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hexarchate_rpg2017-06-11 11:11 pm
yhlee) wrote in hexarchate_rpg2017-06-11 11:11 pm
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Character Applications
Please post character applications as comments here.
Edit: We're currently closed to new characters.
Edit: We're currently closed to new characters.
Character App: Vestar Ashari
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How can we get in touch with you? (email, DW messaging, other): DW messaging, discord messaging (discord handle: @chander#0410)
Character name: Vestar Ashari
One-paragraph (100 words) summary of your character.
Ashari is an Andan event planner from a time before the Liozh rebellion. They have a low and smooth voice and are fluid in their gestures. Both their appearance and status are immensely important to them, and they use mods to stay on top of the times and fit in. They see their current job as a result of in a drop in family status. Consequently, they're very insecure and cling to anything that makes them feel good or superior. They make up for it with Andan training and general theatrics.
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How did your character first learn of the hexarchate?
Ashari was born into an influential Andan family in the time of the heptarchate. They did well in their training and had some ambition to working in intelligence, thinking it exciting. Unfortunately, soon into their career they were transferred to menial administrative work due to a fall in family status and some petty rivalries. They eventually clawed their way up to event planner and ended up being shuttled around the heptarchate to wherever their services were needed. They found out about the hexarchate after accidentally traveling forward in time, and it was quite a shock for them.
Why did your character join this rebellion?
Ashari joined the rebellion a while before jumping in time. They were unhappy with their current position and saw the system as the problem. They reasoned that if that rebellion were to succeed, it would mean an advance in their personal status and rank, which would give them control over their own life and the lives of others.
What would make your character consider giving up the cause?
(Note for this and further questions: Tell me things that you're willing to have happen in the game. I may go this far with your character. I will not go further. What I'm asking for is story/character hooks.)
If the risk of permanently losing their autonomy or personal happiness was at stake, they’d at the very least heavily consider dropping the cause. They’d also leave if bribed with a high enough position, or if they felt the situation got too dangerous with little to no reward.
Name something your character does not want to lose.
Their social standing, influence, looks, a few friendships, and most of their finances. Most importantly, they desperately don’t want to lose control over their life, their individuality, and their happiness.
Name something your character would die for.
If there is no chance and no hope in advancement, Ashari would die for the sheer drama and theatrics of it. Apart from that, they'd die for their friends and their happiness, but only if all hope of their own was lost.
Name something your character would kill for.
Even more so than for their status, Ashari would kill for their personal happiness. They're a pleasure seeker through and through and want to keep it that way.
Who is your character's best friend?
Aricura Sulen, http://venndaai.dreamwidth.org/ ‘s OC. Ashari keeps trying to convince themselves that they're only keeping them around to practice their old spy skills on, but they're genuinely incredibly fond of Sulen.
Describe your character's perfect partner (romantic or friend or coworker, your choice).
In a coworkers and romantic partners, Ashari looks for people who are impressed with or in awe of them. In coworkers specifically, they like people who will follow their lead and not get in their way, but potentially take the fall if things go awry. In friends and romantic partners, they seek people who challenge them and at times take the pressure of constantly being in control off of Ashari.
What is your character's secret dream or desire, the one they've never told anyone?
Despite their pleasure-seeking, adrenaline junkie nature and constant status climbing schemes, Ashari’s secret desire is to be able to retire to a remote location with no stress or care for that sort of thing. In these dreams, they're always with one or two people who they love and trust, and the drama of their faction is far away. They’d like to try raising goats and chickens in spite of never having been on a farm. This dream is something they’re embarrassed by, as it isn’t as dramatic or theatrical as they’d like it to be.
How will your character die?
(NOTE: I will not kill your character unless you pre-arrange it with me, but I may put you in a dangerous situation based on this.)
When things start going badly for Ashari (loss of friends, status, autonomy), they put themselves in more and more dangerous situations, physically and socially, and especially with the rebellion. The worse their loss, the more they would escalate the situation. This would keep going until they inevitably lose their life in a truly idiotic, but nevertheless dramatic and flashy manner.
Does your character have any powers that the hexarchate would consider "exotic" (magical)?
Ashari was trained in Andan exotics, and specifically Enthrallment. They are, however, rather rusty, as they were fairly low on the social rankings for a while.
What do you (the player) enjoy most in an RPG?
I enjoy interacting with other characters (both pcs and npcs) and watching the story unfold.
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You have 500 words to tell me anything else you want me and the other players to know about your character. Do it here.
Ashari would never share their age, original appearance, or even most of their family history with anybody. Their latest appearance before the time jump, courtesy of numerous mods, is rather frivolous, and styled to emulate Andan colors (the above icon is a picture of them).
They try their best to stay theatrical, interesting, and in style, but are in reality simply very tired and often long for a break to just be themselves, or even better, just a nobody.
Nevertheless, they love playing into stereotypes, norms, and expectations, but only so they can break them in order to draw attention to themselves and appear avant-garde and eccentric. In reality, they just think that the only way they can get validation is through theatrics and desperate bids for attention.
Re: Character App: Vestar Ashari
I'm probably going to wait until next week to start the came, in case there are any last-minute people looking to get in applications.
Re: Character App: Vestar Ashari - Signifiers
The signifiers are: Rose Burning Sweetly, Kniferose Unblooming, and Kniferose Unsheathed.
Rose Burning Sweetly would stand for someone who cares greatly for aesthetics and organization and whose bark was worse than their bite (even though the bark is pretty bad).
Kniferose Unblooming would represent insecurity and getting lost in the details to the point of stagnation.
Kniferose Unsheathed represent someone sharp, who follows through, is always ready to strike, and is just slightly unstable.
Ashari takes great care to usually display Rose Burning Sweetly so that people will underestimate them.
Re: Character App: Vestar Ashari - Signifiers