amaniooc | Check-in + Character Claims (June)

CHECK-IN
While Amani doesn't have an Activity Check proper, it'd still be nice to know how everyone is doing!

Going forward, check-ins + character claims will be more or less the same thing for players already in the game! To know who has already claimed what characters, please check the previous post.

The purpose of this post is to:
★ Give a small summary of what your character has been up to
★ General plans/ideas you have
★ See what characters are present and welcome new people coming into the game!

TEMPLATE

★ If you JOINED IN LATE MAY and don't have a lot to summarize, that's totally fine! Giving a game plan instead or ideas of what you'd like/hope to do is fine as well! Basically, it's just a way for me to count heads and see who's still interested in hanging around.

CHARACTER CLAIMS
Welcome to Amani! We're happy you're here.

The basic guide to claiming a new character is:
★ Copy and paste the claim form to the comments below.
★ Fill out the subject line with: Character | Canon (CRAU if applicable)
★ Amani does not do claim challenges. Character claims submitted will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Make sure you check before placing a character claim!
★ Once your character is claimed, please head on over to the taken page to make it official official!

★ MOD NOTE: If you claim a character this month, you do not have to check-in until next month! TEMPLATE

PLAYER
Name: Your name/handle
Invited by: The name of who invited you
Contact: plurk, discord, pm, etc.
Other characters, if any: put their journal here or n/a. if applying two characters in one round, this would be the place to mention that!

CHARACTER
Character Name: Your character's name in either Western or Eastern order
Canon: Name of the canon you're playing them from
Canon Point: The episode, chapter, book, etc. that your character is coming from
Age: Characters must be at least 16 y/o mentally and physically. 
Link to History: For canon characters, this can be a wiki link. For OCs, this can be a separate journal entry or wherever you have their history. or just give me the cliff notes because, really, it's less for me and more for other people to get an idea of the character

CRAU: are they coming from somewhere else? if this isn't applicable, you may omit this section!
AU Clarification: Explain to us a little bit about how they're different due to their experiences in the previous game/setting they were in

Personality: Tell us about your character's personality! Just a basic overview is fine! this can also be told through the art of interpretive memes or vines

Game Plan: How will your character adjust to being Amani and the knowledge that they are dead? How will they forge bonds with others and play nice? This is basically a summary of what your hopes for your time in the game are!
Interested in: here's a place to list the tropes, kinks, etc. specifically that you'd like to play out! you can also mention things you'd rather avoid, if you'd like

Anything else?: Anything extra you'd like to link or, as we all know, the good ol meme section.

MOD NOTES
Just a few things from Pudding to point out for the upcoming month!

★ A reminder that players can add their own tags to the network and log communities! So, have at it! Tag all the things!

★ If you're interested in helping out with moderator duties, please let me know either via DM on Discord, hitting up the mod contact, etc.! Some people have already assisted (thanks mochi for the check-in sheet!) but obviously I'm still running a bit behind in some ways like, uh. The calendar! And this post! Oops.

★ A reminder that the flora & fauna submission mechanic has been updated! While originally new creatures / plants needed to have a sexy stamp for approval, fuck that. Just link your character claim (or check-in) comment if you want to start adding to it. Thank you for the native wyverns and chocobos, now give me more cool creatures.

★ The calendar for June is up and ready! It now includes:

no escaping the celebration

please let me know via DM on Discord

★ We have two slots open for new players! We're currently at 38/40 players according to who has responded to the taken and/or drop page. Please, make sure you're using the taken page when you claim so that way I can keep an accurate tally since this is a capped gamebox.

NAVIGATION
F.A.Q. ★ RULES ★ TAKEN ★ LOCATIONS ★ MAIN NAVIGATION

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

PLAYER
Name: LiLi
Invited by: i live here
Contact: winemom @ plurk, LiLi#0844
Other characters, if any: Lioriley | invigorates

CHARACTER
Character Name: Zevran Arainai
Canon: Dragon Age
Canon Point: Post final battle (origins)
Age: 36
Link to History: bonk

CRAU: Ainmhian CRAU
AU Clarification: he went to fairy fuckland and got laid a bunch, died once when demona from gargoyles went apeshit, but otherwise had a good time.

PEACEKEEPER PROFILE

Personality:
"Death happens, as we like to say. And when I get paid for it, death happens more often."

Zevran was orphaned, raised in a brothel, and then thrust into a guild of assassin's at a most vulnerable age. Yet none of those terrible circumstances seem to affect him as much as they might someone else in his position. He is a man who lives in the moment, who knows that at any second he could die - that nothing is permanent, and what moments we have are fleeting and should be appreciated to their fullest. It is why he lives as he does, and treats every day is if it were his last. He is sarcastic, flirtatious, seemingly never serious even when confronted about his past. Wynne makes an effort to try and dig a little deeper, to try and get him to admit his regret for his sad, sad past, but Zevran only teases her in turn, sarcastically replying that he feels so terribly that he might cry, which only serves to infuriate the woman and make Zevran laugh harder. The past cannot be changed, so why should he try in vain and waste what precious little time he has left in his life?

He was bred to be an assassin, and he is a good one (save for the grey warden mishap, apparently) with no qualms about killing his marks. He sees the art of killing like a good hunt, enjoying the thrill of the chase and the inevitable outcome; and much like a hunter he believes his prey deserve a clean, proper death, and will even sleep with his targets if it means that their last moments before he plunges the blade in are pleasurable. Like all assassins, he was taught to close off his heart, to not feel lest he misstep and let his emotions get the better of him. It was a lesson he had thought he learned well enough, but his last mission prior to heading to Ferelden would prove otherwise. The love he felt for Rinna, the woman he would eventually kill for a twisted test during that mission, was as terrifying as it was beautiful, and watching her die while spitting in her face assured that Zevran would keep his heart closed off for a long time. Eventually, if romanced, he can open up and love again - but it is not without problems and confusion, where he admits to the fear of being so vulnerable again, and not wanting to lose someone he cared for so deeply.

During his time with the Crows and the whores of the brothel, he was taught, too, the ways of seduction. And he is good at that too; able to seduce his marks and lead them to their deaths with little issue. He is charming and quick-witted, always with a suggestive quip at the ready for anyone and everyone - because he certainly does not discriminate; his only rule with a partner being that she sex is done well, otherwise, he is easily to please and open to plenty. And while he pushes and teases and taunts, Zevran is fully capable of respecting boundaries and stopping if people want him to. For the most part. he's annoying.

All of this may make him seem like kind of an asshole - especially when he so flippantly disregards other's feelings at times just for a laugh, pushing people out of their comfort zone every chance he gets. and while not entirely incorrect, Zevran really isn't a bad guy. He just wants to live his life and enjoy himself, not waste it lingering on what could or should have been. He is easy to appease, does not judge, but still has moments where he will question choices made by those around him - few and far between that he does - especially in regards to dalish elves, thanks to the faint connection he still holds for his deceased Dalish mother. He is somewhat sentimental however; lamenting the loss of a pair of Dalish gloves that his mother used to have. and in a less personal example: the leather boots he wished he had gotten prior to leaving Antiva, knowing that he would likely never return home to get them now. But, oh well, there was little he could do about either situation.

Game Plan: death is irrelevant to an assassin he is here to fuck and fuck he shall
Interested in: anything and everything! he is a whore and pansexual as hell. go crazy. here are his kinks

Anything else?:

Check-in + Character Claims (June)

zevran arainai (ainmhian crau) | dragon age: origins