Mat4k9 Posted August 24 Posted August 24 (edited) BYOND Ckey: Mat4k9 Discord username: Mat4k9 Character names: Matilda Orlova, Catherine Pyxis, BAM#2432-2459 Species you are applying to play: Unathi ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: Indigo Blue: RGB 35, 55, 189 / Hex #2337BD Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: 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 species?: The reason that really pushed me to choose Unathi as my second WL and first organic WL is my exposure of the Hegemony through a human character coming from Ouerea. Seeing the inherent differences between Unathi and Human societies clash on the planet was a really interesting read to me and was why I developed such a passion for the Unathi culture and Hegemony, this is actually not what I expected. I’ve never played a non-mammalian organic species in any sort of roleplay setting and I’m glad that Aurora Station might be the first opportunity I get to do such a thing. I am attempting to get out of my comfort zone and try something new. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: Biologically the biggest difference between Unathi and Human is that Unathi are cold-blooded carnivores while humans are warm-blooded omnivores. Which of course led to some societal changes, such as fishing being held to the same importance of sedentary Unathi societies as human agriculture and forcing Unathi to be in more tropical/hot environments as their cold bloodiness gives them an advantage in the heat but makes them struggle in colder environments. Another large difference between Unathi and Humans are societal, with Humans (mostly) abandoning feudalism and monarchism in favor of republics on democracy and republics dominating most of Human space. While the Unathi have mostly stuck with their Feudal and Martial Honorbound Society, a lot of the differences are that there are 3 genders and they aren’t inherently tied to sex, with the Warrior (Masculine Aligned, Martial), Healer (Feminine Aligned, Scholarship, Healing) and Fisher (Gender Neutral, for more Industrious Labor like Fishing and Construction). With the far majority of Unathi being bound by some sort of honor-system and the entrenched feudal society causes a very different upbringing to modern humans in the Aurora Station universe, with individualism being secondary to the survival of one's clan and honor for Unathi. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Tryazali Kuhwinla (Formally Tryazali Rozalt) Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. Tryazali is born in a fishing village on the coast of the Tza Sea near Tzonia in the Tza Prairie Region in the year 2449, in the last few months of the waning contact war. While the Tza Prairie was mostly shielded by the destruction and bloodshed Tryzali’s father was levied to fight for the Hegemony as the Hegemony was closing in on the Azarak Capital of Darakath which led to him being killed in the fierce siege of Darakath before gestation was complete and the egg was laid, which led to Tryzazali and 2 other siblings being hatched with no living father. Tryzali’s mother, who was struggling to support herself with 3 new hatchlings, called for the support of her father and Tryazali’s grandfather to help around the family home and bring in some extra income which he accepted. While most of the family is colored “Derhai Shadow” due to the location of the former city of Derhai, despite the rest of his family Tryazali won the genetic lottery and was born covered in Indigo Blue scales which quickly made the Hatchling an outcast by most of those around him from birth until present day. A few months after him and his siblings hatched their mother was unfortunately killed in a petty raid as the depopulated countryside was still facing small skirmishes between villages and roving bands of bandits which have been taking advantage of the chaos of the decade long Contact War and the reconstruction after. Their grandfather, who was the last surviving family member of the trio of Hatchlings, decided to bring them to his previous residence which was deeper into the mountains about 20 miles east of the Former Great City of Derhai. The young sinta and his other siblings, which were 2 female Unathi, were raised by their grandfather, a staunch traditionalist but still a caring and loving figure, acting as a dual role of both a parent and the clan elder. In his grandfather’s mountain “estate” (more of a simple lodge). Tryazali was taught and instilled the values of diligence, determination and self-control by the grandfather, being told to only trust the abilities of oneself. Tryazali was forced to accompany his grandfather everywhere, on hunting and fishing journeys and trips to the markets of Tzonia and Kutah quite regularly. As Tryazali and his clutch grew to around age 9 they underwent the Hatchlings Anointment on the last day of Versakh, which took place in the old village of their birth which was now thriving as a fishing hub, as their grandfather considered moving the 3 now teenage sinta back to the village he passed away of old age. Leaving the clutch of 3 with no adult family to speak up, the mountain lodge was quickly seized by a local lord and the Tryazali was sent to Kuath to one of the orphanages under the Kuhwinla. As this was around 2459 an edict by Not’zar Izweksi prevented the guardianless trio to be labelled as Guawn but instead they were under the wardship of the Kuhwinla orphanages, their clan name of Rozalt was considered destroyed as there were zero surviving adult members and their surnames were changed to Kuhwinla as per the orphanage guild’s policy. Tryazali was separated from the rest of his clutch as the local Matriarch of the Kutah orphanage refused to take all three as feeding one mouth was enough to the matriarch, his two sisters were sent to another part of civilized Moghes. Tryazali never saw his sisters again and presumes them to be gone forever, the orphanage guild similarly taught self-reliance and obedience similar to his grandfather but with much more malicious intent, the intent of extreme frugality and to squeeze every Ziki out of the expenses of caring for the teenage Tryazali. Due to this frugality Tryazali was unable to pursue any higher education besides a local apprenticeship for the Miners Guild which was centered within the City of Kuath. Around the year 2465 as the Phoron Scarcity was in full force and the Hegemony’s economy began to fail. Hephaestus Industries, the industrial titan of the spur bailed out all of the guilds including the Mining Guild. Tryazali was rapidly approaching adult-hood and around 2466 he was approached by the Matriarch of the Orphanage and presented with a mind-boogling mountain of debt they had gathered over the years. Tryazali saw Hephaestus Industries as the corporation that saved the Izweski economy and saw it as the only honest corporation of the galaxy, valuing hard work and loyalty unlike the corporate intrigue and dishonorable methods that other mega-corporations and humans, Tryazali generally saw most humans as weak, soft and emotional creatures, only seeing Hephaestus as marginally better compared to most other human-led corporations in the Spur. Due to this stance on Hephaestus and wanting to just leave Moghes, Tryazali was more than happy to sign the Hephaestus contract that the Matriarch attempted to persuade him with and they were given a short shuttle piloting lesson, Tau Ceti Basic course and sent to the SCCV Horizon to begin his contract under Hephaestus Industries in summer 2467. How has the recent events of the Orion Spur impacted your character? Events such as the Phoron Scarcity, the Solarian Collapse or even the Invasions of Biesel for interstellar-wide affairs, while region-specific events such as the Peacekeeper Mandate, The Titan Rises or even Cold Dawn may impact your character. The events of the Phoron Scarcity and The Titan Rises exposed Tryazali to wider humanity and all their quirks and differences they have compared to Unathi. While the Phoron Scarcity hurt the Hegemonic economy to near collapse and the general environment damage after the Contact War made famines and rationing common-place within Unathi Society, the Matriarch of the orphanage guild they were in squeezed the budget even tighter, making Tryazali accustomed with stretching out a single meal for two or even three days. During his apprenticeship around when Hephaestus acquired the entire mining guild. They saw humans for the first time, seeing them as strange, weak and even unsightly to look at, jokingly referring them as bipedal Siro (Shreiekers) to his orphan bunkmates due to Human’s warmbloodiness and diminished martial culture, but still respecting Hephaestus’s industrious attitudes on the economy and making great strides to save Moghe’s economy from utter catastrophe. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? Hephastus Industries is the only human-based corporation that Tryazali sees as honest and hardworking. Generally they have a positive opinion on them as they granted Tryazali with a better opportunity then the Matriarch of the Orphanage ever did. Preferring to leave Moghes behind they see this opportunity as turning a new leaf and leaving behind all the people who have used him just to make a quick buck (even though Hephastus is intending to also make profit off of the now adult Unathi). As the SCCV Horizon in general they see her crew as a bunch of spoiled coddled cowards, as they begin to witness people eat 3 meals a day instead of 1 meal every 3 days and is beginning learning about the concept of a "psychologist", they see it all as a waste of precious money that is better saved or used to chip away at the mountain of debt always in his conscious. Edited August 27 by Lent23
evandorf Posted August 24 Posted August 24 Hi, thanks for applying. Your backstory is very thorough and I like how you've included little touches such as the Hatchling's Annointment but I have a question regarding Tryazali's coloration. You mention in the beginning that it causes him to be seen as an outcast essentially his whole life, but beyond that I didn't see it mentioned again. I assume it has bearing on things like the matriarch's decision in which hatchling to keep, the orphanage's decision to ship them off to Hephaestus, ect., but that's just an assumption. Is the coloration a personal aesthetic choice or do you have plans to explore it further?
Mat4k9 Posted August 24 Author Posted August 24 Ah yes the coloration of the Tryazali has been something I've struggled with for most of the duration of me putting this application together and I want to thoroughly explain my decision of having a blue Unathi, as you know coloration of Unathi is usually determined by the location/region they come from. First I didn't even notice Derhai because of it's lack of documentation and obscure greyed out map location and intended on choosing Tak Red because of it's close proximity and both Tak and the Tza Prairies shared affiliation with the fishing industry and the faith Th'akh. But eventually I noticed the fallen city of Derhai being in the area and I've reached a bit of a conundrum, I wanted an Unathi character with more of a lighter and colorful color but the regional color of the Tza Prairie would most likely be Derhai Shadow, and due to the isolation of the Tza Prairie it would be quite difficult to justify a native there being Skalamar/Tak Red. So for my best attempt to abide by lore without changing my character from the interesting Tza Prairie origin and have a rich and saturated color I decided to go with Indigo Blue as it isn't region locked and simply a genetic mutation, so yes this is mostly an aesthetic choice but I would open to connecting to to their wider story, but I do want to say that if they were any other coloration the same story would most likely play out due to the nature of the Kuhwinla orphanage guild being greedy/frugal no matter what and would send their wards to Hephaestus an yway as this was around a year "The Titan Rises" story arc.
evandorf Posted August 24 Posted August 24 13 minutes ago, Mat4k9 said: Ah yes the coloration of the Tryazali has been something I've struggled with for most of the duration of me putting this application together and I want to thoroughly explain my decision of having a blue Unathi, as you know coloration of Unathi is usually determined by the location/region they come from. First I didn't even notice Derhai because of it's lack of documentation and obscure greyed out map location and intended on choosing Tak Red because of it's close proximity and both Tak and the Tza Prairies shared affiliation with the fishing industry and the faith Th'akh. But eventually I noticed the fallen city of Derhai being in the area and I've reached a bit of a conundrum, I wanted an Unathi character with more of a lighter and colorful color but the regional color of the Tza Prairie would most likely be Derhai Shadow, and due to the isolation of the Tza Prairie it would be quite difficult to justify a native there being Skalamar/Tak Red. So for my best attempt to abide by lore without changing my character from the interesting Tza Prairie origin and have a rich and saturated color I decided to go with Indigo Blue as it isn't region locked and simply a genetic mutation, so yes this is mostly an aesthetic choice but I would open to connecting to to their wider story, but I do want to say that if they were any other coloration the same story would most likely play out due to the nature of the Kuhwinla orphanage guild being greedy/frugal no matter what and would send their wards to Hephaestus an yway as this was around a year "The Titan Rises" story arc. To be clear, it being an aesthetic choice is completely fine. It's a rare genetic thing and not tied to any one place but we don't track or police rarity.
Mat4k9 Posted August 24 Author Posted August 24 Aye aye that's good to hear, I chose it because blue is a pretty nice color and because it is not tied to any one location, I just wanted to explain myself on why I chose it as my personal aesthetic choice.
Lent23 Posted August 27 Posted August 27 Hello, This application is accepted. Welcome to playing the most based species.
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