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Taken List & Character Claim
Taken Characters
(TEMPORARY HOLDING LINK FOR OTHER CHARACTERS PAGE)
Alien (1979)
Ellen Louise Ripley ||
2onostromoConnor || Diabolicdominik on Discord
Baldur's Gate 3
Fever (Dark Urge) ||
abhorrentlyMira || PM /
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Felix Gaeta ||
not_a_traitorPhoenix || PM journal; Discord available on request
Bourne (Novel Series)
Alex Conklin ||
saintoflangleyRin ||
Changeling: The Lost
Cal “Okie” Hitchcock III ||
mistertwisterNama/Anri || namakehruk on discord
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Moiré Myrekrig ||
when_a_grids_misalignedCameo || Ask for Discord or
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Vickie Reeds (Nyx) ||
arrayerofrazorsVox || prince_of_knives (Discord)
City of Heroes
Stefan Richter ||
tartaros_avatarSpider || Disco @ cellarspider9984
Conclave
Aldo Cardinal Bellini ||
mothofholinessRin ||
Critical Role
Cassandra de Rolo ||
not_the_lastBatya aka Toon || batyatoon on discord
Deltarune
Susie ||
thrashmachineHarvey || summertiide on Discord, or PM journal!
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Kris Dreemurr ||
heartofadreemurrRose || WeirdAlchemy (discord)
Don't Starve
The Ancient Fuelweaver ||
fuelmayorCameo || Ask for Discord, or Plurk at
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Wilson P. Higgsbury ||
takethatnatureCameo || Ask for Discord/find me through the Discord server, or Plurk at
Dragon's Crown
Sorceress (Scarlett) ||
bedknobsandbroomsticksKnuxieChan || PM / KnuxieChan on Discord
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Wizard (Sylus) ||
substitutiarylocomotionArt || PM this Journal
Dungeon Meshi
Kabru ||
peoplepleaserKai ||
The Elder Scrolls
Drelasa Veloth ||
misbegottendreamerNimbus || Redheadednimbus on Discord!
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Sheogorath ||
blindwatcherseesNimbus || Redheadednimbus on Discord!
Farscape
John Crichton ||
ss_buttcrackMeghan || cmdr.crackers on Discord or PM
Final Fantasy VII
Sephiroth ||
imjustamanLuckyLadybug || This journal or Discord
Generator Rex
César Salazar ||
pineapplesalmonJenn || Discord: jennerally; Plurk: icelightning
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Rex Salazar ||
rexthebuilderJenn ||
Groundhog Day, The Musical
Phil Connors ||
goodweatherBanquo / Guildenstern || discord @ dongpuncher
Great God Grove
Capochin ||
staybizzyRose || weirdalchemy on Discord
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Godpoke ||
elvaqueritoRose || weirdalchemy on Discord
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Hector ||
carefulinspekshunHarvey || PM journal / summertiide on Discord!
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Patty ||
coolhatluvrDrake || PM or silverdrake on discord
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Henry of Skalitz ||
kovarstviBritt || pm
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Samuel of Kuttenberg ||
luckandmybruderLemon || DM, Discord, or
Life is Strange
Alex Chen ||
chenpathyBlue || @bluecitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
The Magnus Archives
Basira Hussain ||
acceptandadaptHarvey || summertiide on Discord, or PM journal!
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Daisy Tonner ||
hadnorightBlue || @bluecitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
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Gerard Keay ||
skeletonkeayRose || discord:weirdalchemy
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Jon Sims ||
apocryphalarchivistHarvey || summertiide on Discord or PM character journal
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Martin Blackwood ||
lofi_charmRose || WeirdAlchemy on Discord
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Melanie King ||
ghostbulletBlue || @blucitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
The Magnus Protocol
Alice Dyer ||
closureisformoviesBlue || @bluecitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
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Samama "Sam" Khalid ||
huntingtruthsTy || purpleone @discord or
Malevolent
Yellow ||
howtheyshineJae ||
M*A*S*H
Father Mulcahy ||
lovethyneighb_orBanquo || Discord @ dongpuncher
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Henry Blake ||
letemallcheerBritt || pm
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Margaret Houlihan ||
soldierslikeusBlue || @bluecitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
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Walter "Radar" O'Reilly ||
incomingchoppersPhoenix || PM journal; Discord available on request
Mouthwashing
Anya ||
cantstandthenoiseRose || WeirdAlchemy on Discord
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Daisuke Kawashima ||
uselessrayofsunshineLemon || Discord, or DM this journal
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Grant Curly ||
changehurtsConnor || @diabolicdominik on Discord
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Jimmy ||
thishurtsYarrow || voidstrangers on discord
My Hero Academia
Magne Hikiishi ||
sistermagneticLemon ||
Nimona (2023)
Nimona ||
yournewsidekickPhoenix || PM journal; Discord available on request
OMORI
Basil ||
flower_languageFey || Discord: _erichthonios_
Original Characters
Dr. A.T. Menelikov ||
amourticianZak || PM journal, ladyisak on Discord
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Kitty Callahan ||
thaumatophageRIN ||
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Lev/Lyubov Morgenshtern ||
graphomaniacZak || PM journal, ladyisak on Discord
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Lord Erik Osborne ||
lordoftheozarksMeghan || Discord or Plurk
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Max Maximum ||
maximumcakeMeghan || cmdr.crackers on discord or @KansaiBanzai.plurk.com or DMs is fine on the journal
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Music Alwyn Szereban ||
battlebyballadNama aka Anri || namakehruk on discord
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The Purple Impostor ||
impostor_syndromeCameo || Ask for Discord, find me via the Discord server, or Plurk at
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Valdis ||
redlightgreenlightKalineh || kalineh @discord
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Zivia “Cecilia” Birnbaum ||
tehilim127_1Batya aka Toon || batyatoon on discord
Outlast
Miles Upshur ||
upshoreRin ||
Overwatch
Bastion ||
configuration_birdwatcherCameo || Find me on the Discord server/ask for Discord, or
Pathologic
Artemy Burakh ||
medekhYarrow || discord; voidstrangers
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Pyotr Stamatin ||
stoneoftheroseDrake || PM or silverdrake on discord
Red vs. Blue
Agent Carolina ||
cyansoldierConnor || discord: diabolicdominik
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Agent Connecticut ||
liesdontfindyouBlue || @bluecitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Shen Qingqiu (Yuan) ||
xiaoxiuyaDrake || SilverDrake on discord
Snowpiercer
Edgar ||
hate_gettin_olderBatya aka Toon || batyatoon on discord
The Spider-Verse Franchise
Gwen Stacy (Spider-Woman) ||
thismaskismybadgeBlue || @bluecitrine.plurk or artisticblueteam@discord
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Beckett Mariner ||
starfleetashellRin ||
Star Wars
Tavion Axmis ||
of_dathomirC ||
Subnautica
Bart Torgal ||
theresalwaystheviewLemon ||
Transformers (IDW)
Tarantulas ||
tisnotthehouseDrake || SilverDrake (discord)
Undertale
Mettaton ||
aghostinthemachineKnuxieChan || PM or KnuxieChan on Discord
We Happy Few
Sally Boyle ||
sunshinesallyRose || discord: weirdalchemy
Wild Wild West
Snakes Tolliver ||
worstorganplayerLuckyLadybug || This journal
Character Claim
To claim a character, you'll post the form at the bottom of the post in a reply to the comment for that month. Please no toplevel character claims! This helps us stay organized.
How many characters can you claim? Each player may claim a maximum of seven characters at this time. We recommend you do them one at a time, taking time to find your footing with each one before adding the next, but we have no specific requirements as to when you can app in each character. You can also always test drive as many characters as you want.
What kinds of characters can you bring in? Our rule of thumb is that any character that makes reasonable narrative sense. Please note that the death or near-death experience required for the narrative does not necessarily have to be canon--- you can invent one specifically for RP purposes here! See our FAQ for more information or ask a mod if you're not sure, but most things should be fine Original characters welcomed and encouraged!
Is there an age minimum for characters? Yes and no. Due to the fact that Pumpkin Hollow is inherently a horror-centric game and is NSFW-friendly, we strongly recommend and prefer characters that are over the age of 18. However, we may take applications for characters who are minors on a case-by-case basis if we believe that they would be narratively well-suited to the setting. There is no specific minimum age, but age will be taken into consideration alongside other factors when we make these decisions. Feel free to ask a moderator about the suitability of a character younger than 18 before filling out an application.
Is there a cast cap? Not presently! However, we do want to keep our overall cast as diverse as possible, so if we need to, we may set a reasonable cap proportional to the size of our game down the road.
What about doubles of an existing player character? Doubles are not encouraged but would be accepted if each version is significantly unique from the other. For example, the protagonist a game with multiple branching paths might be wildly different between those paths!
Can I play more than one character from the same canon? Again, this isn't necessarily encouraged, as we'd much prefer castmates be able to interact freely. However, if you receive mod approval then yes, playing multiple characters from a canon is possible on a case-by-case basis. Approval will depend on various factors (e.g. characters from your original canon or that do not interact are easiest to approve). However, please note that you cannot acquire bonus AC for threads/interactions solely between your own characters.
Can my character bring along an attached NPC? This is may be allowed on a case-by-case basis if it makes narrative sense. For example, Sam from Death Stranding could ostensibly come here with Lou, the baby he carries with him. Please reach out to the mod team to discuss the specifics of your situation! We try to be flexible where we can.
All that said, we look forward to seeing your characters in Pumpkin Hollow. You may notice that some information is requested twice; this is because you're filling out both a claim post and a text area that we'll copy and paste into the taken list. See you soon!
January 2025 Character Claim
Ellen Louise Ripley | Alien (1979)
Player
Player Name: Connor/Dominik
Other Characters (if any): The Lobby Boy- gonna be posting an app for him soon!
Character
Character Name: Ellen Louise Ripley
Character Age: 29
Canon: Alien franchise.
Canon Point: Post 1979 film.
CRAU (if any): N/a
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History: Tucked away in the black velocities of Deep Space, Ellen Louise Ripley and her crew awaken from cryo-stasis to investigate a distress call of unknown origin. After unknowingly landing on the moon Acheron (LV-426) and allowing a single Xenomorph specimen inside, her crew is decimated one by one. Prior to this, Ripley's efforts to adhere to standard safety protocols are thwarted by her colleagues' poor decision making. Quarantine rules are ignored. Opportunities to destroy the Xenomorph specimen before it has reached full maturity are ignored. Her predominantly male crew often disregards her better judgement, which ultimately leads to their demise.
Together with her feline-companion, Ripley sets the Nostromo into self-destruct and escapes into a shuttle. There, she's greeted by dripping, silvery jaws and the rubbery, bulbous head of the Xenomorph. She thinks quickly, affixing herself to the shuttle wall via an astronaut's suit. After successfully launching the Xenomorph into space, Ripley & Jones the cat enter cryo-sleep and prepare for their journey home...
Ripley's canon likely won't include aspects of Aliens (1986), including her having a husband and child. Sorry Amanda!
Personality: Ripley demonstrates an impressive sense of duty and professionalism. She makes decisions by-the-book, and her strict adherence to rules often creates tension between herself and her peers. Despite this, she has the capacity to be relatively laid back, enjoying communal meals with her crew. Any attempt to speak over or silence her are swiftly shut down, especially post-canon. She isn't afraid to make her opinion known.
Her experience aboard the Nostromo leaves her with paralyzing nightmares and a jaded view of the world and those who inhabit it. Violence experienced at the hands of her peer Ash brings about an extreme distrust for synthetics, or humanoid robots. She also harbors an aversion toward alien organisms, to no one's surprise.
Initial Game Plan: Her first plan of action will likely be to launch herself into finding work. Ripley has always been a work-driven individual, and this will be exacerbated by her condition post-canon. A way to avoid and find distraction from nightmares and flashbacks. After finding herself a decent way to bring in some money, she’ll look at settling down and becoming familiar with the Pumpkin Hollow locals. She may think of herself as somewhat unsocial, but the need to make connections post-canon will be strong. She’s a person, and people live best in the company of others.
RP Interests: Building rapport and CR with other characters, have Ripley work through some of her traumas with the people she’s built trust with, things of this nature. I’m a lover of angst and action, even better if they’re combined. Seeing that I play Ripley, I’m always down for some monster fighting. If you wanna plot out some fun supernatural shenanigans, monster fights, hurt/comfort and physical injury plots, come my way! Generally, nothing is off the table.
Preferred Job: Laborer
NSFW-friendly?: Yes!
no subject
Also, don't forget to set up a tab for your character on the bank ledger! There are instruction on the first tab, but please let us know if you have any questions.
The Lobby Boy | The Hotel Podcast
Player
Player Name: Connor/Dominik
Other Characters (if any): Ellen Ripley, already posted
Character
Character Name: The Lobby Boy
Character Age: Between 25-30.
Canon: The Hotel Podcast
Canon Point: Still up in the air about this-- tbd!
CRAU (if any): N/A
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History: Under the supervision of his Manager and the Owner, the Lobby Boy oversees the creation of rooms, disposal of guests and general upkeep for The Hotel. He is human in appearance with unseemly, rotting features. Management is not sure how or where Lobby Boys appear, and in the case that one Lobby Boy is indisposed, another one is made. Presumably, The Hotel Herself is responsible for this creation...
"From five star resorts down to seedy motels, each episode the Hotel changes her shape and a new guest checks in with The Manager, The Lobby Boy, and The Owner. Good and bad, innocent or guilty, Hotel policy is no one is turned away, and no one checks out. Not even the staff."
Personality: The Lobby Boy performs any and all duties obediently. He isn't opposed to cleaning up someone else's mess-- in fact, it's all he knows. If you take a look in his mop bucket, you'll find it brimming with blood. Because of this he's got a strong stomach for gore but a perverse and unconquerable fear of all things unknown. That is to say, most things.
Initial Game Plan: Lots of time will be spent adjusting to Pumpkin Hollow and its residents. Having existed exclusively in The Hotel, he has little to no concept of things that might seem obvious to others. There's much to learn, and once he pushes past the initial barrier of fear, he'd like for nothing more than to make a life for himself.
RP Interests: Making interpersonal connections is a big one. The Lobby Boy's socialization consists of his Management, who exploit and abuse him, so he's certainly looking for a change. Fear will be a big hurdle at first. I'd like to navigate how this initially hinders him and in what ways he'll grow past this terror. Lots of opportunities for gross things too! The Lobby Boy is easily manipulated, so any antagonist-like characters looking for someone to do their dirty work or to clean their messes will find an obedient dog in him. I'm a lover of gore, so let's get nasty!
Preferred Job: Laborer, some kind of custodian or... You guessed it... Lobby boy (perhaps at the Oak & Iron).
NSFW-friendly?: Yes!
no subject
Also, don't forget to set up a tab for your character on the bank ledger! There are instruction on the first tab, but please let us know if you have any questions.
Hector | Great God Grove
Player
Player Name: Harvey!
Other Characters (if any): Jon Sims, Laios Touden, Basira Hussain, Sasha James
Character
Character Name: Hector
Character Age: 56
Canon: Great God Grove
Canon Point: In the middle of the final confrontation - will elaborate further in the History section!
CRAU (if any): N/A
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History: [Heavy warning for spoilers for Great God Grove!]
Having started out having grown up in Drain, a place regarded so poorly by the rest of the world, Earth and God Grove included, that it's used as an expletive, Hector is described by many as having clawed his way out of Drain through nothing short of persistence and sheer effort, building the Bizzyboys (a group dedicated to mystery-solving and finding solutions to any number of problems) up from nothing before they gained a foothold in God Grove. After a successful campaign in the god elections, he ascended to becoming Inspekta, the God of Leadership.
Unfortunately, his attempts to rise to godhood were not with the best of intentions; Hector, as a person, was deeply scared of fading into irrelevance, and for his life to lack meaning, things he sought to have fixed by becoming a god. When these things were not mended by his ascension, he began a slow decline of self over thirty years. All of it came to a head when the Grove's newest Godpoke, a mail-carrier of the Gods by the name of King, was quickly beloved by the Grove, and granted an early election to become deified.
Overcome with jealousy and the sense that her presence would ultimately lead to his becoming forgotten, Inspekta captured King, and began using her name to turn the gods against one-another, with the intention to cause an apocalypse that would empty the heavens, save for himself. It was only through the persistence of a new Godpoke did he realize the error of his ways, and how he'd turned his back to everyone that had loved him, just as the Rift, the apocalyptic passage between the heavens and the mortal world, widens too far for the gods to close...
(And now, here he is!)
Personality: Hector is, in a few words, a deeply ambitious person. Hardworking and exuberant, Hector has been described as a natural born leader by many. He's got a carefully curated reputation for being vibrant, friendly, helpful, and determined - and these qualities are legitimate most of the time! However, struggles with a number of unseemly hidden personality flaws--- jealousy chief among them. Many of these selfish qualities would diminish the value of the work that he does if they were known. However, a recent eye-opening incident has made him more self-aware, and he has been taking the time to work on himself. That isn't to say he's incapable of falling back into old habits, but he's putting in the effort.
Initial Game Plan: Rapidly oscillating between self-destruction and falling back in routine, Hector's first and most needed step is establishing a sense of normalcy. He's caught in a rock and a hard place of acknowledging the harm he's done, but having the desperation to maintain an image in this new place, and will have to figure out a balancing act with both of these things.
From the jump, his goals are going to be making connections, understanding how the town works, and establishing himself as a member of the community that people seek out.
RP Interests: I'd love for CR of all varieties! Friends and enemies alike. :) He does his best to be a charming guy, but he is also, unfortunately, kind of a self-centered asshole (in recovery!), and hasn't exactly been in a position where that's had consequences in 33 years.
(He's not exactly open for a relationship, as he'll be figuring out his Situationship, but he is prone to assuming there's flirting happening, and is always a sucker for attention.)
Preferred Job: Enforcer, on a technicality - he'll be starting a new sect of the Bizzyboys, once he's settled in!
NSFW-friendly?: Yes, but good luck if you're not This One Specific Guy.
no subject
Also, don't forget to set up a tab for your character on the bank ledger! There are instruction on the first tab, but please let us know if you have any questions.
Capochin | Great God Grove
Player
Player Name: Rose
Other Characters (if any): All of them. Yep, even that one. (I'm a mod, I'm allowed to make jokes on my forms)
Character
Character Name: Capochin (Last name Bastone is non-canon)
Character Age: 55
Canon: Great God Grove
Canon Point: The Spire
CRAU (if any): N/A
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History: Unfortunately the wiki for Capochin is incredibly barebones so I'll need to do this myself. Spoilers for Great God Grove ahead!!
Capochin originates from a place called Drain, which is a strange sort of city-state/no man's land that separates the Grove of the Gods from the rest of the earth. It is a wet, miserable trash heap full of waste water, constant rain, and cheap housing amid the detritus of both worlds, which is gradually building up and displacing residents. It is not a pleasant place to live.
It was in his late teens bleeding into early adulthood that he met his friend and confidante, Hector Monaque, who would go on to found the mystery-solving organization, the Bizzyboys! With Capochin as his right hand and very first Bizzyboy, the organization expanded to the God Grove and led to Hector's eventual bid for godhood. Through an election process that allows the people of the world to choose their gods, Hector was successfully elected to ascend via an interdimensional rift to a place in the heavens as Inspekta, the God of Leadership. For the next 33 years, Capochin served at his right hand, his closest confidante, his loyal acolyte.
Capochin's bond of devotion escalated over the years, to the point where he was willing to mutilate himself for Inspekta's benefit. When Inspekta spiraled into a fit of paranoia and jealousy at the popularity of the next rightfully elected god, he hatched a plan to make himself the only god, and Capochin followed along dutifully, misusing and mistreating his employees and slandering others, but at long last he realized that he was making a horrible mistake. Hopefully not too late.
Personality: Brash and loud, Capochin has been known to be an incredibly demanding boss who is prone to petty jealousy and harsh punishment. He is working on these things and trying to become kinder, but sometimes it can be a bit of a knee jerk, and he's not above the occasional rude prank or petty joke. Ultimately, though, he is a deeply and fiercely loyal person in search of validation, belonging, and purpose who will fight with all that he has.
Initial Game Plan: Figure out what his relationship with Hector is supposed to be now and reform the Bizzyboys!
RP Interests: Religious philosophy, healing himself, making new friends and having people he can depend on!
Preferred Job: Bizzyboy!! [Enforcer]
NSFW-friendly?: Yes but this is going to default to Hector lol
no subject
Also, don't forget to set up a tab for your character on the bank ledger! There are instruction on the first tab, but please let us know if you have any questions.
Major Margaret Houlihan | MASH
Player
Player Name: Blue
Other Characters (if any): Daisy, Ruby, Alice, Gwen, CT, Melanie
Character
Character Name: Margaret Houlihan
Character Age: 32ish or thereabouts
Canon: M*A*S*H
Canon Point: s8e17: Heal Thyself
CRAU (if any): N/A
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History: Wiki Entry
Personality: Margaret is a stubborn, ambitious, dedicated woman stuck in an era where the furthest any woman is expected to go in life is to the head of a family dinner table. Raised an army brat, she always knew that she wanted to join the military herself as soon as possible and she typically thrives in the structure that the army provides. She holds a great reverence for the command structure, putting more stock in the value of rank and position than almost anyone else in the 4077 even as she loosened up over time.
A military psychologist once described Margaret as: "an interesting woman: on the outside, all discipline and strength, and on the inside, six kinds of passion looking for an exit." These passions include a hair-trigger temper, a desire for genuine human connection often complicated by her equally strong libido, deep care for her patients, and ambition enough to try and carve her place in this mans' world. These have all gotten her in trouble in various ways throughout her service in Korea, initially as more of an antagonistic force pitted against most of her fellow personnel and then later as someone who'd become more one of the gang, growing as tired of the war as any of them despite her loyalty to the military.
Because in the end, Margaret cares deeply about other people, despite any and all attempts not to, often hiding behind her rank and responsibilities in ways that put distance between her and the very people she wishes would include her. She struggles to show it, let alone actually form those meaningful connections she craves, but that doesn't change the truth. It's when she starts to allow herself to feel and care more openly that she really starts to come into her own.
Initial Game Plan: Margaret's going to immediately want to find work and settle into a routine to get some structure back after this weird turn in her life. Also probably drink a fair amount.
RP Interests: Other military types and medical types are a good ground for starting CR. She also desperately needs some lady friends! I'm generally interested in playing with her having to adapt to the lack of military structure or wartime pressure, getting her to lower her walls even further, so on. Also open to possible shipping/casual hook-ups. Someone destroy this woman's perception that she's straight.
Preferred Job: Physician! She's going to work in Hawkeye's clinic.
NSFW-friendly?: Yes!
no subject
Also, don't forget to set up a tab for your character on the bank ledger! There are instruction on the first tab, but please let us know if you have any questions.
Tavion Axmis | Star Wars: Jedi Academy (Legends)
Player
Player Name: C
Other Characters (if any): None yet.
Character
Character Name: Tavion Axmis
Character Age: Late 20s/Early 30s
Canon: Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Canon Point: Her death at the end of the game
CRAU (if any): N/A
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History: Here
Personality: A disciplined dark jedi, Tavion's personality is one that previously overcompensated for her own fears. The Dark Side requires strong emotions to use - including anger, hate, fear - which depends on the Dark Jedi. In Tavion's case, her rage comes at least in part from her own perceptions of weakness and the need to avoid it. Her power creates a certain arrogance, and in life an overconfidence - now that the worst has happened, it's anybody's guess who she becomes.
Initial Game Plan: Her initial plan will be to get her bearings and see what ways she can turn it to her advantage - the idea of getting the power of the place under her control will absolutely occur to her.
RP Interests: I'm an omnivore, I like a bit of everything! Slice of life, mystery, plotting, positive/negative - I'm up for anything. Super happy to entertain any plans as well.
Preferred Job:N/A for now
NSFW-friendly?: No problem!
no subject
Also, don't forget to set up a tab for your character on the bank ledger! There are instruction on the first tab, but please let us know if you have any questions.
Thomas Howell | OC
Player
Player Name: Kai
Other Characters (if any): Claude, Johnny
Character
Character Name: Thomas Howell
Character Age: 28
Canon: OC
Canon Point: During The Hostess' Flesh ritual
CRAU (if any): Not technically CRAU but he is from a tabletop game run under The Magnus Archives system and is familiar with versions of a few people from the podcast. Of the characters that are here in game, he has met Jon, Martin, and (very briefly) Daisy
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History: After the attack that killed his parents and left him forever marked, Tom was sent to live with his grandparents in Dublin, Ohio. As a child, he had a very hard time fitting in with his peers and developed a terrible temper that was understood to be from the trauma he'd endured. It came to a head when he attacked another child that had been bullying him, leaving them bloodied on the ground. His grandparents moved him to another school district, and the incident made him terrified of his own anger.
After high school he attended Hollins University, an all-women's private university in Virginia, where he met Lorelei. His grandparents passed while he was away at college, and it was only after their passing that Tom came out as a man. After graduation, he and Lori moved in together in Columbus and started their blog Ohio Is For Weirdos and eventually the youtube channel Strange Midwest.
Some years later, while driving home from D&D, they stopped for gas and came across a voice memo device laying in the grass with an unnerving message recorded on it. The incident that followed would lead to their being recruited by the paranormal research branch of the Warren-Hill Institute.
Many misadventures have occurred since he began working at Warren-Hill, but the most personal was being sent back to Timberlost after two investigators sent there returned in bodybags with the third still missing. While there, Tom learned the true nature of the monster that's haunted his nightmares: a Hunt Avatar called the Woodsman that would massacre families, leaving one survivor in order to mark them by the Hunt. Those he marked would eventually be drawn back to him, seeking revenge, so he could revel in the fight. With the help of Lorelei and some newer friends, Tom was able to best the Woodsman, taking the Avatar's own weapon from him and killing him with it.
With the monster that killed his family and haunted his steps his entire life gone by his own hand, Tom is now investigating what exactly Warren-Hill is up to and why no one is able to quit their jobs there alongside Lorelei and many others. While investigating, they came to learn that they, along with several other employees at Warren-Hill, were being groomed to fill a "Fear Senate". An Avatar for each Fear entity, caught in the Web, to usher in the apocalypse. Already deeply marked by the Hunt, Tom tried to avoid falling further into it, but ended up falling into those instincts many times in order to protect those around him, until it was only a matter of time. To become an Avatar, you have to experience a death of some sort; for some, it is a metaphorical death. For Tom, it was very literal. While investigating reports of Mothman (yes, really), he was snatched into the sky by Mothman and dropped from several stories up. (Yes, really, he got killed by Mothman!)
Upon his death, Tom was given a choice; to chase or to be chased. He chose the former, and came back... different. Due to his new not-quite-human nature, he needs to feed on the fear of others in order to survive-- and specifically he needs to feed on the fear of being hunted.
Personality: Tom is a quiet, somewhat reserved young man with a very dry sense of humor and fierce loyalty to his friends. He can come across as stand-offish when he's still getting to know someone, but he's really just riddled with social anxiety. Having his best friend and platonic life partner Lori nearby (and she nearly always is) helps. In relationships, he can be a bit of a push-over and people-pleaser, and this has gotten him into some bad romantic entanglements in the past. He's a huge nerd that has very strong opinions about libraries and access to education.
Tom is intensely protective of the people around him, despite looking like a beige sweater came to life and became a librarian. He is a naturally helpful person and a problem-solver, which makes him very good to have around in a crisis but he is not especially adept at handling the emotional fallouts. If there is a problem, he wants to figure out a way to fix it, and if it can't be fixed he is at a loss for what to do.
Initial Game Plan: Beyond the obvious getting settled and meeting people, Tom might take the opportunity to be out of the direct fray a bit more. Maybe go back to being a librarian. We will see how long that lasts now that he has been irrevocably changed by the circumstances of his canon lol.
RP Interests: Obviously friendly CR, he's poly so maybe a partner or two??? He's become part of a fairly large but close knit community in canon, and has been ripped away from a platonic life partner of over a decade so.... there will be a lot of homesickness to work through.
Preferred Job: Still considering options for him
NSFW-friendly?: Ye
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Grant Curly | Mouthwashing
Player
Player Name: Connor/Dominik
Other Characters (if any): Ellen Ripley, The Lobby Boy
Character
Character Name: Grant Curly
Character Age: 30's
Canon: Mouthwashing
Canon Point: Post-game
CRAU (if any): N/a
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History: "It's a great opportunity. Easy money. Just a trip or two..." Grant Curly, born in the age of commercialized space travel, makes his living hauling crap from Mother Earth to insinuated new-home, Mars. His enthusiasm for spacefaring and fascination with the cosmos has, over the span of a decade, shriveled to a spiteful nothing. He dreads each new contract but continues to fly for lack of a better alternative. To fulfill a particular friendship. He's grown comfortable in his dread, and refuses change. Change is scary. Change hurts. Aboard the freighter Tulpar, Curly and his crew's flight path is disturbed after he attempts to crash the ship. Brutally injured, it's up to Tulpar's nurse to keep him alive... What ensues is a nightmare of shitty cake and equine hallucinations. His wiki can be found here.
Personality: Curly is, to his ultimate detriment, a bit of a pushover. He's generally revered as a great captain, stern when he needs to be, with a great care for his crew, but proves time and time again as too lenient. His habitual focusing on the bigger picture is what ultimately leads to his crew's demise, and with it (in addition to his near-fatal injuries) comes a maelstrom of guilt and regret. His kindness toward others is not so easily taken, however. He'll want for nothing more than to make amends with those people he's wronged. Luckily, death heralds new beginnings, and upon landing on the sandy banks of Pumpkin Hollow he'll fix a life that means something.
Initial Game Plan: After finding fishy employment, Curly will settle down in his home on the bluffs and seek out familiar faces. Supernatural shenanigans and laments with Death herself (waves @ Mortanne), will be sure to follow.
RP Interests: Building CR with new characters in addition to those within his canon! I'm particularly interested in exploring his experience on Mipha's Grace, and how he navigates his trauma on the salty open seas. Lot's of references to How Fish Is Made planned. Really, I want Curly to get a fighting chance at peace. To resolve his wrongs and try to better himself.
Preferred Job: Laborer/fisherman on Mipha's Grace.
NSFW-friendly?: Yes!
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