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Character: Shiraishi Mako
Series: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Character Age: 24
Job: Camp Babysitter
Canon: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is the story of a group of color-coded samurai who are sworn to protect the world from demons using magical cellphones and Mojikara, the ability to turn written kanji into whatever that character represents. Known as the Shinkengers, they are headed by Shiba Takeru, head of the Shiba clan and also ShinkenRed. The other Shinkengers have been raised from a very young age to be samurai, learning the traditional arts of swordplay, calligraphy, and Mojikara.
Shiraishi Mako, also known as ShinkenPink, is the eldest of Takeru’s retainers, and also undoubtedly the most mature amongst them. Before being called into service as a Shinkenger, Mako was a kindergarten teacher, and she loves children and excels at tending to those in emotional distress. She is also the most emotionally perceptive of the Shinkengers, quick to catch on to the complexities of a situation and easily able to put herself into other people’s shoes. Oh, and she’s pretty good with a sword. Her dream is to be a bride and mother, and the greatest challenge standing between her and that dream isn’t being a samurai--it’s her complete inability to cook anything even vaguely edible.
Note: The Kuroko are assistants to the Shinkengers and the Shiba clan, modeled after the silent, black-clad stage hands from traditional Kabuki theater.
Sample Post:
So it’s camp babysitter, is it? But it’s a little bit strange. And I don’t mean the corn, or the smell, or the fact that we’re definitely not in Hawaii anymore. No, it’s most certainly the fact that most of you are much too old for daycare. When I hear the word ‘babysitter’, I usually think about minding children, not fully grown samurai or the... living impaired. All the same, a task is a task, right? So I’ll do my best. All right, everyone gather around please! It’s time to play a game of ‘find the limb’! We’ll all spread out and try to find as many as we can.
… That could have gone better. I’m sorry, everyone! When I said spread out, I didn’t mean it that literally. Please pick yourselves up and come back, we can try something else. Kuroko-san over there will help find all your missing pieces. Even though the Kuroko don’t have much to say, they’re really very helpful. I’m sure you can all sympathize, since your vocabulary seems a bit limited. Oh, please don’t cry! I wasn’t making fun of you. Everyone is important! It doesn’t matter if you’ve misplaced some parts. Come here, you look like you need a hug. W-wait a minute, just a hug, please. Gnawing isn’t good behavior! If you’re hungry, I’ve prepared some delicious snacks. I promise my cooking is getting better, I’ve been practicing every--
Why are you spitting your teeth out? I know you asked for brans, but rice is close! And rice balls are tasty and good for you. If you won’t eat my cooking, maybe the Kuroko-san can help. Oh, what’s that, Kuroko-san? You’re actually a Guroko-san? I’ve never heard of that...
… Maybe you should keep your hood down, Guroko-san. It isn’t my place to judge your lifestyle choices or... body modifications, but an effective child-minder needs at least most of their facial parts. Please, think of the children.
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Character: Yuri Petrov, aka Lunatic
Series: Tiger & Bunny
Character Age: Around 30
Job: Camp Judge and Executioner
Canon: Welcome to beautiful Stern Bild City! As a bustling metropolis, Stern Bild boasts features such as futuristic technology, impressive architecture, their own currency, superpowered individuals known as NEXT, and criminals. Lots and lots of criminals. But fear not, citizens, for Heroes also exist in Stern Bild, and they will do their utmost to keep the city safe! Heroes aren't the only one after criminals, though: there's a vigilante named Lunatic on the prowl, and he has no qualms about killing his targets. Prone to dramatics and highly eccentric ways of moving, Lunatic doesn't hesitate to administer his justice to the guilty, using his NEXT powers to sentence one sinful criminal to death by blue flame at a time.
Lunatic's civilian identity is Yuri Petrov-a judge, curator, and city council member. As a judge, he is fair and thorough to ensure that no one innocent is imprisoned. As curator of Hero TV, he is polite and helpful, freely offering his aid to the Heroes. As a city council member, he provides a needed voice of stern rationality, and places the well-being of the city and the safety of its citizens above all else. However, his guise as a hardworking and dedicated civil servant belies his inner obsession with justice and bitterness towards the Hero system of Stern Bild. Having seen for himself first hand how it can fail, Yuri adopts Lunatic's mantle as a way of executing the justice he believes that city and Heroes have failed to do.
Sample Post:
Allow me to express my thanks to both you and Miss Sayre for sending a representative out to meet with me. I am aware this is unorthodox, but there are a few concerns I have that I would like to address. To begin, I would like to question the current use of legal and law enforcement resources. While the Lawyertarium is an undeniably unique building, it is to my understanding that it's being utilized more as a storage and living facility first and an administrative building...not at all. A shame, considering that there seems to be several law enforcement officers in camp with no legal resources to back them. Perhaps there would be less rule breaking if our resources were put to their intended use.
Second, I wish to address the issue of punishment. As there are no jails or long-term detainment centers located on camp grounds, I can understand the use of alternate methods of punishment. However, while one may find being transformed into an animal an inconvenience, it is only an inconvenience and nothing more. In addition, that these so-called punishments are meted out at random to the innocent as well makes me question not only the effectiveness of such measures, but also their purpose. Can it truly be considered justice if guilty and innocent alike are punished for the breaking of arbitrary rules, while those who are truly criminal are allowed to roam free? I cannot be led to believe that such a frivolous attitude towards the justice system will be able to save or punish anyone. Referring back to my first concern, the establishment of an actual working justice system in camp grounds would allow for a way to protect the innocent while punishing the guilty.
Third, I am attempting to figure out the purpose Miss Sayre has in even hiring a judge in a location such as this. Considering that the punishments administer themselves, and that there seems to be no actual rules against genuine criminal activity, I wonder just what, precisely, I am to judge. The Lawyertarium cannot be in good conscience called a courtroom, the files I have received on the case concerning her fiancée's murder are contradictory, and the apparent witness for said case is currently missing the entirety of his lower face. Not to mention that if her fiancée is indeed alive, then the detainment of all these campers is a gross violation of habeas corpus. Furthermore, the forty zombie personnel that I have been assigned are more of a hindrance than a help. If she wishes for me to actually do my job here, then there must be vast changes that are to be implemented before I can begin. Having personnel that do not fall to pieces on a regular basis would be a benefit as well.
-My apologies. I was not aware that you were still struggling with the transcription. I said that it would be a gross violation of habeas corpus, not a gross violation of having a corpse. If you're having difficulties keeping up, then allow me to break the rest of my concerns down into simpler terms. There are currently forty inept undead beings employed under my supervision. That's as many as four tens, and that is terrible.
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Character: Kokonoe
Series: BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Character Age: Unknown, but appears to be in her mid-twenties.
Job: Tuesday Soup-powered Weapons Researcher
Canon: Once upon a time, there was a creature known as "Black Beast" whose hobbies included destroying humanity and just cause chaos in general. Although the beast was ridiculously powerful, a group of six heroes banded together in order to defeat it- and eventually managed to do it. Unfortunately? The Black Beast released huge amounts of Seithr, a poisonous fog, into the world-- forcing humanity to live in high places in order to escape it. After the beast's defeat, an organization called NOL was created to keep order and regulate the use of Ars Magus, special weapons that were once used to defeat the Black Beast. Directly opposing their use are the scientists of Sector Seven, a small confederation of like-minded people who much prefer the use of pure science and technology rather than a combination between it and magic.
Daughter of two of the six heroes, Kokonoe is a human/beastman half-breed whose cat-like appearance matches her catty behavior. One of the most brilliant scientists of Sector 7, she has the knowledge and experience to pull off some seriously impressive feats such as implanting someone's soul onto a different, compatible body. While she appears to have little regard for emotions, Kokonoe can be prone to emotional outbursts when enraged. Cynical and cranky, she's in a somewhat perpetual bad mood that seems to disappear only whenever she gets to brag about her inventions. While not the type to openly show affection, Kokonoe can be a rather caring person in her own right and is more than a little protective of those she actually loves. Very goal oriented, once she sets her mind on something she's not going to give up until she reaches it.
Sample Entry:
Tch. You've got some nerve- kidnapping me and asking me to work for you right after that. I can't say this is something I ever saw coming. Did you really think just standing there and asking me would convince me? Or are you going to threaten me until I accept this job? Honestly, you're better off changing your mind already. I'm going to keep this short and say it clearly: I hate wasting my time. No matter what your problem is, I just don't give a crap. The answer would have been the same under normal circumstances as well- kidnapping me only served to piss me off. You can't really expect me to leave my position without giving me something interesting enough to work on.
Before you even start trying arguing the last point let me be more blunt: this "project" is total bullshit. No self-respecting scientist would work on something like this, let alone one as good as me. I may have done some pointless things for the sake of easing boredom before, but this isn't something I want my name attached to, Madam. The idea of using such clean energy isn't bad, but there's no way in hell I'm going to design weapons that run on soup. Do you really want to waste so much food for the sake of war? Hmpf, then again, I guess this is disgusting enough that using it in any other way might be impossible. Though I could always feed it to my subordinates as punishment.
Even putting the soup aside, or the fact I have far more important things to do, there's no way I'm going to work in a place where sugar is banned. If you aren't aware, sugar's an important source of energy for human beings. Outright forbidding the consumption of it is nothing short of torture. If you think I'd ever allow myself to live without it, you've got it all wrong, princess. Considering all the corn you planted around, I'm pretty sure you bet everything on the wrong plant. It's a pity, really. For your information, those zombies running around may very well just be on a sugar withdrawal. Really, if dealing with them is what you need weapons for, you should first accept it's your own damn fault for creating the problem in the first place.
Ah, not that I would help you even if you were to accept it. Didn't I say it earlier? I don't give a crap about your problems. Of course I could fix it easily, but I have no intention of helping out some arrogant fool who thought kidnapping me was a good idea. Now, unlike you, I've got serious projects that require my attention, and this little detour has already made me waste more time than I could afford to. And really, you don't want to get me any more pissed than I already am. Scientists sure can be quite frightening.
Not convincing enough? Heh. How about I run some tests on you then? I could always start with your tongue. Isn't that how the saying goes? "Cat got your tongue".
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Character: Aveline Vallen
Series: Dragon Age 2
Character Age: Early thirties.
Job: Official Mother Hen
Canon: Dragon Age 2 tells the story of the rise of Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall, and those who helped it happen. The world in which it is set has a rather unfortunate recurring problem; that is, hordes of corrupted monsters have a tendency to come out of the ground every now and then and try to take over, an event referred to as a Blight. It was during one such Blight that Aveline lost her husband and found the Hawke family. Having no other survival option, she stuck with them and ended up in Kirkwall, a city with far too many shades of grey for her to ignore. After a year serving in the city guard, Aveline managed to expose the corrupt Guard-Captain and get promoted to the position herself. Not bad for a refugee.
Trained to be a knight by her father, Aveline has somewhat archaic mannerisms and a very strong sense of duty, although she leaves off the rose-tinted lenses. She takes it upon herself to protect the people of Kirkwall not for any sort of honor, but because someone needs to do it. Generally fairly reserved and stoic, even in desperate situations, she serves as one of the most reliable of Hawke's companions. While she finds it important to uphold the law, she's very adept at working around it if it doesn't live up to her standards, or if one of her friends has need -- such as rearranging the guard patrols to conceal the fact that one of them is living in a dilapidated, stolen mansion. Aveline is nothing if not loyal to those she is close to, which she expresses by assigning men to follow her friends around (despite their protests) and by spending all of her off-duty hours assisting Hawke in solving The Champion's Problem Of The Day. If she were ever forced to take a vacation, she probably wouldn't know what to do with herself.
Sample Post:
I thought I understood what having your work cut out for you meant, but this is completely unexpected. Still, while I have come to understand there is no functioning system of law here, aside from that which bans arbitrarily chosen foodstuffs, that doesn't mean we must be incapable of organization. Any kind of guard force would have to be composed of volunteers, of course. Not being paid myself, you can hardly expect me to have any wages for you -- but this work shouldn't simply be done for the sake of coin. I know that some of you are soldiers, or something comparable. A good many of you even appear to have abilities that far exceed anything I thought possible, even for mages. Might you be interested in looking out for those less... capable? Unless you have something better to do, but the camp 'activities' that have been described to me make me highly doubt that. Pondering the nature of the Tuesday soup does not count as a worthwhile activity, dubious recipe aside.
While on the subject of corpses, I have heard the argument that there is no point in worrying about defense as no one remains dead here, regardless of the cause. I am... hesitant... to believe such claims, yet enough people do believe it that I will not dismiss it offhand. Even if it does prove to be true, I do not care to test it, and dying is hardly an experience I would wish on anyone more than once. Besides, there are plenty of things that one could be subjected to while still alive, which could make death preferable. You are free to ignore the danger entirely if you wish, I will not stop you from being reckless -- but at the very least consider helping those who have little choice in the matter, especially in light of what we may soon be facing.
According to camp records -- and by that, I mean the gossip over breakfast, since it seems there are no records, despite the number of perfectly literate inhabitants -- this upcoming time of year has long proven to be a dangerous one. If you are truly able to fight and feel disinclined to assist, then perhaps whatever befalls us in the days ahead will be sufficient to change your mind. Of course, I'd rather we be adequately prepared ahead of time, but I wouldn't turn down last minute help. I understand not desiring to defend a place that for the most part amounts to a prison, but the other residents are no more at fault for your entrapment than you are. All of us are similarly inconvenienced, and so it would behoove us to assist one another. For now, this is the only place we have, and I don't care to see it become any worse than it already is. And you can save the clever remarks -- that is possible.
It's your choice, but I know I certainly prefer to keep myself occupied. ...That is not an invitation, just so we're clear.
Poll Vote!
Remember!
- Applicants, respond anonymously.
- If you're going to do the whole "ask me why I voted you out!" thing, please state who you voted out.
- No speculating about the identity of the applicants!
Now VOTE. We're good here!
Character: Shiraishi Mako
Series: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Character Age: 24
Job: Camp Babysitter
Canon: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is the story of a group of color-coded samurai who are sworn to protect the world from demons using magical cellphones and Mojikara, the ability to turn written kanji into whatever that character represents. Known as the Shinkengers, they are headed by Shiba Takeru, head of the Shiba clan and also ShinkenRed. The other Shinkengers have been raised from a very young age to be samurai, learning the traditional arts of swordplay, calligraphy, and Mojikara.
Shiraishi Mako, also known as ShinkenPink, is the eldest of Takeru’s retainers, and also undoubtedly the most mature amongst them. Before being called into service as a Shinkenger, Mako was a kindergarten teacher, and she loves children and excels at tending to those in emotional distress. She is also the most emotionally perceptive of the Shinkengers, quick to catch on to the complexities of a situation and easily able to put herself into other people’s shoes. Oh, and she’s pretty good with a sword. Her dream is to be a bride and mother, and the greatest challenge standing between her and that dream isn’t being a samurai--it’s her complete inability to cook anything even vaguely edible.
Note: The Kuroko are assistants to the Shinkengers and the Shiba clan, modeled after the silent, black-clad stage hands from traditional Kabuki theater.
Sample Post:
So it’s camp babysitter, is it? But it’s a little bit strange. And I don’t mean the corn, or the smell, or the fact that we’re definitely not in Hawaii anymore. No, it’s most certainly the fact that most of you are much too old for daycare. When I hear the word ‘babysitter’, I usually think about minding children, not fully grown samurai or the... living impaired. All the same, a task is a task, right? So I’ll do my best. All right, everyone gather around please! It’s time to play a game of ‘find the limb’! We’ll all spread out and try to find as many as we can.
… That could have gone better. I’m sorry, everyone! When I said spread out, I didn’t mean it that literally. Please pick yourselves up and come back, we can try something else. Kuroko-san over there will help find all your missing pieces. Even though the Kuroko don’t have much to say, they’re really very helpful. I’m sure you can all sympathize, since your vocabulary seems a bit limited. Oh, please don’t cry! I wasn’t making fun of you. Everyone is important! It doesn’t matter if you’ve misplaced some parts. Come here, you look like you need a hug. W-wait a minute, just a hug, please. Gnawing isn’t good behavior! If you’re hungry, I’ve prepared some delicious snacks. I promise my cooking is getting better, I’ve been practicing every--
Why are you spitting your teeth out? I know you asked for brans, but rice is close! And rice balls are tasty and good for you. If you won’t eat my cooking, maybe the Kuroko-san can help. Oh, what’s that, Kuroko-san? You’re actually a Guroko-san? I’ve never heard of that...
… Maybe you should keep your hood down, Guroko-san. It isn’t my place to judge your lifestyle choices or... body modifications, but an effective child-minder needs at least most of their facial parts. Please, think of the children.
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Character: Yuri Petrov, aka Lunatic
Series: Tiger & Bunny
Character Age: Around 30
Job: Camp Judge and Executioner
Canon: Welcome to beautiful Stern Bild City! As a bustling metropolis, Stern Bild boasts features such as futuristic technology, impressive architecture, their own currency, superpowered individuals known as NEXT, and criminals. Lots and lots of criminals. But fear not, citizens, for Heroes also exist in Stern Bild, and they will do their utmost to keep the city safe! Heroes aren't the only one after criminals, though: there's a vigilante named Lunatic on the prowl, and he has no qualms about killing his targets. Prone to dramatics and highly eccentric ways of moving, Lunatic doesn't hesitate to administer his justice to the guilty, using his NEXT powers to sentence one sinful criminal to death by blue flame at a time.
Lunatic's civilian identity is Yuri Petrov-a judge, curator, and city council member. As a judge, he is fair and thorough to ensure that no one innocent is imprisoned. As curator of Hero TV, he is polite and helpful, freely offering his aid to the Heroes. As a city council member, he provides a needed voice of stern rationality, and places the well-being of the city and the safety of its citizens above all else. However, his guise as a hardworking and dedicated civil servant belies his inner obsession with justice and bitterness towards the Hero system of Stern Bild. Having seen for himself first hand how it can fail, Yuri adopts Lunatic's mantle as a way of executing the justice he believes that city and Heroes have failed to do.
Sample Post:
Allow me to express my thanks to both you and Miss Sayre for sending a representative out to meet with me. I am aware this is unorthodox, but there are a few concerns I have that I would like to address. To begin, I would like to question the current use of legal and law enforcement resources. While the Lawyertarium is an undeniably unique building, it is to my understanding that it's being utilized more as a storage and living facility first and an administrative building...not at all. A shame, considering that there seems to be several law enforcement officers in camp with no legal resources to back them. Perhaps there would be less rule breaking if our resources were put to their intended use.
Second, I wish to address the issue of punishment. As there are no jails or long-term detainment centers located on camp grounds, I can understand the use of alternate methods of punishment. However, while one may find being transformed into an animal an inconvenience, it is only an inconvenience and nothing more. In addition, that these so-called punishments are meted out at random to the innocent as well makes me question not only the effectiveness of such measures, but also their purpose. Can it truly be considered justice if guilty and innocent alike are punished for the breaking of arbitrary rules, while those who are truly criminal are allowed to roam free? I cannot be led to believe that such a frivolous attitude towards the justice system will be able to save or punish anyone. Referring back to my first concern, the establishment of an actual working justice system in camp grounds would allow for a way to protect the innocent while punishing the guilty.
Third, I am attempting to figure out the purpose Miss Sayre has in even hiring a judge in a location such as this. Considering that the punishments administer themselves, and that there seems to be no actual rules against genuine criminal activity, I wonder just what, precisely, I am to judge. The Lawyertarium cannot be in good conscience called a courtroom, the files I have received on the case concerning her fiancée's murder are contradictory, and the apparent witness for said case is currently missing the entirety of his lower face. Not to mention that if her fiancée is indeed alive, then the detainment of all these campers is a gross violation of habeas corpus. Furthermore, the forty zombie personnel that I have been assigned are more of a hindrance than a help. If she wishes for me to actually do my job here, then there must be vast changes that are to be implemented before I can begin. Having personnel that do not fall to pieces on a regular basis would be a benefit as well.
-My apologies. I was not aware that you were still struggling with the transcription. I said that it would be a gross violation of habeas corpus, not a gross violation of having a corpse. If you're having difficulties keeping up, then allow me to break the rest of my concerns down into simpler terms. There are currently forty inept undead beings employed under my supervision. That's as many as four tens, and that is terrible.
Poll Vote!
Character: Kokonoe
Series: BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Character Age: Unknown, but appears to be in her mid-twenties.
Job: Tuesday Soup-powered Weapons Researcher
Canon: Once upon a time, there was a creature known as "Black Beast" whose hobbies included destroying humanity and just cause chaos in general. Although the beast was ridiculously powerful, a group of six heroes banded together in order to defeat it- and eventually managed to do it. Unfortunately? The Black Beast released huge amounts of Seithr, a poisonous fog, into the world-- forcing humanity to live in high places in order to escape it. After the beast's defeat, an organization called NOL was created to keep order and regulate the use of Ars Magus, special weapons that were once used to defeat the Black Beast. Directly opposing their use are the scientists of Sector Seven, a small confederation of like-minded people who much prefer the use of pure science and technology rather than a combination between it and magic.
Daughter of two of the six heroes, Kokonoe is a human/beastman half-breed whose cat-like appearance matches her catty behavior. One of the most brilliant scientists of Sector 7, she has the knowledge and experience to pull off some seriously impressive feats such as implanting someone's soul onto a different, compatible body. While she appears to have little regard for emotions, Kokonoe can be prone to emotional outbursts when enraged. Cynical and cranky, she's in a somewhat perpetual bad mood that seems to disappear only whenever she gets to brag about her inventions. While not the type to openly show affection, Kokonoe can be a rather caring person in her own right and is more than a little protective of those she actually loves. Very goal oriented, once she sets her mind on something she's not going to give up until she reaches it.
Sample Entry:
Tch. You've got some nerve- kidnapping me and asking me to work for you right after that. I can't say this is something I ever saw coming. Did you really think just standing there and asking me would convince me? Or are you going to threaten me until I accept this job? Honestly, you're better off changing your mind already. I'm going to keep this short and say it clearly: I hate wasting my time. No matter what your problem is, I just don't give a crap. The answer would have been the same under normal circumstances as well- kidnapping me only served to piss me off. You can't really expect me to leave my position without giving me something interesting enough to work on.
Before you even start trying arguing the last point let me be more blunt: this "project" is total bullshit. No self-respecting scientist would work on something like this, let alone one as good as me. I may have done some pointless things for the sake of easing boredom before, but this isn't something I want my name attached to, Madam. The idea of using such clean energy isn't bad, but there's no way in hell I'm going to design weapons that run on soup. Do you really want to waste so much food for the sake of war? Hmpf, then again, I guess this is disgusting enough that using it in any other way might be impossible. Though I could always feed it to my subordinates as punishment.
Even putting the soup aside, or the fact I have far more important things to do, there's no way I'm going to work in a place where sugar is banned. If you aren't aware, sugar's an important source of energy for human beings. Outright forbidding the consumption of it is nothing short of torture. If you think I'd ever allow myself to live without it, you've got it all wrong, princess. Considering all the corn you planted around, I'm pretty sure you bet everything on the wrong plant. It's a pity, really. For your information, those zombies running around may very well just be on a sugar withdrawal. Really, if dealing with them is what you need weapons for, you should first accept it's your own damn fault for creating the problem in the first place.
Ah, not that I would help you even if you were to accept it. Didn't I say it earlier? I don't give a crap about your problems. Of course I could fix it easily, but I have no intention of helping out some arrogant fool who thought kidnapping me was a good idea. Now, unlike you, I've got serious projects that require my attention, and this little detour has already made me waste more time than I could afford to. And really, you don't want to get me any more pissed than I already am. Scientists sure can be quite frightening.
Not convincing enough? Heh. How about I run some tests on you then? I could always start with your tongue. Isn't that how the saying goes? "Cat got your tongue".
Poll Vote!
Character: Aveline Vallen
Series: Dragon Age 2
Character Age: Early thirties.
Job: Official Mother Hen
Canon: Dragon Age 2 tells the story of the rise of Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall, and those who helped it happen. The world in which it is set has a rather unfortunate recurring problem; that is, hordes of corrupted monsters have a tendency to come out of the ground every now and then and try to take over, an event referred to as a Blight. It was during one such Blight that Aveline lost her husband and found the Hawke family. Having no other survival option, she stuck with them and ended up in Kirkwall, a city with far too many shades of grey for her to ignore. After a year serving in the city guard, Aveline managed to expose the corrupt Guard-Captain and get promoted to the position herself. Not bad for a refugee.
Trained to be a knight by her father, Aveline has somewhat archaic mannerisms and a very strong sense of duty, although she leaves off the rose-tinted lenses. She takes it upon herself to protect the people of Kirkwall not for any sort of honor, but because someone needs to do it. Generally fairly reserved and stoic, even in desperate situations, she serves as one of the most reliable of Hawke's companions. While she finds it important to uphold the law, she's very adept at working around it if it doesn't live up to her standards, or if one of her friends has need -- such as rearranging the guard patrols to conceal the fact that one of them is living in a dilapidated, stolen mansion. Aveline is nothing if not loyal to those she is close to, which she expresses by assigning men to follow her friends around (despite their protests) and by spending all of her off-duty hours assisting Hawke in solving The Champion's Problem Of The Day. If she were ever forced to take a vacation, she probably wouldn't know what to do with herself.
Sample Post:
I thought I understood what having your work cut out for you meant, but this is completely unexpected. Still, while I have come to understand there is no functioning system of law here, aside from that which bans arbitrarily chosen foodstuffs, that doesn't mean we must be incapable of organization. Any kind of guard force would have to be composed of volunteers, of course. Not being paid myself, you can hardly expect me to have any wages for you -- but this work shouldn't simply be done for the sake of coin. I know that some of you are soldiers, or something comparable. A good many of you even appear to have abilities that far exceed anything I thought possible, even for mages. Might you be interested in looking out for those less... capable? Unless you have something better to do, but the camp 'activities' that have been described to me make me highly doubt that. Pondering the nature of the Tuesday soup does not count as a worthwhile activity, dubious recipe aside.
While on the subject of corpses, I have heard the argument that there is no point in worrying about defense as no one remains dead here, regardless of the cause. I am... hesitant... to believe such claims, yet enough people do believe it that I will not dismiss it offhand. Even if it does prove to be true, I do not care to test it, and dying is hardly an experience I would wish on anyone more than once. Besides, there are plenty of things that one could be subjected to while still alive, which could make death preferable. You are free to ignore the danger entirely if you wish, I will not stop you from being reckless -- but at the very least consider helping those who have little choice in the matter, especially in light of what we may soon be facing.
According to camp records -- and by that, I mean the gossip over breakfast, since it seems there are no records, despite the number of perfectly literate inhabitants -- this upcoming time of year has long proven to be a dangerous one. If you are truly able to fight and feel disinclined to assist, then perhaps whatever befalls us in the days ahead will be sufficient to change your mind. Of course, I'd rather we be adequately prepared ahead of time, but I wouldn't turn down last minute help. I understand not desiring to defend a place that for the most part amounts to a prison, but the other residents are no more at fault for your entrapment than you are. All of us are similarly inconvenienced, and so it would behoove us to assist one another. For now, this is the only place we have, and I don't care to see it become any worse than it already is. And you can save the clever remarks -- that is possible.
It's your choice, but I know I certainly prefer to keep myself occupied. ...That is not an invitation, just so we're clear.
Poll Vote!