Marcus Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) BYOND Key: MarcusTheFox Character Names: Kharshton Grishmatov (Used Random Name for a while to get a feel for what I wanted) Species you are applying to play: Tajaran, specifically Zhan Khazan. What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Dark Gray. Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: 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 specific race: I wish to play the Tajaran race, because it is my favorite in the aspect of the race's lore, and in the race's accent. The fact that the race has undergone revolutions, and uprisings resembles the history of Russia, which is a massive interest of mine because of all the social change and experimentation. The heavy coats and cold climate is also an attraction, as I find that I could implement climate, as well as physical limitations or aspects into my roleplay, such as the need for specifically-made clothing. The Zhan Khazan in particular is favorable to me as I would like a character who is very high in loyalty, and used to hard labor, even if it means a lower intelligence. I enjoy playing as the right-hand of the heads, rather than the one in command. Ultimately, I would like to play a character who comes from a species which has undergone rapid change, and does not have a very high-class childhood, but thinks nothing of it, as he remains loyal and happy to help and provide for his family, which I feel is best done as a Tajaran Zhan Khazan. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: I feel that playing as a Tajaran is different from playing as a human in a few different ways; one bit factor being movements or actions. This is evident in their languages, notably in Siik'Tajr which is essentially sign language and Siik'maas. Not just language, body language is also heavy in general activity, where, instead of sneering at someone, Tajaran could pin their ears back, as a sort of subtle hint, this being one example. Physical requirements or disability is another difference, where humans can head into any job and just grab a suit or speak over the intercom, a Tajaran would need to be in a cooler or a position that doesn't grow too hot, and would have to speak slowly over radios or intercoms due to their language being body-language heavy. One other difference would be enduring racism. With rather rare cases, on the station, humans don't act racist against one another, whereas Tajaran can sometimes be thought as a lower race. Character Name: Srech'yei Solechnov Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs Srech'yei, or Serri for short, was born in 2442, in a mountain-dwelling village to Sakhara and Reshtakov Solechnov. His father, Reshtakov, served in the People's Republic of Adhomai for 15 years before meeting Sakhara in one of the liberated cities. After meeting, Reshtakov served another two years before the two moved to the mountainous village where they married and live today. There, Reshtakov accepted a job in the mines while Sakhara stayed home and cared for Srech'yei and his 3 other brothers and sisters, namely; Shakhara, who was closely named after her mother, Mikhael, the oldest, and Var'misch, the youngest. Srech'yei, in his childhood, attended one of the village's schools funded by NanoTrasen where he was taught the new technologies and progress brought to the Tajaran by the humans. Though there was not much technology available for the school to present, due to the village dwelling's location being far from the larger cities, they were able to make due through drawings and schematics. Srech'yei began working at about 10, where he worked in the mines alongside his father. As he grew up, he became more involved with his village by attending their masses for Ma'ta'ke and doing tasks for the village, including traveling to the nearest city to retrieve something the school may need for a lesson, which often took a day or two. He was happy to oblige because, similar to most other Zhan Khazan individuals, he felt a strong loyalty and bond to his village. By the age of 14, Srech'yei was happy with everything, but he also understood that his family was low on funds, so when NanoTrasen announced that they had positions open, Srech'yei eagerly invested his time into his education so he may fit the requirements for the job, things such as learning some of the Tau Ceti language, enough to pass, as well as minimum required education about the technical systems of the station. After 3 years of dedicated studying, often traveling to cities and towns nearby, whilst working in the mines, he applied and was ultimately accepted into the NanoTrasen corporation at the age of 17. He said his goodbyes, and left the village with the promise to his family that he would send home whatever money he did not need in order to help provide for their family, eager to both help his family in a great way, and become part of the corporation which has made the mine and school available to his village. What do you like about this character? I like that this character will be one who works loyally for those he serves. He works both to pay back the company which has helped the village he grew up in, and so that he may provide for his family. He has very strong family and loyalty values, both of which are very important and strong principles to me. I also like that he will start off with some difficulty due to his semi-low understanding of the language. He will be able to hold a conversation, but may use a word wrong here and there, using body language to help portray what he's saying. Ultimately, I think that he will be difficult to play, but very involving, something which I've been very excited to do. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I would rate my roleplay ability as mostly medium, but a little high. I roleplay a lot, as it's one of my favorite things to do, so I like to give detail for actions, and describe things to the point of visualizing it mentally. This said however, there are some times where things may become too fast-paced or hectic and I fall silent for a bit. Notes: I played Space Station 13 very actively about 2 years ago in a different server which closed and set me on a hiatus until a week ago when I was introduced to this server by my sister. I love the heavy roleplay aspect of the server, and the fact that most of the people are very kind, considerate, and seemingly avid roleplayers. I would love add a character to the station who starts off with great loyalty to NanoTrasen. Edited August 22, 2017 by Guest
Fire and Glory Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Unless you are a catman IRL I suggest modifying the title name with your BYOND/ckey instead of your character's name as well as putting it in the actual thread. inb4 the name is the ckey It also seems that your cat is 16, while apparently this is the age of maturity, in-game the minimum age is 17, suggest altering it. Aurora station is in Tau Ceti, not Sol, so you'd typically learn Tau Ceti Basic instead of Sol Common, just making sure you know. This is a drive-by looky loo rather than any sort of detailed scrutiny so don't take it as such pls.
Marcus Posted August 22, 2017 Author Posted August 22, 2017 Edited accordingly, thank you for the suggestions of fixes. As for the age, he is 17, but I edited it in to make it clearer. Thank you for the review!
Fire and Glory Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Oh yes I put in 2442+18 instead of plus 17, because I initially thought the minimum was 18, whups.
Marcus Posted August 22, 2017 Author Posted August 22, 2017 Heheh, no worries! Thank you for the input.
Mofo1995 Posted August 26, 2017 Posted August 26, 2017 I really like this application. Srech'yei Solechnov's history is really well writ, he seems like a Tajara through and through, and all the little details that you've included about his life are both believable and rich. I'm also a fan of the attention to detail you gave about his lineage and parents, and I like that you've avoided the trope about his village being destroyed. He's connected to Adhomai and the world, without being inextricably overinvested in the war. I appreciate that. Application approved.
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