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| Before you submit your application, please review the Applications and Reserves section of the info / faq page, as there are additional rules regarding malleable protagonists, CRAU characters, fandom OCs, canon caps, player caps, and other important things to note. Applications will be processed in the order they are received and after the application cycle closes. We will only accept as many players as we have player slots, however, we will review all applications submitted during the cycle. Application cycles are not first come first serve, and instead will be judged on clarity of the app and samples. Application revisions will have three days to submit adjustments. If not submitted in time, they will have to wait until the next application cycle to resubmit. Application rejections will have to wait until the next application cycle to resubmit unless otherwise specified in the original rejection. You may either post your application in a comment to this post, or link to it from your character journal. Please use the following format for your comment in the subject line: CHARACTER | CANON | RESERVED / NOT RESERVED There is a limit of 2 characters initially maximum that can be played. (You can redeem additional character slots by way of the rewards page.) As with reservations, you may apply for 2 characters at a time. Proxy applications are not accepted. We do not accept application challenges. We do not accept duplicate characters. We only accept applications for 1 malleable protagonist in a cast. Malleable protagonists may not have preexisting relationships with other characters from their canon aside from base storyline. (Exceptions will potentially be made for CRAUs and handled on a case-by-case basis.) Fandom OC characters are accepted, but may not have preexisting relationships with other characters from their canon. (Exceptions will potentially be made for CRAUs and handled on a case-by-case basis.) CRAU characters are accepted, however, must not be so removed from their original canon state that they are unrecognisable. CRAU characters who carry a multitude of prior games may only carry over memories, relationships, and experiences from their most recent game. |
APPLICATION FORM
| Player: Contact: Age: Current Characters: If applicable. Character Name: Character Canon: If applicable. Canon Point: Age: Crime: All characters are accused of a crime upon their arrival, and it's printed on their indestructible parchment. This crime can be fitting of your character or ill-fitting. It can be a crime they've committed or a crime they would never commit. Consider that Expiation's definition of crimes may not mirror reflect what we think of when we consider crime in the real world. Feel free to think a little out of the box and more abstract. Fiction versus reality here doesn't so much make a difference. Please choose one crime, bearing in mind that there may be occasions in which the crime chosen could affect how a character interacts with certain events or situations. Background: You may provide a link to a wiki, for canon characters. If your wiki has limited information, or your character may not have much canon behind them, you are expected to write supplemental details without leaning too heavily into headcanon. For OCs, you don't need to provide an overly verbose background, just enough to give an accurate portrayal of the world they come from and definitive experiences that are important to their character. For CRAUS, please specify additional information about what they are carrying over from their prior game. This can also be limited to definitive experiences and relationships. Personality: Although this game heavily relies on the analysis and reflection of a character, we don't expect a dissertation. Please provide information on your character's motivations, how their relationships and experiences have affected or shaped them, and other related information. You may use character dialogue to further showcase this, but it's not expected. If you find it easier to use bullet point formats, feel free to do that. Please do not exceed 800 words. Abilities: If your character has any special abilities (magic, weapon skills, and so on), please list them here. Remember that world-breaking abilities will be diluted. Inventory: A list of inventory that your character is carrying on them can be put here. Characters will not have access to an infinite hammer space, so please only list things that would make sense for your character to be physically carrying. Samples: Two recent samples from the last year are required and must adequately convey a character's voice. In a thread, we prefer at least five comments from you. At least one sample must be from the current TDM post. Other threads may be taken from bakerstreet, other games, or other memes. During application review, not only will we be judging for characterization, but also longevity and completion of threads. Not all threads have to be finished before being submitted, but the mod team would like to see an effort in furthering the thread if it's not completed. Questions: If you have any questions for the mod team, please include them here and we will address them during the processing of your application. |
Argenti | Honkai Star Rail | Not Reserved
Contact: DM
Age: 31
Current Characters:
Character Name: Argenti
Character Canon: Honkai Star Rail
Canon Point: Following the conclusion of "Night of Universal Hallucinations"
Age: There's no canon age but people ball park it from 23-36. I'm personally a late 20s to 30s Argenti truther.
Crime: Vagrancy
Background: Wiki link for the run-of-the-mill character stories.
Click here for the events of his companion mission in point form.
πΉ Before the story begins Argenti has a fateful encounter with Veliteβan IPC worker who he finds in trouble in a huge cave. After making Velite swear to follow Idrila he rescues him and diverts the course of his own space ship to take him home.
πΉ This doesn't go as planned as he rear-ends the Astral Express by accident. Both vessels have actually been swallowed by a giant space bug (known as part of "The Swarm"). Argenti boards the express to temporarily join the crew in figuring out what happened.
πΉ After introducing himself to the MC and March 7th they engage in honorable combat as one does. This is proper etiquette for the Knights of Beauty allegedly. He says please if I win you gotta accept my God, alright? This gets interrupted halfway by Welt however because the situation outside of the vessel is developing.
πΉ Argenti is here to help after all. It was always his main reason for being here. He was just enjoying the present moment. In his own words he's there to "discover an inharmonious pitch" which he is then going to destroy.
πΉ True Strings, which are some comparatively smaller creatures belonging to The Swarm find their way onto the ship and start to cause hallucinations for multiple members. Argenti is included in this as the astral express crew finds him chatting away with one of them that he sees as a wubbabboo because he thinks those must be "delightful ball(s) of pure charm." To this hallucination he announces that if he cannot solve whatever is happening on the express then he will happily die for the glory of the knights. Naturally, the express crew sweeps in to interrupt this.
πΉ They all discover that they're inside of and being slowly digested by a giant sting due to rumbling stomach noises. While everyone gets solemn and hunkers down to create a last ditch effort plan Argenti pulls the MC aside to inform them of his plan.
πΉ As a Knight of Beauty he has a duty to fight this battle. His strategy is to exit the express and take on the giant sting alone. As he fights it the express should make their escape. Having convinced the MC to either accept or support his suicidal mission they then pick up on where their honorable battle left off before Welt interrupted it.
πΉ The mission doesn't progress until you defeat Argenti. Which means by canon events he loses that duel, bids the express a heartful farewell, and then goes to fight the giant sting alone.
πΉ After the plan succeeds the express talks about how even though he was pretty delulu Argenti was a pretty good guy. They wonder if he would've been able to survive.
πΉ At the very end he texts them all in a group chat with a "are you all safe and sound? I am sincerely worried." So he did indeed find a way to survive his strategy against the odds. He swears that the light of The Beauty protected him but, like, Idrila is dead or missing so who knows? Mystery. He certainly doesn't remember what happened after a certain point. Regardless he also meets up again with Velite to make sure he gets home so he really is the real deal when it comes to honor.
Personality:
Devoted- There are actually too many examples that I could show here. One of the best ones is the fact that Argenti considers all the close calls he has with death worthwhile because it gets him closer to even getting a glimpse of Idrila, the Aeon of Beauty.
That devotion is so strong that he forgoes things like settling down in a home or finding a place of belonging although it's very clear in his dialogue with the main character that he admires these things and wishes to protect them for others. He sees safeguarding all beauty in the universe as an obligation that he must never abandon no matter how much suffering it might inflict on himself.
Often times Argenti expresses that he must spread the glory of The Beauty in their absence, or at least until he can find them again. Quite literally taking the ideals of a faction that's loyal to that aeon onto himself and how he lives his life. This duty extends to his fourth character story where he takes it on himself to put down his old friend, who was also once a knight who spoke encouraging words to him. He must do so because that old friend has lost sight of honor, and has become an unthinking beast that has succumbed to evil temptations.
Noble- It's all a part of the package of being a Knight of Beauty. To this effect he is forthright and candid, he will show mercy when it's the honorable thing to do. Knights of Beauty travel the universe as solitary representatives of The Beauty so Argenti takes the duty of upholding and demonstrating these tenets very seriously. At the conclusion of the character mission "Night of Universal Hallucinations" he insists on taking on the giant sting alone so everyone else on the Astral Express can make their escape.
In an in-character Q&A Argenti states that since he is expected to travel alone across the cosmos it would be inherently unfair and unjust of him to have a lover; he would feel great pain if he knew there was someone out there waiting for his returnβso to maintain that honor he does not partake in personal romance.
Sincere & Humble- At first it may be difficult to see the guy act the way he does and believe that it's genuinely all him, but truly he's just like this. That's what it means to develop the philosophy that you can see the beauty in most things--especially in times of adversity. The slice of humbleness is big enough that it verges on self-deprecation sometimes. Particularly if he's putting someone else above himself. Again we return to that in-character Q&A where he displays this quality to uplift the image of The Beauty and The Knights of Beauty.
Another example is showcased in Part 1 of his character story.
Argenti uses those moments to fuel his devotion to his aeon (deity) and the path that THEY once walked. He's the kind of guy that if you were to smack him down he'd get back up even more motivated than before.
When you have Argenti in your character roster he also texts you sometimes. He specifically uses some of these interactions to sincerely praise and uplift the main character because "people love to hear compliments."
Abilities:
Manifesto of Purest Virtue - After using the Technique, enemies in a set area are inflicted with Daze for 10 second(s). What this looks like is him lifting his spear into the air and a blinding white light flares out to blind everyone in close proximity.
Apotheosis - Essentially every time he's hit he gets an Apotheosis stack that additionally increases CRIT DMG by 4%.
So Cometh Beauty's Knight - There's nothing too special about this at a glance. It's just an attack that lands on one target but it does aoe damage to multiple targets because it springs up into a bunch of roses and vines.
Spear & Shield -
These are respectfully 2-3 summons that float alongside boss Argenti (usually at or after his second phase). One applies a barrier buff, another increases damage, and the last gives damage boost stacks. Notable when the first entity is killed it applies the same effect to the enemy team. Once the second one is defeated it does friendly fire damage to Argenti. For knight reasons? Perhaps he's a masochist? Probably all of the above applies.
Ultimate - Merit Bestowed in "My" Garden: He has two versions of the same "big damage" attack. Predictably the half charged one does less damage. The fully charged one has several visual and audio cues including but not limited to: glowing golden armor and iridescently shining weapon, the ring of a church bell, and a certified explosion of damaging energy that follows up the first slash.
The technical in game explanation is this: Consumes 180 Energy and deals Physical DMG equal to 168%β302.4% of Argenti's ATK to all enemies, and further deals DMG for 6 extra time(s), with each time dealing Physical DMG equal to 57%β102.6% of Argenti's ATK to a random enemy.
Inventory:
- Ornate suit of amour
- Spear that's so beautiful it should be impractical and yet
- Dangerously parasocial relationship with his Aeon
Samples:
TDM toplevel
TDM thread
TDM thread
Questions:
idk this isn't a question or anything just character trivia there's no other place for. Since you're my captive audience rn you have to read it. At one point Argenti asks the MC what he should have with his bread for dinner. What kind of bread should he have? And you can suggest that he have bread with his bread and because he likes and sustains himself on bread so much he goes "Great. Please accept my gratitude."
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