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[Triogenix]

BYOND Key: Triogenix

Character Names: 

Fezile Burns

Izan Estrada 

Hashim Prruzhulkanich

(formly) Vadim Vaziri

Species you are applying to play: Unath/Sinta

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Dark Green

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

 

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 think the biggest reason I want to play Unathi is their options for backgrounds. From the Feudal courts of the Hegemony to the struggle of the wasteland, Unathi lore offers me backgrounds to pick from that no other species does. Of course this could be said for nearly any species, just with a few words swapped out. Unathi however also have religious lore that I find to be incredibly interesting, especially those that also tie into history, like Si’akh. They also have an interesting dynamic between the urban centers and rural areas that I wish to explore.

 

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

I think the biggest difference between playing Unathi and Humans can be found on the decrypt citizenship page, under the Izweski Hegemony. There it states that citizenship as understood by the rest of the galaxy is an alien concept to the Izweski. While not the only Unathi faction to pick from, it illustrates well in my eyes how backwards Unathi are compared to humans, still using feudal systems with some modern parts wedged in uncomfortably. What this means for RP is that a Sinta may not understand basic concepts such as voting that come readily to others, and may find basic tasks such as microwaving something difficult if they are new to that type of technology. The other big difference comes in the honor system, while somewhat similar to the human nation of Dominia, Unathi honor is a much more serious topic amongst Sinta, one that can change the fate of clans. Because of this, RP wise a Unathi would be much more careful to strictly follow the codes of honor, should they be part of a clan or wish to be in good standing.

 

Character Name: Vark Tka’zua

Please provide a short backstory for this character

Vark was hatched male in a traditionalist village just to the west of what would later be called the Torn Cities, in 2436. His father and mother were both peasants, his father working in the mines the village was situated about and his mother around the aquaculture fields in the small lake the village had. Both his parents were Th’akh, and raised Vark much the same. Vark does not remember much of his early life, he knows from his mother that in 2437 at the outbreak of the contact war his father was called to the Levy’s by their lord, one of the 1/4th portion of miners taken. 

At the age of two, he and his mother were informed of his fathers death at the hands of Hegemony forces. He doesn’t remember much of his reaction. His mothers brother took over teaching the hatchlings about the world. A miner like his father, Vark learned of the Hegemony’s perversions of Unathi culture, the duty one must do for their lord, and the basics of how their town works. 

At age 3, he remembers watching as the cities to the east went up in nuclear fireballs as the atomic exchange began while playing in the town with other children. He had never been more terrified, running back to his small home where he attempted to ride out the horror of nuclear devastation in their small basement with his mother. After the week of cleansing, he would emerge from his basement with his mother to see charred remains of the torn cities drifting on the wind landing across the now sandy grasslands. Over the coming months the town guard attempted to secure the town's position by beginning a program of exorbitant taxation and long work hours, at the behest of the lord. Vark didn’t mind giving up some of his food so that the traditionalist cause was not lost, but his growling stomach at night did not care for causes. 

When he was 6 his tutor, his uncle, was also called to the levies. He never saw them again, or heard of their fate. His mother could not find another man in town to take the responsibility of tutoring the young Vark, so attempted to do it herself. 

When he was 8, order fully collapsed in his town, as the radiation had made the aquaculture farms useless, and most of the men had been sent into the meatgrinder of the war as an attempt to secure what little livable land there was left. The lord had gone with them, leaving a weak regent in charge of his lands. The guards remaining had taken nearly everything from the villagers, and but for a sparse few, abandoned the villagers to their fate, fleeing off into the night. Vark would hope for a million deaths upon their clans for the rest of his life. The remaining guards pledged to take those villagers who had not been killed by cancer or the harsh work conditions to a settlement in the now forming wasteland, that was said to have room for refugees and food. So, with his now sickly mother, he packed up what possessions he had left and marched with his village into the sandy tides of the wasteland. The journey was hard, and the column of refugees endured many attacks from the precursor Gawgyrn, as well as attacks from those animals that had survived annihilation and starved for anything to eat.

He eventually reached the forming settlement, named Garcho, with half the number that had started. It almost broke him, he spent many days by himself not even seeing his mother, before emerging and attempting to help the guards and older boys in whatever it is they had been asked to do around the settlement. He would sleep where-ever he could, underneath something preferably but when he and his mother could not find a place to stay, in alleys trying to fight off the cold wasteland night.

He did this for two years, and then at the age of 11 everything changed for Vark when one of the first fire priests visited his settlement, a former sk’akh priest. While most in the settlement boo’d the preacher, or paid him no mind, Vark and his mother were enamored with the preaching, and asked the priest if they might accompany him on his travels. The priest agreed. Vark would spend most of his time with the priest, traveling from settlement to settlement across the wasteland, following the steps of the prophet himself, sometimes staying in one place for a month, other times only a night. He was taught the principles of Si’akh, and absorbed them with the energy of a child. His mother also absorbed the teachings, using them as justification for her husband's redemption, and her damnation for a reason Vark never understood. The sk’akh priest never told the young Vark their name, or clan name, and merely requested to be referred to as “sir” or “fire priest”. He also began to help out by fixing whatever he could find broken around the camp, and showed a shrewd aptitude for it. 

When he was 13, the contact war officially ended. He still clearly remembers where he was, eating the raw chunk of a shrieker while sitting on a rock, next to the fire priest when a follower approached them and told them of the traditionalists' defeat. Vark’s first thought was of the followers of Si’akh, and how they would face even more persecution from the Maraziite Order, now with the backing of the Hegemony. He said as much to what he now considered “his” priest next to him. The priest reassured him, saying that the Maraziite order could not harm the prophet, nor stop his preaching.

However, their next stop proved the priest wrong. Before they managed to get to the settlement walls, they were ambushed by members of the Maraziite order, who had been tracking them for weeks. Vark managed to bolt inside the walls of the settlement with a contingent of faithful, but mainly his mother, before turning to attempt to help his priest, only to see him cut down by the Maraziites. The settlement guards then closed the gates.

Lost in an unfamiliar settlement, Vark began to slowly drift away from the rest of the faithful, still sleeping in the same communal area of tents set up when they first arrived, but doing very different things. Vark, still only 13, had been invited by a Hephaestus Representative going around town speaking with parents and children, to the education center recently set up. There he learned Hephaestus's version of the spur, a land of opportunity for anyone who had enough grit and determination to advance. He threw himself into his classes, excelling, and after three years of classes being one of those lucky enough to be offered a degree by Hephaestus, on the condition that he work for the company a minimum of 20 years at whatever posting they assigned him.

Taken off Moghes at the age of 17, his mother and friends he had traveled with said goodbye for what may be the last time, as they prepared to continue their pilgrimage behind the prophet, he felt guilt at leaving them, but knew that this was the best path forward for him. He was sent to Ceres University, specializing in engineering. He also got treatment for the cancers and leftover radiation affecting his body, something he knew now would eventually kill his mother, through constant medication. He threw himself into his studies, never really paying attention to the news or the goings on of the human nation around him, and unable to truly connect with his fellow Sinta, as they were mostly Hegemonic Nobles. He still kept to his Si’akh practice, even though it meant possible danger from the other students. He also began to apply his old uncle's lessons of duty to lords to Hephaestus, the company which had given him so much. He felt that he would do near anything for the company, should it ask. Eventually after 4 years of work, Vark graduated with a degree in engineering, and was sent to his first post at the age of 21.

His first post lasted 4 years, and involved constructing new habitation facilities in the frontier to help boost Hephaestus's Image. Vark enjoyed this work, and it fulfilled him to help others, though their souls might be saved in the end no matter what he does. He never spent more than 4 month on any one planet.

His second posting had him construction vessels of all purposes at a Hephaestus shipyard in the New Hai Phong system for 2 years. Vark didn’t really know what to make of this work, and would have preferred to do something else, but he did it nonetheless because it was asked of him. Eventually, he was reassigned to Biesel following the formation of the SCC, given an apartment on Valkyrie, and assigned contractor work aboard the NSS Aurora II as a Station Engineer.

 

What do you like about this character?

I think the thing I like the most is how open his story is, he still has to find a mate to attempt to save more souls as Si’akh demands, he hasn’t really experienced much of Biesel culture, which will be interesting to play with. I’m also really looking forward to interacting with other Unathi religions while playing someone who follows the doctrines of Si’akh.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

A 6-7 out of 10

Notes:

Edited December 28, 2021 by Haydizzle
Accepted

[Captain Gecko]

HE CALLED THE UNATHI BACKWARD! DENY, DENY DENYYY!!

Ok more seriously, though, it all looks good to me. I just have ONE question: What's Tka’zua's opinion of Hegemony Sintas, on station, as well as other non-Moghean Unathi (Dominians, Compact, etc.) and most importantly, how would he act next to them? Would he tolerate them but clearly show distrust/dislike? Would he hide any kind of feelings he'd have?

[Triogenix]

10 hours ago, Captain Gecko said:

What's Tka’zua's opinion of Hegemony Sintas, on station, as well as other non-Moghean Unathi (Dominians, Compact, etc.) and most importantly, how would he act next to them? Would he tolerate them but clearly show distrust/dislike? Would he hide any kind of feelings he'd have?

Due to his work already with Hephaestus, he is able to work with and tolerating all types of Sinta. Given the precarious nature of his job, and just having a working visa, he keeps his thoughts and dislikes to himself,  so to ensure no fights break out between himself and coworkers. He does this by almost never bringing up religion or background with other Sinta unless he knows they are also Si'akh or very tolerant, avoiding conversations that do bring it up if other Sinta are involved, and deflecting if asked about it himself in a polite way. Of course, should he get angry, or be confronted by another Sinta about his background or religion, these limits he places on himself would likely not be as important in the moment. 

His thoughts on Hegemony Sinta and Non-Moghean Unathi can boiled down to a general sense of wariness. Over the course of his career with Hephaestus he's worked with some Izweski unathi who has enjoyed working with(keeping his distance though as outlined in the above paragraph), and while he despises the Izweski state, he is not so blinded by his hatred to be unable to see that those making it up are Unathi as well. This applies to those on Ourea as well to him, as he doesn't know much of the democratic elections or uprisings that occurred 2 years in the past. For Dominia, he hasn't interacted with any Sinta from there yet, and sees them similar to the Izweski, Sinta chained to alien influences rather then keeping the traditions of their own. The compact he knows next to nothing about, and as of now does not feel strongly about them.

 

Hope that answers your question!

Edited December 22, 2021 by Triogenix
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[Haydizzle]

Hello! Thanks for the application. Ideally, I will be able to put questions up tomorrow (later today technically) and make a decision the next day, but my work schedule is hectic so there might be a delay until after Christmas for reading through this app thoroughly and making a decision.

Some brief questions:

Why did Vark convert to Si'akh? It is probably the most radical jump to go from Th'akh to Si'akh (barring Sk'akh to Aut'akh): what was the most appealing aspect(s)?

What are some of his hobbies Vark developed on Moghes, and what are some new hobbies he has picked up since leaving Moghes?

[Triogenix]

2 hours ago, Haydizzle said:

Why did Vark convert to Si'akh? It is probably the most radical jump to go from Th'akh to Si'akh (barring Sk'akh to Aut'akh): what was the most appealing aspect(s)?

I think the biggest reason for the radical jump was the trauma he experienced during the contact war, that made him much more open to heretical ideas. He was a nobody in an unfamiliar place after everything he knew was destroyed as a result of atomic fire, and Si'akh gave him a sense of purpose and explanation that filled a void he desperately needed filled which Th'akh was not filling. That appealing aspects, firstly was an explanation as to why everything he knew was destroyed, and purpose in a path to salvation with a reassurance that not is all yet lost. The way the priests gave the sermons of the messiah with their conviction helped him flip over. 

2 hours ago, Haydizzle said:

What are some of his hobbies Vark developed on Moghes, and what are some new hobbies he has picked up since leaving Moghes?

The hobby he developed first on Moghes was carving little figures from rocks his uncle would bring back from the mines, in the fashion a 4 year old would. He continues to carve whenever he is bored and wants something to do with his hands, or needs to take his mind off of stressing topics, with any material he can find. He's never tried to do it more then a relaxing hobby, but still has a fair number of carvings scattered around his house. His favorite is one he did of a ship he helped build in university made out of wood. 

Off Moghes, he's found an enjoyment for gardening, he has several basic types of plants and a few more exotic ones in trays around his apartment. He tries to pick plants that remind him of his childhood, so grasses and Moghes wildflowers make up a majority of his plants. He first picked up gardening when he noticed that Hephaestus always had someone put greenery around habitation he was helping to build in the frontier.

 

Hope that answers your questions and happy holidays!

Edited December 23, 2021 by Triogenix

[Haydizzle]

Great answers to your questions. Your application is accepted; thanks for your time and patience. If you have any further questions, feel free to DM my deputies and I about it.