Mat4k9 Taj App (khajiit maxxing)

[Mat4k9]

BYOND Ckey: Mat4k9

 

Discord username: Mat4k9

 

Character names: Matilda Orlova, Catherine Pyxis

 

Species you are applying to play: Tajara

 

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General Whitelist Requirements 

 

What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: Beaver Brown (RGB 159, 139, 112 / Hex #9f8b70), more commonly known as Prairie Brown. 

 

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?:

Mostly the interesting history of the Tajara allured me to attempt a WL. I’ve noticed some resemblance/inspiration from real world history like the Russian Revolution and Civil War which is a part of history that I really find interesting and deeply personal to me. Besides the history I just find a planet split into three factions incredibly fascinating because a lot of the lore on Aurora is on a galactic scale with entire planets being mono-cultures of sorts, Adhomai on the other hand has plenty of regional cultures even within the 3 major factions, this amount of diversity is only really matched by Moghes, Biesel and Sol-III. And also I would be a little dishonest if I didn’t mention this: felines are pretty cool as well!

 

 

What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?:

Where do I begin! First of all Tajara come from a much colder planet then humanity which leads them to have certain adaptations for that sort of environment like a thick coat of fur and a layer of body fat that makes a layer of insulation for body heat retention and having nictitating membranes on the eyes to protect the eyes against the snow and wind. As for cultural differences from humanity there are four races of Tajara that have a massive socioeconomic effect on individual Tajara, with Hharar being the Typical Tajara, Zhan-Khazan being the toned mountainous variant predisposed to heavy labor and oppression. M’sai being the slender hunters with snow colored fur and Njarir’Akhran which is the caste of the Nobility which underwent severe inbreeding and eugenics to maintain desirable traits. These ethnic differences had profound effects on Tajaran society with nobility and the plutocracy having literal genetic differences from the common Tajara, to be delightfully passed down to stay within these lines of nobility. Due to this a lot of Tajaran society is far more conservative than modern humanity, especially within the New Kingdom of Adhomai while the other factions have a more modernistic view on the world, with the DPRA wishing for a decentralized democracy while the PRA being a statist country that sees the State at the top of the hierarchy, not a single Monarch like the NKA or the democratic process within the DPRA. 

 

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Character Application

 

Character Name: Mirir Rrhaz'Khandarr

 

Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. 

 

Mirir Rrhaz'Khandarr was born in 2440 in Southern Ras’Narr near Mezuma within the fertile prairies between the Rhazar and Khazan mountains. She was born in an isolated village in the prairie with mostly ruralistic Hharar who hold their ancient traditions and S'rand'marr Worship close, she spent her earliest years on her family’s farm being the youngest of 4 other siblings a mix of male and female Hharar. From a young age she received her PRA mandated primary education and worked the fields and was expected to be married off when she came of age, but her own aspirations were different from her family and tradition, she had an infinite curiosity of the new technologies like cars, television sets and radios that a post-contact Adhomai had, unfortunately due to isolation and her family’s incredibly traditional view on technology: seeing televisions as Hadiist Spying machines and cars/mechanical machines as unnecessary when they have Zhsram for riding and Khur’miurr Raharr for agriculture and hitching, Mirir’s exposure to technology was only limited to tinkering with discarded machines left abandoned in dumps or on the side of dirt paths, which led to a large amount of scolding from her father as she spent her time messing with primitive electronics instead of working in the fields like the rest of her siblings. When she was 11 in 2451 the 3 way Second Revolution began with the assassination of President Al’Mari Hadii and the rise of the Adhomai Liberation Army as opposition to the Hadiist Government. Generally Mezuma and the surrounding villages were spared from devastation, remaining an ALA/DPRA stronghold for the duration of the war, unlike the neighboring Trizar which was mostly destroyed. This war has affected the young Tajara in more indirect ways, her planned arranged marriage prospects were delayed as most of her brothers went to fight the Hadiist menace, requiring every hand to be on the farm. Also with the fact it was far too dangerous to travel for such an important event in S'rand'marr Tradition, her age of maturity passed with no news of a dreaded marriage she began to diligently and secretly save any funds she could secure from small scale maintenance work and the selling of grown goods she could steal from the family farm, with the hope that she could eventually leave behind her past and attempt to integrate into urban life as a independent Tajara. As the war entered its waning stages and with the formation of a civilian government called the Democratic People’s Republic of Adhomai her family began looking for a proper marriage match for their youngest daughter which caused a sense of urgency in Mirir. She began to act more boldly in her small scale enterprises, stealing more food and going to urban Mezuma itself without her parents knowledge to find more lucrative work. With this boldness born of desperation her parents began to catch on, portions of harvests missing, and their daughter missing for large portions of the day they eventually caught her red handed with her entire stash of saved Adhomian Knuckles, this pushed her father into a rage, attempting to restrain her and put her in a sort of house arrest. Fortunately she managed to flee with her savings, her first instinct having her head to Mezuma, desperate to make as much distance as she can from her family she makes the decision to attempt to travel from Ras’nrr to Das’nrra, the continent that holds the capital of the DPRA Shastar City and the Crevus itself. Having to spend most of her Knuckles on the passage through the eastern Khazan Mountains and the boat passage to Das’Nrra she arrives at the continent almost entirely broke. The rumors of the promise of freedom from tradition and norms that the Free-City of Crevus allured the Tajara and she eventually ended up in the city’s massive harbors, due to her near non-existent wealth she ended up in Liceland where most of the city’s incoming refugees and other less than fortunate Tajara. While the families mostly ignore the shanty-town tumor of unregulated development the conditions of the city were beyond horrific, Mirir was left deeply disturbed by the horrific displays of violence within the slums yet amazed by the amount of technologies and urban development there is in Crevus. During one of her many walks out of Liceland, to hopefully catch some fresh air and at least a little peace of mind she ends up on the edge of the Azaula Territory, across the canal there would be The Grand Pyramid of Hephaestus and the Shard of Nanotrasen in the Knuckles/Pam Hu District glistening in the distance. Absolutely amazed by the display of human wealth and development she only had one goal, leave the confines of this planet and work under the industrial giants of humanity. Instead of turning to violence and crime like most of the residents of Liceland, she relentlessly studied for entrance exams for every technical school willing to take a farmer’ girl, leveraging her practical knowledge gained by years of salvaging various junk and components from junkyards and dumps to sell or to tinker with. Eventually getting into one of the Hephaestus sponsored technical schools, in the Pam Hu district. Having finally escaped the slums and getting into student housing, she graduated at the top of her class studying Atmospherics as her fascination and exposure to human-made spacecraft grew. After her quite late graduation in the summer of 2467, at the age of 27, she was saddled with debt, a simple yet alluring trap that the megacorporation set for desperate Tajara pupils. Now indebted to the megacorporation she had no choice but to work with them as it’s decided to send her to the SCCV Horizon, a collaborative megacorporate project entering the frontiers of space in the search of phoron. While most would be devastated by the debt, she would be incredibly excited to learn she was going to be taken off-planet, as the shuttle leaves the Adhomai atmosphere her infinite curiosity and excitement will finally be quenched. 

 

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.  

 

She was pretty isolated from the wider galaxy up until now as she leaves Adhomai but she has a lot of heavy beliefs on Tajara/Adhomai, at heart she believes in the right to free determination and strongly believes in the democratic process that the civilian government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Adhomai currently abides by. She’s generally against the traditionalist culture of her family and rural communities, especially against the concept of arranged marriages, which made her have a distant but large dislike for the NKA and the concept of an old monarchy in general. Also she finds the People’s Republic to be far too centralized and authoritarian and finds the concept of a united Tajaran culture to be idealistic and silly. Human society in general allures her the most, she has heard of the SCCV Horizon in passing during her educational term with Hepaestus Industries during the events of the Cold Dawn story-arc but never expected to work on the vessel 2 years later. Overall her view on the world is fractured just like Adhomai, seeing the NKA and PRA as authoritarian regimes and the DPRA as a patchwork of cultures of old and new, good and bad, with Crevus especially being equally amazing yet horrifying to her. 

 

How does your character view the megacorporation they work for?

 

Even if she’s indebted to Hephaestus Industries she deeply respects their drive to recruit Tajaran workers for the rare opportunity to leave the confines of the icy planet of Adhomai, even if the corporation’s motive isn’t based within altruism but the endless greed and need for more credits. She’s willing to remain loyal to the company as long as she’s providing a stable living situation and technical work to quench her never ending curiosity and need to learn about the systems on which the world is shaped. She also had heard of rumors of possible prospects of citizenship within Biesel but she hasn’t really looked into such a prospect, as her immediate needs of survival and getting off of Adomai are far more pressing than a long term future in human space. (I want to leave her story as an open unfinished book and explore such options in natural roleplay.)

[CatsinHD]

Thank you for applying! You have a solid character and background, but there are a few questions:

1. During the Second Revolution, how was Mirir's family affected by the practices of the ALA (confiscation of crops, for instance), and their proximity to the frontline?
2. During Mirir's time in Crevus, what were her interactions with the gangs and families of Crevus like?
3. What is Mirir's views on the Twin Suns Worship?

[Mat4k9]

1. The largest factor that affected the family was the fact that her brothers went to fight under the ALA, their fates are unknown to Mirir as she left the village before all fighting ceased. Besides that confiscation of crops would be limited to none because of the isolation of the village and the fact that the bulk of the front line fighting happened in the neighboring Trizar. The most combat that the village itself would see is waves of refugees and bandits taking advantage of fuzzy borders and collapsing security guarantees within the region. 
2. She attempted her absolute best to not fall under the influence of the gangs and families of Crevus, she found her ruthless violence abhorrent and the last thing she wanted to be is a associate and/or a victim of these organizations. She found aligning herself with human corporations a far better option then the Tajaran criminal underground, fortunately due to the Families lack of drive to take conquer of the shanty-town of Liceland she was sparred from most of the exposure with them, keeping a very low profile for her own safety and practical benefit, any worry of these gangs vanished when she was taken under the wing of Hephaestus Industries.
3. She still worships the Twin Suns, seeing them as a symbol of balance and hope in a world that's so cruel and cold, it's the one of the family traditions she carries on. She very much disagrees on the practical application of the faith, especially when it comes to the importance marriage and childbearing but she still finds comfort and warmth in prayer of S'rendarr and Messa, finding them both equally important.