RustingWithYou Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) BYOND Key: RustingWithYou Character Names: Casimir Tilton, Nekhii San-Khol, Azkohi Dorviza Species you are applying to play: Vaurca What color do you plan on making your first alien character?: (RGB 122, 31, 0) Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes Why do you wish to play this specific race?: Bugs are cool. I like them. Aside from that, I find a lot of the lore on the Vaurca really interesting, with regards to both their status in the Spur, their unique technology and their history. More than any other race, the Vaurca are outsiders, and one of the least humanlike races in the setting, which I think would be interesting to play. I like that they don't fall into the standard insectoid race trap of "they're a hive mind who all think and act in exactly the same way" (except the Lii'dra, I guess), and that the Vaurca actually have a fleshed out and interesting culture and society. Identify what makes roleplaying this race different than roleplaying a human: Vaurca are one of the least humanlike races of the Spur, with a lot of key differences. Vaurca are much more communally-minded than humans, with a deep sense of loyalty to brood and hive that is engineered on a biological and cultural level. Non-Warrior Vaurcae also tend to avoid violence wherever possible, fleeing if they can and resorting to violence only in immediate self-defense. Bound Vaurcae are very different than humans, probably falling closer to simple robots on the scale of sentience - they pretty much do their jobs and only their jobs, unless ordered otherwise by a head of staff or an Unbound of their hive. While Unbound still possess the same loyalty to their hive, they have much more individuality than a Bound would, having much more of a sense of self and interests outside their job - though their job is still a large part of who they are, with them having been likely engineered for it their entire lives. Character Name: Ra'Akiax'Avek'Zo'ra, Shaft Miner. Avek is one of the recently unveiled Zo'rane Bulwarks, from the brood of Athvur. Hatched very recently, he has spent the majority of his existence so far within VR, only having been outside of it for about a year now. Since emerging from VR, Avek has lived in Belle Cote, assisting in the construction of Veii'ktown indirectly. Avek was bred for mining, and most of his physical existence so far has been spent away from his home, working on various mining vessels and stations as a contractor for Orion Express and sending credits back to his hive-cell. When the Horizon mission launched, Avek was sent both to work as a miner, and to gather valuable experience on working among the natives of the Spur. Avek's personality is rather at-odds with his massive frame, being generally very easy-going - as many of the Athvur Ra are, in the hopes of establishing a better public image for the giant terrifying bug-monsters. Part of his personal motivation aboard the Horizon mission is to present his caste well to other races, as well as to learn how to integrate with human society on a more personal level than can be gleaned from his VR education. Outside of his job, Avek is a cleverer individual than most humans would suspect based on his size and relatively 'unintellectual' job. While he's not a Warrior, and thus doesn't partake in war games, he has a particular liking for Trials focusing on puzzles or riddles, and can be frequently found indulging in similar physical activities when not working. While he does miss VR, and enjoys spending time in it, the relative novelty of the physical world given his young age is still fresh and exciting to him. What do you like about this character?: I like the idea of a heavy/industrial caste of Vaurca, and I wanted to basically play a walking piece of heavy machinery - however, I was drawn to the details on the Athvur wiki page about how many of the Bulwarks from that brood tend to be engineered for good PR. I thought the idea of playing what is, pretty objectively, a giant terrifying bug monster as a fairly chill guy who likes puzzles sounded pretty fun, and I'd like to play a character sort of defined by the dichotomy of being engineered to fit in well with humans, but lacking in practical experience when it comes to that. How would you rate your roleplaying ability?: Maybe a 7, 8 on a good day? Notes: i was originally writing a warrior concept instead, and this image would have been much more relevant. it in no way fits now, but i still thought it was funny. "The vhoron. Hand it over." Edited November 26, 2022 by Desven Link to comment
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