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[ application: original characters ]
IMPORTANT! We are officially in endgame until August 31, 2020. Applications are on a rolling basis. There is a small "block" period from the 1st through the 4th of every month to allow a bulk of apps to be submitted, and then applications can be submitted at any time during the month. Notices will be sent out all at once after the first "block" period, and then between 24 hours to the end of the weekend depending on how many and our schedule. Applications are guaranteed to be processed during the weekends.
IMPORTANT: Only the following types of original characters are allowed to be applied for—
The following would not be allowed:
Before applying, please be sure to read the following:
We have compiled sample applications from our players to show what the mod team and the application moderators are looking for in terms of writing quality and depth. We hope you find these samples useful!
⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"
⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character:
Age:
OC Type: Indicate whether this OC is a Pure, MMO, or Blank Protagonist type of OC. If it is a Blank Protagonist, indicate the canon here.
Point Taken: A sense of time when the character is taken. More applicable to MMO and Blank Protagonist OCs.
World Building:This is separate from the character's personal history. This section is to provide us with information about the character's “canon” in general. We will have no idea what kind of world that the character is coming from, and this is the only place we can learn about it. We don't want an encyclopedia, but we will need to know important details about it so that we can understand the culture the character is coming from and how that will affect how they think and behave. What countries are important? What kind of geography or political climate? Are there any social conflicts that would impact the character or would influence how they view others? For MMO and Blank Protagonist OCs, linking us to wikis will suffice, but feel free to add more to it.
Backstory: While we don't need a play-by-play, what we would like to see includes how the character lived, what choices they've made and why, what events occurred that developed them, and other important facts that will help us understand the character. For MMO OCs: Most MMORPGs will have a set storyline that the player character has the opportunity to play through. Keep in mind that rather there being a singular "Great Hero," all MMO OCs are to be seen as a part of a large group of heroes if you choose to follow the main storyline. Also keep in mind that all MMO OCs will have to follow their game’s canon lore. For example: A character could not save the NPC that canonly died, nor could a mission fail if it is set to succeed. However, your character could have died and or had difficulty fulfilling the mission. It is also possible that your character had no part in the overall game's story and had their own adventures in the world instead. Finally, there can be no romantic or familial relationships with named NPCs.
Personality: We're looking for how they think, why they act the way they do, their strengths, their weaknesses, their thought processes, their opinions, their conflicts, what makes them feel the way they do, their significant traits. When writing your character, be careful! We want to avoid characters that are the super invincible almighty hero that can do no wrong. The one who can charm anyone with a smile, can easily trick and deceive, has the power to bend wills with ease. All characters have flaws—no one is perfect. But more importantly, such infallible characters are not interesting to play and interact with. In short, the character should be realistic, balanced, and well thought out. If we feel that your character does not meet this standard, then we may ask for a revision or reject if it cannot be changed.
Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable if applicable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.
Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.
Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.
⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample: We have two sample requirements.
General Sample: We should see examples of the character's dialogue as well as some introspection or additional narrative to further show how you intend to write the character. This is the most important part of the sample and where most of the weight will be.
Emotion Sample: This is our "game setting" requirement. Essentially we want to ensure that you have a basic grasp of the game's premise, especially with the use of emotions. It can be a small scene, even incidental to the main sample. A reminder that apathetic characters will also create effects, such as loss of color, surface distortion, holes forming. This section doesn't have to be lengthy, but the effect must be clear for us to see.
The emotion sample can be part of the general character sample. If so, please link directly or directly quote that portion so that it's easier for us to quickly find it.
The samples can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:
Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.
Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.
Clean copy and paste form here:
IMPORTANT: Only the following types of original characters are allowed to be applied for—
- Pure OC. These are the typical kind of OC that everyone is familiar with. They are characters that are the player's own creation with their own world that is also of the player's design. There is zero relation to any pre-existing canon.
- MMO OC. MMOs, or Massively Multiplayer Online games, particularly those with a lot of roleplay and character build-up, have existing world building and lore that they have to follow. These characters are created by the player and can have their own story, but they have to follow the rules of the game lore. We consider "main hero" characters as those who are one of many in a great group that influenced the storyline, rather than the singular Great Hero character. This is to help multiple MMO OCs from the same game to have stories that mesh well together. In the sake of fairness to current FFXIV OC players and consistency with previous mod teams' decisions, we do not currently allow FFXIV Warriors of Light.
- Blank Slate Canon Protagonists. For our criteria, these types of characters are those which you control throughout the game and essentially make the player the main character. They may have a name and a couple of personality traits, but everything else is up to the player to interpret. Examples of these are most of the main characters from Dragon Age, Skyrim, Pokémon, etc. Important: Please note that this category ONLY pertains to the protagonists of canons. This does not allow side characters or other support NPCs as they have set stories and personalities. This section has nothing to do with how much headcanon is used and is only about the purpose and design of the protagonist character.
The following would not be allowed:
- Fanon/AU OCs. Characters that are based off pre-existing canons or an alternate version of the canon. We would not allow these OCs not because we are against them on principle, but it could cause unwanted confusion and complications with current existing casts. This type of OC would have needed to be allowed from the very beginning so players would know what they were getting into.
- Game Native OCs. Currently the game is not ready for such a type of character, as it would introduce other complications and worldbuilding that the interested player would have to be aware of. In addition, it would require more close connection with us the mods than we are currently ready for.
Before applying, please be sure to read the following:
- Read the Rules and the Game Information.
- RETURNING PLAYERS! You only need to submit any old application. Does not matter how long ago, as long as it was accepted and you have good standing (ie, not banned), it will be valid.
- Suggestion: Find some character sheets that have questions directly related to character building. These will help flesh out your application and give some guidelines as to how to write about your character.
- Feel free to use the most recent test drive both for practice as well as to use for samples. IMPORTANT! If you submit threads as samples, you must submit the application with that character journal. This is the only way we can ensure that the samples are from you and not someone else.
- Linked samples must have been made within the past year.
- You may apply for up to two characters per cycle.
- Do not plagiarize. If we find that the information provided was directly taken by either another player or some other source material, the application will be rejected immediately. If we find this after processing the application, we will revoke the application and have you removed from the game with potential ban.
- Reusing your own applications from other games is allowed. We only ask any original written samples to conform to our game. That is, we don't want to read samples that are set specifically for another game's premise. Note: this does not apply to threads linked from other games used as samples.
- If you are rejected, you cannot reapply for the same character for two weeks. However, you can apply for a different character in that same period.
- Those accepted must fill out all of the required entries within a week to be considered part of the game. Otherwise, we will consider it a revocation of the application.
- Fill out the form and comment to this entry! All applications must be posted directly to this entry; no linked-in applications allowed.
We have compiled sample applications from our players to show what the mod team and the application moderators are looking for in terms of writing quality and depth. We hope you find these samples useful!
- Sun Wukong (RWBY)
- Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
- Goro Akechi (Persona 5)
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"
Character:
Age:
OC Type: Indicate whether this OC is a Pure, MMO, or Blank Protagonist type of OC. If it is a Blank Protagonist, indicate the canon here.
Point Taken: A sense of time when the character is taken. More applicable to MMO and Blank Protagonist OCs.
World Building:This is separate from the character's personal history. This section is to provide us with information about the character's “canon” in general. We will have no idea what kind of world that the character is coming from, and this is the only place we can learn about it. We don't want an encyclopedia, but we will need to know important details about it so that we can understand the culture the character is coming from and how that will affect how they think and behave. What countries are important? What kind of geography or political climate? Are there any social conflicts that would impact the character or would influence how they view others? For MMO and Blank Protagonist OCs, linking us to wikis will suffice, but feel free to add more to it.
Backstory: While we don't need a play-by-play, what we would like to see includes how the character lived, what choices they've made and why, what events occurred that developed them, and other important facts that will help us understand the character. For MMO OCs: Most MMORPGs will have a set storyline that the player character has the opportunity to play through. Keep in mind that rather there being a singular "Great Hero," all MMO OCs are to be seen as a part of a large group of heroes if you choose to follow the main storyline. Also keep in mind that all MMO OCs will have to follow their game’s canon lore. For example: A character could not save the NPC that canonly died, nor could a mission fail if it is set to succeed. However, your character could have died and or had difficulty fulfilling the mission. It is also possible that your character had no part in the overall game's story and had their own adventures in the world instead. Finally, there can be no romantic or familial relationships with named NPCs.
Personality: We're looking for how they think, why they act the way they do, their strengths, their weaknesses, their thought processes, their opinions, their conflicts, what makes them feel the way they do, their significant traits. When writing your character, be careful! We want to avoid characters that are the super invincible almighty hero that can do no wrong. The one who can charm anyone with a smile, can easily trick and deceive, has the power to bend wills with ease. All characters have flaws—no one is perfect. But more importantly, such infallible characters are not interesting to play and interact with. In short, the character should be realistic, balanced, and well thought out. If we feel that your character does not meet this standard, then we may ask for a revision or reject if it cannot be changed.
Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable if applicable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.
Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.
Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.
Sample: We have two sample requirements.
General Sample: We should see examples of the character's dialogue as well as some introspection or additional narrative to further show how you intend to write the character. This is the most important part of the sample and where most of the weight will be.
Emotion Sample: This is our "game setting" requirement. Essentially we want to ensure that you have a basic grasp of the game's premise, especially with the use of emotions. It can be a small scene, even incidental to the main sample. A reminder that apathetic characters will also create effects, such as loss of color, surface distortion, holes forming. This section doesn't have to be lengthy, but the effect must be clear for us to see.
The emotion sample can be part of the general character sample. If so, please link directly or directly quote that portion so that it's easier for us to quickly find it.
The samples can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:
- Test Drive. You can utilize our test drive to cover both requirements of the sample. So long as there is enough character portrayal and a scene with an emotional reaction, be it within the prompt or done during the thread, then it can be used for both.
- Link out + Written. You can link to threads/entries from other games, memes, or museboxes to show character portrayal, and then write an additional short scene for the emotion portion of the sample.
- Original Sample. You can write a complete sample that shows both character portrayal and a scene involving emotion use. This can be one sample or two separate samples. If you opt to write an original sample, you are welcome to use any prompts from any of our Test Drives, Intro Logs, Task Board, and even past events. You are also free to change things up and are not restricted to any of these prompts. They are just here to help offer ideas.
Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.
Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.
Riley | Original Character
Player: Xae
Contact: Plurk = Tsukeru
Age: 31
Current Characters:
Makoto Kino | Sailor Moon |
Hiryuu | Akatsuki no Yona |
Character: Riley
Age: 22
OC Type: Pure
Point Taken: After his sister's death
World Building:
Riley is from a dying world called Daeseon. Their sun has been dying and at first the people were not worried about it, after all, it would take quite a few million years for this to happen. Eventually the light provided by the sun began to grow dim and their planet was plunged into darkness. This they adapted to, physically they became able to see better at night and other senses heightened as well. They began to develop technologies that would be capable of sustaining them when the sun would no longer would provide them with an abundance of growing plants around the planet. In the end, there was no way to preserve every section of the world and so every decade another piece of land would become nothing more than a desolate wasteland. Oceans became frozen iceburgs and mountains were eternally covered in snow. Survival became difficult and so the masses huddled together, leaving smaller towns and cities and in their places they created Osios.
Osios is the world's largest city and contains ten different sectors that house most of the population. There are approximately ten million people living in Osios and each sector has it's own governing system. It was only in the last two hundred or so years that they've finally gotten serious about getting off the planet and finding a new home for the people of Daeseon. At that time, the government decided it would put priority to building ships capable of carrying them millions of light-years away to a new planet they named Nefios. While they did prioritize their space program, there was also a serious need to survive long enough to be able to make it off-planet in the first place. As such large corporations bought out smaller ones, expanded their workstaff and took control of the last few spots on the planet where life still flourished and this is how the people of the world get their food.
Unfortunately, even in a good world the rich have no worries and the poor die on the streets and Daeseon is no different. With things already being tough to survive on a normal basis, the poor have only two choices - die or learn magic. Magic is very handy to have here on Daeseon. People can use it to stay warm or even to gain jobs that require the use of a magic hand. Unfortunately, using magic comes at a cost. Anytime an individual uses magic, they're using up their own energy and this energy is not something that renews itself. Use too much magic and the caster dies, but not before experiencing some physical changes first. When an individual uses magic the first change they experience is a need to replenish their lifeforce through outside means - some develop a need for raw meats while others crave blood.
For those who experience a need for raw meats, they walk the path to becoming wolves. Gaining the features of these creatures until finally they are entirely wolf - typically the last stage is very quick and painful. There are no individuals capable of simply walking around as a wolf as their lives end shortly after the full transformation is complete. For those who drink blood, they maintain their human form but the craving for blood becomes unbearable to the point where they it is all they intake. They forsake all other foods their body does actually need and they become crazed when their own bodies start to slowly eat itself. Their own blood attacks their organs for nutrients until nothing remains. No one has searched for a medical cure to magic but one did find a magical cure - dark magic.
It may seem strange to combat a magical loss with a magical solution but the people have learned that by killing someone else through dark magic allows them to absorb their own lifeforce, thus giving the killer more time to live. Those who have found this way of living typically band together - wolves form packs and bloodsuckers form clans though "vampires" are more prone to working alone. These packs go around needlessly killing and getting their need for raw meat by sometimes cannibilizing their victims. To combat these vicious killers, hunters were born. Everything about the hunters is shrouded in mystery except for the fact that they actively hunt down those who use dark magic to murder others.
More about the actual world can be found here
Backstory: Here
Part 2
From a young age, Riley has been an extremely responsible individual. His parents were often away trying to put food on their tables so he was always looking after himself, preparing meals, getting to school, taking care of chores. Then along came his younger sister and Riley took on responsibility for her too. While their parents tried to help, it was typically up to him to look after her most of the time. Things only got worse when their parents both died when Riley was almost fifteen. He now had to provide for the both of them and that sense of responsibility lead him to using magic to keep them warm on cold nights and put food in their stomachs. Thankfully no one judges people by their age when it comes to work here - it's common to see children learning and using magic to make money. Riley was one of these people. He took it upon himself to excel in fire magic along with a cleaning spell and would often light fires for others of the poor class who relied on that as a heat source - or he'd clean houses for the uppercrust. It's partly due to his sense of responsibility that keeps him alive and in a situation where he has to do terrible things to accomplish that. Riley is motivated by the responsibility to look after Fara now that they've both used so much magic that their choices are to kill or to die.
He is also a kind individual, he may have to do terrible things to live but Riley is carefully meticulous when it comes to killing others. Typically he avoids taking the lives of someone who is a relatively good person, instead preferring to seek out those who are - ironically - murderers or others who are considered the lowest of scum. Riley is forced to bear witness as his pack tortures and kills others who are innocent and it pains him to have any part in it but he can't stand against them. It has lead him to become someone who makes his kills as quick and painless as possible for his victim - even though they may not deserve it. He does wish he could save those who end up catching the pack's eye and if given the option, Riley would save someone but he is also cautious about his status as well. Basically he might as well be the omega of the wolf pack - the one who gets picked on and abused by the others and he carries absolutely no weight at all when it comes to making decisions.
One might see a different person when looking at Riley and it all depends on who he's with. If they see him with Fara, it's very obvious that he is a caring big brother - from taking care of her to attempting to stop her from doing stupid things, he doesn't feel the need to hold back with her. There aren't a whole lot of boundaries between the two of them and she is the one individual who knows him best. He constantly worries about her and tries to get her to walk a good path in life which is difficult due to their situation but Riley is reluctant to give up on her. It's not uncommon to see the two of them standing close or one of them fussing over the other and he's at ease when she touches him. It's also obvious how much he worries over her too. Anyone who manages to get close to Riley will most likely learn about Fara in the process seeing as how his entire life has revolved around his little sister. He's willing to risk nearly any and everything to keep her safe even if it's at the cost of his own well-being.
When Riley is around another member of the pack, he's entirely changed. There is a tension in him that's perfectly visible an absolute stranger can see it. Riley tends to keep to himself, both physically and verbally. He doesn't offer to touch them and tries extremely hard to not flinch or pull away when they touch him even though he isn't always successful in this endeavor. In all honesty he's treated like he's the omega of the pack - always the one who's picked on and teased and blamed but Riley doesn't mind being the odd man out in this group. Actually he prefers it as it means they don't even bother trying to hassle him into doing things their way and they let him go off on his own to do whatever. They never go out of their way to ask him about it either and that's the way he likes it because he doesn't offer up information or open up to any of them in return. In the presence of another wolf in the pack, Riley is withdrawn, quiet and cautious. On the occasion when he does decide to speak up it's often a sense of caution. A warning to get the pack away from danger but it isn't done out of any kind of attachment or real concern. The only concern he has in these times are towards what might happen to his sister if the pack got into serious trouble. They often tease him about the "concern" he directs in their direction and call him "mom".
This can be the side of him that most strangers will see as well but Riley doesn't imagine everyone as a bad thing. He tends to be more cautious around them then anything which does stem from the need to keep Fara safe. However he is more willing to relax if given the opportunity to get to know someone. A point will come when Riley isn't afraid to speak his mind on a matter or express other emotions such as being irritated or even be happy. The better he knows someone, the more comfortable he'll be around them. While he will never be able to completely let down his guard, he has the potential to be an extremely good friend when given the chance. Kind and caring - willing to listen to their problems or go out of his way to help them and possibly even capable of killing if it came down to protecting them.
Due to the fact that Riley has basically been a very tiny adult during his childhood, he tends to be the same now that he is actually an adult but he can be a regular young adult at times. Riley gets excited over a variety of new things and can be open to trying new experiences. He practically lights up and can become animated during these times, probably capable of talking someone's ear off if that was actually possible. If he's comfortable with the person he's with, Riley would have no problem grabbing them and dragging them around to see everything possible. Even if he's around complete strangers, he may be the one to initiate a conversation with them and not be nearly as cautious as he typically is.
He is also somewhat of a strange person, even as a child he enjoyed things like going to school and learning. Even though he had to drop out of school to support his sister, Riley still pursued his own interests. He would go to the library to study whenever he had time or he'd watch documentaries on historical events. Straight up, Riley is a nerd. He likes science and space and curling up with a good book under a warm blanket. On the other side of that, Riley does not particularly like doing things that are extremely strenous. He disliked it during school and doesn't go out of his way to be active. That said it isn't as though he's out of shape or that he can't run when necessary but Riley is not about to get into a marathon or pick a physical figth with someone. If it came down to it, he would be the sort of person who was a long-distance figher while others got up close and personal. Riley is definitely not going to be flipping anyone over his shoulder or carrying them around any time soon.
While typically pretty calm and grown up there is one person who can get Riley flustered and his name is Aiden. A chance meeting has allowed him to meet his mate - the one person who was meant for him and everything that Riley lacks... Aiden brings to his life. While Riley looks down at himself and doesn't believe himself deserving of love, Aiden gives it to him and hope along with it. Aiden has given him the opportunity to not need to kill in order to live and he may not ever be able to make up for what he's done in the past but the hunter accepts him anyway. It's because he's allowed himself to get close to this individual that he's opened up more in the last six months of his life than ever. He shows his emotions so easily when around Aiden and typically doesn't tend to care about who might be around. Well, it does actually considering Riley is easily embarrassed in private when the other man does something like tease him or look at him so lovingly and being in public only makes it worse. It isn't unusual to hear Riley telling him to shut up or be quiet, it isn't out of irritation but is entirely because he's way too easily embarrassed around the other.
With the addition of Aiden to his life, Riley has added another person to his very short list of people to care for and protect. It's different in the way he took care of Fara. Aiden really does make Riley want to be a better person, to let himself open up and invite someone else into his heart. It does help that Aiden can take care of himself and has been capable of it since they met. Aiden doesn't need Riley to take care of him the way he took care of Fara growing up and so the fact that he does take care of the hunter is because he wants to. The things Aiden needs from Riley aren't really anything he can actually do because he just has to be himself and stay next to the hunter. That's really all he needs to do to make the other happy. Due to this, Riley eventually allows himself to really open up around the hunter. To tell him about his past - the good and bad parts of it and to let him see what kind of person he really is.
He is at the point of comfortableness with Aiden that he is not afraid to invade his space or steal his things because he simply likes it. Or he'll curl up and do ridiculously silly things like braiding Aiden's hair when they're simply sitting around. He pouts and whines and pushes the other away even when all Riley wants to do is be as close to Aiden as he can possibly get. Even though he can't yet tell the other man he loves him with words, Riley lets it show through the actions and maybe it's tough love when he calls the other an idiot or it could be gentle love with soft touches and beautiful words. When Riley pictures a future, he pictures having it with Aiden. That is the kind of relationship the two of them have... the kind where Riley can actually allow himself to hope that they're going to have a future despite all that's currently standing against them.
Someone who is sometimes extremely selfish while somehow sacrificing at the same time. Riley is the sort who would sacrifice himself for the people he loves even if that is absolutely not what the other person wants. While he is willing to look for another way, if it comes down to it he will make a decision that can potentially hurt the other emotionally without their consent. This is shown in the way he decided to push Aiden away and go back to the pack despite his mate's protests. To him, it was how he could save both Fara and Aiden even if it meant sacrificing himself - because no matter what, Riley puts their lives and safety over his own and their feelings. He is under the firm belief that it's better for them to be alive and living without him than for them all to be dead.
It isn't all entirely about selfishness and sacrifice though, his decision to go back to the pack. Riley believes in Aiden, trusts the man with his own life and with the life of his sister. Something that is absolutely impossible for him but Aiden has managed to inspire this trust. While it started off as simply feeling safe in the man's arms, he's come to trust him completely. This is something Riley has never felt towards any living being ever, not even his own parents. Trusting someone else with so much that's important to him is not something to take lightly, especially considering Riley doesn't think his own life to be worthy of anyone's care and attention. To give over trust of his sister is one thing, but to do it for his own well-being has never happened before because it's always been the part of his life that he was never careful with.
Despite the fact that there was a time when Riley went without being able to afford the finer things in life, he is not particularly materialistic now that he's not exactly homeless and poor. He does not look in store windows at shiny expensive things and want them just so he can look at them or because they're pretty. Riley is too practical for that. If anything he's actually extremely frugal when it comes to money, buying food that's on sale or wearing a set of clothes until they practically fall apart. There are nearly no possessions that he absolutely cannot live without but he does have a few that he does have sentimental attachment to and it may be considered strange. The reason for this is because he is used to having nothing or having very little and having to leave it behind. If the pack was being hunted, it was not unusual for them to simply abandon their belongings when necessary so he does actually make sure he doesn't get attached to anything that can be taken or left behind. There is one exception to this - Aiden's hair tie. It was something he picked up of the warehouse floor after he decided to stay with the hunter and from that night on, Riley has kept it near him constantly. To him it signifies the choice he made to be with Aiden rather than to be without - it's a promise to protect the other and at this point, to only be with Aiden in such an intimate and loving way. Basically this is his idea of a wedding ring and so Riley keeps it around his wrist nearly constantly.
Over the last few months of his life, Riley has actually gotten himself a group of friends - ones he can trust even if some might be annoying. It's been a huge change for him being able to open up to a variety of people and being able to depend on them. He'd gone from having no one but Fara and then Aiden but suddenly his world has expanded to include these new people. Riley has become less closed off when it comes to dealing with things, willing to let others do things for him rather than try to be completely independent. It may not be a whole lot of people but it's certainly more than he's ever really had before. Even if he may not admit it out loud, these people have become like a family too him - granted it's a weird one but he'd do anything to help them out whenever they needed it. Though more importantly, he accepts help from them in return. In fact he doesn't just accept it, he does go to them to ask for it - something he's never really done before with anyone.
While Riley has grown closer to his new friends, he's grown more distance with his sister. They saw each other less but that wasn't what was really the cause of it. Fara has pulled away and immersed herself in a life that Riley could never be a part of. She took over leading the pack, started enjoying the killing she was doing and was even eating those who she killed. That was something Riley could never approve of and without realizing it, Riley was slowly starting to believe that the person his sister had been was dying. In her place was someone new who was truly a monster and eventually Riley saw her for who she had become. Of course he blamed himself for not trying harder to save her, for not pulling her away when he had the chance. Eventually he came to the conclusion that she too needed to be killed just like any other wolf.
Part 3
Abilities:
Biology
Sunlight
Due to the fact that their sun is dying, it means their planet is quite dark most of the time. While they are fairly adjusted to this fact and that most of their light source comes from what they create, they would be easily burnt by the rays of a younger sun and would find it difficult to see properly. Due to this they have adapted to be able to function in their world and what they couldn't adapt to, they developed technology to help them. So while they might be sensitive to the amount of light another sun puts off, they do just fine under lights that have been artifically created.
Hearing
One of the physical changes that makes Riley unique is his heightened sense of hearing. He is capable of hearing the softest of noises up to one mile away and can hear as far as two miles for slightly louder than normal sounds. It isn't always something he notices as he was born with this ability so he can tune out the sounds around him or may just simply may not be paying attention to start with.
Since he does have a set of animal ears also perched on top of his head at times, Riley actually has extraordinary hearing compared to most. When he has these extra ears, he can hear twice as far as a regular individual from his world. Again, it is something he's learned to filter out most noise so he may not necessarily hear things going on nearby. Typically if he's tuned in to all the commotion in range for an extended period of time, he does get a headache from the sheer amount of noise.
Vision
With their world mostly plunged in darkness enhanced vision is almost a necessity in their evolution. To Riley this means that what a human can't see in the dark - he can. He can see further and sharper and better without the need to squint. Normally he can see his hand in front of his face even if it's pitch black out.
Abilities
Magic
After his parents died, Riley learned how to cast magic from some kids on the street. He only really learned three varieties to start with and only the basics, building on those on his own to develop stronger abilities in these three areas. The fourth type of magic was taught to him by an unsavory individual and Riley tries not to rely on it too much due to what the magic entails. All magic is powered by the wielder's own lifeforce, the more they use it the more of their lifeforce is consumed. Using magic is one sure fire way to end up dying at an early age though it's effects on the body can sometimes vary from one individual to the next. More on Riley's side effects are below.
Alignment: Daimonia
Typically Riley would fall better under the Sosyne alignment but recent events in his life have made his grief to be one of the primary emotions. The loss of his little sister strikes him extremely deeply as she was someone he immensely cared for and he believes that he is the one who killed her. Joy is a little harder for him to find these days maybe even impossible on some days but he has to find something worth living for.
Other:
Writing
In a world like there is it important to note that Riley does actually know how to write and can do so quite well as his education was extremely good up until the age of fourteen.
Reading
Reading is also a skill he's developed from an early age and also has a great handle on it even if he will never understand every word to ever exist. After all, his education only goes so far and their world has a great deal of scientific minds.
Cooking
One skill that he absolutely excells in is cooking. Put a random set of ingredients in front of him and Riley can make a meal to die for.
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