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Official Adoptions

Race || Lightning
Gender || Male
Art by The Only Black Uke, Color by Tasinei

Official adoptions are rehomed and back stocked characters. We like to see our characters be used and it breaks our hearts for them to be sitting around in our folders collecting dust.

Availability

|| We release adoptables about once a month (except when there is an official event going on).

|| Owners will be able to apply for the adoptable for one week after announcing the new arrivals. After the one week, the entries will be looked over and one winner will be picked. This winner will be able to claim the adoptable and continue with being critiqued from the staff until approved.

|| Like any quest, you must have an open slot in order to enter for this character.

|| Official adoptions come with a price. The art is already completed and ready to go, so while it's not as expensive as a custom, the price is 250mil. We like to think that this limits applications to dedicated owners.

|| The price will not be collected until an owner has been announced, but will not be returned if you fail to set up their journal.

|| Owners can only claim one adoptable every 6 weeks. (This timer starts from when their adoptable quest was officially approved.)

|| If one month has passed after the approval of an official adoptable and the owner has not completed their journal set-up, the adoptable will be removed and put back into the adoption rotation.

|| Please submit all applications for this character in this thread. (Applications are the character quest forms.)

|| Applications close on 01.22.17. Once closed, managers will review and choose one owner to continue on with the application process.

Name: Torva

Stage: Prentice

Race: Lightning

Gender: Male

3 Base Traits: Excitable, Driven, Oddball

Personality:

Torva is a man that is all flash at the present. He will be practicing hard to learn magic and to control various spells but he will use them in a manner that is meant for entertainment purposes first and foremost. As such he won't really start out as being all that great of a fighter, instead being the sort that would try to duck out of fights if at all possible. The idea of actually fighting with his weapons not being something that would occur to him at first. He wants to be a grand entertainer, not a fighter, so if he does find himself in a fight he would instantly be in over his head, and likely end up getting his backside handed to him quickly... that or he might try to talk his way out of it instead. That is something that wouldn't really work in every situation but he will at least make the attempt.

He's a very energetic sort, seeming as though he has boundless amounts of energy, always running to and fro, chatting with anyone who will listen, be it those from his group or any random person that he comes across. He's the sort that will talk someone's ear off about nothing in particular before then bothering them in turn about what they might be up to, where they are heading, how their day is going, and the like before inviting them to come and watch one of his family's performances.

Given the nature of the group he's grown up in Torva is quite a strange character. One that can be seen doing things like walking about on his hands or doing back flips for those around him, whatever might entertain and awe those he's hanging out with. If he can impress someone then he will do his best to do just that. He wants to entertain after all and until he can get his hands on the guns that he's so desires so that he can begin trick shooting he will stick to the acrobatics that he's been taught since he was able to walk.

History: Torva's family has always been one of entertainers. The sort that put their all into making sure that those around them are enjoying themselves through their various feats. Their list of talents can range a bit, with some of them having dancing abilities, some being musicians, those that train beasts to perform tricks, and so long. With the advent of the magical guns another aspect has more recently been added, that of 'trick shooting' which is something that those with only the best control over their magic are allowed to venture into. One has to be able to control a magical bullet after all with the sheer force of their skill alone. It's not something that just any member of the group is allowed to do but it's something that Torva wants nothing more then to learn due to being so in awe of his grand father who is the most skilled in their group at such things.

Torva's mother, Serfie, is a musician of the group, and one that is a little uncertain about the idea of her son following in the footsteps of her father-in-law. She'd hoped that he would follow in her steps as a musician since he's fairly good at carrying a tune but to no avail. Her son had always looked up to the old man with awe, meaning that he'd chosen as just a youngling as he watched his performances. She worries for Torva since it's not an easy job that he wants to pursue but it's still his chosen path. Still, she isn't going to force her son to take up a career that he isn't interested in just because she feels that it would be easier for him. Instead she feels that if it's what he wants to do then he should... and if he ends up being unable to keep up with the training then he can always follow in her footsteps instead.

Two two aside the rest of the group is made of other members of the family. Aunts and Uncles, siblings, cousins, and the like, as well as the one the husbands, wives, and such of the group that married in and wanted to join up. Not everyone of their marriage partners join the group as entertainers, some continuing on with the jobs that they had before their weddings, but there are those who will join up. It tends to be a lot of magic users that are brought into the fold the most often or the occasional big, beefy sort that can take up the role of strong man. It mostly depends on what they were doing before hand. It's not required that they join the entertainment group but if they can then they are more then welcome. That was how Torva's mother joined, having married into the group. Her husband, Torva's father Willen, being a man that does tricks with his dual swords, including juggling them along with other blades and various other dangerous stunts. After their marriage she shared her musical talents with the group where they were needed, finding it fun to be a part of things.

Torva isn't really the sort that followed along with a lot of what was going on with the airships and the travel to the new continent, hearing only the rumors about it. His training and family bot being far more important to him. The moment that there was success though and there was actually a chance that he might see one of the outsiders he found himself more interested. To be able to see those of a new land is something that he rather loves the idea of. To be able to see what their magic is like, what their people are like, and what they do for fun, it all makes him want to go and chat with the outsiders in hopes that he might be able to learn from them in a way that will add to his skill set. The idea of visiting other entertainers outside of those within Belrea has become a goal of his, though it's not something that he will do until he gets to Stage 2. As a prentice he will feel that he is too young and his knowledge still too lacking to bother the outsiders with his interest. He means to stick around home until he feels 'ready'. Now if any of the outsiders were to come and visit Belrea then he would be one of the first in line to bother them, wanting to chat them up and make friends straight away.

Once he does head out his main goals will include meeting other entertainers of various sorts as well as different magic users. Chatting with them, learning from them, and working alongside of them is something that will hold great interest to him come the future. These are plans that he hasn't shared yet with his family as he is pretty certain that they won't approve, especially given that at the present the air ships aren't exactly what a person would deem as being trustworthy yet. Traveling on them is a gamble, one that his mother would be very unhappy that he is willing to even consider. His grandfather would likely be even less likely to approve given that he tends to be a strict sort, especially when it comes to training. Letting them know is something to be saved for another day... one that Torva will be only too happy to put off for a while.