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 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:21 pm
I n f o r m a t i o n :: Name: Venice.
Gender: Male.
Date of Birth: 22 August, 2012.
Dust/Essence: Swan.
Stage: Child.
Personality: Regal, Logical, Assertive.This is the journal of Venice and The Huntsman. Follow all of their rules as well as the guild's rules and Gaia TOS.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:23 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:57 am
↺ ┊x H E A D E R P O S T .
↺ ┊x S K I L L S & E T C .
↺ ┊x T A B L E O F C O N T E N T .
↺ ┊x D U S T E S S E N C E .
↺ ┊x T H E H U N T S M A N .
↺ ┊x T H E S W A N P R I N C E .
↺ ┊x F A M I L Y & F R I E N D S .
↺ ┊x P L A C E S O F I M P O R T A N C E .
↺ ┊x I N V E N T O R Y & E T C .
↺ ┊x R E L A T I O N S H I P S .
↺ ┊x R O L E P L A Y L O G .
↺ ┊x R O L E P LA Y R E Q U I R E M E N T S .
↺ ┊x P L A Y L I S T & M U S I C .
↺ ┊x G A L L E R I A .
↺ ┊x C R E D I T S .
T H E x F O R M A L I T I E S .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
xxxx ⇢ x please do not post in this journal unless you are staff, or I give you express permission to do so.
xxxx ⇢ x Do not steal anything from this journal, including my coding or the artwork posted.
xxxx ⇢ x If you wish to plot/roleplay, contact me! My contact information can be found below!
xxxx ⇢ x Skype: rawrmegalodon ; AIM: Kupuri ; iChat: caramelstars@live.com. PM's and quoting also works!
T H E x U P D A T E S .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
xxxx ⇢ x august twenty-second : won venice! began setting up journal.
xxxx ⇢ x august twenty-eighth : venice enters dust spin stage!
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:59 am
 ( ♕ ) x T H E x S W A N S x S O N G .
❝ - The swans are the largest members of the waterfowl family Anatidae, and are among the largest flying birds. Their wingspans can be almost 3 m (10 ft). The sexes are alike in plumage, but males are generally bigger and heavier than females. Mute Swans are usually strongly territorial with just a single pair on smaller lakes, though in a few locations where a large area of suitable feeding habitat is found they can be colonial. The Mute Swan is less vocal than the noisy Whooper and Bewick's Swans; the most familiar sound associated with Mute Swan is the vibrant throbbing of the wings in flight. This sound is unique to the species, and can be heard from a range of 1 to 2 kilometres, indicating its value as a contact sound between birds in flight.
Although this bird can be tame, especially to those who feed it daily, it is aggressive in defence of its nest, and its impressive size make it a formidable adversary for animals as large as a coyote. Various predators (including several types of predatory birds, mammals, reptiles or even fish) are potential predators of cygnets and adults must be regularly vigilant. Most defensive attacks from a Mute Swan begin with a loud hiss and, if this is not sufficient to drive off the predator, are followed by a physical attack. Swans attacks by smashing at their enemy with bony spurs in the wings, accompanied by biting with their large bill. The wings of the swan are very powerful, anecdotally reported to exert enough force to break an adult man's leg.
Many of the cultural aspects refer to the Mute Swan of Europe. Perhaps the best known story about a swan is The Ugly Duckling fairytale. The story centres on a duckling that is mistreated until it becomes evident he is a swan and is accepted into the habitat. He was mistreated because real ducklings are, according to many, more attractive than a cygnet, yet cygnets become swans, which are very attractive creatures. Swans are often a symbol of love or fidelity because of their long-lasting, apparently monogamous relationships. - ❞
- - - W I K I P E D I A .
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:18 am
Name: Wren Bernardo-Bartos Ivanov.
Nicknames:
xx⇢ The Huntsman.
xx⇢ Bear.
Meaning & Origin: English, meaning itself.
Gender: Male.
Age: Twenty-eight.
Occupation: Huntsman. Takes odd jobs as well.
Orientation: Pansexual.
Marital status: It's complicated.
Date of birth: December Nineteenth.
Hair color: ▇▇▇▇▇ Smoky black.
Eye color: ▇▇▇▇▇ Azure blue.
Overall appearance: Wren is a rather lanky man, built with more bony parts than muscle. His figure is lean and tall, rivaling six feet and some odd inches. His features are sharp and defined, and at one point in a particularly miserable time in his life, he might have been described as gaunt. The man is rather severely dangerous in combat though, despite his rather harmless appearance. He's not exactly the best person to try and use as a pillow either. More than once, its been commented that his elbows and knees could cut someone in two.
Wren has short dark hair and bright, absurdly blue eyes. The huntsman almost always wears dark, leather gloves. He has a certain disdain for fancy clothing that leads to his continuous wear of tunics and breeches hidden beneath jackets, some even lined in fur when the weather gets cold enough. At first, there is nothing much to draw Wren out of the crowd until one looks closer. The man is etched in silver scars; one crossing from over his left brow diagonally to his cheek bone, cutting right into the corner of his eye. The larger ones are covered easily by clothing, and so very unavailable to everyone else.
Distinguishing features:
xx◆ Claw-like scars over the left side of his chest.
xx◆ White ink tattoo of two koi fish intertwining up his right forearm.
xx◆ Wears two silver rings on left hands middle finger.
xx◆ Has a thin diagonal silver scar over his left brow that crosses to his cheek.
Likes: Wine ▪ Wolves ▪ Forests ▪ Cigarettes ▪ Violins ▪ Archery ▪ Dawn ▪ Blackjack.
Dislikes: Crowds ▪ Loud things ▪ Guns ▪ Rumors ▪ Social events ▪ Broken strings ▪ Beer ▪ Cats.
Fears: Wren has a certain fear of being hunted, which is perfect irony considering one of his professions. He is also extremely disdainful of crowds, and will begin to panic in extremely dense ones after a prolonged amount of time. He also hates heights.
Secrets: Unknown.
Hobbies: Hunting, the viola, grooming horses, reading. To be elaborated on later.
Quirks & Mannerisms: Biting his knuckles (nervous), running fingers through his hair (irritated), sleeping close to the floor if not on the floor (neutral), drawing patterns on skin (neutral), taking off and putting on gloves (nervous), tracing tattoo (neutral), playing with others hair (neutral/irritated).
Personality: While Wren might at first appear a quiet person, one will soon enough find that is simply because he doesn't enjoy crowds. Get him on his own and he provides plenty conversation if provoked, only one must watch out for his stingy, spiky exterior if they wish not to get burned. In a state of perpetual grumpiness whenever forced into social situations, Wren insists that he is, and will always be, an introvert with no ambition towards extending his boundaries, though they are constantly pushed upon due to his - on most days unwelcome - friends. Outside of crowds, however, Wren isn't quite as grumpy so much as defensive and secretive. He doesn't like to let others in on his personal preferences, his quirks and mannerisms, nor any problems he might have.
Wren is independent and hates to ask for help. However, he is not by any means an expert in the sciences or mathematics. He is good at two things; hunting and dealing with beasts. In the company of himself, his wolf, or the horses he trains, he is most at home. Wren is very observational and extremely fast to catch on to things. Its nearly impossible to sneak up on him, though many have tried. The huntsman, despite his grumpy first impressions, is actually rather courageous, and tends to go out of his way to help people when others close to him are in trouble. He is rather unafraid of new things so long as they don't include hordes of people, and doesn't hesitate to take leaps of faith into the abyss when it comes down to it.
Wren has an inherently possessive side to him. He hates for other people to think he likes them - even if he does - but he is even more irritated to see them with others when he considers them close. Though not someone with his heart out on his sleeve, when Wren's moods shift, it only takes a few minutes for people familiar to his company to catch on. The huntsman is blunt when it comes to pointing out things to others, and doesn't sugarcoat answers for anyones pleasure.
Despite the fact that Wren can be, well, tolerable, he is often incredibly catty and sarcastic to strangers and idiots. Once one gets past his spiky exterior, he is less difficult to swallow. (In progress; to be fleshed out)
History: Wren's childhood was not what one would call a storybook tale. Born the youngest of two brothers, Wren lived in poverty with his family until a plague took his parents lives, along with one of his brothers. His older brother, Demitry, only sixteen at the time, took care of both of them through odd jobs and hard work, and they traveled slowly towards Amies and away from the faraway country that had once been their home. They experienced firsthand the cruelty of human beings and the rough life of those forced to live on the streets and in abandoned buildings to survive the winter. When he was old enough, Wren began working as well. They reached Amies when Wren was in his early teens, and Demitry found honest pay that managed to buy them a home.
Wren found his calling in hunting and as a stablehand, eventually earning a reputation for both as a young adult. His brother found a wife, and emerged the better of the two from their skeletal beginnings. He moved to Helena, and contact between the two withered into little more than letters and eventually, nothing at all. Effectively estranged from his only living family member, Wren grew up into a reputable huntsman, as well as a horse trainer. Amies became something of a home to him, though his hardened, defensive exterior personality is a result of the childhood he was given. Rather well known in most stables and to marketplaces with peculiar requests, Wren simply lives day to day. He's given up longterm plans and has little ambition outside of what he already does for a living.
Whether or not that'll ever change is something that only time can tell. (Also in progress)
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:20 am
Name: Venice.
Nicknames:
xx⇢ Venice.
xx⇢ Prince.
Meaning & Origin: Latin, meaning "from Venetia."
Gender: Male.
Dust Stage: Dust Child.
Date of Birth: August 22nd.
Dust Essence: Swan.
Traits:
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Hair color: ▇▇▇▇▇ Text.
Eye color: ▇▇▇▇▇ Text.
Overall appearance: Well, it's a bottle.
Distinguishing features: Still a bottle.
xx◆ Swan white wings. They aren't very big yet; however, Venice himself is not very big either.
xx◆ N/A.
Likes: Dictionaries ▪ Crowns ▪ Novels ▪ Lakes ▪ Forests ▪ Nesting ▪ Chess ▪ Compliments.
Dislikes: Filth ▪ Predators, Illiteracy ▪ Crows ▪ Insults ▪ Disruptions ▪ Mysteries ▪ Smoke.
Fears: Text.
Secrets: Text.
Hobbies: Reading dictionaries and thesaurus's, the violin, reading. ( to be elaborated & added on via rp development )
Quirks & Mannerisms: Fluffing his wings (neutral/aggravated), toying with things (neutral/thoughtful), nesting (neutral), wrapping his wings around his own body (fearful/guarded), wrapping his wings around others (affectionate), wringing his hands (impatient/nervous), grooming his feathers (neutral/pleased).
Personality: Calm, Rational, Regal, Elegant, Distant, Wise, Quick-witted, Clever, Controlled, Hesitant. (in progress)
Other: None. Yet.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:38 pm
( ♕ ) x T H E x H O U S E .
An old farmhouse remodeled, Wren's home is cozy and quiet, located snuggly between the city he does most of his business in and the Whi Forest. Built of aged wood and brick, the Huntsman's home can at once be described as intimate and cozy, and not at all like his spiny exterior. Though not overly decorated, the rooms of the house are well decorated with afghans and second-hand oversized couches. Lanterns and candleholders are found all over the house, as electricity is a rare occurrence, and most likely unheard of out in on the farms.
Though the farm itself is quite extensive, Wren's house is rather demure in comparison. Two stories, its first floor holds only a living room, an unused bedroom, and a kitchen, alongside a washroom. The upstairs is where Wren's own bedroom is, as well as the master bathroom and a small den. It is simple to navigate, and while warm and cozy, it is also very open. It doesn't seem suffocating at all, especially when windows and doors are opened up during the summer and spring seasons. Apart from the house itself is a pasture and a small barn that Wren renovated over the years.
( ♕ ) x W I N T E R S x R E S I D E N C E .
Somehow, and completely against his own will, Wren has become a rather constant guest in the Winters residence. Dragged to dinners and events and other such social occasions almost every weekend, the huntsman has become quite well accustomed to the layout of the house. An almost eclectic household, the Winters residence is large and open, with two stories and what seems like an entire world within. The first floor itself is quite extensive, with both a large kitchen, dining room, and den making up te main space of it al, apart from a small study and washroom. A guest bedroom and the twins own living space is also found here. Upstairs is mostly made of bedrooms and halls, as well as a second den.
The Winters residence is, while not the most grand residence, home to some very well-kept features. A garden stretches out off of the back patio, filled with all manner of flowers and vegetables, as well as fruit. A paddock, pasture and a small barn are where the livestock and the horses are kept, while the youngest of the Winters family find themselves tending to the chickens most early mornings.
( ♕ ) x T H E x C A U L D R O N .
Wren's home away from home of sorts, the Cauldron is a tavern with a rather known reputation for brawls and card sharks. Dimly lit by iron wrought chandeliers, this two story building is rather cozy for those that know it well, and dangerous for those that dont. The first floor accommodates the regular crowd with a constantly polished bar surrounded by tables and boothes. Further back are more private alcoves, some even decorated with drapes, though most have been removed due to the starting of many accidental fires. The second story is fronted by more tables as well, though the back provides rooms for those looking for a place to stay the night, and Wren is sometimes one of those men.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:00 pm
( ♕ ) x D E I M O S x W I N T E R S .
The best friend that Wren had the bad luck to get stuck with somehow, Deimos is rather the huntsman's opposite in every way. Loud, ambitious, friendly, and sociable, the man is constantly pushing barriers and barging into Wren's life whether he wants it or not, and insists that endless solitude will make him into a hermit. Deimos's constant interventions into Wren's solitude have made him a somewhat permanent guest in the Winters household, despite neither of them living there. Deimos's sister, Elise, and her husband have grown rather fond of the catty man due to his prolonged exposure in their home, and as a result, so have their kids. Deimos is most likely the closest person in Wren's life at the moment, though he'd rather drown himself before admitting such a thing. There might also be something more between the two... but its complicated.
( ♕ ) x S O P H I A x T U R N E R .
Sophia and Wren's first fateful meeting was over a rather bloody situation involving a deer-fox and a lot of manhandling on both their parts. The veterinarian is a rather enigmatic and eccentric addition to Wren's life, and she gets along splendidly with Deimos. Despite Wren's spiky outward nature, he has somehow attracted what feel on most days like the two most bubbly humans in the world into his life. Sophia runs a small clinic outside of the city both of them live in, treating anything from cats and dogs to horses and cows and creatures most people would hate to get close to. She loves predators, and she has enough scars to prove such a fact. She also likes invading Wren's privacy. This, at least, proves a more easy feat than wrestling alligators. Most days at least.
( ♕ ) x D E M I T R Y x I V A N O V .
Wren's older brother, the two have been estranged for years now, receiving little more than letters from one another once in awhile. Demitry was essentially Wren's protector as a child, as well as his only surviving family member. However, once they made their way to Amies, their relationship became strained. The two both found honest work for honest pay, and eventually Demitry found the love of his life. Eager to begin a new life and forget the meager beginnings he'd come from, the elder brother distanced himself from Wren, and in turn, so did the huntsman. Eventually, Demitry moved to Helena with his wife, and contact has been sparse ever since then.
( ♕ ) x W I N T E R S x F A M I L Y .
The Winters family is something like Wren's extended platonic family, whether he likes it or not. Though Deimos's parents are both deceased, the family is carried on by his younger sister, Elise Winters, and her husband, Milo. Elise herself is quite fond of Wren, and treats him like her own younger brother most days. The kids - somehow - are equally as fond of him, and see him as a personal climbing tree. Deimos's nephews include the youngest two twins, Ellory and Amery, Annie, the second youngest, and Peter, Elise's eldest son. Though Milo's side of the family visits once in a while, Wren is only familiar with the Winters side of the family, and their seemingly genetic defect that makes them extremely nosy.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:03 pm
( ♕ ) x V E N I C E x & x W R E N
↺ ┊ Wren needs to learn the importance of words.
↺ ┊ He's not my responsibility and I still don't care.
( ♕ ) x A M A D E O x & x ? ? ? ?
↺ ┊ Venice's thoughts here.
↺ ┊ The Huntsman's thoughts here.
( ♕ ) x W I L L O W x & x ? ? ? ?
↺ ┊ Venice's thoughts here.
↺ ┊ The Huntsman's thoughts here.
( ♕ ) x M O R R I G A N x & x K A L D E N
↺ ┊ I hate crows, and his owner is very finicky.
↺ ┊ Maybe I'll shoot him in the throat next time.
( ♕ ) x N O L A N x & x ? ? ? ?
↺ ┊ He smells like blood, and likes to brawl . . . I do not see a common interest between us.
↺ ┊ I have not met this person.
( ♕ ) x A R I C x & x ? ? ? ?
↺ ┊ Very . . . sunny. I am not sure what to think of him.
↺ ┊ I have not met this person.
( ♕ ) x S A M A R A x & x ? ? ? ?
↺ ┊ Venice's thoughts here.
↺ ┊ The Huntsman's thoughts here.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:40 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:24 pm
 ☆ : ONGOING xx ★ : COMPLETED xx ✖ : INCOMPLETE
SRP : SOLO ROLEPLAY / JOURNAL POST xx PRP : PRIVATE ROLEPLAY xx ORP : OPEN ROLEPLAY
「 ﾟ D U S T x B O T T L E .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
「 ﾟ D U S T x S P I N .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
★ ( SRP : RAINY DAYS ) wren's bottle sprouts wings on a rainy day, and an unexpected visitor appears.
★ ( PRP: APPLY SOME PRESSURE ) wren tries to catch a cold and ends up running into alastair instead.
★ ( SRP : PREY ) growth quest; wren's bottle attracts all the predators to the yard.
「 ﾟ D U S T x C H I L D .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
「 ﾟ D U S T x T E E N .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
「 ﾟ D U S T x A D U L T .x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:55 pm
 ↺ : INCOMPLETE xx ✓ : COMPLETE
「 ﾟ D U S T x B O T T L E x ⇢ x D U S T x S P I N .
✓ ┊ set up your journal nicely.
✓ ┊ stay active in the thread.
✓ ┊ post a journal entry describing how your guardian obtained their dust bottle.
「 ﾟ D U S T x S P I N x ⇢ x D U S T x C H I L D .
✓ ┊ stay active in the thread. .
✓ ┊ meet another guardian / dust.
✓ ┊ request and complete the growth quest.
✓ ┊ journal entry reflecting on the change in the bottle.
「 ﾟ D U S T x C H I L D x ⇢ x D U S T x T E E N .
✓ ┊ stay active in the thread.
↺ ┊ request and complete a growth quest.
↺ ┊ partake in several roleplays.
✓ ┊ One shop event RP.
✓ ┊ journal entry regarding the growth of the bottle into a child.
↺ ┊ various entries on how your child Dust settles into their life and what they get up to.
↺ ┊ describe somewhere, either in your journal or in roleplay, the development of your Dust's skills.
「 ﾟ D U S T x T E E N x ⇢ x D U S T x A D U L T .
↺ ┊ request and complete a quest.
↺ ┊ take part in at least one meta event.
↺ ┊ be a dedicated member of the thread.
↺ ┊ take part in a large amount of roleplays.
↺ ┊ have at least 3 encounters with demons.
↺ ┊ produce a sufficiently large amount of journal entries reflecting on the teenage life of your dust.
↺ ┊ some sort of self determined growth quest or an in character drama encompassing a few roleplays/journal entries.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:01 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:16 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:19 pm
shop & shop concept © bp-chan.
official art © respective artists.
fanart © respective artists.
gfx & coding © kupuritama.
characters © kupuritama.
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