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CHARACTER SURVEY
CHARACTER SURVEY
Because one of the goals of Kenos is to give characters unique, compelling reasons to both show loyalty to their faction and to question it, it’s helpful to get to know them better! While filling out this survey isn’t required, it’s highly recommended! How else can we effectively torment or reward your blorbo if we don’t know what they hate/love? ♥
Just fill out the survey below and post it to this entry! We recommend commenting in such a way that you'll be able to come back and update this survey throughout the game. As their desires change, this survey can evolve!
Series: Self-Explanatory!
Wiki Link: If one exists, put a wiki link for your character here
THE GOOD
How far would they go to accomplish their goals or fulfill their desires? Do they have lines they wouldn't cross?
In as little or as much detail as you want.
What is something they treasure?
Or someone. This can be something material like a precious heirloom, or can be more vague like "honesty".
What do they consider to be their best or most positive qualities?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You may also consider adding what others percieve them to be if the character is particularly self-loathing.
What is this character's best memory?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You can also link to scene(s) in canon if you want and are able.
Is there anyone they have highly positive feelings towards?
If so, describe them, link to wiki pages, say if it's another character or NPC in the game, etc.
THE BAD
What could or would tempt your character to compromise their principles?
In as little or as much detail as you want.
What do they desire above all else?
In as little or as much detail as you want. This can be something material like a MacGuffin from their canon, or can be more general like "world domination".
What are their biggest fear and/or insecurities?
In as little or as much detail as you want.
What is this character's worst memory?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You can also link to scene(s) in canon if you want and are able.
Is there anyone they have highly negative feelings towards?
If so, describe them, link to wiki pages, say if it's another character or NPC in the game, etc.
THE ET CETERA
What kinds of gifts does your character like?
Do they like chocolates? Flowers? A new car with a big red bow?
What item(s) would your character be pleased to receive as a reward?
Special weapons, a precious trinket, etc. List as many things as you want here, since this a pool where "free" AC rewards will be pulled from. Bold any that are particularly notable to the character or that you, the player, want OOC
What item(s) would your character never ask for, but you, the player, would want to give them?
If applicable. This is a free-for-all section for joke items.
OOC, what are your goals with this character? What would you enjoy seeing them getting involved in or would enjoy as a potential character arc?
Does your character strongly believe in one of the faction's promises? Did they get involved in a plot that they're now very invested in pushing to completion? Do you want a corruption arc for them? Or do they just want to become the newest local druglord? While not required, we strongly recommend giving this section thought, since this can be a helpful way for the mods to give you more customized AC Rewards, plot hooks, etc.
Just fill out the survey below and post it to this entry! We recommend commenting in such a way that you'll be able to come back and update this survey throughout the game. As their desires change, this survey can evolve!
SURVEY
Character Name(s): Include all names they've gone bySeries: Self-Explanatory!
Wiki Link: If one exists, put a wiki link for your character here
THE GOOD
How far would they go to accomplish their goals or fulfill their desires? Do they have lines they wouldn't cross?
In as little or as much detail as you want.
What is something they treasure?
Or someone. This can be something material like a precious heirloom, or can be more vague like "honesty".
What do they consider to be their best or most positive qualities?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You may also consider adding what others percieve them to be if the character is particularly self-loathing.
What is this character's best memory?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You can also link to scene(s) in canon if you want and are able.
Is there anyone they have highly positive feelings towards?
If so, describe them, link to wiki pages, say if it's another character or NPC in the game, etc.
THE BAD
What could or would tempt your character to compromise their principles?
In as little or as much detail as you want.
What do they desire above all else?
In as little or as much detail as you want. This can be something material like a MacGuffin from their canon, or can be more general like "world domination".
What are their biggest fear and/or insecurities?
In as little or as much detail as you want.
What is this character's worst memory?
In as little or as much detail as you want. You can also link to scene(s) in canon if you want and are able.
Is there anyone they have highly negative feelings towards?
If so, describe them, link to wiki pages, say if it's another character or NPC in the game, etc.
THE ET CETERA
What kinds of gifts does your character like?
Do they like chocolates? Flowers? A new car with a big red bow?
What item(s) would your character be pleased to receive as a reward?
Special weapons, a precious trinket, etc. List as many things as you want here, since this a pool where "free" AC rewards will be pulled from. Bold any that are particularly notable to the character or that you, the player, want OOC
What item(s) would your character never ask for, but you, the player, would want to give them?
If applicable. This is a free-for-all section for joke items.
OOC, what are your goals with this character? What would you enjoy seeing them getting involved in or would enjoy as a potential character arc?
Does your character strongly believe in one of the faction's promises? Did they get involved in a plot that they're now very invested in pushing to completion? Do you want a corruption arc for them? Or do they just want to become the newest local druglord? While not required, we strongly recommend giving this section thought, since this can be a helpful way for the mods to give you more customized AC Rewards, plot hooks, etc.
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Series: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Wiki Link: Here
THE GOOD
How far would they go to accomplish their goals or fulfill their desires? Do they have lines they wouldn't cross?
As far as he needs to go. To avenge himself and Nerevar and to restore Great House Dagoth and his home province of Resdayn, Voryn will resort to using anything ability in his arsenal that may help him. There are no lines that he wouldn't cross, willing to become a monster to get what he wants. He will sacrifice his honour and the honour of those around him, resort to subterfuge or making deals with people he despises, and kill as necessary to win.
VORYN: "If, by my crimes, you mean the inevitable suffering and destruction caused by war, then I accept the burden of leadership."
What is something they treasure?
If it's an item, it is anything bearing his sigil, especially his ring. His House means everything to him. More broadly, Voryn treasures his honour. The way that he can proudly hold his head high in a room of fools and not believe himself to be one of them. He is calm when he is slighted by others but he has a very long memory; if his pride is in any way injured, the payback, though never immediate unless he is forced into action, will be severe.
What do they consider to be their best or most positive qualities?
Um, all of them. He's vain, but overall, Voryn believes that his loyalty to his lord, his family, and his home is his most positive trait. His intelligence and cunning would be close seconds, as he believes they go hand in hand in making him the best at what he does. The third trait he'd consider his best and most positive trait is his patience. Voryn can wait and wait and wait for his opportunity to come, and it always comes.
What is this character's best memory?
Driving out the Nordic forces occupying the Chimer home province of Resdayn. In the aftermath of the joint Chimer-Dwemer victory, Voryn was given a seat at the newly-formed First Council and took on a direct advisor role to Nerevar, his lord, friend, and companion. As they were of the same generation, close in age, they bonded in this war quickly. This brought them closer together, and after that, his life was forever changed.
Is there anyone they have highly positive feelings towards?
Nerevar. Nerevar was the unifier King of his home province of Resdayn, and he was his everything. His betrayal broke him and Voryn never financially recovered from it. He loved him more than he loved his family and House, which was demonstrated by Voryn countless times in sacrifices of honour and renown.
THE BAD
What could or would tempt your character to compromise their principles?
Promises of great power on the same level as the Heart of Lorkhan, the literal heart of the god of mischief who is credited with the creation of the mortal plane. The profane tools Wraithguard, Sunder, and Keening. Illusions of Nerevar haunting him in his dreams, scorning him for his faithlessness and the desperate acts he's willing to commit in his name. The last one wouldn't compromise his principles as he doesn't believe he did anything wrong (when he absolutely did), but it would sway him in other ways. It could cause lapses of reason, nuclear meltdowns, violent behaviour, etc. Bad vibes.
What do they desire above all else?
Revenge. Voryn wants to kill the Tribunal (Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec, also known together as Almsivi) as they betrayed both him and Nerevar at The Battle of Red Mountain. Voryn believes that the three "false gods" swayed Nerevar into believing that he had tampered with the Heart of Lorkhan so that Nerevar would strike him down and take the tools. The Tribunal did plot against them so that they could take the tools for themselves to become gods. He also has a dream of purging all other races from Resdayn and restoring the province to its former glory before the war that tore it apart. He doesn't know it yet, but he has further ambitions to continue this genocide until no corner of the continent of Tamriel has been untouched by his ambition.
A secret desire that is as strong as his revenge is his desire to see Nerevar again, which he is willing to wait millennia for—and eventually does.
What are their biggest fears and/or insecurities?
His biggest fear is to permanently die and become nothing. Going from believing you are everything to being stripped of all of that would be the purest and most effective form of torture that Voryn could experience. He wants his memories and his legacy to live on, not only for himself but for Nerevar. He believes that he is the last to have truly known Nerevar and to lose himself would be to lose that image of him. It would destroy him totally in more ways than one.
What is this character's worst memory?
The Battle of Red Mountain when he was struck down by Nerevar in the Heart Chamber in front of the Heart of Lorkhan.
VORYN: "Yet beneath Red Mountain, you struck me down as I guarded the treasure you bound me by oath to defend. It was a cruel blow, a bitter betrayal, to be felled by your hand."
It torments him and will always torment him.
Is there anyone they have highly negative feelings towards?
Almalexia, Nerevar's former councillor and wife. Sotha Sil, Nerevar's former councillor and teacher. Vivec, Nerevar's former councillor and general. The Dwemer, the Nords, the Orcs, the Imperials, the beastfolk. Gods. Other elves. You. Me.
THE ET CETERA
What kinds of gifts does your character like?
Every gift that is known to man if it's not shit quality. Hygiene products, clothing, jewelry, alcohol, pipeweed, money, food, slaves, flowers, purple prose love letters, new books and journals, fancy pens, magical trinkets, cool swords, spell scrolls, ancient tomes, small or large machines, perfumes, furniture and decorations, sworn oaths, etc.
What item(s) would your character be pleased to receive as a reward?
Voryn would be genuinely thrilled to receive Ancient Dagoth Brandy, a spirit brewed by his brother Endus. Any of his war armour would be welcome, too, as well as any of the ritual items from his ancestral home of Kogoruhn. This would include a Sixth House Bellhammer, a Sixth House ritual table, these big fucking bells, or tapestries bearing his House sigil.
Finally, the profane tools Wraithguard, Sunder, and/or Keening; however, they're last because they're immensely powerful weapons, as together they are able to alter reality. Sunder and Keening are unable to be wielded without him first equipping Wraithguard or he would be killed instantly. Wraithguard, therefore, would have to be first, and it isn't actually as bad as the other two skill-wise. It would shield Voryn and make him resistant to many magic effects. Sunder, the hammer, and Keening, the short blade, are pretty overpowered for the setting, as they apply permanent buffs to physical and mental attributes that would likely have to be capped.
What item(s) would your character never ask for, but you, the player, would want to give them?
The mask, which is the clear winner here, or One-Clan-Under-Moon-and-Star, Nerevar's ring. It's extremely powerful, but if it's put on by another other than Nerevar, it instantly kills the wearer (my god, so many of these items auto-kill people), which could be an interesting last-resort thing if someone else's ring would even be allowed to him as a regain. He'd probably keep it gayly hidden on a chain beneath his robes or something.
OOC, what are your goals with this character? What would you enjoy seeing them getting involved in or would enjoy as a potential character arc?
I took this from my application, I have no regrets.
I'd like Voryn to integrate himself better by eventually opening a small enchantment/curiosities shop, but this is honestly so far off and still up in the air because he can do this wherever. Little curiosities that do dumb or useful things in people's daily lives would also be cute. I would also like to get him involved in the politics of Springstar and Highstorm. If there are no political games to play, then if it's possible to create some, I will attempt it. Hosting ritual salon gatherings would be something bougie he would do to gain knowledge and encourage others to spread their own for the benefit of Meridian.
He's also slated to have a Meltdown Supreme eventually, as he is a bit of a ticking time bomb where sanity is concerned. He just lost everything of value to him and that was before he even arrived in Kenos. I would love to have him develop the invasive dream ability he has in canon that players can use to plot with me or among themselves; essentially, by opt-in, this could add a strange, almost eldritch roulette element to the dreams that are sometimes caused by Tier 2 Discord build-up or dream shares between Entwined (via Koinonia) partners. This will open up pretty interesting opportunities down the line, not only for me but for others.
Player plots are my bread and butter! I'm not sure if I'd have enough gumption to host an event, but this could lurk in the background.