How to Make a Character Application
Characters must all be approved before they are RP'd. This is an absolute rule and applies to all characters, and methods of character attainment.
To submit a character, please fill out the form below. Title your thread as "[Weyr] Character Name - Craft" A staff member will then read through your character's information and either accept it by marking the title with approved or by offering some advice on improvement. A character profile must be marked approved before the character can be roleplayed.
Expectations of Profiles:
1. All characters are human and have normal human colourations. No half-elf, silver haired supermen please!
2. Keep histories believable - Pern is not an overly strife-ridden world so abuse, abandonment, run-aways, and the like are unlikely.
3. Personality descriptions should be at least two decent paragraphs long. Don't sell yourself short! Explain who your character is! (Dragons are matched by personality and short personalities make it diffcult to match dragons.)
4. Flawless characters will be rejected and will need to be revised. Even the friendliest people have flaws so be sure to flesh out a character with vices and virtues.
5. Most Candidates will be of Apprentice ranking in any craft, if they have a craft at all. Journeymen will be uncommon and age should reflect the higher rank.
6. As Dragonriders respect the partnerships between Dolphins and Dolphineers as something akin to the bond between Human and Dragon, no partnered Dolphineers will be considered to Stand. Apprentice Dolphineers, still in the early stages of training, can be considered.
7. No characters will be directly related to any important NPCs (Weyrwomen, Lord Holders, Crafthall Masters, etc). Relation to Dolphineers, Wherhandlers, Crafters, Dragon Riders etc are alright.
Please note that if you are updating a character from the Old Guild to the New, you need to include an updated backstory that accounts for their activities during the timejump.
Candidate/crafter form:
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b] (This must be a solid answer for candidates, not an ambiguous IC one. You must still state future orientation for young characters. If you want to make an IC comment for emphasis/amusement here feel free, but put a solid answer in parenthesise.)
[b]Craft/Rank:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b] (This must be a solid answer for candidates, not an ambiguous IC one. You must still state future orientation for young characters. If you want to make an IC comment for emphasis/amusement here feel free, but put a solid answer in parenthesise.)
[b]Craft/Rank:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
Dragonrider/wher handler form: (Note, this form is only for riders and handlers who already have a wher. Apprentice wher handlers who do not yet have a wher use the crafter form)
[b]Rider/Handler[/b] (Delete as appropriate)
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b]
[b]Rank:[/b] (Unless otherwise informed riders are wingriders, and wher handlers are journeymen/women)
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
[b]Dragon/Wher[/b] (Delete as appropriate)
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Colour:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b] (Link image, and request desired size and build if custom)
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b]
[b]Rank:[/b] (Unless otherwise informed riders are wingriders, and wher handlers are journeymen/women)
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
[b]Dragon/Wher[/b] (Delete as appropriate)
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Colour:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b] (Link image, and request desired size and build if custom)
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
Dolphineer/Dolphin Partner Form: (Same as rider/handler form, with a few small alterations.)
[b]Dolphineer[/b]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b]
[b]Rank:[/b] Journeyman/woman
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
[b]Dolphin[/b]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b] (Link image OR, if custom, detailed description.)
[b]Pod:[/b] (Default for the moment is the Tri-Lakes Pod at Trine)
[b]Bio:[/b] (THIS IS OPTIONAL. If you have already elaborated entirely on this dolphin's background in your dolphineer's history, you do not have to fill out this section. This is here for you to explain your dolphin's pre-partner history if there's anything interesting, explain what drew your dolphin to his/her partner, or anything else dolphin-specific (from Malvren or wild, etc) that may have been left out in the dolphineer section of your application.)
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b]
[b]Rank:[/b] Journeyman/woman
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]
[b]Dolphin[/b]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Description:[/b] (Link image OR, if custom, detailed description.)
[b]Pod:[/b] (Default for the moment is the Tri-Lakes Pod at Trine)
[b]Bio:[/b] (THIS IS OPTIONAL. If you have already elaborated entirely on this dolphin's background in your dolphineer's history, you do not have to fill out this section. This is here for you to explain your dolphin's pre-partner history if there's anything interesting, explain what drew your dolphin to his/her partner, or anything else dolphin-specific (from Malvren or wild, etc) that may have been left out in the dolphineer section of your application.)
[b]Personality:[/b]
