--OOC Information—
Minecraft IGN: kaskaden
Prior Roleplay Experience: I have been playing on Minecraft roleplay servers for several years now, probably off and on since I was 12(I am now 18). I have played on Shadows of Valenwood, Lands of Morundia, Vilkaya, quite a few elder scrolls themed servers. It has been a little while since I have played on one though.
Define Power-gaming in your own words: Power-gaming is when a player role-plays unrealistically given their character and its skills, talents, abilities, and it makes it not only less enjoyable but also unfair to other players. An example of this would be: a character always finding themselves in an optimal position for executing a lethal blow, or a character having insane magic ability despite having no training, trinket, etc.
Define Meta-gaming in your own words: Meta-gaming is when a player uses information they obtained OOC to benefit their character during roleplay. This could be learning the location of a character via discord and using that in rp, knowing certain weaknesses that would not be common knowledge, etc.
Define Role-Playing in your own words: Role-playing is an experience in which a player creates/takes on the role of a character to act accordingly in all kinds of scenarios depending on what they set said character out to be. A player comes to an understanding of their character's place in the world, and the character's actions should reflect their personality, motives, abilities, etc.
--IC Information—
Character name: Emiliana
Race: High Elf
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Character Description: Emiliana stands at a modest height of 6'8, but being as she is still on the cusp of adulthood, she will one day stand slightly taller. She carries herself well, and her slender frame complements her strong, elegant posture. Her full lips adorn her face beautifully, a prominent red color that is particularly striking in contrast to her notably pale skin. Her hair, which she mostly wears back in a bun, is so light that it could almost be mistaken for snow, her eyebrows quite a bit darker than any of the rest of her hair. She bears a scar through her left brow, a constant reminder of her childhood. Rather than her eyes matching the color of her hair, as is prevalent in High Elves, Emiliana has very light, almost ghostly looking, blue eyes. While nearly every individual thing about her stands out as beautiful on its own, there is something awkward that exists in her holistic beauty. Her toned arms and body a result of both her race and her active lifestyle, having some training with her father.
(At least one to two paragraphs describing your character’s physical appearance, including height, eye color, and skin tone.)
Character Occupation: (Optional) N/A but has artistic(writing, drawing, singing) and political(social skills, lots of ideas)affinities.
(For us to understand your characters starting skill set, your character still will need to contact the Kingdom to purchase any property)
Character Personality/Traits: Generally, when people first meet or interact with Emiliana, it is her bright personality and rather optimistic views, considering all she has lived through in her brief 29 years, that pique interest. Although, how much of this optimism is genuine and how much is forced is a matter that even she herself is not quite sure of. She exudes youth, and despite her outwardly bubbly personality, every day for her is an eternal conflict. She deals with unusual shifts in her mood, energy levels, ability to concentrate, etc. There are days when even the simplest task seems daunting to her. (bipolar disorder, has to deal with manic and depressive episodes) Pairing with her bright personality, she has always desired to form truly meaningful connections but something has always held her back. Emiliana also struggles with her sexuality, as in Elven culture especially, any homosexual behavior or thoughts are more than simply "frowned upon."
At least one to two paragraphs describing their personality traits and/or quirks.)
Character Biography: When Emiliana was born, her mother bled and her bleeding never ceased. The day that her precious life began, her mother's ended. Rather than her mother's death creating a divide in the relationships between her and her father and sister, it brought them closer together than they ever would have been had the outcome been different. Her father, a High Elf named Katager, valued his daughters above all else. Whether he was a good man or not could have been argued, but he was unrivaled as a parent. Growing up in Barkamsted meant she was always around plenty of different peoples. It was here that she first ever experienced an attraction, of the romantic kind, with another girl around her age. It was never something she acted on, as she knows what people would think, what they would say and do. Especially as an Elf. It only added more turmoil inside her mind that was already often at odds with itself.
Emiliana was spoiled and sheltered, about as much as anyone could be during times of war, plague, and death. She mostly did whatever she pleased, from playing outside with others her age, to staying in the house and not leaving her bed on the days where she was not kind to herself. She has always enjoyed writing and drawing while growing up, both activities in which she continues to do. She grew up with very little responsibility. While very outgoing and kindhearted, Emiliana has always struggled to grow truly close to anyone outside of her father, despite craving and desiring to only second to her desire to be like her mother. When the plague came, it took Emiliana's only friend and his entire family with him. Luckily, Emiliana and her sister were quarantined safely and came out of the ordeal physically unharmed. Already struggling with her mental health from a very young age, losing the one person she felt was there for her crushed her. When her father left for war, she was the most alone she had ever been. Despite her sister's presence, Emiliana had no one. Elenwen was always somewhat jealous of her magical ability, and it festered in the time that their father was absent.
When the war finally ended, and their father returned home having managed to survive solely motivated by the idea of being there for his daughters, always, things were different. Emiliana endured seemingly endless abuse in all variations from her sister. The scar in her brow is a result of this abuse. Emiliana's mood swings were worse than they had ever been, and Katager knew not how to help her. Emiliana's father spent plenty of time with her when he returned, only this time, instead of telling stories as she sat on his lap, they trained. They ran together and practiced very basic swordplay for a time, and Emiliana found comfort in this because she was tired of feeling like a victim beneath her sister. Katager, despite the wonderful father he was, was oblivious to the inner workings of Emiliana and Elenwen's relationship. Despite the quality time spent with her father, Emiliana was ready to move on. She was seeking deep personal connections, a life to call her own, and ways to cope with the internal conflict her mind continuously faces.
(At least three paragraphs describing your character's history and experiences, you must reference server lore)
Other/Extra: (Images, notes, etc.)
--Scenarios—
Please give us a roleplay response to both of these scenarios, at least one paragraph each:
A small riot breaks out in Barkamsted between Humans and Pact races. They're quickly gaining the attention of the guards as the situation escalates. Your character is somehow swept up into the crowd as the situation grows more dangerous, what do they do?
Emiliana, far from being a confrontational person, let alone a fighter, feels overwhelmed. Using the somewhat fit body that she does have, she makes slight attempts to push through the crowd, but is far from strong enough to make any headway. She prays to Kinos that the guards take care of things before anyone, including herself, is seriously injured.
For whatever reason, your character finds themselves in an ancient tomb, the walls thick with brambles and foliage. From up ahead, you spy what appears to be a shambling mound of something. It pauses, quivers and moans. What do they do?
While Emiliana, curious and the thinker that she is, intended to learn whatever she could from visiting this otherwise quiet tomb, the potential threat is too much and instantly causes her to return to where she had been walking from. She would head out and find someone to hire to guide and protect her the rest of the way, until she finds what she is looking for.
--Magic Application--
(Optional, this form must be filled out if you want your character to have magic at all.)
Magic Biography:
It was years before Emiliana learned anything about her mother. Her father always told her how much she reminded him of her. Not only did she take after her mother physically, maturing into that same beauty her mother possessed, but Katager always talked about how he could see that same "spark" that he saw in Emiliana's eyes in her mother's. It is something that her sister, Elenwen, was missing. Emiliana's mother was aspected in both lightning and holy magic, and while she was no master of the arcane arts, she, much like 80% of the High Elves possessed an innate ability to use magic. Emiliana falls into this same majority, being like most of the rest of her kind. Katager, her father, was the same. Only, he was aspected in fire, telekinesis, and illusion. He lied to her about this for all of her childhood, leading her to believe her father was without any aspects. Emiliana stands apart from her parents in the fact that she is able to use 4 aspects(this is unknown to her currently. she knows she is aspected to holy and lightning magic like her mother is, but beyond that is unaware.).
Having never known her mother, Emiliana grew up clinging on to stories about her strong, proud mother. She remembers vividly, nights where she would climb up into her father's lap as she listened to him gush over her beautiful mother and told tales about her and her pretty necklace and her sparking fingertips. Katager held on tightly to that necklace, despite his inability to use it. Even without ever having been in her life, Emiliana's mother was her hero. She spent much of her time sketching and writing, painting her out to be some out of this world phenomenon, when in reality, her mother never possessed a trinket powerful enough to showcase any real, impressive magical abilities.
One day, when Emiliana was still quite young, her father left the trinket out in their home, and when she saw it, she knew immediately what she was looking at. She picked it up, closed her eyes, and thought back on all the stories about her mother's sparking fingertips. Her sister approached her, while her eyes were still closed, and reached for the necklace. The small, hardly noticeable static shock that resulted was Emiliana's first ever use of magic, and knowing it was there, within her, just like it was in her mother brought her a level of joy unmatched. She left the necklace alone after that, and after her father returned home she never saw her mother's trinket again. She has aspirations to one day be a student within the Mage's Guild, as her desire to be close to her mother in any way burns strong.
(At least three paragraphs about your character's relationship to magic, and how they may discover their potential.)
Please describe the magic system, including its limitations in your own words: While anyone capable of using magic is born with that capability, it means nothing if they are not in possession of a trinket. These magical artifacts vary in strength and aspect. A user of magic would both need to be aspected to lightning, and need to possess a strong trinket aspected to lightning in order to channel magic through and cast a constant stream of electricity, for example. The amount of aspects a magic user can have is dependent upon their race. For example, high elves, such as Emiliana, can be aspected in a maximum of 4 types of magic.
If a magic user wants to cast magic in something they are not aspected in, their ability to use that magic and strength of said magic will be significantly limited, only ever being able to reach up to medium level. Also, attempting to use magic more powerful than the trinket possessed will likely result in the destruction of the trinket. A magic user also must train similarly to an athlete, and build the "muscle" that is their pool for using magic. If they overcast, they can face many consequences such as severe fatigue, comas, death, etc. Magic also requires concentration. I personally think Emiliana will be an interesting user of magic because of how her different bipolar episodes can affect things like her ability to concentrate among other things.
(Two Paragraphs, please mention how one would cast, the limitations to casting and specific races, and the consequences of overuse)
Please describe how you would use a weak trinket with your characters first/only aspect:
Emiliana, nervous and yet not showing it in the slightest, fidgeted with the ring around her finger. As the charming boy leaned in to kiss her, she channeled a bit of magic through her weak trinket, up into her lips, and when hers touched with his, a small shock was released. Pulling away, unable to help the grin spreading across her face, Emiliana whispers, "I told you there'd be sparks."
(Try to be creative, while acknowledging its limitations and utility uses)
-Please note that some aspects are set when a character is born, while others are up to practice. The number of aspects you have is limited by your character's race, but they may have less than the max should you so choose, but they will not be able to regain that lost aspect naturally-
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--OOC Information—
Minecraft IGN: kaskaden
Prior Roleplay Experience: I have been playing on Minecraft roleplay servers for several years now, probably off and on since I was 12(I am now 18). I have played on Shadows of Valenwood, Lands of Morundia, Vilkaya, quite a few elder scrolls themed servers. It has been a little while since I have played on one though.
Define Power-gaming in your own words: Power-gaming is when a player role-plays unrealistically given their character and its skills, talents, abilities, and it makes it not only less enjoyable but also unfair to other players. An example of this would be: a character always finding themselves in an optimal position for executing a lethal blow, or a character having insane magic ability despite having no training, trinket, etc.
Define Meta-gaming in your own words: Meta-gaming is when a player uses information they obtained OOC to benefit their character during roleplay. This could be learning the location of a character via discord and using that in rp, knowing certain weaknesses that would not be common knowledge, etc.
Define Role-Playing in your own words: Role-playing is an experience in which a player creates/takes on the role of a character to act accordingly in all kinds of scenarios depending on what they set said character out to be. A player comes to an understanding of their character's place in the world, and the character's actions should reflect their personality, motives, abilities, etc.
--IC Information—
Character name: Emiliana
Race: High Elf
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Character Description: Emiliana stands at a modest height of 6'8, but being as she is still on the cusp of adulthood, she will one day stand slightly taller. She carries herself well, and her slender frame complements her strong, elegant posture. Her full lips adorn her face beautifully, a prominent red color that is particularly striking in contrast to her notably pale skin. Her hair, which she mostly wears back in a bun, is so light that it could almost be mistaken for snow, her eyebrows quite a bit darker than any of the rest of her hair. She bears a scar through her left brow, a constant reminder of her childhood. Rather than her eyes matching the color of her hair, as is prevalent in High Elves, Emiliana has very light, almost ghostly looking, blue eyes. While nearly every individual thing about her stands out as beautiful on its own, there is something awkward that exists in her holistic beauty. Her toned arms and body a result of both her race and her active lifestyle, having some training with her father.
(At least one to two paragraphs describing your character’s physical appearance, including height, eye color, and skin tone.)
Character Occupation: (Optional) N/A but has artistic(writing, drawing, singing) and political(social skills, lots of ideas)affinities.
(For us to understand your characters starting skill set, your character still will need to contact the Kingdom to purchase any property)
Character Personality/Traits: Generally, when people first meet or interact with Emiliana, it is her bright personality and rather optimistic views, considering all she has lived through in her brief 29 years, that pique interest. Although, how much of this optimism is genuine and how much is forced is a matter that even she herself is not quite sure of. She exudes youth, and despite her outwardly bubbly personality, every day for her is an eternal conflict. She deals with unusual shifts in her mood, energy levels, ability to concentrate, etc. There are days when even the simplest task seems daunting to her. (bipolar disorder, has to deal with manic and depressive episodes) Pairing with her bright personality, she has always desired to form truly meaningful connections but something has always held her back. Emiliana also struggles with her sexuality, as in Elven culture especially, any homosexual behavior or thoughts are more than simply "frowned upon."
At least one to two paragraphs describing their personality traits and/or quirks.)
Character Biography: When Emiliana was born, her mother bled and her bleeding never ceased. The day that her precious life began, her mother's ended. Rather than her mother's death creating a divide in the relationships between her and her father and sister, it brought them closer together than they ever would have been had the outcome been different. Her father, a High Elf named Katager, valued his daughters above all else. Whether he was a good man or not could have been argued, but he was unrivaled as a parent. Growing up in Barkamsted meant she was always around plenty of different peoples. It was here that she first ever experienced an attraction, of the romantic kind, with another girl around her age. It was never something she acted on, as she knows what people would think, what they would say and do. Especially as an Elf. It only added more turmoil inside her mind that was already often at odds with itself.
Emiliana was spoiled and sheltered, about as much as anyone could be during times of war, plague, and death. She mostly did whatever she pleased, from playing outside with others her age, to staying in the house and not leaving her bed on the days where she was not kind to herself. She has always enjoyed writing and drawing while growing up, both activities in which she continues to do. She grew up with very little responsibility. While very outgoing and kindhearted, Emiliana has always struggled to grow truly close to anyone outside of her father, despite craving and desiring to only second to her desire to be like her mother. When the plague came, it took Emiliana's only friend and his entire family with him. Luckily, Emiliana and her sister were quarantined safely and came out of the ordeal physically unharmed. Already struggling with her mental health from a very young age, losing the one person she felt was there for her crushed her. When her father left for war, she was the most alone she had ever been. Despite her sister's presence, Emiliana had no one. Elenwen was always somewhat jealous of her magical ability, and it festered in the time that their father was absent.
When the war finally ended, and their father returned home having managed to survive solely motivated by the idea of being there for his daughters, always, things were different. Emiliana endured seemingly endless abuse in all variations from her sister. The scar in her brow is a result of this abuse. Emiliana's mood swings were worse than they had ever been, and Katager knew not how to help her. Emiliana's father spent plenty of time with her when he returned, only this time, instead of telling stories as she sat on his lap, they trained. They ran together and practiced very basic swordplay for a time, and Emiliana found comfort in this because she was tired of feeling like a victim beneath her sister. Katager, despite the wonderful father he was, was oblivious to the inner workings of Emiliana and Elenwen's relationship. Despite the quality time spent with her father, Emiliana was ready to move on. She was seeking deep personal connections, a life to call her own, and ways to cope with the internal conflict her mind continuously faces.
(At least three paragraphs describing your character's history and experiences, you must reference server lore)
Other/Extra: (Images, notes, etc.)
--Scenarios—
Please give us a roleplay response to both of these scenarios, at least one paragraph each:
A small riot breaks out in Barkamsted between Humans and Pact races. They're quickly gaining the attention of the guards as the situation escalates. Your character is somehow swept up into the crowd as the situation grows more dangerous, what do they do?
Emiliana, far from being a confrontational person, let alone a fighter, feels overwhelmed. Using the somewhat fit body that she does have, she makes slight attempts to push through the crowd, but is far from strong enough to make any headway. She prays to Kinos that the guards take care of things before anyone, including herself, is seriously injured.
For whatever reason, your character finds themselves in an ancient tomb, the walls thick with brambles and foliage. From up ahead, you spy what appears to be a shambling mound of something. It pauses, quivers and moans. What do they do?
While Emiliana, curious and the thinker that she is, intended to learn whatever she could from visiting this otherwise quiet tomb, the potential threat is too much and instantly causes her to return to where she had been walking from. She would head out and find someone to hire to guide and protect her the rest of the way, until she finds what she is looking for.
--Magic Application--
(Optional, this form must be filled out if you want your character to have magic at all.)
Magic Biography:
It was years before Emiliana learned anything about her mother. Her father always told her how much she reminded him of her. Not only did she take after her mother physically, maturing into that same beauty her mother possessed, but Katager always talked about how he could see that same "spark" that he saw in Emiliana's eyes in her mother's. It is something that her sister, Elenwen, was missing. Emiliana's mother was aspected in both lightning and holy magic, and while she was no master of the arcane arts, she, much like 80% of the High Elves possessed an innate ability to use magic. Emiliana falls into this same majority, being like most of the rest of her kind. Katager, her father, was the same. Only, he was aspected in fire, telekinesis, and illusion. He lied to her about this for all of her childhood, leading her to believe her father was without any aspects. Emiliana stands apart from her parents in the fact that she is able to use 4 aspects(this is unknown to her currently. she knows she is aspected to holy and lightning magic like her mother is, but beyond that is unaware.).
Having never known her mother, Emiliana grew up clinging on to stories about her strong, proud mother. She remembers vividly, nights where she would climb up into her father's lap as she listened to him gush over her beautiful mother and told tales about her and her pretty necklace and her sparking fingertips. Katager held on tightly to that necklace, despite his inability to use it. Even without ever having been in her life, Emiliana's mother was her hero. She spent much of her time sketching and writing, painting her out to be some out of this world phenomenon, when in reality, her mother never possessed a trinket powerful enough to showcase any real, impressive magical abilities.
One day, when Emiliana was still quite young, her father left the trinket out in their home, and when she saw it, she knew immediately what she was looking at. She picked it up, closed her eyes, and thought back on all the stories about her mother's sparking fingertips. Her sister approached her, while her eyes were still closed, and reached for the necklace. The small, hardly noticeable static shock that resulted was Emiliana's first ever use of magic, and knowing it was there, within her, just like it was in her mother brought her a level of joy unmatched. She left the necklace alone after that, and after her father returned home she never saw her mother's trinket again. She has aspirations to one day be a student within the Mage's Guild, as her desire to be close to her mother in any way burns strong.
(At least three paragraphs about your character's relationship to magic, and how they may discover their potential.)
Please describe the magic system, including its limitations in your own words: While anyone capable of using magic is born with that capability, it means nothing if they are not in possession of a trinket. These magical artifacts vary in strength and aspect. A user of magic would both need to be aspected to lightning, and need to possess a strong trinket aspected to lightning in order to channel magic through and cast a constant stream of electricity, for example. The amount of aspects a magic user can have is dependent upon their race. For example, high elves, such as Emiliana, can be aspected in a maximum of 4 types of magic.
If a magic user wants to cast magic in something they are not aspected in, their ability to use that magic and strength of said magic will be significantly limited, only ever being able to reach up to medium level. Also, attempting to use magic more powerful than the trinket possessed will likely result in the destruction of the trinket. A magic user also must train similarly to an athlete, and build the "muscle" that is their pool for using magic. If they overcast, they can face many consequences such as severe fatigue, comas, death, etc. Magic also requires concentration. I personally think Emiliana will be an interesting user of magic because of how her different bipolar episodes can affect things like her ability to concentrate among other things.
(Two Paragraphs, please mention how one would cast, the limitations to casting and specific races, and the consequences of overuse)
Please describe how you would use a weak trinket with your characters first/only aspect:
Emiliana, nervous and yet not showing it in the slightest, fidgeted with the ring around her finger. As the charming boy leaned in to kiss her, she channeled a bit of magic through her weak trinket, up into her lips, and when hers touched with his, a small shock was released. Pulling away, unable to help the grin spreading across her face, Emiliana whispers, "I told you there'd be sparks."
(Try to be creative, while acknowledging its limitations and utility uses)
-Please note that some aspects are set when a character is born, while others are up to practice. The number of aspects you have is limited by your character's race, but they may have less than the max should you so choose, but they will not be able to regain that lost aspect naturally-