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Minecraft Username: Cherrub5724

Are you at least 18 years old?: Yes

Have you read the rules? (Link): Yes

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In-Character

Read the following prompt:

The rhythmic lull of hoofbeats are a marching drum to the small group of pioneers and variety of folk you have found yourself amongst, packed into a wobbling wagon. The rolling plains of the Southern Reach and a clear sky stretch out all around you, the buzz of excited chatter a dull wash in your ears as your mind strays to your former life and what has led you here to new lands.

“Nervous?”

You blink, returning to the present moment. A kindly older woman sat near you is smiling warmly with a crinkle to her eyes.

“I can tell it’s your first time. Still remember mine,” she flashes a grin and leans in.

“Tell me my dear, why have you come to the Reach?”

“..I haven’t a clue, really.. I suppose I just needed a new environment.. I have family around here.” She said, giving a small smile to the woman, as her thumbs fiddled with the two knives in her lap, wrapped tightly in cloth and twine. She felt she could never tell the truth, or go home, she was a thief, a traitor, a murderer. And perhaps running away would only make them think worse of her, she couldn’t imagine they’d believe the truth. It was an accident, it wasn’t her fault. It was like her existence provoked fae, he’d been distracted, it was only a small fall, but he still got stuck under a large boulder, and by the time she was able to safely make her way down, a beast was already tearing through his flesh, the Jaraid. It wasn’t in its native lands, nor was her new husband even dead yet, but she couldn’t stay, watch the scene as he had his intestines ripped from inside his flesh, still awake and lucid, and she could hear him yelling, screaming at her to help, but she had been terrified, and she couldn’t find it in herself to provoke the creature, she wasn’t a warrior, she had a penchant for attracting critters, she liked to sing and braid flower crowns, she didn’t want to go on the trek, But his family said it was necessary for her to accompany him on his pilgrimage, but Hell she didn’t even want to marry him. She didn’t want to take their family’s heirloom blades with them, but he said it’d be bad luck to go without them. She couldn’t go back, look her mother in the face and say it wasn’t her fault, there wasn’t any way they could forgive her.

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Character Name: Cherrubim

Character Race: River-Fey-touched Arsa Sidhe

Character Age: 19

 Brief Physical Description: A thin, lovely looking young woman, of whom’s eyes read a periwinkle blue that passes right into the uncanny valley. She has a rosy baby face and long pointed ears, surrounded by shiny delicate hair of a cool red. Despite being an Arsha Sidhe, the fey has stunted her growth, meaning she only reaches 5’5”.

Image of Skin and Figura Model: I cannot send it since I am doing this on my computer but I will see if I can send the model separately on my phone.

Hello! My name is Merry and I'll be handling your application. 

You're on the right track, but there are a few things that will need to be corrected, as well as a few things that need to be clarified. 

For the corrections, it's mainly the skin. Fey-touched have solid-color eyes, so you'll need to change that on the skin. 

On the clarification:

- You mentioned that Cherrubim feels like her "existence provokes fey." It's fine if that's a reflection of how she feels about growing up fey-touched in Koram (Based on your other lore references, I'm guessing she's from Koram) or if it's just something where she's had really bad luck in her life, but it probably wouldn't be something supernatural like actual fey interference.

- You also make mention of both the Koram tradition of family blades, and of making pilgrimages when coming of age, though you also somewhat blend the traditions. Is this meant to imply that Cherrubim and her husband were a very young couple making that coming-of-age trip together? And did he take the blades on the pilgrimage simply for good luck or out of a more personal family tradition?

As a final (not particularly important note), you do have a bit of a tendency to have run-on sentences, which makes your application just a little hard to read. 

Please reply to this when you can!

First of all, I’ll change the eyes of the skin.

In the lore, it says the pilgrimage is not something every family does. And yes, it was being a blending of traditions. The ceremonial daggers were her husband’s choice to bring, and the family does not know about it.

I probably misunderstood what fey-touched all exactly meant. However to fix the issue mentioned, I’m hoping it’s okay to just make her believe the Fey had caused it, although I do believe the story would still make sense if I cut out the fey entirely from having anything to do with the accident.

I’m also hoping if it’s okay for me to change her name.

Thank you!

Sorry for the delay!

Thank you for the clarification, and yes, it is alright to have her believe that fey have had involvement with her bad luck even if that's not really the case. You are more than welcome to change her name, and please reply with the updated skin. 

Additional note that I missed, sorry: Fey-touched cannot naturally have magenta hair, but she can dye it if you can come up with a reasonable way she'd get that dye!

Hello, your application has been denied due to inactivity.
Feel free to reapply with the requested changes at any point!