APPLICATIONS

[indigo_league]

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.

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Starter Pokémon!
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<u><b>Player</u></b> <b>Name:</b> <b>Preferred Contact:</b> Plurk, AIM, personal journal, PM, etc. <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Current Characters in Victory Road:</b> <b><u>Character</u></b> <b>Name:</b> <b>Series:</b> <b>Timeline:</b> <b>Canon Resource Links:</b> 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. <b>Original Character Background:</b> THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at <i>minimum</i> 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. <b>Personality:</b> 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. <b><u>Pokémon Information</u></b> <b>Affiliation:</b> 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.) <b>Starter:</b> What starter Pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from. <b><u>Samples</u></b> <b>RP Sample:</b> 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 <i>can</i> 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. <b>Victory Road Sample:</b> 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.

Comments

[furyrider]

Personality: When you think of a Viking certain things might come to mind. Like big burly hairy people wearing metal helmets with horns that invoke an image of primitive might and strength. A warring barbaric people who yell and scream as they run head first into battle. You wouldn’t be wrong in that! Except when it comes to Hiccup. He is practically nothing of what a Viking should be. He was born early you see, and never grew into the big beefy man that he should have been. Instead he would describe himself as a 'talking fish bone' due to his scrawny size. Feeling that he was a disappointment to his hulking father, who was said to have popped a dragon's head off its shoulders as a baby, because he was different. Not strong enough to wield an axe, and terrified of dragons, he didn't really have the stuff to be a dragon killer. In fact, every time he tried, disaster seemed to follow him. Which only made things harder for himself, and everyone else, to the point nobody wanted him around. But he was desperate to prove himself nonetheless as he just wanted to be like everyone else. To not be the disappointment that he felt he was.

What Hiccup doesn't have in brawn, he makes up for in brain. He's a genius in more ways than one. Whether it’s using his words with witty and sarcastic comebacks, or his ability to invent things, the kid has it in spades. In fact, that's how he was made useful in his clan by becoming the apprentice of Gobber and learning how to make weapons and other necessary Viking things. He designs and builds his own bola launcher in his ambition to catch and kill his first dragon and even succeeds on his first try! On top of that he builds a prosthetic tail fin for Toothless, a dragon saddle, and a flight vest. All of which he tweaks and adjusts with time, making things easier for himself and other dragon riders. He also comes up with his own unique weapon, a sword that he can light on fire, as well as dragon scale armor. Hiccup is also observant as he manages to figure out how dragons think and react to things. Such as when Toothless freaks out over an eel, Hiccup uses that to push another dragon back into its pen. As well as the fragrant grass that Toothless rolls in, he uses a clump of it to stop another dragon from attacking him.

Despite his initial fear of dragons, and wanting to kill them, Hiccup comes to realize that the beasts are actually kind and gentle creatures. They only attack his clan because they needed food to take back to their queen and defend themselves. This began when he first captured Toothless and tried to kill him, but was unable to do it. As he looked into the dragon's eyes, and the fear that he had, Hiccup saw himself and couldn't go through with it. Instead he released and studied the dragon from a distance, eventually developing a forbidden friendship with him. His understanding and compassion towards the dragons increased to the point that it defined him, for better or for worst. He became passionate in his desire to protect the dragons and convinced others that they didn't need to kill them. Stubborn as any other Viking, he was able to do this, through great pain and effort, with his clan and father. Though his altruistic intentions led him to trying to change the mind of Drago Bludvist about dragons. This had him running off on his own and nearly getting himself killed. His father getting killed instead, and Toothless coming under the man's control. A control that was only eventually broken because of the strong bond Hiccup had with his dragon.

As Hiccup grew and gained the respect and pride of his clan, it was expected that he would one day be chief, just as his father was. A responsibility he first ran away from because he didn't want to be like his father, and didn't think he could be at the same time. His old feelings of insecurity rising to the surface despite the confidence he had found in becoming a dragon master. Though without really knowing it, he always had the makings of a great leader as he was able to strategize and use the strengths of all his companions in ways that were effective in battle. But it took the tragic death of his father to make him realize his own potential and the responsibility he had to his people. Rising to his position as chief while Toothless became the king of all dragons. However, few things mattered more to him than the dragon he considers his best friend. The two of them an unstoppable force for the good of human and dragon kind. While that bond helped Hiccup gain the confidence and skills he needed to thrive, he came to depend too much on his dragon. So much so that once he found himself without his companion, he didn't have the same confidence in himself and floundered. Having to realize his own self worth with the help of those closest to him. With Toothless finding a mate and a place among the dragons in the Hidden World, Hiccup realized that their time together was coming to an end. He had been focusing on what he wanted, and not what Toothless needed. It was these realizations he was facing before selflessly sacrificing himself so that his friend could be saved. Its at that point he would be brought to the Pokemon world.

ACCEPTED

[indigo_league]

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

Now that you've been accepted...
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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!

[furyrider]

Ahh thank you!

This is the journal!