Arvak Morekborn's Unathi application

[Arvak Morekborn]

BYOND Key: Arvak Morekborn

Character Names: Karl Magnusson, Hugrekki Undisson, Whispering Willow, Eidlan Kundi-Drak, Anna Alvasdottir

What color do you plan on making your alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt) : Beige/ Light brown

Species you are applying to play: Unathi

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, I have.

Why do you wish to play this specific race?:

The honour-bound nature of Unathi is certainly an attractive aspect to me, considering I absolutely love playing with an honour code, and I -ADORE- melee combat.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:

Other than the obvious mechanical differences, the idea of having a combat style revolving around melee will certainly serve to change my approach to certain situations. Another thing is the social comportment of Unathi; the whole honour system is probably going to wind up making my interactions far more unique than they would be as a human.

Name: Vengar Ra'iaxka

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs:

Born into a minor clan on Moghes, Vengar was one of the three children born to his parents, and was the only male. Trained in the ways of combat and honour by his father, Vengar spent the majority of his early life in the clan's holdings. On his 21st year of life, he made the decision to leave his home. His fierce thirst to carve a path in his life beyond the cramped walls of his clan's home led him to go on a pilgrimage across Moghes. With leave from his father, Vengar set off in no particular direction in search of anything that could fulfill him.

Along the line of his travels, Vengar met with a caravan en route to Skalamar. He took the opportunity, and joined with them. After many days of hard travel, and fending off the wilderness, they arrived at their destination. Vengar wandered the city, searching much like he had when he had been outside of it, and eventually came upon an NT hiring troupe. He signed on, and was shipped from Moghes in the following week.

He seeks to further his saga through service to Nanotransen, and hopes to claim glory for himself in it's service.

What do you like about this character?:

I can't get over the melee combat possibilities, it's getting me so excited! Vengar himself is going to be an incredibly entertaining character to flesh out, and I will most definitely enjoy interacting with other Unathi whilst playing him.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?:

I'd say i'm a fairly good roleplayer, but I certainly have some kinks that could do with working out. If time is a testament to my skill, i've been roleplaying on various games/forums for about 4 years now, and i'm a huge fan of roleplaying in almost every aspect and form, but I am still fairly new to SS13. (I've only been playing for a few months)

[Blingx3]

Please do not make him a fucking ninja supercian freak and we'll be good, other than that I've interacted with some of your characters and I must say I enjoyed it. your applicaation is well written and the story is well within reasonable bounderies. I can't see any reason why you shouldn't play unathi. best of luck +4

[Arvak Morekborn]

If you're referencing that ninja round, I had no clue what I was doing X,D

And I planned to make him more like a knight than anything.

[TrickingTrapster]

Ah, Whispering Willow. Yes, I've seen that character around and I can say for sure this is a good RPer. Whether he will play unathi well, I can't say because I don't play Unathi myself, but I will give a +1 for good roleplaying in general.

[Thundy]

Seen you in game and you are always a very good rper and very positive influence in OOC, plus one.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

You've put thought into your character's backstory but I have some concerns with the application. "They have an honor system and love melee combat" is a very vague assessment of the Unathi species. What is Unathi honor to you, and how does it impact your Unathi's way of life? Melee combat isn't the only part of Unathi honor - and it's not universally followed! The Contact War is a good example of these disagreements on Unathi honor and culture exploding.

What faith, if any, does Ra'iaxka follow? Spiritualism is very important to Unathi. Even if they're not shamans, ancestor worship or acceptance of spirits is something many Unathi take at face value. Not saying atheist Unathi can't exist, but they'd be very weird.

Focusing on the melee combat emphasis and skirting over the other aspects of the species', again, gives me the worry that the desire to play Unathi is in the wrong spirit. I'd be happy to accept this application but only if I can see that you understand the race outside their main stereotype.

[Arvak Morekborn]

I'm just really digging the melee focus Unathi can support. Humans can't really do that sort of thing. I figured that the whole "Honour in melee" thing wasn't a thing that was universally supported by them, but it connects to my mentality in regards to combat quite well (If that's what you're referring to hen you say it's not universally followed). I'm still stewing on the whole spirituality thing, he's certainly going to be Ta'akh, i'm just still not solid on how he's going to act spiritually. There's still a lot of tentative things that need to be fleshed out, but I have some of the stronger base components for Vengar than I do for most of my other characters. I feel like what you said is true (for now), I don't have a strong understanding of Unathi beyond their stereotype, but I was the same with Dionaea before. I don't like to judge my own work, but I feel like my grasp on Dionaea is pretty stong now, and i'm fairly confident the same pattern will occur when I get my feet wet in terms of being an Unathi. Maybe it's a bit over-optimistic, but I've always been better with things while doing them, instead of viewing them from a sideline.

[Blingx3]

by the way that was what my ninja supercian comment was about, I don't know what happend that ninja round xD. I ment don't go crazy and focus mainly on melee aspect. broaden the characters intrests.

[Arvak Morekborn]

Oh well yeah, of course, i'm just piecing together what components I have to make some semblance of a character. The whole honourable combat thing is definitely gonna be a major component.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

I'm just really digging the melee focus Unathi can support. Humans can't really do that sort of thing. I figured that the whole "Honour in melee" thing wasn't a thing that was universally supported by them, but it connects to my mentality in regards to combat quite well (If that's what you're referring to hen you say it's not universally followed). I'm still stewing on the whole spirituality thing, he's certainly going to be Ta'akh, i'm just still not solid on how he's going to act spiritually. There's still a lot of tentative things that need to be fleshed out, but I have some of the stronger base components for Vengar than I do for most of my other characters. I feel like what you said is true (for now), I don't have a strong understanding of Unathi beyond their stereotype, but I was the same with Dionaea before. I don't like to judge my own work, but I feel like my grasp on Dionaea is pretty stong now, and i'm fairly confident the same pattern will occur when I get my feet wet in terms of being an Unathi. Maybe it's a bit over-optimistic, but I've always been better with things while doing them, instead of viewing them from a sideline.

 

I'm sorry but I'm still not seeing an understanding the species or their culture so I'm going to deny this application. I encourage you to try to understand the race outside combat situations if you want to play them,. Feel free to reapply once you feel you understand the species and how to play one.