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riverview: applications

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: Tona
● age: 25+
● contact:

abiosis
● other characters: Lois Lane (

contacts), DCEU

character information
● name: Maximus Antillar
● canon: Codex Alera (a book series by Jim Butcher)
● canon point: the end of Cursor’s Fury
● age: His age is not explicitly stated. Tavi (the main character of the books) is 17 at the beginning of Academ’s Fury and 19 in Cursor’s Fury, making him 21 at the canonpoint from which I’m taking Max. Given that Max has already served his term in the legion, I’m assuming he is at least somewhat older than Tavi, making him around 24.

● (canon) background: Background on the books with lots of info on world-building, background on Max with very little info overall. Since Cursor’s Fury is not covered, here’s a quick overview:

Max and Tavi, both fully trained cursors, join the First Aleran Legion. Tavi goes under an assumed identity, Max as himself since he’s served in the legion before.
Max becomes Tribune Auxiliaris after many commanding officers are killed in a lightning strike
Max’s half-brother Crassus and his stepmother join the First Aleran
Max is almost killed in an “accident” orchestrated by his stepmother; it is revealed that she’s been trying to kill him since early childhood and he’s convinced she’ll eventually succeed.
Tavi, now commanding officer of the First Aleran, with the help of Max and Crassus who put their animosities to rest, manage to push back the Canim forces threatening Alera.

● abilities: This gives a good impression of what powers are possible in Max’s world and this lists Max’s skills in particular. I don’t think any of these need to be nerfed entirely, though his more manipulative abilities (those aspects of firecrafting or earthcrafting that manipulate emotions, for example) will need a permission post that I’d put up asap. All his abilities come with inherent limits in that he needs to be at least around or near the respective element, but if desired, his strength can be lessened (distance to Alera doesn’t actually do that as per canon, but there are theories that it would, so Max wouldn’t be surprised).

● strengths: Max is incredibly loyal to and protective of those he cares about, defending his friends and standing up for his fellow legionares. He is willing to die for his friends and his country and almost does so several times in the books (actually, he spends most of the final battles out of commission, possibly because he’s too overpowered on the whole). Despite all his furycrafting, he is in no way classist or elitist, which is a rare enough quality in someone with as strong furycrafting as Max has (but as the illegitimate son of a high lord, he knows how imperfect the social structures of Alera can be). He knows how to enjoy life to the fullest (but see also: his fatalism) and is more intelligent than he may appear at first glance. The impression he gives of someone who enjoys the simple things in life (alcohol and sex, mostly) isn’t a facade and neither are his frequent complaints about every minor inconvenience (but never about the major things, those he’ll bear stoically) a lie, but he’s quite adept at using these characteristics he possesses to influence how people perceive him and to do his work as a cursor (read: a spy) undetected because of it. He’s neither book smart like Ehren or able to think in the same sideways directions as Tavi, but he’s streetwise in many ways.

● weaknesses: Growing up with his stepmother trying to kill him and the social structures of Alera offering no means of redress, Max is somewhat fatalistic: he thinks he’ll die sooner rather than later and does little to try and change that. Max is stubborn, though admittedly not so stubborn that he cannot be made to see reason or accept when someone smarter has a better idea than he does. He’s very pragmatic about violence and even killing, which can be a weakness when it comes to trying to de-escalate a violent conflict. Tavi is much better at that kind of thing than Max is. While he isn’t stupid, he’s not nearly as intelligent as his friends, which I suppose might be seen as a weakness.

● skills (optional): He’s very good with a sword and a trained legionnaire.
● housing (optional): n/a

● network username: legionare

● network sample:

[ max isn’t big on typing — the device feels fragile and small in his hands and hitting the right places is an exercise in frustration, really — but the voice and video functions are similar enough to some of the things that can be achieved by furycrafting that they seem almost familiar. so here he is on the network, still in full uniform, looking very much like a roman soldier straight out of a history book, for those who have romans in their history books. ]

Can’t say I really understand what furycrafting’s gotten me here and I do have to get back, but while I’m here —

[ his posture and expression might have been professional, fit for a legionare, but here he grins, something rakish and wide. ] Where’s the nearest bar? Any recommendations for food or drink?

[ a moment later, he sobers again. in more quiet tones, he adds: ] Calderon, if you’re here as well, come find me.

● prose/action sample:

The legion has shown Max what it is like to be able to trust the person next to him. He knows that he’s never stopped looking over his own shoulder entirely, expecting an accident, an attack, something – and there is no doubt at all in his mind that one day, she will succeed and kill him – but in the legion, he knew he could rely on others. He is thinking of that now, watching the Canim warriors march closer with a legion of Alerans by their side, marching with them voluntarily. There is a trap waiting for the Canim, waiting for the Alerans, too, though their presence is unexpected and, frankly, unwelcome.

The thought of killing so many Alerans doesn’t sit well with Max and he can see on Tavi’s – Rufus Scipio’s, easier to call him that in his head lest he slip up and betray his friend’s cover – face that he is even more uncomfortable with it. Still, killing a thousand Canim of the warrior caste will, while not a fatal blow to the Canim forces, be a considerable victory for them. Max knows it’s worth it. A chance like this doesn’t come twice and they have to think not only of their own sensibilities but the safety of the legion – and beyond that, the safety of the bridge, the safety of all of Alera. War is not for those with a queasy stomach and Scipio’s scruples are commendable but, in this case, misplaced. There are more important things to worry about, and Max is prepared to tell Scipio so, but instead he complains about his ass hurting. He’s just a legionare and making use of his sacred right to complain never gets old – even when Scipio makes him call him sir – and it should be Scipio who initiates things. He’s the captain; Max can wait a moment longer, see whether his friend won’t surprise him. Tavi usually understands necessity.

His mind jumps back to another instant when Tavi had surprised him: figuring out what Dorotea was doing and swearing to Max that they would find a way to stop it. He doesn’t believe that, he can’t believe that because if he lets himself hope, not only will each time that she succeeds in hurting him – but not killing him, not yet, though not for a lack of trying – hurt worse, but he might also stop watching his back. If he thought that there was the slightest change—but there isn’t and Max knows that better than anyone. He doesn’t expect to survive her, but he’ll damn well cling to life for as long as he can and make the best of it. Still, if there is anyone who can do it, it would be Calderon — Max knows Tavi doesn't have furies and he's even privy to many of the tricks he uses, many of this thought processes, but sometimes he still finds himself thinking that Tavi has a way of doing the impossible.

And crows take him, he’s a bloody fool to be thinking about any of this in the middle of a war, moments before an ambush. He’s had plenty of practice, though, in pushing it from his mind, in focussing on other things. Wouldn’t mind for those things to be a lady or a glass of ale, but then this is more important than either of those, so instead he goes back to counting the numbers of legionares in that Aleran legion marching side-by-side with the Canim.

Edited (subject line) 2017-05-07 09:24 (UTC)

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.

● Max will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 12, Bed 5.
● Max would be an excellent fit for the Perimeter Guard, whether as a regular member, Search & Rescue, or Surveyor. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Perimeter Guard Page. If you are not interested in the Perimeter Guard, just let me know and I will brainstorm a different job.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

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● Make sure to set up an ic inbox, permissions or info link, and hmd on your journal.
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● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Post an entry or tag around to the current intro/event log.

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riverview: applications

antillar maximus | codex alera | not reserved

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