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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.

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. You must use at least one sample from the current TDM. We will not accept text threads as samples.

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.

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Player: Chai
Contact: tentamenace @ plurk/discord
Age: 33
Current Characters: Also applied Rosie (

hasitsthorns) this round!

Character Name: Dimitri "Alexandre" Blaiddyd
Character Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Canon Point: Chapter Eleven, Throne of Knowledge, but right before The Big Flame Emperor Reveal
Age: 17

Crime: Murder ~~of women. He doesn't just kill them, he MURDERS THEM.~~

Okay, sorry, I had to lean into the meme a little. But more seriously: Dimitri has killed many in the name of war. He's killed even more in the name of his family. Worse, he seemed to enjoy the acts at some points to the worry of others. Despite the way he tries to come across as noble and put together, there is a darkness in him that can't be denied.

Background: here's a wiki link, bam. also, here's a an info post I made for funsies.

Personality:

Serious/Uptight. Dimitri tends to approach everything with a certain sense of gravity. Due to his role as heir to throne and future king, he grew up scrutinized more than others around him might be. While he can be genuine and sincere to a fault, he oftentimes apologizes for speaking the truth as if he shouldn't. While he appreciates others being frank with him, he can get quite flustered (or, on the flipside, angry) when pushed about what he actually thinks and feels.

Chivalrous. While he may not have the social graces he wishes he did at this age, Dimitri was still raised with the ideals and beliefs of chivalry. Being brought up in the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus meant that it was ingrained in him from an early age what a knight, or in his case a future king, should be. It was expected of him to hold a certain image of propriety and selflessness.

Mental instability. Unfortunately, chivalry ended up being a double-edged sword that sliced him through. One noteworthy consequence of this is that he suffers from survivor's guilt after losing his family in the Tragedy as Duscur. He felt and still feels sometimes as though there were others far more deserving than him who should have lived. As a result of his guilt, he hallucinates the ghosts of his family members and claims they speak to him.

Self-loathing. When he succumbed to his inner demons, Dimitri felt like a failure to his family, to his people, and to himself. The toxic, pervasive notion of the chivalrous man that he believed he fell short of has begun to lead him down a dark path of self-hatred. He has shown that he sometimes does not care for anything but bloodshed and vengeance; he is ashamed of the monster that he has become in some ways and kills to try and appease the cries of his late family. Dimitri has a low opinion of himself and can struggle with his sense of self-worth and feeling deserving of any good things.

(This also can be used in place of a traditional personality section.)

Abilities:

Crest of Blaiddyd. The Faerghus royal family’s Crest, inherited from Blaiddyd of the 10 Elites. Occasionally doubles Atk and weapon uses for combat arts. The downside is that weapon durability goes down faster because of this so he breaks things easy.
Great Lord. This is Dimitri's "class" but basically all that means he's good at using swords, lances, and has natural authority.
Royal Lineage. In game, this will translate to him learning his powers just a little bit faster/easier!
Charm. Those around him have a 10% chance of avoiding attacks better and their own attacks are more accurate.
Lancefaire. He's good with that lance.
Defiant Strength. Kind of what it says on the tin, when he's injured or struggling he'll get a sort of second wind of strength.
General. He tends to have a natural command and can better lead/protect troops.
Atrocity. A combart art (attack) unique to Dimitri and his relic weapon.

Inventory:

Lance.. Just a regular steel lance instead of his super cool bone one for now, alas.
Armor. He'll have come in wearing his trademark academy armor.

Samples: tdm top-level, other tdm top-level

Notes: Dimitri suffers from ageusia, which means he can't taste things! No wonder he's so sad all the time, food is amazing and I'd be miserable too if I couldn't taste stuff.

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Hi there!

This will be Dimitri's journal.

Applications

dimitri alexandre blaiddyd | fe:3h (pre-timeskip) | reserved

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