[Accepted] House_Of_Synth's Tajaran Application Form V2

[HouseOfSynth]

BYOND Key: House_Of_Synth

Character Names: Harry Wells (RD/Scientist), Alister McLaggen (HoP/Captain), Remus Avardy (Engineer/CE), Sirius Rayner (Nursing Intern (for now)), Phineas Falco (Sec' Cadet (for now)), J.A.S.P.E.R (borg) and T.R.A.V.I.S (AI)

Species you are applying to play: Tajaran

What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Ash Grey

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

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 have been playing a while now, and am still experimenting with different ways of roleplay and such. I have always loved Tajarans as a race and find them extremely interesting. I love how they speak in third all the time and roll the 'r' sound and think it would give a great new aspect to playing the game. It would allow me to explore a whole new world of RP and experiment in more ways. It would also test my roleplaying skills as they are a whole new species that (as stated below) require me to know about their lore and such.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Well the Tajarans are a whole new species, meaning they take a different form of RP and are more difficult to RP due to the fact you are playing a species that you pretty much cannot relate to in real life (unless you count cats, but Tajarans are not cats.. sort of). Unlike humans, which are easier to relate to (mainly because you are one). This means you have to learn about Tajaran history, how they think and feel about certain situations.. And having to deal with racists (personally I think racism between species makes the RP even better) This means more thought has to go into your RP and you have to actively remember that you cannot just play as you would take sitiuations, you would have to play how a Tajaran takes situations.

Character Name: Ikrad Yam'hir

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

Ikrad is an M'sai Tajaran with rough, ash-grey fur. He is a respectful Tajaran who is kind and helpful. His father was an engineer and his mother a nurse at the local hospital. He was very much a "daddys boy" throughout his life, so he often helped his father with engineering duties.. Only the simpler ones of course, but his father still taught him a lot. Ikrad was 16 when the first war came about. His village ended up being on the edge of a major conflict zone, his parents were heavy loyalists. Some people could not stand them for this, some could push past it and some respected them for it. One year later, when the war really picked up, a loyalist convoy came through the village. The vehicles were damaged, probably due to an ambush of some kind, and Ikrad's father stepped up and helped with most of the repairs, the loyalists were greatful and told his father about a job in engineering to help the cause, Drivash (Ikrads father) politely refused this offer. Roughly a month later a Rebel truck came passing through to head towards the battlements, it stopped over and asked for repairs. His father stepped up once more and walked up to them. He saw that they were obviously part of the liberation front and simply said, "I will not touch your filthy truck rebel scum." This was obviously due to his heavy loyalist belief and the rebels knew this. They shot him in the head and walked away, muttering horrible things about loyalists. Ikrad was outraged, he wanted to do something. He was also extremely upset. Being 17 with good experiance and educational grades in engineering, he applied for an apprenticeship with the Loyalists and in a few months they picked him up and took him into the conflict zone. He saw the destruction around him become worse as they got toward the middle of the zone. Although he was not fazed, he wanted to make his father proud and live up to his memory. He was going to be learning how to keep the artillery cannons in working order.

Three years later Ikrad heard news that his mother was dead. She had sabotaged a surgical procedure on a Liberation Commanding Officer, she didn't try too hard to keep it quiet. Ikrad heard that she had shouted, "For my Drivash!" When she did it.. Ikrad was left with no more family, and blamed it all on the Liberation front.. All Ikrad wanted now was a quiet life away from the fighting. He decided the best place to go would be space. He applied for an engineering apprenticeship aboard a NanoTransen vessel..

Present day, Ikrad is a rather old Tajara now. He works on a NT station in Tau Ceti as an engineer. He enjoys his job, helping people and fixing up the station. Of course he misses his family but he doesn't miss the war. He rarely talks about his parents but he thinks that they would be proud of what he had become. He has been told he may be transferring station soon, one by the name of "NSS Exodus"...

What do you like about this character? Ikrad, although emotionally scarred, is a caring and kind Tajaran, he will work to the best of his abilities and will offer help whenever he can. He can deal with minor racism although over time it can get under his skin a little. He knows how tough life can get and is very mature.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I would say a 7 or 8/10, my RP does fluctuate depending on my mood and mainly how tired I am.

Notes: Do forgive me if I make any mistakes backstory/lore-wise.. If you see any I would really appreciate it if you point it out to me via commenting or telling me in OOC on the server. I was also planning this backstory's final contents when my original app was denied

[Coalf]

I think it's something.

You're certainly a good if not a great RPer, but the tragic backstory is kinda lacking, mainly why would his father refuse to go with the loyalists? I mean they would have provided him with shelter, job and housing, you could say that he knew that the village needed him but then why would he insult the rebels? I mean he would probably be smart enough to know that would get him killed or captured.

Also you kinda slam dunked it on that mother there we barely know she existed.

Otherwise, a Taj that DOESN'T seek constant fighting and conflict would be nice and I am interested in how this character will evolve and grow into a full blow person under your RP guiding hand.

So yeah +1 from me

[Faris]

I wrote a long post but it got swallowed, so I'll write something against later, but for now I give a +1.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello! Sorry for the delay. Your application shows an understanding of the civil war and the place of Tajara in their own society and human society, and you have positive feedback so I'll accept this application.