unathi [ACCEPTED] BearSchwanz eats rat whole. (Unathi whitelist app.)

[BearSchwanz]

BYOND Key: BearSchwanz

Character Names: My most played characters: Klaus Kitzler, Cerise Contritum, Guillaume Mol, Miracle, Ethwasa Sliver 

 

Species you are applying to play: Unathi

 

What colour do you plan on making your first alien character: Unsure - khaki or muted green. 

 

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes

 

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:

Unathi is an interesting and seemingly kind of underplayed race that I think deserves more love, so it was attractive to me as a first alien whitelist candidate. After reading through the lore I found the narrative of Unathi to be a lot more interesting than I'd previously presumed from player interaction. That coupled with the difference in roleplay relative to humans I think would make for a very fun race to play. 

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: 

Obviously you have the comparison of technological development and hardship throughout recent years for the Unathi or the effects of more ancient history but I think largely the difference in role-play boils down to the contrast of behaviour between the two species. Such differences like expressing emotion and what different gestures may mean or why such gestures would be displayed and how that exhibits the different mentality of the Unathi. Beyond that would be the way Unathi condone themselves based off of class or clan ties and honour as well as feuds over religion and major conflict both past and present.

 

Character Name: La'Ur Dorviza 

Please provide a short backstory for this character:

In 2412 La'Ur hatched on the southern coast of what is now known as the Guzari sea, 26 years prior to the contact war. Here in what was still a lush landscape he experienced a more traditional upbringing where he learned to hunt, fish and occasionally assisted with the harvest of medicinal plants. By 16 he took on the role of fisherman assisting with the clan's haul of fish.

After the nuclear exchange of the contact war In the coming years life became harsher and harsher on La'Ur and his clan as they migrated South in hopes of preserving what little remained of the jungles, swamps and forests. Now too far from the coast to continue his work as a fisherman and growing too weak from giving all his food to his children to hunt, La'Ur turned to assisting the shamans and farmers in their effort to utilize the Dionae to repel the expanding wastelands, learning as they did how best to preserve flora in the wasteland whilst also learning the uses of each plant. Now largely unemployed La'Ur expanded upon this new found knowledge of medicinal plants in offering assistance to the healers tending to the sick, earning his keep of food for himself and his family this way.

Finding great joy in assisting his clan this way La'Ur developed a fascination of medicine and wished to continue learning further than what the healers and shamans could teach him. Amongst the tales exchanged by travellers that passed through his clan's domain in search of medical assistance La'Ur learned of the opportunities being granted to Unathi by mega corporations seeking employees. Now at the age of 43 in 2455 and his children no longer requiring his guidance, La'Ur set out of the wastelands for a harsh journey East to the nearest city to then seek the nearest shuttle port and managed to secure employment on a Nanotrasen ship within Uueoa-Esa where he would learn medicine in exchange of his knowledge of Moghes' flora, later being station on the NSS Aurora as a fully trained physician at the ripe age of 51.

 

What do you like about this character?:

I think playing an older Unathi in particular would be a lot of fun. The experiences of living in and supplying for a family during pre/post nuclear war Moghes, the transition from labour work to medicinal work, the journey across the wastelands, experiencing interstellar life, learning modern medicine stationed on another Nanotrasen asset all would give me a lot to work with for role play. 

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

Pretty decent. Getting into character is fine and inventive emotes are always fun.

Notes:

I tried to keep the backstory short as the format asked for just about two paragraphs. But I have been naughty and done three. 

Edited May 22, 2021 by Haydizzle

[ClemTheDuck]

+1 good ber, good rp 10/10

[Haydizzle]

Hey! Thanks for taking an interest in the species. I do have a couple of clarifying questions:

1) Could you go over La'ur's beliefs and thoughts on some of the other religions?

2) How does La'ur feel about the Izweski Nation and the (former) Traditionalists?

3) What excites La'ur about working in Tau Ceti? What is he afraid of in that same regard?

[BearSchwanz]

21 hours ago, Haydizzle said:

Hey! Thanks for taking an interest in the species. I do have a couple of clarifying questions:

1) Could you go over La'ur's beliefs and thoughts on some of the other religions?

2) How does La'ur feel about the Izweski Nation and the (former) Traditionalists?

3) What excites La'ur about working in Tau Ceti? What is he afraid of in that same regard?

Oki doke,
1) La'ur is strongly aligned with the Th'akh religion, holding the belief along with his clanmates that their ancestors and the spirits of the many that fell from the resulting famine and suffering of the contact war wish for them to reclaim the wastelands. Believing that it is through their guiding spirits that they are so successful in withholding the radiation of the wasteland and that their crops should continue to flourish. Given the abundance of medicinal herbs in the clan's village La'Ur routinely took part in many rituals experiencing 'visions' of spirits and following their guidance, judgement and warnings. He finds it hard to acknowledge the legitimacy of other religions, trusting that it is to Th'akh he owes the survival of himself, his family and his clan however tolerant of Sk'akh religion. La'ur is especially highly apposed to the views of the Si'Akh heresy as he feels it highly disrespects those of his clan who perished honourably post nuclear exchange.

2) La'ur from youth was much more aligned with the former Traditionalists but remains open to what modern doctrines permit his people's way of life. However given the discrimination to Th'akh shamans from the Izweski Nation he holds disdain for the nation's political doctrines on religion, having heard of many such cases from shamans travelling to the Dorviza clan seeking refuge in villages less influenced by the Izweski Nation in the wastelands. 

3) To La'ur the modern 'world' of tau ceti is staggeringly alien. With a fascination of medicine and medicinal science the opportunities within such a region of space are expansive and bewildering. Having access to more advanced machinery such as neural suppressors or even just access to resources like phoron is something titillating for La'ur. At the same time he remains afraid of his relative primitiveness and language difficulties having had to learn ceti basic at an older age. He also remains worried for his family and clan left behind on Moghes and how they will fare without him, hoping to one day soon return with new knowledge to improve his communities quality of life. 

[Haydizzle]

Thank you for your replies!

Application accepted. Do not hesitate if you have any questions for my deputies and I.