APPLICATION
➤ The Sanctum is a game that accepts the following:
• Canon Characters
• Original Characters
• Fan Characters. Provided they have NO relationship to the characters already established in canon. For example, a Homestuck Fan Troll would be alright but the character cannot be directly related to say: Karkat.
• Fan based AUs - such as modern adaptations, genderbends, etc. We also allow canonmashes - combining two existing fandoms together as AUs (For example: A Hunger Games AU of Sansa Stark). We advise to strongly consider how the events of those particular universes would affect your character.
• Silent Protagonists.
• Characters with CR/Memories from other games.
• Characters who are native to the setting. ( AUs and OCs )
• Any combination of the above.
➤ You will be allotted THREE DAYS for revisions. Failure to do so will result in an automatic decline. Applications that have been declined will also have to wait ONE MONTH before reapplying.
➤ Applications and samples can be both linked or pasted into the comments.
➤ Because of the delicate nature of some events that occur within game, you must be over 18 years old to apply.
➤ When posting your app, we prefer it in the body of the comments, and with the character's name, canon, and whether they were reserved or not reserved in the subject line.
➤ Go ahead and re-use an old app to fill in the formatting below. Applications submitted with alternative formatting will not be processed.
➤ Everything else will be detailed within the application, feel free to ask us questions should the need arise.
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Your handle/name.
Contact Information: PMs, e-mail addresses, plurk, aim, etc. whatever method you prefer so we can reach you.
Personal Journal: if applicable, not required.
Age: You must be over the age of 18, you feel uncomfortable giving out your age an "Over Eighteen" will suffice.
Characters Played: State anyone else you're playing in game.
IN-CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Your characters full name.
Fandom: Please be specific! For example: If applying from the Marvel Cinematic Universe please state which movie. If you're applying for an original character, place: 'Original Character' in this field.
Age: A rough estimate will suffice.
Canon Point: The point in your characters history before they wake up in the Sanctum.
Original Universe or Alternate Universe? Any variations - such as game-memories, and modifications ( genderbending, modern adaptations, etc ) will have to be stated.
Is this character immune? Do you want this character to actually be immune to the Dystrophy virus or not? It will be assumed by all in game that they are until proven otherwise. The majority of the Immune are, but anyone native is not.
Personality: The personality featured here must reflect on the samples. What we look for mainly is an understanding of your characters motivations and thought process. Please focus on the strengths as well as weaknesses of your character. This section can also be in bullets.
Background: This is a mix of your characters setting + history section. Links to wikipedia will suffice for fandom characters. Bullet points are a-ok. AU Characters will have to state any significant changes in their history from the original canon variation. This section is required for original characters.
Other Notables: Anything else?
Inventory: The characters have the ability to receive some items in their room, with them when they wake up. Please limit this to SMALL items, personal valuables and clothing. If you're including pets/familiars/etc, feel free to add them here. Note that the mods have a long and proud tradition of stripping weapons and powerful items of said powers and replacing them with nerf guns and/or other toys. Trolling is common. The more specific the item requests are, the more specific the trolling.
SAMPLES
NETWORK SAMPLE : Can be links from dear-mun, meme, musebox or previous game threads. What we are looking for is your grip on your characters' voice.
LOG SAMPLE Can be links from dear-mun, meme, musebox or previous game threads. What we are looking for is your grip on your characters' voice. This can be prose based or brackets. What we're looking for is how your character would physically interact with others.
CALLSIGN APPLICATION
For the time being Callsign applications are OPEN, but limited to players who have
been in-game for more than three months.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN.
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REVISIONS
Thank you for your interest in the game! Your application has been reviewed, and we would like to request some revisions in the following areas:
The first half of Merlin's personality reads more as a history or canon summary, we would like you to elaborate more on what makes Merlin tick, why he makes the choices he does, what fuels his actions, a little more detail on who he is as a person. Is he humorous, kind, adventurous, prone to anger, etc? Feel free to expand on infrences made in the film with headcanon. You also address Merlin's ability to lie, his loyalty and caring, but you also say that on a personal level, he doesn't get to explore it. We would like you to expand on that, to go into how he doesn't and what he would do if (when) he has the time to do so. How do you think he would be outside of a professional setting? Will he be likely to try to work or to mentor someone else?
If you have any questions or would like any sort of clarification on what we would like to see, please don't hesitate to ask!
Thank you again for your interest.
Re: REVISIONS
Merlin comes from old money, as all Kingsmen before Eggsy do, and would need to have an aptitude that made him capable of being trained to take on his current mantle. Thus I will say that Merlin was fascinated with technology from a young age, being raised during a time when computers were being developed and critical to staying ahead of other countries ( particularly Russia ) during the Cold War. While he acts as moderator and mentor, I think his true passion lies along inventing and research. It's not explicitly stated in the canon that he invented every piece used, but there isn't a scrap of technology he doesn't know how to utilize, and I believe it's highly implied he did develop the cutting-edge gadgets the Kingsmen agents use.
If we can agree that's true, then his ingenuity walks the line between imaginative and practical, making computerized recording devices out of an inconspicuous pair of glasses and hand grenades out of lighters. You can say the same thing about how Merlin chooses to train his recruits as well.
Merlin is very efficient and even-tempered. While I wouldn't go so far as to call him cold, he is a bit reserved and disciplined. We never see him get angry or lose his temper, though he is annoyed by disrespect and quick to correct it, as evidenced by him effectively stepping on Eggsy's attempt to cause a scene with him after the parachute trial.
I do think he has a kindness to him, but it's couched under his professionalism. He has personal asides with Eggsy where he encourages him to make Harry and his own father proud, something I don't think a person would do if they didn't have some sympathy for the underdog. There's also a part where Harry murders 50+ people in a church that caters to racist, homophobic, anti-semite extremists, and Merlin can be seen looking on, horrified, from his monitor. The seemingly unwarranted slaughter of these people disturbs him, while later he shows no remorse in destroying the major players of the world's population ( who were guilty of trying to cull everyone in the world that wasn't them ) in an attempt to save both Eggsy and himself.
I mentioned it in the original application, but Merlin believes in the Kingsman credo, which is that you don't take a life unless it's to save another. His actions follow along that line by making sure all of his recruits survive his strenuous training and even by blowing up the heads of the social elite that played into Valentine's plan to essentially kill the 99%.
The choices Merlin makes in his canon presentation are built to serve what he believes to be the better good. That's what Kingsman is about, really. They don't serve a political agenda, but people, and the good of the world at large.
I don't think that was always necessarily true in his youth. With his credentials at the time, he should have easily been seen as a candidate for MI6 ( James Bond is Scottish, after all ). What he chose to do, however, is serve a master with no political bounds and one that would highly depend on his own intellect and training to survive. I think there was a certain arrogance in that, and I think there's still a certain intellectual arrogance to Merlin. However, he does have a better idea of what his limits are - he'll take on a three-man mission to save the world, but knows he can't hack a biometric encryption. I think he enjoys a worthy challenge when it comes down to it, but he doesn't waste his time trying to peck at something crucial with his mind when he knows a well-placed agent will do the trick.
Finally, to address your question of what he'd be like outside of a professional setting: he'll avoid exploring it. In Sanctum he'll be required to act like a civilian, but that doesn't mean he's going to go around making friends for more than what information they're going to supply him. He may end up liking some people that aren't suitable for his agenda - he'll try to keep them at arms length. His first concern would be to establish a base of operations and start getting nosy about Proles. This will be encouraged by Eggsy's presence.
I think most people who initially meet Merlin will judge him to be a reserved, almost shy, but still intuitive Scotsman with the deepest brogue ever. Basically very British. This is largely an unassuming facade he'll use to get more naturally helpful, or else egotistically helpful, people to respond to him. He does have a sense of humor, if a subtle one.
At the same time, to explain his network sample a little more, he'll be making a list of the connections that try to hack/decrypt his work, giving him a good starting list of people who are technologically advanced, by his standards, whom he may call upon later.
Among his colleagues and people he trusts, Merlin's much more confident, acting as counselor and confidant. With the canonmate already in the game, Eggsy, he's not going to hesitate to take the reins and be the boss. I don't think Merlin would enjoy the position of figurehead like Arthur, but he is a handler, and it's been shown he doesn't shy at being a leader when it's just him to fall back on.
Merlin would indeed be willing to act as mentor to non-Kingsmen, should he deem it a power move for him to do so, or maybe even if he sees the Immune are struggling with no real help from the government. In this case, he'll cite his experience as being an instructor in his own military ( headcanon: Royal Air Force ). Part of the plan for him in Sanctum is to be there long enough for him to infiltrate the Callsigns in whatever role is open - trainer or tech - to learn more and feed information to whatever organization he's managed to form before then.
Hopefully this clarifies things! Thank you for your consideration!
ACCEPTED
Thank you for your interest and application to the Sanctum. Your application has been reviewed and is accepted. Merlin has been assigned housing in DISTRICT 1, FLOOR 4.
There are just a few things you need to complete:
01 :: Reply to this comment with the journal you plan on using.
02 :: Join the following communities:
SANCTUMSLOGS ( LOGS )
SPACEZOMBIES ( OOC & CRACK )
03 :: Fill out the form at THE TAKEN LIST.
04 :: Once your character has been accepted and given access to the communities, feel free to introduce yourself at SPACEZOMBIES.
05 :: Optionally, you can leave your contact details at the PLAYER CONTACT LIST after access to the mod journal is given.
06 :: Fan the ModPlurk @
NOTE: Because Merlin didn't come in with anything fun to confiscate (they already have cool glasses here, but don't think they didn't poke around in those anyway to be sure), he will find his things intact and in fact added to. On top of his folded items, there will be a very stylish pointy hat, along with a little cross-canon vintage spy stuff. There will also be a card thanking him for signing up for next week's meet n greet with a nearby singles service. Beyond that, a sampler of teas from a boutique in district one, and a handy little egg-timer.
Re: ACCEPTED