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Canon Resource Links: Here we would have the links to wikis and other information sites. If none of those seem to provide enough information, feel free to add more about the character here. However, please do not use this section as a full history section unless your canon is ridiculously obscure. General rule of thumb: if there are a good amount of descriptive resources, please just link them and use this section to add in what may have been left out, as opposed to writing an entire history section.

Original Character Background: THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs describing the following for your character:
- Their world (OCs): Is it magic? Medieval? Futuristic? An Earth like ours?
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists): What have been the key events in their lives to date? What kind of background do they have?
- For customizable/silent protagonists: How are you justifying your portrayal of the character? What is your in-canon evidence? Please explain how, if your character lacks dialogue or a set background, you determined their history and personality.

Personality: Give us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs of how you understand your character's personality. Talk about basic characteristics, any major developments over the course of their canon, their motives, their social behavior, strengths and weaknesses, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: What career path will your character be taking? Breeder, Trainer? Or maybe even down the dark path of becoming a member of Team Rocket? Note: All Rocket members start as grunts. (For right now, only those three positions are available, whether your character chooses to follow their assigned path or not.)
Starter: What starter Pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from.

Samples
RP Sample: The sample must be a thread, with at least five comments from you, that you have made anywhere with this character in the last four months at the canon point you have chosen for said character. Linking to a post or log containing multiple threads will also suffice, as long as at least one of the threads has the required number of comments. This thread sample can be in any format (e.g. network post, prose log, actionspam, Dear Mun post, and so on). While it does not have to be set in Victory Road's setting, you can use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, as long as it's a different thread than one used for the second sample below. What we are looking for here is grasp of your character's voice and a sense of how you operate as a role-player. If we feel that the sample provided is not adequate, we reserve the right to ask for another.

Victory Road Sample: This sample must take place in Victory Road's setting and can be EITHER a written post OR another thread if you would prefer not to write a post. The minimum is 300 words for a prose sample, eight sentences for a network post/actionspam sample, or ten comments total (five from you) in an RP sample. What we are looking for here is how the character responds to the Pokéworld's setting. You can also use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, but you cannot use the same top-level for the first sample above.

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Player
Name: Silas
E-mail: twilightforestlullaby@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

chromatus
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A

Character
Name: Cloud Strife
Series: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Timeline: Leaving Midgar
Canon Resource Links: here

Personality:
Cloud, despite his gruff and cold demeanor he tries to portray, is incredibly caring. There is quite a few times where he shows how much he cares for those around him. He gives his own brand of encouragement to Wedge to get the other to be more confident and is willing to help out Tifa and Barret around the neighborhood even if he grumbles about pay. Some of his side quests involve children, whom he seems to have a sort of soft spot for.

Being rather open-minded, Cloud isn’t really shaken by what people do. Cloud takes to being flirted with by men and women about the same, which is awkwardly, yet he doesn’t really tell anyone to knock it off. As is shown with some of his dialogue with Jesse, Cloud is sort of capable of being able to flirt back. He is rather accepting of his friends even if he makes comments to the contrary. They also are most likely to come across Cloud’s dry and ironic sense of humor.

Cloud is rather intelligent and retains a lot of what he learns. For the group, he is the go-to guy for information about SHINRA and their enemies. Due to his time working for SHINRA, he knows the general layouts and the some of the internal logistics of the company. Everything new presented to him is of course remembered for later as well, such as the tunnel Aerith shows Cloud that leads to Sector 7 through the playground by the gate.

He can be very dismissive as part of his colder attitude towards others. For a good part of the first half of the game, Cloud refuses to admit he’s friends with anyone. This is due to him trying to remain the mercenary who doesn’t anyone. Cloud also hides his emotions and dismisses them when he’s asked how he feels. His face is like an open book though, so his friends can tell when something is bothering him despite him trying his best to remain unreadable. The hardest emotion for him to hide is his confusion when presented with new social situations.

Which leads to Cloud being awkward in general. One of the biggest displays in the entire game is with Aerith when they are traveling towards Sector 7. She tries to give him a high five and receives confusion in return. This goes on for a few tries before Cloud really tires and they are finally successful when they reach the end of the tunnel. This is a good example of how bad Cloud can be with people, yet does his best to try and be better.

Ruthlessness is something displayed in the Remake more as he is shown to be more than willing to kill Johnny for the perceived betrayal of Avalanche. Cloud makes no secret that he is willing to do anything to get a job done, including killing, though he draws a line at sacrifice of his friends.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Rockruff
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: TDM Toplevel

Victory Road Sample:
[Waking in this new place was starting to become more of a getting used to it situation over a “can I please just leave” one. Cloud can feel his Rockruff curled up tightly against his side. A comfort when everything else felt too surreal. Even as he tries to deny that he likes things like animals, he can’t get himself to treat his Rockruff badly. She was his partner and the only thing in this world he could depend on at the moment.

He sighs as he sits up for another day of “adventure”. Mercenary work didn’t seem to be much of a thing here. Apparently, he was a trainer, and was meant to get his Rockruff to be strong for gym challenges. He was okay with part of that. Battles got him money, and money was something he understood.

Reaching over, he pats his Pokemon till she wakes with a squeaking yawn. Her big stretch gets a rare smile from the blond mercenary. No one was here to see it so no one could say he was even capable of it. Aerith would be jealous that a puppy was getting more out of Cloud than she and the others could. Cloud wouldn’t mind his friends being here, yet it better they weren’t. They could make it out of the Midgar outlying area and to the new town on their own…. Or so he hopes.]

Come on. We need to get going.

[Another day, another chance for a Pokedollar. Should he find more Pokemon to add to his team? Probably. There had been an Espurr following them. A Psychic type from the looks of it, and his Rockruff seemed to like it well enough. It was strange that it had followed them into the hotel room but wouldn’t come near their camp.

Cloud wouldn’t question it for the moment. Breakfast was more important. The next time they would be in a city, he would make sure to stop up on Pokepuffs if he could. Then he would figure out what Pokemon to catch next. Train them up to get ready to face the first gym battle and get a badge. There still was some questions as to why badges were relevant, but he knows they will help him travel around in the end.]

Eat fast. We don’t have a lot of daylight to work with.

Unfortunately, we can't accept your application at this time.

While the Final Fantasy VII remake is an incomplete work, and we are aware that events or characters in the canon will change in unknown ways, we still cannot accept an application that excludes an exploration into his character's motives and history, including his relationships with other characters in his canon. Inference and extrapolation from the original canon are fine; speculative treatment of pivotal features of Cloud's character (as the main/playable character and nexus of major plot elements) such as issues of identity, trauma, and memory are preferred to no mention or treatment at all.

For these reasons, we cannot accept your application at this time. Please feel free to reapply as many times as you like.

Player
Name: Leah
E-mail: malea.botor[at]gmail[dot]com
Preferred Contact: PM,

maleabotor
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: n/a

Character
Name: Marvus Xoloto
Series: Homestuck
Timeline: Seconds after his last appearance in Hiveswap Act 2
Canon Resource Links: Friendsim appearance and the plot of Hiveswap Act 2. Note that this wiki has a bunch of value judgements and assessments of Marvus’ character that I disagree with. :/ I’ll go over it in the personality.

Personality: The main thing about Marvus is he’s just unreasonably chilled out. Like, even considering the stuff that happens in his episode of the Friendsim is mostly pretty commonplace for trolls, he’s still obscenely relaxed anyway. The crowd riots to death and he just smiles and keeps rapping. Reality begins to unravel and he calmly enacts his plan to bring the PC to safety. But on top of that, highbloods (the Troll species has a caste system based on their rainbow blood colour, red at the bottom, fuchsia at the top, Marvus is purple which makes him 3rd to highest) are expected to be vicious and enforce the caste system and Marvus just. Doesn’t care. He cares enough to make a show of killing the PC for being a redblooded alien who didn’t stand at the back of the crowd for highblood cred, but doesn’t actually do it. He later says that he’s against the caste system, and that purplebloods are the most subjugated and underprivileged class (very arguable) but it seems less like he’s actively fighting the system and more that he just. Doesn’t. Care. My theory here is that has something to do with his powers of knowledge of canonicity. This is something I’ve had to theorise about because they haven’t and may never explain what is actually going on. Thanks, Homestuck. He has knowledge of his position and status within a narrative. In Homestuck, the main characters all have Classes like Rogue and Heir and Aspects like Space and Heart that relate to certain abilities. Marvus’ canon Aspect is Time, and based on his ability here I’ve decided his Class is likely Mage. This essentially means he has a very basic knowledge of the existence of other paths in the timeline and a vague awareness of their content. An instinct that would have really started when he hit 13/6 sweeps. He discusses his and the Player Character’s existence in a narrative that’s extracanonical to main Homestuck as well as the nature of the ‘correct’ path. Knowing things aren’t real and that his life is merely one path among multiple choices isn’t enough for him to feel like reality isn’t valid, but it’s definitely enough to give him a bit of disconnect from it. Like super chill and low-key dissociation. He’s ok with not being real but it means that it’s hard to get too worked up about the overall picture.

Another key element of Marvus is that he’s just. Constantly lying. For one, the Charisma Magnifying power he has is a lie in itself, making him seem way more incredible to people than he would naturally. But aside from that, he doesn’t tell anyone about the way he interacts with and understands the world via his canon knowledge unless they mention it first, like the PC. So he’ll have vague notions of things and have to make up reasons for why he has them. On top of that, as a highblooded celebrity, he has to have a whole persona going in connection with that. That’s why when he rescues the PC from getting totally killed by the crowd and it’s pretty obvious they have red blood, he runs a whole fake stabbing scenario where he accuses them of breaking caste rules and pretends to kill them onstage. He subsequently talks about how he thinks the caste system is bullshit, so it wasn’t just a single exception. It’s something he actively doesn’t believe in that he’s pretending to care about in the public eye. Considering as he’s been pretty constantly filmed since he won Troll American Idol (Slam or Get Culled) a few years back, he’s been Playing Highblood at least that long. It’s honestly never entirely clear when he’s being truthful or real.

Overall, though, he’s a pretty decent guy for a troll. In fact, almost suspiciously decent for a troll. I’m truly sorry, I have to take a moment to explain troll romance here. Troll romance has quadrants. There are two sexy ones that are lovesex and hatesex. There’s one that’s basically mediation for angry trolls. And then there’s moirallegiance, also known as pale romance. It’s like…a very codependent cuddle friendship where each member tries to keep the other one safe and calm and level. Marvus….is a paleslut. He’s overly friendly to a lot of people, and you especially see it with the PC. He meets the PC that day, and in one path, he’s rushing them around in his limo, trying to save their life and protecting them from explosions. In the other, he carries them tenderly into the greenroom and handfeeds them a sandwich on his couch. He really likes being pale…which for humans means he’s a lot friendlier in a human way than a lot of other trolls are, all the way to the point of…service domming? Is that a thing? It’s kind of a thing he does.

In terms of my disagreeing with the wiki…I sincerely don’t think Marvus was cackling, waiting to pull the rug out from under Joey. The way the scene at the end plays out, he clearly just wants to 1. get Joey to amuse the clown car so she can pass through unmolested, 2. learn how to kill or at least fake it for survival. If Joey does just. The worst job of pretending to kill people, he spends the whole time debating the other most dangerous clown into accepting these “kills”, and when Joey has to kill a purpleblood and tells Marvus that she doesn’t know what she’s going to do because she hasn’t actually killed anyone, he shushes her, tells her he knows, sends her on a wild goose chase for Faygo at the very back of the train where there isn’t any pop, and then gets the other clowns to release Joey’s friend to protect her when one of them tries to kill her. The whole thing has the energy of someone’s pet cat bringing them a nearly dead small animal to try and teach them to hunt. Marvus has always been fairly disconnected from everything except for specific people he chooses to fixate on (Friendsim’s PC and Joey, both the Main Characters of their respective games), and I feel like calling him an evil liar is a pretty narrow and basic view of his character. It might have been cruel for Marvus to force Joey to kill people, sure, that was definitely an unfair situation for Joey to end up in. But as Marvus went out of his way to help Joey the entire game, including during the murder game, I don’t think calling him the Secret Villain is accurate. He’s Chaotic Neutral, not Evil, basically. He has a Clown Troll sense of morality.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder
Starter: Poochyena
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: Marvo on the TDM

Victory Road Sample: The main difficulty Marvus has found himself facing here, in Human Fiduspawn Land, is the culture gap. Certain aspects of Alternia have the potential to seem either exotic, or dangerous in an interesting way. With the initial small fanbase he’s been building online, for instance, there is a definite fascination with his teeth. Most people do seem to assume he’s wearing fake teeth but that’s alright. Less threatening that way. And in a reality built for wigglers, ‘less threatening’ than usual clown levels seems to be the way to go.

The real problem is with the aspects of Alternian culture that are unpleasant, or distasteful to humans--often things that never would have occurred to him might be weird. Ape lusi eat bugs, just like trolls, so discovering the general modern human distaste for insects was incredibly confusing, and a lucky catch before he was spotted publicly in early fame days with one of the few insect dishes available. (He might be able to get away with it if he makes it a Challenge? He needs to do more research.) The other weird part is the variety of fashion. It isn’t as if he doesn’t have a couple more outfits arranged at home, like any highblood does for alternate functions. But humans wear different clothes constantly, multiple sets for the exact same purpose. All the local highblood equivalents have more outfits than anyone else. This is a very difficult problem to solve, honestly, as he can’t acquire highblood resources without first being a highblood. He expects this is probably how it must feel to be a lowblood. Anyway, he’s discovered that not only is it difficult to source his same main outfit but that even if he had more than one, people would assume he was marinating in his own filth! That’s already a clown stereotype! Ideally, he’s not going to create the same stereotypes over again in a different branch of reality!

All of this is stacked on top of trying to be sure he understands every aspect of what his new body requires to function similarly to the old one, AND learning the local slam scene. At least his quirk already involves a censor. Humans expect society to be wiggler-proofed, here, and they coddle these kids like an anxious seadweller lusus. One of the major ‘rap’ genres seems to just be listing Pokémon, which is a little safer than Marvus quite wants to be. But that still means learning an entire bestiary to drop appropriate and relevant punchlines. He honestly doesn’t believe a troll with less hustle than he has would be managing at all.

It’s fine. It’s chill. It’ll all be worth it in the end.

Edited 2021-01-04 02:01 (UTC)

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Player
Name: Sunny
E-mail: blossomdreams15@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: Plurk:

sunnycrow , Discord: Sunny#5819
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A

Character
Name: Ashe Ubert
Series: Fire Emblem Three Houses
Timeline: post time skip after chapter 17
Canon Resource Links: FE Wiki

Personality: Ashe is a nice and friendly young man who’s always ready to help the people closest to him. When he was a child he used to help his parents in their restaurant. However, he lost them to a disease that left him to take care of his two younger siblings. He started to do honest work, until he realized it wouldn’t be enough to take care of all of them. From there he turned into a thief since it was an easier way for him to make a lot of money. One day when he broke into a noble’s house he was going to steal a book, but the cover caught his attention so much that he ended up getting caught by the noble. However, instead of sending him to jail he decided to adopt Ashe and his siblings. After that Ashe became quite grateful to Lonato for giving him a better life. Due to his past as a thief he doesn’t quickly judge people, he’ll want to hear the reason behind what they’re doing instead.

Ashe has a dream of becoming a knight so he’ll be able to better protect his precious people. After being adopted by Lonato and getting to know his adopted brother Christophe, he decided that he wanted to be a knight so he could protect them. He also admires the knights in the books he loves to read that he aspires to be noble in the same way. Even when his classmate Felix tries to tell him that he should aim for something else, Ashe doesn’t take the criticism to heart. He encourages Felix to read the book and they talk about Ashe continuing his dream.

Ashe is able to see beyond many people acts on the surface into the personalities that they hide underneath the mask. He’s able to see the good side that Felix hides with his indifference. He doesn’t mind complimenting a person on their skills either such as the way he tells Annette that he admired her study habits. He’s quick to help out people when they need it, but when it comes to people helping him out he’ll get overwhelmed from it. Ashe helped Mercedes with her cooking and reassured her when she worried that she caused a problem for him. However, when Dedue did a favor for Ashe by cooking him dinner when he came back late, he ended up crying into the meal because he was so overwhelmed from the gesture. Since he took care of his siblings when he was young, he doesn’t expect anyone to do the same for him that when it does happen he’ll react very strongly to it.

He’s optimistic and tries to do his best to look on the bright side to things or hope for another outcome if it can happen. During the war he let Byleth know that he kept faith that one day Byleth would return. When he returned to the monastery after the five year time skip he didn’t stop believing that Dedue would come back to them alive or that Dimitri would get the help he needed. Ashe will continue to hope, until there are signs that he should put it aside.

He’ll lift up the people around him whenever they talk down about themselves, but when it comes to himself he doesn’t see the same things. When Petra commends him for being able to barter with shopkeepers Ashe will let her know it’s not a big thing. He does the same to Dimitri when he complimented him on how quickly and efficiently he does chores. Ashe will let him know that it’s nothing and he’s used to doing it. Ashe views himself as a commoner that doesn’t have as many skills as the people in his house or the ones he befriends outside his house. Many people around him will reassure him that he’s much more than he thinks.

While he may be happy and friendly there are times when he has to control his anger. After he learned that Catherine, one of the instructors, was responsible for his brother’s death he confronted her about it. He accepted that they would be allies, but he still haven’t forgiven her for turning in his brother. When he told Dedue about what people were saying about him, he was upset on his behalf. He argued with Caspar over punishments for thieves then later on over what he was feeding the cat. Ashe may not get mad often, but when he does he will not hide it.

Ashe is also very loyal to his friends, Byleth, and the Blue Lions house. Something that he shows throughout the game. He will always be there for them and use his power to protect them. Ashe may be gentle on the surface with the way he takes care of cats, the flowers in the greenhouse, and volunteers in the kitchen, yet under that surface is a strong man who will do whatever he can to protect the special people in his life.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder
Starter: Lv. 5 Piplup
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: TDM top level

Victory Road Sample: TDM level with Orpheus

Edited 2021-01-09 05:08 (UTC)

Player
Name: Maggie
E-mail: maggieegauntt@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

omixgirl10
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Grant Abaroa

Character
Name: Millennial Tree Cookie
Series: Cookie Run
Timeline: After the City of the Millennial Tree event
Canon Resource Links: Wiki Page

So, the “story” section here is pretty short and vague (because it’s just the flavor text from his in-game character page), so to elaborate on that just a little bit: The Millennial Tree was an ancient (potentially millions of years old, despite the name’s implications) tree which had, over time, developed self-awareness and a degree of magic power. Basically, this tree was a god, in a world where the main sapient species are living, thinking cookies.

The “scarlet curse” referenced was a curse cast by Pomegranate Cookie, acolyte to the Certified Metaplot Big Bad, Dark Enchantress Cookie, which brought afflicted beings’ “darkness” to the surface, effectively turning them evil. The Millennial Tree put itself to sleep to keep itself from wreaking havoc on the world under the curse’s effects, but was revived by a small group of young Cookies, took the form of a Cookie, and proceeded to blast away the curse with a time laser and force Dark Enchantress and Pomegranate to retreat. Now he is here, awake, and determined to save the world in his new Cookie form.

Personality: The Millennial Tree is an ancient and incredibly powerful being, having observed nearly everything on its home continent since its formation, and survived it all - and it shows in Millennial Tree Cookie’s attitude. With the vast stretches of time he’s observed, he’s developed a gently serene attitude that sometimes borders on flippancy; most of what is happening around him at any given time doesn’t seem of much concern in comparison to his own lifetime, and very little strikes him as a true threat to himself. Even after Pomegranate Cookie’s curse on Dark Enchantress Cookie’s behalf forced him to put himself to sleep, he doesn’t seem to consider Dark Enchantress Cookie herself a true threat, describing her plans to cast the world into darkness as “amusing.” Though he will take conflicts seriously in the moment, at least as much as it takes to resolve them, he’s basically unbothered again as soon as they’re over.

Despite that, however, he doesn’t overlook or ignore the shorter-lived beings around him or the minutiae of those lives; after all, he’s used his power to protect the Cookies living around him for centuries, and seems to take on an almost paternal attitude toward them. (Perhaps the most direct example of this is Wind Archer Cookie, the direct creation and protector of the Millennial Tree.) As such, he feels responsible for the continued protection of his world and the Cookies in it, however petty any given threat may seem to him personally; after all, he’s observed for thousands of years, but those millennia were made up of countless individual lives.

Given the importance of those individual lives, he is also willing to do effectively whatever it takes to protect the world they exist in. Obviously, he can’t expect to save every single ~~person~~ Cookie. However, if he’s confident that something is For The Greater Good, he won’t hesitate to go to fairly intense lengths to pull it off and fulfill his mission of protection - even if that means putting himself to sleep for a period of time he couldn’t be sure of to protect the world from himself, or just… using a giant “purifying” time laser to vaporize whatever stands in his way. Not that he does that often, unless you take gameplay as canon, which it likely is not… or else he’s just deleted a lot of cute little mouse farmers from reality.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mudbray
Password: Rules: Atomic
FAQ: Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: TDM threads

Victory Road Sample: [The PokeGear’s camera flicks on, and, for a moment, the whole frame is taken up by… what looks to be a soft, muddy equine muzzle. The Pokemon huffs, vapor clouding the camera for a moment, then it picks up the Gear in its teeth and trots it toward its Trainer - not that said Trainer is visible until the culprit drops the Gear on the ground and brays at him.]

What do you have there, Earth Colt?

[A man who might be around his forties, maybe older - maybe the consistent dark brown of his hair would be a hint, if his eyebrows and lashes weren’t so starkly white - picks up the Gear, such that his thumb lands right over the camera for a few moments. The only reason it moves is that he starts turning the device over in his hands, staring down at it with some concern in the moments that his face is visible.] Ah… this was in the pack that woman gave me, wasn’t it? I’m afraid I’m not… sure what it is.

[Earth Colt brays again, and the camera jumps as he bumps his Trainer’s hands with his nose.] Do you know? If it’s… some kind of recent technology, you may understand it better than I.

[His Mudbray snorts. Buddy, do you see any thumbs on him, it’s a miracle he got the camera on to begin with. Millennial Tree Cookie answers apologetically, still examining the Gear with his brow furrowed.] I am sorry, but such things have never been within my knowledge… is its use really necessary? I’m sure we can find our own way without the use of this device, whatever its purpose may be. That woman said we are to walk this route to the nearest town, correct? There are sure to be more answers th--

[Aaand then the camera flickers to black. Looks like he found the “off” button, at least.]

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Player
Name: PG
E-mail: quantumvelvet at gmail
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Current Characters in Victory Road: Catra (

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Character
Name: Beauregard Lionett
Series: Critical Role (Season 2)
Timeline: After episode 108
Canon Resource Links: https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Beauregard_Lionett

Personality: Beau is a self-described asshole. She's abrasive, blunt, and often impatient with people, particularly if she thinks they're beating around the bush or trying to snow her. She has an intense cynical streak, and is frequently the first to question the authenticity of a situation, or the motives of those involved. Much of her attitude and approach to people began as a defense mechanism - she grew up knowing her parents wanted a son, not a daughter, and aware that she was a disappointment, and took to acting out, sabotaging her parents' peers, and undermining their business by bootlegging their product. When she was caught, she was sent away to a Cobalt Soul monastery to have some discipline instilled, which only fueled her feelings of alienation, and when she got word that her parents had another child, this time a boy, her immediate assumption was that they were cutting all ties with her. Her expectation for much of her life has been that she's not particularly valued or wanted, and so she developed a habit of pushing people away, indulging in shallow relationships and brief flirtations because she fears rejection, and she can't be rejected if something has no meaning, or if she walks away first.

Over her months with the Mighty Nein, her attitude has begun to mellow - here are people with whom she feels a connection, who she's grown willing to fight and die for, and who are willing to do the same for her. While a lifetime of abrasiveness, sarcasm, and reflexive hostility can't be unlearned overnight, she has been working on developing a more neutral approach, and on her people skills, seeking advice with some frequency from Fjord, who typically serves as the face for the group. It's very much a work in progress, and she is very much still prickly, impatient, and unlikely to ever be one of nature's charmers, but she is trying.

Another significant change in her behaviour during her time with the Mighty Nein is that despite her cynicism, she has begun actively attempting to help people, rather than primarily acting in self-interest, with occasional flashes of conscience. The initial catalyst for this was the death of Mollymauk Tealeaf, one of the original members of the Mighty Nein; while she clashed with him constantly, after his death, she adopted his personal philosophy of trying to leave the places he went better than he found them. She isn't always successful, and her methods - and those of the Nein in general - tend more towards damaging or dismantling harmful elements than introducing positive ones, but she does try.

Beau's upbringing and her parents' decision to send her away to the monastery has left Beau with a strong anti-authoritarian streak. She dislikes being told what to do, is suspicious of people in positions of authority, and is even more cynical about power structures and those inhabiting them than she is about people in general. The irony of her having come into a position of power with the Cobalt Soul is not lost on her, and she believes it's her responsibility to investigate corruption and speak truth to power - or, on occasion, punch power in the face.

Beau does have some genuine good qualities, in addition to her attempts to use negative qualities to positive ends. When she does bond with someone, she is intensely loyal, and will go to the ends of the earth to protect and aid those she cares about. She's also remarkably accepting of people's past transgressions - to her, it's what they do and who they are in the present that counts, though she is aware that who people are is shaped by who they were. While she struggles with expressing sympathy, she does have a core of compassion, and is more than willing to listen to a friend who needs a willing ear, or a sounding board for a personal dilemma.

While she will sometimes play off her knowledge as something she just picked up somewhere, Beau is a voracious reader and a decent scholar. She keeps copious notes on the events and people who catch her attention, and is skilled at both investigating and at drawing connections, though given free rein to chase off after an idea, she may well come off sounding more like someone's conspiracy web than a reasoned and logical individual.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Rocket
Starter: Rowlet (15), Salandit (5)
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: With Kiri on the November 4th Wall
Victory Road Sample: TDM thread (first thread with Jules has sufficient comments if you include the starter, second thread with Steven has comment count even if you don't include the starter)

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Name: Weasel
Preferred Contact: PM, discord fuckweasel#5461
Timezone: CST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Razor / Genshin Impact

Character
Name: Dedue Molinaro
Series: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Timeline: Azure Moon, post-Chapter 18
Canon Resource Links: come get y’all dejuice

Personality:
A giant man of few words and fewer facial expressions, Dedue’s first impressions tend to come off as standoffish at best and downright hostile at worst. This is compounded by the fact that usually, the initial words he offers to strangers are some variation of “Stay away from me.”

Of course, though, he is not so simple.

For one, Dedue doesn’t see the point in idle chatter, preferring to listen and observe, and only to speak when he feels something is worth saying. On occasion, he may speculate or reminisce if it may contribute to the topic, but for the most part he only states facts or his train of thought when he’s asked for it. This does make things somewhat awkward at times, given that he doesn’t seem to mind staring silently at another person while he waits for them to carry on the conversation or to leave.

Even before engaging in most conversations, though, Dedue attempts to warn people off. His logic is simple: he is a man of Duscur, which, in Fodlan, means he is hated and suspected of regicide by most. Therefore, anyone in his company is likely to see their reputation suffer in the eyes of their peers; surely anyone who would associate with such a person would also turn on their allies and commit atrocities. Dedue isn’t antagonistic by nature, and in fact, believes he is doing people a favor by pushing them away. However cruel they may be to him, he very rarely bothers even to dispute anyone’s biases, admitting that bad people existed in Duscur as well as Faerghus, and some may well have contributed to the king’s assassination.

In reality, it’s unclear whether or not Dedue has always been so stern. He speaks fondly of his family and appears to have had a pleasant childhood before the Tragedy of Duscur. Being one of very few survivors from his homeland and the only from is family, he does tend to be closed off. With most people, it takes a while of warming up to get Dedue to speak of his family or his past life. Often, he thinks of his childhood when cooking, as he learned with his mother and sister, and he tends flowers that were native to Duscur, but he does not actively share this sentiment unless pressed or encouraged.

The person he is most comfortable with is Dimitri, who saved his life at the time of the Tragedy, despite Dimitri losing his own father in the slaughter. Because of that mercy, Dedue has sworn a life oath to Dimitri, and is inexhaustibly devoted to him. Others have even described him as blindly obedient, a claim which Dedue himself does not deny. He admits that he would follow Dimitri’s orders without question, even if it involved the slaughter of innocents. It is clear, though, that he trusts Dimitri’s judgment, even though he can lose control of himself. Dedue perceives Dimitri’s hysteric pursuit of justice as compassion for the souls lost, ultimately finding him to be a bleeding heart, a trait that he admires about Dimitri.

The reality is that as the only survivors, Dedue and Dimitri have clung to each other as anchors ever since the Tragedy, inspiring one another to go on living despite their losses. There is nothing left of Dedue’s family or homeland, and so Dimitri has become his life; he cannot imagine a life anywhere but by the prince’s side. Similarly, he is willing to die for Dimitri at any moment, as his life was as good as forfeit before Dimitri saved him from the slaughter.

Ultimately, Dedue is a gentle soul who values kindness and thinks of others before himself. It isn’t that his confidence suffers, though he admits to having struggled with it in the past, but rather that he chooses to live for the sake of others. He gets along well with those who make an effort to know him, and those who don’t let biases sour their opinion of him. It’s true that he will always have an outwardly callous demeanor, but just beneath that is a good-natured person whose loyalty will stand any test.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Budew
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: it’s deduesday

Victory Road Sample:
A swarm of Grass-types nearly seven feet tall approaches the Goldenrod. It’s a veritable woodland monster, slowly encroaching upon the city in an effort to take back what was stolen from nature, and it seems that the urban Pokemon want to join it. A line forms behind it as it stalks the city. The amalgam of Pokemon is hungry, it’s hunting, it’s… walking through the doors of the Pokemon Center.

Human guests part before it in horror. Certain Pokemon who are healthy and able, on the other hand, approach it just as those from outside do. Those well-trained stay with their human counterparts, but most still whine as if they, too, feel the temptation to join the grim march.

The brave Joy at the counter who stands her ground as it approaches, however, bears witness to the vaguely person-shaped swarm extending “arms” comprised of twirling Gossifleur and wiggling Hoppip. As human hands poke out from underneath all the Pokemon, they reach high among Cherubi and more Gossifleur, picking up the single Bounsweet nestled among them and revealing the top half of a face.

Now, at least, some of the Pokemon part, crawling over what must be a man’s shoulders and onto his back. His head is almost fully uncovered, though considering the irritation and weight of so many critters crawling all over him, his expression is surprisingly… flat. There may be just a hint of dead-inside in those eyes, but frustration is completely absent. Which is somehow more concerning than unadulterated fury would be.

“Nurse,” he finally speaks in greeting, polite but succinct. His head tilts down as he observes the various Pokemon clinging to the fabric of his clothes, peering between some Budew and finding the evolved form hiding amongst them. “My Roselia.”

Dedue takes the Pokemon gently in his hands, and as soon as it’s separated from the rest of the swarm, the nurse can see how flustered it looks. In fact, all of the other Pokemon’s eyes turn to Roselia as Dedue tenderly sets it on the counter.

The poor little thing is practically blushing, covering its face with the flowers of its hands. Every last one of its fans seem all but ready to pounce on it, but its trainer keeps his hands in a protective fortress around it.

“It used Sweet Scent for the first time. How do you turn it off?”

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Player
Name: River
E-mail: rivenixroleplay@gmail.com
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Timezone: GMT
Current Characters in Victory Road: None!

Character
Name: Mollymauk Tealeaf
Series: Critical Role (Campaign 2)
Timeline: Post episode-26 (spoilers in white) (after his death.)
Canon Resource Links: Wiki page!

Personality: The first thing that will stand out about Mollymauk is that he’s a liar. He lies constantly, and lying comes about as easily to him as breathing. He’s described himself as someone who “doesn’t trust the truth,” and he’ll take the fun and security of a lie over the vulnerability and viciousness of honesty any day. Molly’s a natural entertainer, and enjoys being the centre of attention. He’s also very hedonistic, seeking pleasure and excitement constantly, stating that he’ll experience anything at least once.

In terms of his flaws, on the one hand, he can be kind of an asshole. He scams people without a second thought, is rude to people he doesn’t like, and has no respect for other people’s boundaries. He’s willing to manipulate people to get what he wants, and doesn’t mind making them uncomfortable if needed. But at the same time, he has a strong personal moral code that he concedes to, even if his moral values are occasionally a little sketchy. The phrase “You don’t fuck with good people” can summarize his beliefs pretty well.

He likes to make people happy, often overpaying for things in order to cheer people up, and is concerned about how people treat each other. He taught Nott “not to steal from happy people” and in general didn’t want her to take from people who couldn’t afford it. As a fortune-teller, he always tries to help people with his fortunes, even if they are all bullshit in the end. He also never judges people by what they’ve done or the kind of person they used to be. He’s not even particularly offended when people wrong him, unless they’re a dick about it – understanding that people tend to be assholes and do what they have to do to survive.

Under the effects of a truth spell, he stated that he likes to think he’s a good guy, though there was quite a lot of hesitation before he gave that answer, implying that he’s not completely sure. He also believes that he left “every town better than he found it”, suggesting that he actively made an effort to make people’s lives better wherever he went.

Molly is also pretty arrogant, and wants everyone to conform to his ideas about how groups should work. He’s confident in himself, and when he’s teaching someone a “lesson”, believes he’s smart enough not to do anything wrong – and can therefore do morally sketchy things without feeling any guilt for it. In other words, if he thinks he’s in the right he believes that he can do no wrong.

He’s affectionate with the people he cares about, and in general, he’s very protective of the groups he stays with, once he’s come to trust them. He believes that it’s vital that they take care of each other, and is very loyal to his companions. He doesn’t like being alone at all - in fact, Molly has literally no memories of being alone at any time in his life. The idea of ever being on his own terrifies him. He also doesn’t like staying in one place for too long, believing that inevitably people will start to believe that he and his group are a problem if things get serious.

He also has a strong aversion to ever exploring his missing past. He actually considers his past self, “Lucien”, to be a different person from him entirely whose body he simply took over, and he doesn’t want anyone else’s baggage in his head affecting him.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Oricorio (Ghost-Type)
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: Here! [cw for body horror and death]
Victory Road Sample: [ So, this is new.

The last thing Mollymauk remembers is dying. And now, he’s woken up in a completely unfamiliar place, as a… human? It seems.

Everything feels wrong, in more ways than one. His tail and horns are gone, vanished completely, and he can’t even recognise his own skin, which is no longer the lavender it used to be. Even the way he sees the world itself feels different to before. His tattoos have stayed, though, and it gives him a little bit of comfort to know that not everything has changed.

So far… he’d much prefer to go back to being a tiefling, thank you very much… But hey, he’s alive, which is more than he could’ve hoped for after what just happened to him - so he’s sure as hell going to make the most of it!

…Now, where is he?

After enjoying a nice conversation with his not-mother, who seems like a lovely woman, Molly manages to figure out a little more about the place he’s found himself in. And what’s particularly interesting is the Pokémon. Apparently, he owns one himself – which leads to where he’s found himself now, outside of the house in the middle of the town, looking straight in the eyes of a ghostly, violet-coloured Oricorio.

Is this thing really supposed to fit in that tiny ball? He examines the Pokéball in his hands – it’d been explained to him by his “mother”, but he really doesn’t understand how it’s supposed to work. Magic, probably. It seems cruel to keep it locked up in that tiny ball, though… Maybe it’s more comfortable than it looks on the inside?

Either way, for a creature that’s apparently incredibly powerful, Oricorio looks rather fragile. …It’s nice to not be alone, though. It hits him, then, that this is the first time he’s been without people around him. Sure, there’s the strangers who seem to live in this town, but he doesn’t know them.

They’re not talking to him. Being alone is… not something he ever wanted to experience, to be honest.

But he’s not, is he? He has Oricorio, at least. ]

So, you seem fun. [ He's squatting down to meet it at eye level, and speaking in a casual tone. ] Here's hoping you don't die on me.

Player
Name: Kae
E-mail: innermediary [at] gmail [dot] com
Preferred Contact: journal DMs
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: None

Character
Name: Annette Fantine Dominic
Series: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Timeline: Post-timeskip, Great Tree Moon, before Battle at Gronder Field
Canon Resource Links: https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Annette

Personality:
On the surface, Annette seems to exude a spirit of cheerfulness and positivity, but anyone who takes the time and effort to get to know her will eventually come to learn that she's actually secretly cheerful and positive on the inside, too. An intelligent and aspiring magic user, she's not especially gifted in her chosen field of study, beyond the boons granted by her minor Crest. At least not compared to some of her classmates back in her Academy days, to whom advanced magic often seemed to come easily. However, what set her apart from most others was her indomitable work ethic and perseverance. Even now, five years after her school days abruptly ended, she continues to apply her unflagging diligence and dedication to the war effort.

It was her hard work that brought her to the Garreg Mach Monastery to begin with, questing to find her father by relentlessly pursuing excellence at Fhirdiad's School of Sorcery, all to obtain a recommendation to Garreg Mach's Officer Academy. Once at the Academy, even after she found her father, she refused to pause or rest, making the most of her opportunities for study and self-improvement. Even when faced with actually insurmountable challenges like learning how to cook, she accepted failure with equanimity and would not shy away from continued attempts towards success.

As long as Annette feels her time is well spent, she is content spending as much of it as necessary, be it on studying, shopping, maintaining friendships, training, or chores, particularly cleaning. She simply does not feel comfortable lazing about, and would prefer to keep her days full and busy. There is just so much she wants to do, at any given moment, and only so much time in the day to do it. Sometimes, she gets too carried away by all the possibilities she sees before her and winds up fumbling in her energetic haste. Often, this includes literal fumbling, as despite her magical and martial skills, she remains quite clumsy in the general vicinity of anything she could potentially trip or stumble over. It is not as if she is unable to focus, as evidenced by her impressive attention span, but almost as if her mind is keeping itself busy by thinking of far more numerous and important things than her immediate surroundings. Fortunately, her mental fortitude and resilience allow her to take these setbacks in stride and get right back up again. Even when things get out of hand, or her plans fall apart.

Her cheerful demeanor, while sincere and genuine, does belie a deeper ferocity that comes out when she sees someone in need of defending. This protective streak runs particularly deep with her friends and those she cares about, but extends to many others in need. This is what keeps her spirits up during the grueling war, even when facing enemies she would rather not fight. She fights to protect those dear to her, and the people of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.

Her two secret passions, that she strives to keep from her friends and the general public, are her loves of eating, and of singing whimsical, fun songs that she invents herself. In particular, her sweet tooth is the less well kept of the two, especially when most of her attempts at cooking or baking wind up becoming very publicly disastrous affairs, replete with chaos and often explosions. She is intensely embarrassed whenever she is caught singing to herself, even when the reception is generally positive and appreciative. Like every other setback in her life, however, neither discovery of her singing nor explosions in the kitchen have ever stopped her from continuing to enjoy her hobbies.

Pokemon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Igglybuff
Password: Thermonuclear Bolide (Atomic Fireball)

Samples: https://ohmyarceus.dreamwidth.org/18389.html?thread=3820501#cmt3820501

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"Ok, so this device says you're an...Igglybuff? Am I saying that right?"

"Iggly!"

"Well, that sounded like a yes...or are you telling me to call you Iggly for short?"

"Buff..."

"And that definitely sounded like a no. You're certainly very expressive considering we don't understand each other's language. Or, wait! You do understand me, right?"

"Igglybuff!"

"Amazing! I wonder, do all, er...Pokémon, is that it? Do all Pokémon understand people?"

The tiny Igglybuff doesn't seem to have an answer, and goes back to munching daintily on a berry. Annette shakes her head in wonder, and goes back to reading the trainer's handbook she had been thoughtfully provided. Such a strange place, this was. At least this much was comforting and familiar. Reading and studying was something she could do, to make sense of it all.

"Ok, so this book says you like these berries, and it even has some other ideas for how to properly feed you...but I wonder if I could make a pie out of them or, ooh! What about some tiny little tarts! Though of course I’d need a kitchen first, I guess. Unless…"

Annette eyes the tiny pink Pokémon with a dangerously excited gleam. “One time while we were out on a mission, way back in our student days, Mercie told me about a thing she had heard of, a…solar oven, I think? It used reflected sunlight to bake bread! I don’t have anything super shiny right now, but maybe I can find something, and try baking for us both! How does that sound, little one? It’s only sunlight, I’m sure nothing could go wrong, right?”

She tucks a blade of grass to mark the page on berries for later. She pauses to look around herself, enjoying the mild breeze meandering through the sun-dappled glen, keeping an eye on the tall grass over by the tree line. The book said to watch out for different kinds of Pokémon in the taller grasses, and she was currently unarmed. As for her magic…she wasn’t yet ready to think about that. She’d worked so hard, for so many years, to be great at magic. So many nights falling asleep in the library, so many days spent training from meal to meal, and now, poof! All of it gone. As if by…

“As if by magic, hah! Good job not thinking about it, Annette! Well, it does no good to sit and mope around, does it? I guess I have something new to work hard at, for however long I’m here, right? And who knows, maybe I’ll be the first person to figure out magic in this world! Yeah!”

She grins at her Igglybuff, who smiles back, fed and content now, and not bouncing around causing Annette no end of worry that she would hurt herself.

“No reason, no magic, just Pokémon!
I’ll find me a reason to carry on!
Maybe I’ll find magic,
And maybe I’ll just train,
And I’ll be the greatest phenomenon!”

She giggles, then gasps, as her Igglybuff starts to echo the melody of her little song. “No no no, wait…oh?”

She doesn’t feel sleepy this time, not even a little. “Oh! So you can sing without putting me to sleep? Oh well done! Very good! We should practice that more! Training is very important, and I would know. You’re definitely a much better singer than me, but I can help you train that natural talent of yours properly. Let’s see, this book his has a whole section on training, I saw that in the table of contents, let’s go check it out together…”
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Edited (Added subject) 2021-02-07 18:32 (UTC)

Player
Name: Phas
E-mail: geoduelist87@yahoo.com
Preferred Contact:

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Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: n/a

Character
Name: Shard
Series: Sonic the Hedgehog - Archie Comics
Timeline: Sonic Universe #50 - after the fight with Metal Sonic

Canon Resource Links:
Shard on the: Sonic Wiki and Archie Sonic Wiki.

Personality:
Shard began life as a weapon; an emotionless killer, meant to mimic and surpass the capabilities of his creator’s hated rival. But eventually that need to be the superior hedgehog- and to prove himself superior- took more and more priority over his core programming of serving Dr. Robotnik, and after being abandoned following multiple failed attempts, grew into an independent, cocksure personality - that was still dead set on proving its superiority to Sonic. The final steps of Metal Sonic’s evolution into Shard came from his attempt to do so. After kidnapping Miles “Tails” Prower and challenging Sonic to a death race for his safety, their words and actions, their refusal to abandon each other in the face of death, convince Metal Sonic that truly surpassing his limitations and proving his strength meant choosing life; abandoning his quest to best Sonic and apparently sacrificing himself to save them. A bit cliche, to be sure, but this is a comic book and we’ve got terribly dubbed 90’s OVAs to reference here. And, because this is a comic book, of course it wasn’t actually the end for Shard.

Over ten real years and one hundred and fifty issues later, Shard took the last step of his journey as he was rebuilt in a new body, his personality and memories preserved in his gemstone power core and now determined to atone for his past actions and prove he’d actually learned the lessons of his past. His sense of superiority remained; and in fairness, he is objectively physically superior to most of the people around him, organic or mechanical. After his rebuilding, however, it also helps serve to cover for his insecurities regarding his isolation from those around him; the average people of New Mobitropolis would fear him, and as far as he’s concerned they would be right to do so in light of his past. A major part of the reason he seeks to defend the city and its people is directly stated to be an effort to eventually assuage these fears, and make it possible for him to connect to people outside of his team. Until such a time comes, however, he has to keep his existence secret from almost everyone; he’s shown particularly wanting to connect with Sonic’s family, including Sonic’s Uncle Chuck, the one that rebuilt his current body. He’s only shown interacting with his team in the context of their missions; he’s comfortable working with them, and there’s no real animosity, but the only person he’s shown connecting with on a personal basis is another AI, frequently visiting the computer interface that forms her network and entering into a virtual space with her. Another significant part of his cover for these insecurities is the level of snark Shard sprinkles into his conversation. It’s free, it goes everywhere. Though as much as it’s a cover, a big part of it is also just that Shard is a snarky sassy boy.

Shard is very notably action-oriented, rushing into fights and acting impulsively in the face of danger. When a teammate falls into an open pit, he immediately leaps to the rescue, despite the fact that they’re on a mission which requires stealth and his mode of flight is notably noisy. When the current Metal Sonic attacks, taking a hostage, Shard rushes off to face him and draw him away from the city. Despite this, Shard isn’t a total meathead. During a virtual chess match, he’s capable of reasoning out that if the goal is to take out the enemy king, in said virtual environment where the pieces are bigger than him, there’s technically no reason to not just physically blast the king. Likewise, he’s capable of reasoning during a combat mission that blowing apart the arcane ritual their enemy is conducting will ensure their goal with more certainty than engaging the enemy in combat would. As brash and violent as Shard can be, he’s also capable of reaching out to enemies in situations similar to his own. When fighting another version of Metal Sonic, he recognizes that it too is more than a simple drone, capable of reasoning and thinking, he tries pushing it to break its own programming the way he did, only regretfully going for a killing blow once it became clear that Metal Sonic’s built-in failsafes wouldn’t allow it to gain any kind of independence. This attempt at redemption was strong enough that it led to Shard’s own near death, giving Metal Sonic time to determine that Shard’s gem power core was also his weakness, self-destructing and cracking the gem along with heavily damaging Shard’s physical body.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mimikyuu

Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: One moida-game intro thread, after which nothing bad ever happened.

Victory Road Sample: A TDM thread.

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