ATGiltspire's Unathi App: The curse of Kuri moves on to scalier fields...

[ATGiltspire]

BYOND Key: ATGiltspire
Character Names: Hayashi Kuri, Aurora June
Species you are applying to play: Unathi
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Azure: RGB 1, 102, 255 / Hex #0066FF
Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes

Why do you wish to play this specific race:
Having looked over the different races other than human, I feel more drawn to the style and concept of the Unathi, rather than the others. I always like non-human viewpoints on things, as they help me fit into a character better when I can completely separate my own mental patterns from the character. Overall, I enjoy their lore and history, and would love to experience their culture more, in a way that brings entertainment to all.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
The Unathi have a strong moral code that, while rigid, is still flexible enough for nuances and dramatic flair. Unlike humans, who have a massively varied culture and variety, the Unathi culture is more limited in breadth, but still have so much to grow and build off of. Their behaviors are significantly different from my human characters, with their eye contact and occasional violence being expected, rather than a rare/antag occurrence. The Unathi are forged from their home, and have a storied history that I find fun to read.

Character Name: Sathess Tau'ha'nor
Please provide a short backstory for this character
    Sathess Tau'ha'nor is doing fairly well for herself, for having been born a cursed child who was not even part of the Tau'ha'nor clan. Her father, a skilled and talented Warrior, served the Tau'ha'nor clan faithfully, and was aghast when his daughter was born with blue scales. He endeavored to hide her appearance as much as possible, but tongues can wag, and Sathess Me'zai's secret was exposed before her father had time to set up plans and strategies. Taking his daughter and wife to the clan hall, the man planned to argue for his daughter's survival, but, sadly, the transport crashed after an unspecified issue caused the engine to burst into flames. In a stroke of luck or fortune, Kresshi Tau'ha'nor had been heading out to meet them, and saw the crash. While Sathess's mother and father burnt in the flames, her screaming and crying form was pulled from the wreckage, and brought to the Tau'ha'nor Clan Hall.
    In recognition of the services of her father, Sathess was adopted into the Tau'ha'nor clan, to be raised in a safe environment where she could conceal her scales carefully. As hard as she tried, she was never able to shake the labels others gave her, ones of being a cursed child, or a blight upon the family. She shut herself away from the voices that spoke so cruelly towards her, and would spend hours reading in the impressive library of her adopted clan. Learning the basics of scientific study and piloting, Sathess began to gravitate to a role where she would spend most of her time in a hardsuit, or away from others. When she began to feel restless at home, she begged permission to follow Kresshi's trail, and join the SCCV Horizon under the domain of Nanotrasen, as a scientist, possibly focusing on Xenoarchaeology, once she has finished her schooling and come of appropriate age. Sathess just hopes that the cursed title from her childhood will not follow her to the stars, and that she can finally live without fear of abuse or assault.

What do you like about this character?
This character is not proud of her scales or appearance, choosing to hide it and simply put forth an outward appearance of a normal Unathi. She wants to be recognized for who she is, rather than hated for how she looks, which is something that I strongly identify with, and I think that I would strongly enjoy playing her.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I would rate it as about a 6 out of 10. I may be more critical on myself than others, since I tend to go over my flaws, but I don't believe that my RP is particularly groundbreaking or wonderful.

Notes: I know Azure sinta are treated poorly, and are commonly marked for death, either literally or figuratively, but this does not dissuade me, as it gives me a stronger connection with them, TBH. Please feel free to ask questions and raise concerns. If I need to work on it more, that's okay. All constructive criticism is welcome!

Edited July 22, 2023 by ATGiltspire
I have amazing spelling. JK, I'm bad at it

[dessysalta]

It's always a blast roleplaying with Gilt, especially when it involves Kuri channeling all the cosmic power in the universe in order to die every other shift. Another Tau'ha'nor sounds awesome, but they better make a Drek'za too after the fact. 

 

+1!

[Lent23]

Gilt always puts a lot of effort into her characters, and I would absolutely love to see her play a sinta. +1 for sure.

[Triogenix]

5 hours ago, ATGiltspire said:

Character Name: Sathess Tau'ha'nor
Please provide a short backstory for this character
    Sathess Tau'ha'nor is doing fairly well for herself, for having been born a cursed child who was not even part of the Tau'ha'nor clan. Her father, a skilled and talented Warrior, served the Tau'ha'nor clan faithfully, and was aghast when his daughter was born with blue scales. He endeavored to hide her appearance as much as possible, but tongues can wag, and Sathess Me'zai's secret was exposed before her father had time to set up plans and strategies. Taking his daughter and wife to the clan hall, the man planned to argue for his daughter's survival, but, sadly, the transport crashed after an unspecified issue caused the engine to burst into flames. In a stroke of luck or fortune, Kresshi Tau'ha'nor had been heading out to meet them, and saw the crash. While Sathess's mother and father burnt in the flames, her screaming and crying form was pulled from the wreckage, and brought to the Tau'ha'nor Clan Hall.
    In recognition of the services of her father, Sathess was adopted into the Tau'ha'nor clan, to be raised in a safe environment where she could conceal her scales carefully. As hard as she tried, she was never able to shake the labels others gave her, ones of being a cursed child, or a blight upon the family. She shut herself away from the voices that spoke so cruelly towards her, and would spend hours reading in the impressive library of her adopted clan. Learning the basics of scientific study and piloting, Sathess began to gravitate to a role where she would spend most of her time in a hardsuit, or away from others. When she began to feel restless at home, she begged permission to follow Kresshi's trail, and join the SCCV Horizon under the domain of Nanotrasen, as a scientist, possibly focusing on Xenoarchaeology, once she has finished her schooling and come of appropriate age. Sathess just hopes that the cursed title from her childhood will not follow her to the stars, and that she can finally live without fear of abuse or assault.

In my opinion, this backstory fails in a basic sense to show me that you are able to understand Unathi lore, and make a character with it. You have alot of the basics down but you're missing the meat that makes up a backstory, for example; What year were they born in, how did Unathi history affect Sathess, were members of the Tau'ha'nor clan who were more sympathetic towards her? If so, what were their names and how did they influence Sathess' life after the death of her father? What religion does Sathess follow? How does she view the Hegemony? Etc.
 

Due to these reasons outlined, this application is being denied. Re-application will be allowed after a 3-day period.

Edited July 22, 2023 by Triogenix