Application: Vyperia

[Cellyfish]

Mok'ra fellow Orcs  

Name:

• Ingame: Vyperia
• Real Life: Celeste (Celly)
• Age: 18, Child at heart

Class: Honorable Rogue Scout

Level: 60, Leveling at fast pace.

(role)playing experience:
I have been playing MMORPG's since i was a kid, i am fairly sure that a lot of people played runescape as one of their first, for example, and i could post a large list of those i have played if requested, as for WoW, i have played throughout WOTLK, and a fair part of Cataclysm, had to quit due to personal reasons, played from 5.1 till 5.4.7 on FrostWolf-US, and now i have returned to EU. (in the meantime that i could not play retail, i played on a "Blizzlike" private server, to not fall behind)

as for the role playing, close to nothing, i have been part of small RP groups within a guild, but one cannot truly immerse when only a small part of the guild RP's. i am really interested in RP'ing and i am sure that all of you can teach me how.


Pre-Birth:
Born on the Industrial grounds of Gorgrond, Home to the Blackrock clan, Morgruk was but a peon, constantly forging weapons for the horde. It all seemed liked a peacefull life, untill the dark portal was opened and he was send out to scout ahead. While serving under Doomhammers reign, Morgruk and many other orcs saw battle after battle, fighting for the survival of the horde.

Birth
Slightly before the third war, Mogruk was split off from Doomhammers army and struggled to survive from the threat of the alliance, he formed a small renegade army of orcs and did what he was best at, forging weapons from any material they could find, to try and survive. this is where Mogruk got his first child, and named her after his interest in snakes, Vyperia, Her mother did not survive the birth. A year goes by as Mogruk and his group were met by a large convoy of orcs, Thrall, Son of Durotan was assembling an army to reconstruct the horde, Mogruk and his group joined this army.

The Third War
Mogruk and Vyperia set sail to Kalimdor, an unexplored land where hope lies. After setting up an outpost, Mogruk takes Vyperia with him to gather supplies. Upon cutting down trees for lumber, he is met with a race unfamiliar to him, the night-elves, the night-elf sees Mogruks destruction of nature as an offense, and engages in a battle. Mogruk was not used to the agile and fleet tactics of the night-elf, and was met with ill fate, the night-elf however could not bring herself into slaying a small child, and brought Vyperia as close to the outpost as she could. Shortly after, the night-elfs assualted the outpost, A few orcs, Vyperia among them, fled towards durotar both to survive and report of this new-found enemy.

Vyperia had no home after her father perished, so she was adopted by a small group of supply-runners bringing supplies back and forth between the outposts in durotar. She quickly became the groups "mascot" and gained respectable but diminutive fame among the outposts.

Present
Vyperia had heard many stories of her fathers deeds, and was inspired to become a blacksmith just like he was, her ties with the merchants made selling ware a lot easier, and soon she was able to gather a small funds, yet she felt..unworthy, no matter what she tried, she couldnt forget the grace and subtle movements of her fathers killer. she smithed her own daggers and started training, copying the style of the night-elf as best as she could remember.

As time passed, Vyperia was requested a large ammount of weapons, she hired a few bodyguards and set out on a merchant trip.
The convoy was ambushed not long after departing by a large group of gnolls, the bodyguards acted right away, and engaged in the fight, Vyperia however could not sit still and watch, she grabbed her daggers and like a gracefull waltz, she "danced" through the gnolls, slitting their throats one by one.
this act went not unnoticed, and word spread quickly, not long after, she was approached by an orc who introduced himself as part of the red blade.. from the bodyguards that protected the convoy before, he asked her where Vyperia had gained such fighting skill for a merchant, and if she was going to utilize this in her future.
Vyperia was not sure if she should tell him that she learned herself how to fight the way a nightelf did, an enemy to the horde, he would surely not appreciate this, not every member of the horde is as open minded as she is. She decided to ignore his first question and replied with another question, "You were impressed by my style?, Do you happen to know a place where i can put it to the test, and benefit the horde with it to my best of capabilities?".
The orc was visibly pondering his answer, "What makes you halt your answer, friend?" she asked, The orc told her that skills like hers could possibly be used in an elite force, albeit this doesn't comes without danger. "I do not know how much experience you have in battle, Vyperia, but fighting never comes without danger, you or those around you might fall and you will not always be able to safe the day, certainly not on your own.. for a merchant like yourself, is this truly what you desire?".

A few months have gone by, Vyperia had trained her combat efficieny a lot and started hunting bounties besides her normal smithing and merchant life. As her blades started to feel more and more natural in use, as if they were extensions of her body, she became more confident in herself, something she had always lacked previously. She started asking around other bodyguards and guards for a new challenge, one of them mentioned the name "Red Blades", this caught Vyperia's interest so she went out to gather information about this group. She learned of their deeds in the past, the history that the tribe had gone through, and the hardships they had to deal with in the past, this reminded her of her father, he had lived in a time where an ally could be a foe, and noone could be trusted..a tear came to her eye, her father and every other orc had dealt with situations she could only imagine, and that the fact that the horde is now stronger than ever, with its pact with other races granting safety and strenght alike, it must have been surreal just to think of this at that time.

Vyperia set out to seek the Red Blade's, deeming herself unworthy, yet remaining confident enough that she shall learn from them and grow, in honor of her father and every single orc that has fallen and granted her the chance to live in better times.


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(My sincere appologies if anything in here isnt in line with the timeline, or if there are inconsistencies within my background, i never did this before and im trying as hard as i can, any (constructive) criticism is welcome)

Edit: removed the last part with sadok's information, and attempted to make certain characteristic traits more in-depth with reasoning to get a better feel and perhaps "bond" with my character.

[Sadok]

Howdy there, Vyperia! Have read through the application, and for the most part, it's well thought through! Some nice attention to detail and everything seems pretty fine lorewise.

I would note that usually the Red Blades don't approach applicants and recruit them, as is suggested at the end of your application -- it's more the other way round, with the prospective orc wanting to join the tribe itself. This is one of those things with both an IC and OOC element.

ICly the tribe is more of a quality over quantity unit, favouring a smaller number of loyal orcs who want to be Red Blades, rather than just stuffing the ranks as a warband or military outfit might. And OOCly, we don't want any hapless orcs that happen to RP with us to get continually pestered to join the tribe if that's not their wish. 

All things considered though, the app is great, so feel free to poke one of our officers in-game to grab your in-character interview! In light of what I've written above, you may wish to consider your character's possible motivations for joining the Red Blades!

...For the Blood of the Tribe!

[Cellyfish]

Thank you for the reply, i'm really glad that you liked my app, but your criticism is valid so im not satisfied with the ending, is it ok if i work on that first and create a slightly more in-depth ending before i request the IC-Interview?

[Sadok]

Oh, by all means! When you're satisfied, just give an officer a poke in-game.

Take care now!

[Cellyfish]

Edited the ending, Bolded and strikethrough'd the previous ending so those who have read it before do not have to start all over again, and can just continue where the new ending starts

i hope its a lot better now, i personally feel like this gives more in-depth reasoning to my characters motives, aswell as it amplifies certain characteristic traits that could potentially benefit the tribe OR could be seen as a weakness. (f.e, her respect for enemies and allies alike, the will to honor her father, etc etc.)

[Sadok]

Oh, that's great! Glad to see you've thought it through so much, and basically doubled the length of your application to boot! 

I do agree that that'll give her a much better motivation to join the tribe and could set you up for some interesting character arcs too!

Consider this a hearty endorsement. As before, poke one of our officers in-game to grab your in-character interview!

[Cellyfish]

Im terribly sorry for not having done my interview yet, i just wanted to let it be known that my internet has been down, sorry for the inconvenience and delay

[Rargnasha]

Ah, I was starting to wonder if this was another of those applications that just went quiet - Glad that you're still around and that you've gotten things up and running again.

Whenever you're available, just poke any orc online and get pointed to thenearest Officer available!

[Sadok]

Interviewed and accepted by myself! For the Blood of the Tribe!