ReapingDNA

I suppose it's still rather...moderate in detail compared to what it could be, but I'm still kind of getting over this illness of mine and I reckon it'll do nicely, especially considering you already said that everything else about me checks out. Regardless to say, I have edited Sabri's origins now, to accommodate your requests.

I could see the latter suggestion working, and appreciate you not just throwing my whole idea with the village out. I wasn't attempting to be 'snowflakey' so much as I thought it would be not really unheard of for there to be SOME unknown areas of Adhomai, since it's an entire WORLD after all, even being just two continents. That was more a minor detail for me, but was also somewhat key to Sabri since I intended for him to be a rather 'foreign' figure, still figuring out the outside world/universe. I made sure it was your lore, yeah. Perhaps then it was the NKA that took over the village for its mining rights. Uh, also, I couldn't find myself calling Ghul a city at any point. It was always a village. Maybe I'm missing something? But anyway, I suppose I could just change things just a bit to have the NKA do their thing, and Sabri heading out and getting caught up in doing some Nanotrasen work. I'll get to that then, soon. Just feeling a bit ill recently.

No worries at all! I've been working on developing my human character a bit more anyway, as well as studying up Tajara lore a bit more. Uh, speaking of which by the way, I had a question. I know it's kinda not very professional to ask about it here, but I was wondering if it's possible that my human, whom studied on Adhomai in their Nal'tor College, to have learned a bit of Siik'maas from being amongst Tajara so much. ICly I imagine he would have picked up a bit of it, but OOCly I'm not sure if there's a way to incorporate this into his list of languages?

No worries at all! I've been working on developing my human character a bit more anyway, as well as studying up Tajara lore a bit more.

Alright, fixed everything else up too. Well, as much as I could without compromising anything. Thanks a lot for your assistance and tips, by the way!

I wasn't entirely sure about the headquarters thing either. Flip that with the Odin and that fixes that. I merely didn't really know any good place where new recruits might be taken.

Alright, I've edited his backstory. He still for the most part sticks to the basis I established for him, so I'm still content.

Okay, I think I'll just change Sabri's village to be slightly more involved in the matter. I have a good idea now that will blend seamlessly. I just need to read more about the war first.

Thinking about it more, I suppose maybe an example of World War I and II did kind of affect everyone, even minutely, so if this Civil War was/is anything like that, perhaps I could edit things a bit so Sabri's village was affected to some degree. I need to do more reading about this war. As much as I love how dedicated and in-depth your lore is, Christ is it challenging to memorize it all lol

To clarify, I'd be more than willing to just write some sort of tiny essay thing on the war instead. I don't have any real desire to make a whole character up just for the purpose of that. Though I could perhaps also write a sort of short mini-story of similar length about some Tajaran affected by the war too, I guess.

Sabri can be from such village, but then you will have to make a new character for the whitelist app. one that is somehow involved or heavily affected by the civil war. That uh, seems like a kinda dumb rule. That would make every single person who plays a Tajara all affected by the war, which seems kind of unrealistic. There's other ways one could show off their knowledge of current events, imo.

They were likely separate from the civil war as well, and this would likely help quite a bit with Sabri's character---explaining why he is more passive, hailing from a community ignorant of this horrible conflict.

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I suppose that could work then, too. Hell, I could call said community "Ghul" anyway, and it could be a small mining village hidden on Adhomai. I think I could even to a degree keep the idea of a slightly warmer portion of Adhomai too, though obviously not to the degree that Ghul would have been. And as such, they'll likely still follow the base religion, but perhaps their solitude has mutated it still EVER so slightly. This would mean that some Nanotrasen employees could still have very well been investigating Adhomai's ancient lore and some ruins when they perhaps came across Ghul, and from there everything would stay probably roughly the same. Thanks for your time in giving me such specifities and helping me flesh out another way of making this work.

BYOND Key: ReapingDna Character Names: William Aster (Human) Species you are applying to play: Zhan-Khazan Tajara What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Light Grey-furred Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, but it's a lot to take in, so I've moreso only skimmed its most important details. Your lore is absolutely admirable and in-depth and I love lore so much and I may or may not be having Loregasms ever since coming to Aurora a few days ago from Apollo. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question Why do you wish to play this specific race: Back on Apollo, I played this character and he was definitely my most thought-out one. I enjoyed playing him deeply, and had fleshed out his character quite well, from things such as a rather slow adaptation to speaking the galactic common language, having hailed from a small, cultured world outside of the usual Tajaran system (more details on that in his backstory). I'd love to say I had more reasons, but it's more or less that I feel confident with Sabri, having so much experience with him and feel it would assist my roleplaying and make me more enjoyable to play with for others, as well. Sorry there's not much more than that. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Like I said above, it's mostly because this character is fleshed out, but it's also because I have come to know a lot about Baystation Tajara lore---though the addition of all of YOUR guys' amazing lore for them will definitely be something I'll need to study up on as well. Otherwise, I've just come to be able to play a Tajara slightly better than a human, and feel more connected and immersed with them than I do my human characters. Again, sorry there's not more meat to my reasoning, hehe. Character Name: Sabri Abdulaziz Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs Sabri hails not from a standard nation, locked in the thick of the Adhomai conflict, but instead from a small community to the east of the Tunguska region called Ghul, hidden at the base of the mountains in a rare pocket of slightly warmer climate, thanks to the heat being trapped in by the towering natural formations. This village is a rather unknown, separated group known locally for its deep roots in culture, religion, and of course, mining. Due to the latter quality, it has often been that the NKA have attempted to trade or even steal materials from their people to use in their weapon and defenses construction. On the other hand, the village receives more political trade requests from the other two nations from invaders travelling the oceans from the east to close in on the New Adhomai from behind their metaphorical backs. It is here that Sabri was born into a family of seven, raised religiously and culturally. From a young age, Sabri took up the primitive pickaxes used by the Ghulian peoples, doing manually what most people in Nanotrasen would find laughably barbaric compared to what their devices are capable of. But Nanotrasen, let alone the Alliance or any off-world nation, knew not of the existence of this city, due to much more important matters occuring on the Tajaran homeworld. Even the other Adhomai people had quite basic ties to the un-modernized community outside of the constant harassment for their mineral rights. This is how it was, for eighteen years for Sabri. But then things changed when the NKA arrived, now deciding to use more...force. They took down any resistance and conquered the small village within an evening, keeping the remaining inhabitants as new members of their faction, assuming they did not refuse and attempt to return to their old ways. Sabri and his family were some of these survivors, reluctantly accepting the dominance of their new leaders, but this sudden change, along with NKA assigning their own mining crews to disassemble the Ghulian mines with their advanced equipment, pushed the Abdulaziz clan to a dangerous economic state. They were going to lose their home, possibly along with their lives, if they could not find a new means to supply for themselves. This pushed Sabri, the only able, yet middle child, of the family to take matters into his own hands. After much discussion, it was decided that Sabri would take the majority of the remainder of his family's savings to find a way off-world, and find a position among the company known as Nanotrasen, which had become a sort of paradise dream among the people of Ghul from the rumors they had now heard of this group during the months after their takeover. Managing to hitch a ride, the young Tajaran found his way to Nanotrasen's Tau Ceti headquarters, the Odin, under the pretense of desiring employee. Saying farewell to his family, whom were quite proud once they understood the nature of their son and brother's new employment, the Ghulian native departed to begin an employment in Nanotrasen's phoron mining, and moreover escape the war that he had fought for many years to remain neutral in with his people. Three years later, Sabri has learned the basics of the more advanced culture and technological advancements of Nanotrasen, and to a degree become modernized. But there is still much he is learning, including how to speak the languages of his new coworkers, as well as how to fit in with the society he is now a part of. His employment has led him to be deployed to the NSS Aurora, where new adventures await him... Oh, and did I mention he likes cooking? Centcomm likes putting him up to that task now and then too, with his quite skilled preparation of cultural Ghulian meals, filled with spices imported from said region. Those with mature palates will most certainly enjoy the shifts that he works the kitchen. What do you like about this character? How passive and different from other Tajara he is with his more keep-to-himself personality. and it's enjoyable to play as a character who is still learning how to operate with others, and becoming a more...open person as he goes. Moreover, I love the lore I have created for the custom village (originally another system and world) he has hailed from, and it's very fun to incorporate it into his roleplay as much as I can. I just love Sabri to bits, and all the work I've done in making his personality, character, and backstory! How would you rate your role-playing ability? I think I'm pretty decent. I'm big on immersion, and I write a lot, it being kinda my only talent. Recently, due to cognitive health problems, my descriptive ability's been a bit lacking (as you may have noticed in the application's shitty word choice and such), but I try my best to act as real and personal with my characters as I can. I was told that when I played Changeling during my first round here that me and my team were probably some of the best lings that the server had seen in some time, so that was definitely a morale boost right there! Notes: I might make this backstory a bit more detailed later on, I wrote it at midnight and was getting kind of tired. Sorry about that.