geKo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) BYOND Key: GeKo124 Character Names: Lydia Lantz Species you are applying to play: Tajara What colour do you plan on making your first alien character: Wheat (RGB 205,286,150 / Hex #cdba96) Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, I have many times while learning as much as I can about Tajaran lore both out of pure interest and for reviewing what I say here. 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 specifically love the history behind Tajara and how negatively impacting contact with a more technologically advanced species was for their society. I specifically became interested in the New Kingdom of Adhomai, because I personally love the monarchist themeing of the faction. After entering a trance where I scrapped all the information about the NKA I could find on the wikki I wanted to try and create a hyper-royalist Tajaran. The social structure and culture of the NKA really speaks to me. I also like how RP can come up as a result of the history between each Tajaran faction and how completely different each of their respective ideologies are. As I have witnessed this be used as fuel for RP between Tajarans on Aurora I believe it is something I can also participate in using the knowledge I've gained from the wikki. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: The revolutions that ravaged Adhomai have inflicted deep wounds into all Tajara. Every Tajara, on Adhomai or not have been impacted by the conflicts. Even after the Armistace of Shastar, the cold war, and more recently possible nuclear war, looms over the people of Adhomai. This is the environment Tajarans aboard the Horizon come from, and it effects their interactions with between both eachother and non-Tajara. Each of the Tajaran factions are constantly on edge, preparing for possible war between eachother. This is reflected down to individual Tajara, where resentment, distrust and blame breeds between them. You can put a lot of RP into simple workplace interactions as a Tajara using this history. Of course humans have disagreements between eachother, but they are not as culturally defining and socially changing as the revolutions on Adhomai were for Tajaran society. As well, of course the simple biological differences such as sleep schedule, pronoun use and differing anatomy can be sprinkled into RP for extra flavour. Particularly, in the NKA, royalism and monarchy seep into every aspect of culture which I intend to use in my character. Character Name: Dynhquarra Ahkdrrazi Please provide a short backstory for this character Dynhquarra is a M'sai Tajara who comes from a extremely royalist family of soldiers. They are from Northern Harr'masir and have always been loyal to the house of Azunja. They fought against the peasantry in the first revolution and were devastated when the nobility were sentenced to execution. Her father was born soon after this event, and grew up being taught about the glorious rulers of the Kingdom of Kaltir and how the PRA were set on destroying all things that make Tajara society great. Her mother was born only a little bit after this, being witness to the same ideological teachings. Dynhquarra's grandparents and parents were deeply involved with the royalist cell in Dymtris, and never waiverd away from their belief in opposing the PRA. It was this setting, in 2446, that Dynhquarra was born. She was 4 years old when the New Kingdom of Adhomai officially declared war against the PRA, and her father went to fight as a pilot in the war. Her mother stayed home to take care of her, and taught her about everything that the PRA has stolen from them. She was galvanised by the stories of the Kingdom her people were fighting to bring back. This had a deep impact on Dynhquarra's personality and life. She is a full believer of royalism and is loyal to the New Kingdom to her very core, she believes the other factions on Adhomai only seek to destroy Tajaran society. Growing up so close to the conflict, the Dymtris Line, and the engineering university she was inspired to try and become a engineer when she was older. The Line and other defence structures were what allowed the Kingdom to stand a fighting chance against their oppressors. They were the pride of Dymtris and Dynhquarra wanted to help maintaining and expand these systems to further enforce the NKA's freedom and pride. Many of Dynhquarra's older siblings joined the Alam'ardii, as infantry and artillery and were stationed at the Line. Even though Dynhquarra never fought as a soldier, she still worked with her mother to help make rations for the local effort. As time passed, they began to hear news of their siblings death during the destruction of the Line in 2458. This had a profound impact on Dynhquarra, blaming the cruel, misguided and oppressive Peoples Republic for their death. She began to worry for her father, dreading that a day might come where they are told about his death. Her father was stationed far from their home on an aircraft carrier, and every day they would listen to their community radio to hear if any ships had been wrecked recently. Minharrzka would smile upon her family, and her father would return safely home from the waters. Shortly after his return, the Armistice was signed and the war would come to an end. The aftermath of the conflict on her community and family were immeasurable, many were left in poverty and without families. She was lucky, even though she suffered greatly her family was able to stay afloat using the money her grandparents left them. She stayed steadfast in her belief in the monarchy and believed they would be able to fix this. Upon the accession of Queen Shumalia Azunja, Dynhquarra was a full supporter of the queen. She looked to her as an inspiration, a strong female leader of the NKA was just what they needed to rebuild their kingdom. Dynhquarra would begin to idolise the queen, seeing her as a figure to look up too and imitate. After the war was over, and after her family has organised their finances she planned to attend the Dymtris Polytechnic College at the age of 18. Her first year was extremely formative for Dynhquarra, growing up surrounded by the war she was not good at meeting new people. She found it difficult to communicate with her classmates and professors. A large part of this was her having to get past her peers political stances. Most of the new people she met were very politically active and supported populist royalism. Dynhquarra heavily disagreed with this, as her political stance stands as a traditional royalist with a little bit of absolute royalism added. The queen should be given slightly more power, but it is the noble cast as a whole who are the rightful leaders of the Tajara. Despite all of this, she chooses not to speak her political beliefs as it is not her role as a M'sai to participate in politics. It is the job of the nobility to govern the kingdom, and she will stay away from their position. However, she would end up bonding with three other students in one of her practicals over her love of the Crown Voices. Dynhquarra loves the group, and is obsessed with knowing everything about their friendship. She is inspired by each member of the group and sees them as a sign of art and prosperity returning to the kingdom after the war. Meeting and making new friends was an extremely positive moment for Dynhquarra, and barley being able to talk with them or her family on the horizon due to the state of extranet in the NKA will be devastating for her. Throughout the past few years, the Adhomian cold war has loomed over the Kingdom. Dynhquarra is well aware of this, and as tensions rose she began to fear what would happen next for the Kingdom. She never spoke of these thoughts to anyone, but she was worried the Kingdoms technological disadvantage would put them in jeopardy if a war broke out. She fears nuclear destruction of Adhomai, and that the PRA and DPRA are leading down a dark future by continuing to reinforce mutually assured destruction of eachother. All if this said, however, she believes that due to foreign companies involvement in the New Kingdom, in time they will be on par with the technology of the other factions on Adhomai. Combined with the spirit and bravery of the people of the NKA, they will be able to defend themselves if it is needed. On the nature of megacorporations, Dynhquarra is a full supporter of allowing business with them, but only if they are second to the queens rule. The queen should have the right to keep corporations in check, and they must respect her word. All of this considered however, if those in power make a decision she disagrees with, she will not voice disappointment as it is not her right too. As a result of this, she has some difficulty understanding many of the alien factions that allow common people to have political influence. She does however, respect them and treats them more with curiosity, as they are not Tajaran and their society may function differently. The DPRA however, is Tajaran. She views the DPRA with confusion and disbelief that they would ever follow their fantasy ideology. Giving political power to the commoners is an affront to the Tajaran way of life, and they are misguided. The PRA's views on the cast system are downright unthinkable, to believe that it must be destroyed to better Tajaran society is an affront to all of Tajaran civilisation. Dynhquarra is not as extreme as some factions within the Kingdom are, but she still believes that the cast system is an important and needed aspect of society. The DPRA believes that the caste system will somehow go away given time, this is a fruitless goal. The caste system is a core part of Tajaran life, it changes alongside them and should never be enforced by law, but it will never go away. To deny this is to deny themselves Tajaran, and makes them fools. As well, she believes the DPRA to be behind the unrest and terrorist organisations that threaten to take up arms against the crown. The NKA opening their doors to the large corporations found around the spur has given many students the opportunity to study abroad and learn in a real working environment. Dynhquarra saw this and immediately wanted to sign up for the program during her second year of university. This both a way to earn extra money and see more of the spur, which is likely something she would never get to experience again. With support from her parents she began to study extremely hard for her final exams in an attempt to get her grades as high as possible by the end of first year. With some prayers to Kraszar and support from her friends, she finished the year on a high note. She was later informed that she was accepted into the program and would be granted an intern position as an Hephaestus Industries Engineering Apprentice. What do you like about this character? As I have mentioned, I love the monarchist themes of the NKA. Dynhquarra was created from my interest in the setting and culture of the Kingdom and I really think I will be able to channel this passion into RP. I really got invested when reading the lore for Tajara and I hope to be able to incorporate everything I found fascinating into my characters story and RP. The idea of a super loyal and extreme royalist just sounds fun to me haha. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I am relativity new to HRP space station, I just got into Aurora after coming back to ss13 after having a mac for awhile, but I have done roleplay quite a bit throughout my life. That said, I really hope to improve over time and I do think this character can help me by giving a new perspective to RP through. Notes: I know I'm pretty new (and my forum account was made like minutes ago lol), but I hope I managed to create a good application. If there is anything wrong, or something that should be added please say so:) I'm always looking to improve so every little tip or suggest helps. Thank you for taking the time to read all of this, I hope you're having a wonderful day and yeah! fingers crossed I haven't royally screwed up and embarrassed myself. ---(Also advice on the name would be appreciated, im not sure if its good or not) Edited July 22, 2023 by geKo added her thoughts on the DPRA, political stance and feelings about the cold war Link to comment
Alberyk Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 I don't have anything to ask. Application accepted. Link to comment
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