how her Hand has a point... to a point after x many of his clever plans fail her. She thinks dragonfire can solve everything because it worked so well in Essos. Dany has a lot to learn, like it or not. How to do things in half-measures occasionally being one of them. Jon helps her a great deal in this regard, but she still has a ways to go yet.

● job skills (optional): Designing amazing clothes, translating/interpretation, administration, outreach (helping the poor)

● housing (optional): Together with Jon Snow, wherever is free!

● network username: stormborn

● network sample:
I & II

● prose/action sample:
I & II & III

accepted

Thank you for your application and welcome to Riverview! Please see the arrival page for an explanation of what will happen to your character on arrival.

● Dany will be housed in Shared Housing; Floor 3, Room 2, with Jon Snow.
● Dany's job, should she choose to accept it, is Community Ambassador with the Government of Riverview. In this position, she will be negotiating with various internal government departments, corporations or businesses, and other entities in the city to secure financial assistance, job positions, and other support for new arrivals, both PC and NPC. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Occupations Page.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Your first activity check for this character will begin on December 1st.

● Please respond to this comment with your character's journal.
● Join the communities riverview, riverviewlogs, and riverviewooc.
● Make sure to set up an ic inbox, permissions or info link, and hmd on your journal.
● Optionally, you may also set up a Friendr entry (code on the arrival page).
● Add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Post an entry or tag around to the current intro/event log.

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Daenerys Targaryen • Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire

ACCEPTED

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