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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Open!
Applications are checked roughly weekly unless otherwise stated.

We ask that potential applicants post their application in comments rather than linking. If their application contains explicit references to 'hard' spoilers (character death, unforeseen plot twists, big reveals, he was evil all along etc), players should put the application in their own journal or their character's journal and link it, making sure to mention the presence of spoilers within. For further clarification on our spoilers policy and whether or not your application needs to be linked, please check this page. Thank you for your cooperation!

The comment character limit on Dreamwidth is 16,000 characters so apps no longer need to be split into multiple comments; however this is at players' discretion.

While players are welcome to play multiple characters (five characters maximum are allowed per player!), please only apply for one character at a time, and wait for a decision before submitting another application!

A reminder for those waiting to hear back: Please don't be worried if we skip yours while going through them. It only means we needed a little more time to research!

Please use the form below to apply! If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the mods.

Helpful links!
Taken / Reserves
Please do not app a character from either of these unless you reserved them!
Starter Pokémon!
A compiled list of the starter Pokémon to choose from offered in Victory Road!
Word Count Tool!
Word count! It has other pointless stats too.
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Player
Name: 
Preferred Contact: Plurk, AIM, personal journal, PM, etc.
Timezone:
Current Characters in Victory Road:

Character
Name:
Series:
Timeline:
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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player
Name: Sailor G
E-mail: sailor gundam 06 [at] gmail
Preferred Contact:

sailorgundam06
Timezone: Eastern (New York)
Current Characters in Victory Road: Romelle (they are from the same canon, but the only major interaction we see between Keith and Romelle is the intial meeting where Keith brings Romelle from the colony to the Castle of Lions. Beyond that, Romelle becomes very much a background character and interacts more with Allura or in like big gatherings of various characters than anything else)

Character
Name: Keith
Series: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Timeline: First episode of Season 8
Canon Resource Links:
- Voltron Wiki
- Voltron: Legendary Defender Wiki

Personality: Keith is the stong silent type most of the time. He doesn't usually waste words, and hates to monologue for no reason. He tends to be a loner, and has been teased by other characters in canon as being "emo". He rarely lets loose or allows himself to have fun. This can be traced back to the fact that he was technically orphaned at around eight to ten years old. (There was no specific canon age, but the flashback image made him look pretty small. I'm approximating his age for this.) His mom had left him when he was still an infant, and his dad, a firefighter, died on the job. Keith was forced to grow up fast as a result, and his time in the foster care system didn't really allow him to have a true childhood.

Keith also never really got the chance to grieve his father's death, and not having his mother as well as thinking she abandoned him left him with an extremely short and explosive temper to cover his fear of abandonment. He acted out and pushed people away, which made him unadoptable to most families as they couldn't handle his issues, and left him with a reputation in school as being a troublemaker and a discipline case. Most teachers didn't have the extra spoons to guide him back on track. It wasn't until he met Shiro, someone who promised that he wouldn't give up on Keith, that his temprament slowly started to even out. Shiro was able to help him control his outbursts and get him accepted into the Galaxy Garrison as one of their top pilots. But, after Shiro's mission to Kerberos went wrong, leaving Keith on his own again, he had one last big outburst at the Garrison, and they kicked him out for "discipline issues".

Keith is extremely selfless, often putting the needs of the mission and the greater good above his own. He tends to see the big picture when he's not hyperfocused on a singular goal, and is pragmatic almost to a fault. This can make him seem cold and even a little selfish when the more logical answer involves potentially abandoning one person for the sake of being able to save millions in the future. It's not that Keith doesn't value his teammates. As someone who spent a lot of his childhood alone, his friends and teammates are his family, but, as someone who also is willing to sacrifice his own life for the greater good, he feels that everyone should feel the same about their own lives as well.

On the other hand, Keith does have his moments where he refuses to see the forest for the trees. There are times when Keith strongly believes he is right, and that there is no other answer. These are his moments of hyperfocus, when he doesn't listen to other advice, acts hot-headed and impulsive, and often takes extremely high risks. Most of the time, his strong instincts and quick thinking can get him out of trouble, but, now and then, he needs the others to come rescue him. He gradually learns to rely more on his teammates and stop acting alone, but it takes a few hard lessons throughout canon for that to really sink into his head.

After going on a mission with the Blade of Marmora, Keith found his mother again. They became trapped for several weeks inside a quantum abyss, and the gravity wells of that area of space, combined with the compressions in time that caused them to see each other's memories and pasts, gave them two years of time spent together to bond and come to terms with their lives. Keith returned to Voltron, matured, more level, but still with that bit of fire that makes him who he is. As someone who was always acutely aware of his faults, he was able to work hard and improve himself. When he's not completely sure about something, he tends to back down in favor of other people's opinions as he sometimes lacks confidence in his own leadership. He is still growing and learning.

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

Samples
RP Sample:
- Keith & Shiro at Isle of Avalon
- Keith & Zidane at Isle of Avalon - in case you're looking for something cross-canon

Victory Road Sample: Keith & Allura in Cherrygrove

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.

Now that you've been accepted...
[○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: Here.
[○] Join the following communities:

victory_road,

the_plateau, and

ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it.
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms!
[○] You can also find our mod plurk at

victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!

We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!

Thank you! See you in the Pokémon world!

I will be using this journal. Thanks!

APPLICATIONS

Keith | Voltron: Legendary Defender

ACCEPTED!

Re: ACCEPTED!