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We'll admit this is short and sweet. It's first come first serve for the characters, we don't want doubles of a character running around, though PB's, as long as we don't have 400 of the same face running around it's cool. You will be alerted as soon as we can about getting your application. And as soon as the team of mods look it over you'll be informed of your acceptance. If denied, we'll give you a chance to add in details that we think need a little brushing up on and a shot to try again. If you fail that time I'm sorry you won't be able to app that character to the game, though feel free to try another character. |
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Are you over 18: (Because we do have adult themes going on and hello mostly based in RE, that's not exactly a game for the ittie bitties) Contact: (Aim, plurk, smoke signals, Astral projection? How do you want us to keep in touch with you?) Character Name: (Might be a good idea so we know what to call your character) |
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Date: 2012-07-29 09:55 am (UTC)Name: (Tell us what to call you) Kevin
Are you over 18: (Because we do have adult themes going on and hello mostly based in RE, that's not exactly a game for the ittie bitties) Yes
Contact: (Aim, plurk, smoke signals, Astral projection? How do you want us to keep in touch with you?) dragon8writer on AIM and Plurk
Character Name: (Might be a good idea so we know what to call your character) Red
Canon: (What fandom do they belong to?) Once Upon a Time
Background:(Give us at least 500 words about your character's life.) > Red grew up in a small town, with a strong willed and somewhat oppressive grandmother – “Granny” would call her in just to check on her, constantly force her to wear a red cloak under the claim that it repelled wolves, and often forbid her from spending time with her boyfriend. The excuse was always the same - the bloodthirsty wolf that came through her town on a regular basis – during “wolfstime.”
Viewers were first exposed to Red after the first night of this wolfstime, when she found the fugitive Snow White stealing several eggs from her chicken coop. Snow White apologized – explaining that she’d hidden from the howling of the wolf the night before in terror, and that she was now stealing in hunger. Red responded to this by offering the woman food and shelter, forming a quick bond with the woman despite Snow’s insistence on using a fake name. It was shortly after that when Red and Snow White found the scattered body parts of a hunting party that had gone after the wolf.
In the aftermath Snow (calling herself Mary) suggested that Red’s grandmother was simply using the wolf to keep her from her boyfriend Peter. It was in response to this which Red formulated her plan – to hunt the very wolf who had killed those men, during the daylight when it slept.
Red followed the tracks, and Snow following her – the latter apparently unable to track, while the former showed off remarkable skills, claiming she had always been able to find what she was looking for. Though the two of them joked together at the start, the jokes abruptly stopped when Snow first found the wolf’s large footsteps – realizing from the strides that it must be the size of a small pony. Worse, they quickly found that the wolf’s paw print shifted into that of a human boot, leading back to Red’s windowsill – indicting Peter (her late night visitor) to be the werewolf.
Armed with this knowledge, Red went to speak with Peter; she convinced him of his alter ego’s existence, and together they planned to chain him up. She would wait by his side throughout the full moon, while Snow wore her cloak and pretended to be Red for the sake of her grandmother.
Granny did discover the plan, but far too late. It was revealed that Red was in fact the werewolf, not peter– and had been since she was 13, apparently inheriting it from her mother, and grandmother (now inactive) before her. While Peter screams for her to stop, we are shown Red growling. By the time she was found, she was already in the middle of eating him.
Although she lunged at the duo, a silver tipped arrow fired by the grandmother knocks Red out – and her red cloak (apparently bought from a traveling wizard), suppresses the wolf, allowing Red to be turned back to normal. The horrified girl was told what she has done, just in time to be forced into fleeing from oncoming villagers.
Personality: (Now Give us at least 500 words, on what drives them to do what they do? Tell us their personality )
Red is by nature sweet and somewhat trusting. Excluding the blood thirsty wolf – which she mostly took for granted – she lived a relatively sheltered life with her grandmother, in a cottage, at the outskirts of a small town. She didn’t seem keen to distrust people – and when told by Snow White that people were after her, Red’s first instinct was to 1. Accept and vocalize the fact that Snow had little reason to believe in her, and 2. simply ask for something to call the woman (Not at all insisting upon her real name, and actively accepting a fake.) She also offered shelter and food, despite Snow’s attempt to steal eggs.
It would be unwise to mistake her relative innocence for naivety, however, or her sweetness for a universally gentle outlook. Red grew up in a town where once a month they locked their doors, and waited up with crossbows while a wolf killed and ate their livestock. When a hunting party wanted to go out and hunt the wolf, her first request was to join them. When she later were found dead, and the water of the well turned red, she was appropriately horrified – but not particularly grief stricken, recovering within hours despite an apparent lifetime of knowing these men. Death appears to be a part of Red’s world, and she adapts quickly to its presence.
Determination is another noteworthy trait that marks Red, along with bravery to the point of recklessness. When Snow proposed that her grandmother was using the wolf as an excuse to keep Red from her boyfriend, Peter, Red’s reaction was simple – “let’s kill the wolf.” Despite the fact that it had just killed an entire hunting partner, she proposed that they could track and find it in the day, when it was sleeping. She pointed out that they would be heroes, and eventually convinced Snow to join her – partially by making it clear she was going regardless. As Red said, when there’s something she wants, she’s always been able to track it down.
Still, Red also had a certain mischievousness about her; talking to Peter through her window, never wearing the cloak her grandmother got her – Red was generally made to feel repressed due to the great amount of attention her grandmother paid to her activities. She never full out rebelled – she didn’t drink, party, neglect her chores, or generally go against what her grandmother told her – she would wear the cloak whenever outright ordered, for example, just not of her own volition. But little mischiefs were some of what kept her sane, and allowed her to keep a sense of self while under her granny’s thumb.
Despite those mischiefs, though, Red really did love her grandmother, and she shows a general devotion to those she cares about. Even after all the arguing, Red did not want to leave her grandmother behind – even despite needing to flee the town. Similarly, when she thought her boyfriend Peter was the werewolf, she didn’t abandon him. She offered to tie him up and stay by his side – claiming she could find rope. He, in turn, offered to use chains. Further, although she talked about fleeing the town with Peter, she chose the dangerous route of taking on the wolf instead – prior to her discovery that it was a werewolf. Although her grandmother seemed to oppress her, Red harbors a deep sense of loyalty and family, perhaps because of her time in the village.
The Wolf’s personality, however, appears to be distinct from Red’s, so I would like to give it a paragraph as well. We know from story’s of her grandfather that the wolf form can think for itself – it attacked the weapons when hunted, before going after the hunters themselves; then, upon discovering Red’s grandmother (then a scared little girl) it purposefully marked her, and later came back to turn her, thus indicating that it had its own wish for a mate. This wish does not necessarily correlate to the human host. Despite the fact that Red appeared to love Peter very much – and him in turn – the wolf showed no hesitation in ripping out his throat. Since the man was chained at the time, he presented no risk. He knew it was Red, as well, shouting for her to stop – and still the wolf killed him. It is blood thirsty by nature; and while it might enjoy a mate, it would seem to have criteria separate from Red’s.
Later cameos from Red reveal that she eventually gains control of her inner wolf, to some extent – apparently able to put her cloak back on of her free will, and return to her wolf form; she appeared more confident in herself, and her abilities – and also more fierce, less willing to trust strangers and more ready to accuse Snow of being too trusting herself. Though I’m hoping to take her from her early times, when her history is known and set, it is worth noting that she is quite likely to develop into the confident young woman seen later in the show.
Abilities: (Are they a great hacker? An angry green giant? How about the walking dead themselves? Give us some idea of what they can do) Red is a good tracker. She lived near forest, and she knows some basic woodsmanship – from what we see in the show, she would know how to work a crossbow, and maybe a normal bow as well.
Powers: She’s a werewolf, changing only at the full moon, and the two days surrounding it. Her wolf form, at an estimate, stands about five feet tall – about chin level with a grown woman – and ten feet From snout to bottom, excluding tail. They make a point of noting that it takes a human several steps to match one of hers in wolf form.
The transformation includes clothing, and a complete memory wipe – when the sun rose, she would turn back to a human, walk back to her room, crawl back into bed, and wake up without any knowledge at all that something had occurred – from her perspective, she had merely gone to sleep, and woken up.
Her status as a werewolf has a genetic component – she inherited it from her mother, and her grandparents before her – but she can also turn another. This is separate from the bite, which merely marks them, and the process is not gone into at length; we know that her grandmother claimed the bite hurts every full moon, so it would seem the mark itself has some magical properties when the transformations themselves are not functional.
Some werewolf abilities come through even in her human form, during the time of the full moon – this appears to work even when the curse is otherwise blocked, and are generally limited to extremely heightened senses. (Her grandmother was able to follow Red’s trail by scent, despite the transformation itself apparently having been lost to old age; and Red herself – in human form, during the day of the full moon – can apparently able to tune in on the heartbeat of an unconscious man, hearing it as “hammering.”) Although her cloak blocks her transformations, it is likely that she will still be able to access these senses with minor effort.
The wolf has human-like intelligence, being able to reason, and apparently having goals of its own – completely separate from Red’s own wants and desires. It’s personality will be detailed along with Red’s in the personality section below.
We know from cameos of her future self that she can eventually gain control of her wolf form, remaining conscious and asserting enough control to return to her cloak and shift back into a human.
Weaknesses: (Everyone has that trigger that makes them weak. What is your character's Kryptonite? Let us know some of those fears that the character would rather keep hidden.)
She can be killed with human weapons – in either form - but it is recommended that one use silver during her wolf form. Contrary to modern legends, a silver tipped weapon does not appear to harm the beast, but rather knock it unconscious – a silver tipped arrow fired directly at the charging beast from a crossbow caused no visible damage, but simply put it to sleep long enough for Snow to cover Red with her cloak, and return her to human form.
More than that, Red will currently be very afraid of herself, and the wolf inside of her – she ate her love, and she is very much aware of how little control she currently has.
Sample:(First or third person sample, you can also link from another journal or use a drabble! Just show us you can write.)
Red strode through the forests, a large basket in her hand and a familiar cloak flowing easily off her shoulders. It was a familiar weight – barely registering most days, and comfortable. She wished she knew how to control the wolf inside of her – but barring that, she could keep others from harm.
“Snow?” she called, hearing an answering rustle up ahead. She smiled faintly in response, tightening her grip on the basket. It was always nice to see Snow – the rare visits were hardly enough; but she had a life, now; friends; a place to call home. It felt good. “Snow? You know I’m going to find you…”
There was another rustle – but she could see the strings the woman had tied, to trick her. She ignored the tree tops in any case, focusing on the ground. Snow White was learning all the time – but Red was still the tracker; and besides, she had an advantage.
Tipping her nose to the air, she accessed the wolf’s senses, smelling for Snow’s familiar presence, and listening for a heartbeat. The former was carefully hidden, but when scent was combined with sound there was no escaping Red. With a small smile, she made her way through the trees, basket of goodies still in hand. She loved these monthly visits.