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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.
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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: Maxwell
E-mail: madteaparty92[at]gmail[dot]com
Preferred Contact: PM, Plurk
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Boober Fraggle (Fraggle Rock), Varian (Tangled: The Series), Louie Duck (DuckTales)

Character
Name: Eda (full name Edalyn) Clawthorne
Series: The Owl House
Timeline: pre-O Titan, Where Art Thou
Canon Resource Links: Spoiler warning!

Personality:
As a saleswoman, Eda is more than a little crooked, and as a criminal, she's wanted, but as a witch? She's as powerful as they come. Or at least, she was. But more on that later.

She's wild and cool, clever, and at times a tad obsessive-- She can be "ride or die". Additionally, Eda is fiercely independent. So much so that it took her a long time to realize and accept that she's also an extremely maternal person. She looks after her own and cares for those who can't take care of themselves, starting years ago when she took in a baby demon who would become, for all intents and purposes, her son. But Eda's stubborn, and spent a long time insisting she was not the parent type at all. Eda believes individuality is invaluable, and she often says how "weirdos need to stick together". And while Eda's got a temper and impatience to her, she's still a good mentor/teacher when all is said and done. Sure, she's unorthodox and sometimes under-prepared, but she knows her stuff and she always manages to impart her wisdom in the end.

As a child, Eda was cursed. Before then, she was spunky and a troublemaker, but not nearly so isolated as she became. But once the Owl Beast first showed itself, Eda started putting up walls to keep others away. This can be seen with her refusal to talk to Raine Whispers, who she was dating at the time, about what she was going through and struggling with. Soon, Eda was pushing everyone away; it's something of a small miracle that King and, yes, even Hooty got under her skin as early as they did.

But since meeting the human Luz, Eda has changed. She's still a spitfire with a dark sense of humor, and no morning person-- But Luz really did open up that supportive side of Eda, and her willingness to connect with others in all cases. And Eda has fully embraced her position as a mother to King and Luz. Sure, she's not the traditional sort of mom, but she loves her kids and would do anything and fight anyone to keep them safe. She briefly reconnected with Raine before their assumed (by Eda) death or capture, and she's even mended things with her sister - who cursed her - and her mother. Eda's mother couldn't understand that Eda's curse was part of her, and to be fair, neither could Eda for quite a while.

The Owl Beast within Eda was a struggle from the start, but Eda found she could manage this other form with a special potion-- She still needs that, but she's also come to terms with this form as part of her, and a part that's not all bad; that can be just as hurt by her as she is by it. Eda can even do a partial transformation due to how much she's come to an understanding with the Owl Beast, giving her a harpy-like form. Another factor in Eda dealing with the curse better now is her sister, Lilith, taking part of it from her. Between the curse getting stronger before then, and an experience where Eda was nearly petrified, she has lost her natural magic. And so, now, it's Luz who's teaching Eda-- To use magic the way the human learned, with wild magic harnessed via glyphs.

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

Samples
RP Sample: TDM thread

Victory Road Sample: TDM thread

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.
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[○] You can also find our mod plurk at

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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!

Here's the journal, thank you!

APPLICATIONS

Eda Clawthorne | The Owl House | Reserved

ACCEPTED!

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