unathi [Accepted] Siccero Unathi Application

[Siccero]

BYOND Key: Siccero

Character Names: 

Alondra Enoka

Ka'Akaix'Kack Zo'ra

Za'Akaix'Zoz C'thur

Ka'Akaix'Nul K'lax

Za'Akaix'Vol Zo'ra

Ka'Akaix'Clen C'thur

Ka'Akaix'Qes C'thur

Species you are applying to play: Unathi

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: A sand-like colour (167,127,10)

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: I find the hard-fought culture of most Unathi interesting, the constant uphill battle of attempting to appease the higher-ups and all the micro-cultures this produces under different Lords, or the constant tension between many of the Unathi before even factoring in other species it allows for an interesting range of character alignment within just the people in itself. On top of this the rigid social structure adds a large opportunity of either roleplay in the way of following such, and the interactions many will have with viewing such actions, or opposing such social structure and seeing the internal and external struggles such an action might entail, having to face other clans and how you will lose honor for performing such disrespecting actions or to attempt to hide such facts while away from such culture

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Mechanically they hold differences such as, slower movement but quicker sprint (to represent how they tend to move slowly to and from until a task needs to be completed in which they exert energy into such thing), improved unarmed melee attacks (due to their claws and generally being pretty beefy aliens) resistance to hot areas while being more heavily affected to cold areas (due to being cold-blooded) and various food passives (relating to their inability to consume ethanol, and only getting nutrients from meat).

Other than mechanically, they as a culture are quite different, having a rigid male and female social structure, with many of the men taking up more of the warrior-like rule, even heavily being pushed toward a code that they must abide by, while the females are expected to conduct themselves in a more proper manner such as a noblewoman would. These tenents are followed so closely by some, you may be entirely disowned from much of Unathi's traditional society if these acts aren't followed. There is also a large spiritual aspect to many of the people, with most following one of the three main religions and holding such beliefs quite close to their hearts

The culture has become a large melting pot due to the large amounts of refugees after the contact war, a war that ravaged the landscape both through the act of treating the other side as sub-Unathi but also with the nuking of much of the surface of the home planet. This has led to a large overpopulation creating many opportunities to exploit the ones below.

 

Character Name: Xiomara Az'xo'tzin

Please provide a short backstory for this character (Approximately two paragraphs): Xiomara Az'xo'tzin was born under two notable members. Firstly a guild member within the Fishing League named Nelpan Ss'scov, one known within Moghes as a large exporter. Living within Janvir he specializes in the trade of rare fish that live within the Za'Aith lake, taking advantage of the many willing villagers within the region to work under him and passed down knowledge of fishing to produce a bustling industry of fish cultivation and trade. Within this village, he found a healer by the name of Koltoru Az'Xo'Tzin, a fairly established name within the area renowned for her ability to produce many 'miracle drugs' from common plant life within the area. These two were soon married off to secure a strong position for both families within the region.

After being hatched Xiomara was quickly pushed towards the family tradition of female healers, spending most of her hours outside of cleaning the house and helping with food production studying physiology, and quickly being forced to get over any fear of blood and gore through having to dissect much different fauna and being forced to watch procedures to warriors that came in harmed. Any hours outside these activities were dedicated to the study of Th'Akh, Though her father followed Sk'akh through heavy persuading and due to many of the males on her mother's side becoming shamans or warriors fighting for the Th'Akh faith she was raised under the study of Th'akh.

To best produce a notable healer for her clan and through the heavy push to create a great woman known around the region, to marry off to someone of great standing, Xiomara's parents were able to gain a scholarship, due to the reputation of her mother, to an off-world university of health, this being the Biesel Institute of Medical Sciences. Xiomara's constant involvement with opened fauna has led to a fascination with the internal workings of a body and how to best repair them, leading her to strive towards becoming a surgeon. While such a discipline would take some time to fully blossom, as the only female offspring within her family and with the end of the Contact war happening just a few months ago, she was granted such time to grain such skills so she may one day come back and spread such knowledge to her offspring and other women that she would work with. This allowed Xiomara to pursue a career within the world of surgery.

Xiomara was conflicted about her time away from home, on one side she loved to hear about these new cultures and modernized worlds, on the other hand, she was spending the only time she has ever really known a peace within her home, away from it all with many looking down on her for the tie she still had with her spiritual side, leading her to become extremely homesick from time to time. With that said her newfound freedom was not unused, she finally felt like she was waking up every day to do what she wanted with no fear of overstepping into other genders social lines, this leads Xiomara to become a bit rebellious, seeing the number of freedom others are given made her envious, though she never acted on these rebellious thoughts, the blossomed within her mind causing her to gain deep loathing for the social structure within her people.

After completion of her courses and residency Xiomara was all but ready to head home until her mother had other ideas, she suggested further in the field study, she worried that not enough time had been spent truly understanding her practice, Though Xiomara thought otherwise an hour-long call detailing her allotment in life and condescending nature convinced Xiomara to believe maybe it was best to spend some more time away from her family and their thoughts about her. After various relocations from station to hospital back to the station, she was finally contacted by the corporate conglomerate Nanotrasen to be stationed aboard the NSS Aurora and provide medical knowledge to the station, with a chance at a stable work environment that didn't have her moving from one part of Biesel to the next, she quickly accepted and set off to aid in the station's medical plights

 

What do you like about this character? I like the idea of playing an oppressed character that goes against the ideals of her people but must be Subtle and keep such under wraps to avoid her clan being seen as lesser and herself being cast out, I also like the emotional range that this character can produce, while being older she still can be stubborn to the core. This character I also feel has a lot of areas to build, with different alien views and perspectives possibly warping her views both positively or negatively over time

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I think I'm pretty good, I can sometimes be slow in response time, and tend to not hold up too well in combat encounters but I don't see myself as too problematic roleplay wise

Edited July 24, 2021 by Haydizzle
Accepted

[Herpetophilia2]

I interacted with Siccero's Vaurcae many times and from this I can confidently say that they are a great and competent roleplayer. I'm more than certain that they'll do fine as an Unathi player.

+1

[Marlon P.]

I like this application; i can see the sincere interest and you have a very compelling character. Do you think she feels any draw to ouerea? Or maybe the autakh? Both offer their own kind of liberation to women.

+1

[Siccero]

On 20/07/2021 at 04:39, Marlon P. said:

I like this application; i can see the sincere interest and you have a very compelling character. Do you think she feels any draw to ouerea? Or maybe the autakh? Both offer their own kind of liberation to women.

+1

While Xiomara would love to carve out a small getaway in the ouerea region particularly within Kr'ath she knows that her family may not disown her for such an action, would not support anyway her leaving their village after investing so much time into her, so, for now, she's just biding her time while she awaits enough credits to make such a trip all on her own and for her mother to kick the bucket since her traditionalism is the thing keeping her anchored to the village. With autakh on the other hand, even if she dislikes her mother's pushing of things onto her, the one thing she keeps close to her after all these years was her faith. The shamans within her village were nothing but kind and were especially loving towards her (if not only for her mother's standing but also for just being loving people). As such she views much of the people of Aut'akh as somewhat crazed, she does believe some of their objectives such as the caste being flawed and believing having augmentations doesn't taint the soul, she sees many of their people as ones attempting to run away from responsibility or get away from a past evil deed they have done, although much of her experience with Aut'akh so far has been from stories from her villages shamans and some data that was always written with a Th'akh or Sk'akh viewpoint.

Edited July 21, 2021 by Siccero

[Haydizzle]

Hello! Thank you for applying.

How does Xiomara react to those of the Sk'akh faith? How does she handle religious discourse? Given her father is Sk'akh, I'm very interested here. Also, 

On 19/07/2021 at 09:46, Siccero said:

I like the idea of playing an oppressed character that goes against the ideals of her people

Could you elaborate on the oppression you are referring to here?

Thank you for your time. 

[Siccero]

1 hour ago, Haydizzle said:

Hello! Thank you for applying.

How does Xiomara react to those of the Sk'akh faith? How does she handle religious discourse? Given her father is Sk'akh, I'm very interested here. Also, 

Could you elaborate on the oppression you are referring to here?

Thank you for your time. 

Xiomara relationship with the Sk'akh faith is strained, to say the least, much of her knowledge of it was either from shamans talking about them being misguided brothers that need to be set on the right path and dinner table fighting between her mother and father, but with the importance both of them hold for keeping their clans together both are forced to put up with it. Xiomara likes her dad, much more than her mother, due to her dad treating her with a genuine love that didn't feel tied to some other motive, which makes her hate her earlier years more. When she was growing up much of her time was spent talking down on the Sk'akh faith, joining in on bullying kids that believed it, and in constant talks with her father about how he is on the wrong path and they need correction, which her dad tried to get away from such a topic as quickly as possible, but as of moving away from it all and being alone with her thoughts, and seeing the way many within her schooling would view her culture and worship within the field, she has a new outlook on others faith, while still believing Th'akh is the true path she has a hatred for other looking down upon another's faith, she experienced what they did back then and she hates it to her core. All this has led to deep hate for how she built her relationship with her dad and a further dislike for the way her mother showed this faith to be within her house. 

on the topic of oppression, I speak of the rigid social structure that dictates particular genders or roles, with females being viewed as untrustworthy at times due to not taking the warriors code and much of your role being dictated by intense overwatch, being able to be thrown into the bottom of society at any time looming over your head for every time such is stood up against or talked out about. The view of wishing to not be a piece to be married off, and a social symbol for your clan is interesting to me, of trying to be her own person rather than having the threat of being lesser for not fulfilling the clan's wishes with a predefined rigid endpoint that they must achieve. Such is interesting in the way of attempting to escape such an authoritarian fist before it envelopes her life without it slamming down upon her and reducing her place in all of Unathi society 

[Haydizzle]

On 22/07/2021 at 09:49, Siccero said:

on the topic of oppression

Keep in mind that women are not inherently viewed as untrustworthy by unathi as a whole, though it could be a personal interpretation for a few.

It's also good to keep in mind that Tau Ceti is not exactly asylum for unathi.

With that in mind, your application is accepted. Please shoot my deputies and I any questions you may have on Discord.