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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:

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● other characters: n/a

character information
● name: Elizabeth of York
● canon: The White Queen / The White Princess
● canon point: After the battle of Bosworth.
● age: 19

● (canon) background: here

● (original) world: n/a

● abilities: ❈ Magic ❈
I did mention in the beginning of Elizabeth's history section that the line of Melusina is blessed with many 'gifts'. Name, this is another term for magic. Which actually was not seen as evil back then! Apparently it was ok unless used for ill purposes. Who knew? People were much more superstitious back then. However, the kind of magic bestowed upon Elizabeth and her ancestors can and has been used for exactly that.

The fact is though, she is mostly ignorant of it. Or its limits. Her mother did not even assume any of her children had the magic until it became obvious that Elizabeth was having visions. As such, she will not be using any of the following abilities often, if at all.

► Weather
Elizabeth can, with the help of her mother, call forth rain or fog. This isn't something she would be able to do alone. I believe this is because Melusina is a goddess of water, but that is never implicitly stated.

► The Sight
Or foresight. Elizabeth against her will, sometimes has visions of things that will happen in the future. She had one of her uncle Anthony Woodville's death, and then of Richard III later on. These come and go at will, and she has no control of them (or herself when she is experiencing them.) She appears to undergo what looks like a sort of seizure, freezing and staring off vacantly into space. It wears off after a while.

► Melusina's Song
When one of her line dies, Elizabeth can hear a mournful song. It is Melusina's way of letting her descendants know that they have lost one of their own.

► Curses
A bit different from that which was taught to her mother by Jacquetta; she can writes names upon a piece of parchment, or a prayer to Melusina to curse whoever has wronged her. If she burns the parchment and set it upon water, she can in theory curse anyone she likes.

Unlike her mother who was taught divination by her own mother, Elizabeth has not been taught to harness her magic by her mother to such a degree. Which seeing as she would eventually be sent off to another country someday, would have seemed the prudent thing to avoid. She is ignorant of many of her abilities, and thus cannot use them for good or ill.

● strengths:
Charismatic • Elizabeth is likened to a "second coming" of her father, King Edward IV in that they both shared a magnetic personality and boatloads of charm. In the book and series both, she has the same easy manner in dealing with people. That being: she's friendly to a degree most are not, and is willing to give of herself to benefit others.

Compassion • When the serving boy was about to go into the Tower (and face certain death), she is the only one to comfort him beforehand. Her thoughts are constantly for her sisters' wellbeing, and later in Series 2, the people. The latter case would see her break into Henry Tudor's coffers to send out gold to the citizens of London to provide food, medicine and burials during an epidemic while the King was away on Progress.

Fortitude • She has an incredible inner strength and resilience, able to lose everything and still smile and laugh. (She lost her name, her birthright, too many relatives to count, and her free will when she was married off to someone she viewed as a usurper later on.) No matter how bad her life becomes, she adapts, rebounds and finds ways to be happy despite her current lot.

● weaknesses:
Naive • With King Richard, who led her by the nose and said he would marry her and make her his Queen if she slept with him. (He would not have.) For the promise of stability, she let him court her under his wife's nose and the entire court while not at all aware that he was playing her. And she trusts her mother to handle things early on, when she is truly only seeking power for the Rivers as she always has, and has no real care for her daughters.

Reserved • But it's hard for her to trust or grow attached to people in the first place. She was not permitted friends her own age at court neyond her own siblings and cousins, so being social in that intimate a way is a bit beyond her at the moment. But this point is twofold because she also hides what she truly feels behind a 'mask' of neutral civility, smiling so nobody can know how she truly feels. Exposing weakness is anathema for her, so she avoids it.

Temperamental • Lastly, she bears the infamous Plantagenet rage. More evident in The White Princess, she still has a few impressive rows in The White Queen, accusing her mother of caring only for the crown, raised voice and all. And then with Margaret Beaufort, in which case she declares that the woman will never sit in her presence again after falsely calling her a whore. Her anger is typically on a longer tether than her father's had been, but certain topics when pursued negatively or aggressively can provoke a like response awfully swiftly from her.

● skills (optional): Cooking, sewing, dancing, singing, ability to play the lute and viola at minimum, embroidery, and academic knowledge. She is well-versed in linguistics (Greek, Latin, French and likely Spanish at least), arithmetic and history.
● housing (optional): Private apartment.

● network username: melusina

● network sample: ( Keenly aware that appearances matter especially so upon making a first impression, she is dressed elegantly, and her hair is mostly left in loose waves, some cloth-of-gold ribbon threaded throughout. She keeps the look on her face pleasant, but cool.

There is no benefit for the time being in playing the fool, as she had at home. The warmth of her smile does not extend to her eyes, not yet. Instead they hold a light of curiosity, and a great amount of seriousness. Her awareness of the situation at hand is dim but for this: she is not dreaming. She has lost all, and stands to gain everything if she but works for it. Just as her father had won the throne of England: with smiles, charm and good business sense.

Her address, then, is an earnest one. )

Good day to you, one and all. I know not how many of you there are, or from whence you come. Yet if I may, I would humbly beg a favour, if you would be so gracious as to indulge me: your acquaintance.

Indeed, I would meet as many of you as might be possible. And, if you would be even more indulgent, information pertaining to the state of affairs in this land and abroad. I find myself possessed of a desire to know the full scope of things here ere I chart my course and navigate myself through whatever trials I may face here.

( Now, finally, the warmth enters her eyes. She has no choice; it would not do for all the land to bear witness to her grief. )

I am Elizabeth Plantagenet of England. It is my hope that I will be able to repay any kindness shown me sooner rather than later. I look forward to meeting and speaking with many of you!

Until then, farewell. Deus vobiscum.

● prose/action sample: this entire post

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.

● Elizabeth will be housed in Private Housing; Floor 4, Room 5.
● Elizabeth's job, should she choose to accept it, is Linguistics Instructor at Riverview University. She is also welcome to act as an advisor at Gramarye Magic Research, a well-respected research facility that studies magic and supernatural phenomenon in Riverview Quarantine. 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.

● 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.

welcome to riverview quarantine

This is her journal! Question: can she do both those things, or do I choose one for her?

She'd be floored with either or both.

She is perfectly welcome to do both or either, whatever she would choose, and in whatever combination (ie. teach and then advise part-time or vice versa).

riverview: applications

Elizabeth of York • The White Queen / The White Princess • Reserved

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