[Enrollment] Zelda Grier, Mist Hunter ~ accepted

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DEUS EX MACHINA PERSONNEL FORM

The Hunter
Name: Zelda Grier
Nicknames: --
Gender: Female
Age: 18

Category: Mist


The Weapon

Name: Leolin
Nicknames: Llew
Type of Weapon: A simple bronze arming sword with glowing amber runes.
Former species of weapon: Death Knight
Gender: Male


Personalities:

Zelda

As ethereal as Zelda appears, this slip of a girl lives with the blazing intensity of a shooting star. After moving frequently throughout her childhood, she expects to leave or be left behind by those she grows to care about. Because of this, she adapts swiftly and seizes the day, wholehearted in embracing opportunities in the present. Having a strong sense of self, she moves confidently in the direction of her goals.

Whether Zelda is facing a lesson, a task, or another person, she responds with fully engaged attention. This helps her to catch nuances and opportunities that others might miss, to delve deep into the underlying patterns and principles at work. Possessing an omnivorous appetite for exploring ideas and perspectives, she wants to know not just the what but also the why and the how.

Burnout follows easily in the wake of her laser focus. While Zelda’s dedication is genuine and intense, it is also finite. Routine especially grates on her. She acknowledges that some skills are best learned by practice, by repetition, but even in these cases, she can’t resist switching things up — doesn’t even have to be a big change — with each iteration.

Leolin

Dedication meets determination in this hunter-weapon pair. Balancing Zelda’s lack of stamina, Leolin encourages her to endure past what she believes are her limits. When hunter and weapon clash in opinion, though, he digs in his heels and tries to get his way via sheer stubbornness. Who needs rhetoric when you’ve got patience? (This is undercut somewhat by his inability to take action, but his hunter tries not to hurt his pride too much.)

In lieu of being able to fight on his own, Leolin devotes himself to protecting and teaching. Part backseat driver, part helicopter dad, part stern taskmaster, he overflows with training ideas and battle advice, not just for his hunter but also regarding everyone she crosses paths with. (She is less enthusiastic about passing on the memo, for some reason. Baffling.) When all the strategy sessions get to be too much, Zelda sometimes convinces him to accept wordplay in place of swordplay; his love of poetry and song is almost as strong as his love of combat.


Why did your human character choose to become a Hunter?

As the daughter of two diplomats, Zelda thoroughly enjoyed the globetrotting lifestyle with only one major exception -- the international experience of paranormal phenomena.

Deus Ex offered the chance to learn more and strike back. The company of others who shared her ability was a bonus. Zelda took her time grilling the cryptic recruiters as best she could, but from the start, the answer was clear in her heart: yes.


Weapon Ability

Tactical Awareness (The Eye): Leolin's charged attack lends Zelda or one of her allies a measure of his supernatural skill as a former Death Knight. The sword emits an orb of amber light that speeds toward the target's weapon and fades upon contact. When the charged ability succeeds, the targeted weapon can then reach farther, strike faster, and hit harder.


Physical Description:

Eye Colour: Pale grey, bright and clear. Silver, if someone is feeling poetic.
Hair Colour/Style: Thick red curls a couple inches past her shoulders tend to be tied back in a ponytail or half updo.
Skin Colour: Alabaster.
Clothing Style/Colours: Zelda prefers dresses and skirts to pants and jeans, and so much the better if they come in pastel colors and floral patterns. Heeled calf-length boots add an inch or two in height to her 5'4" frame. Over her outfit du jour, she wears the standard gold-trimmed white coat of a trainee, with the sigil of the Mist division on the back. Her blush pink scarf often settles down around her shoulders like a shawl, especially during leisure hours.
Extra: When de-summoned, Leolin becomes a bronze penannular brooch and can be usually found pinned to Zelda's scarf or clothing.
References: official art by Bittiface!  

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BASIC CHARACTER KIT WHAT DO I DO NEXT

Welcome to This is Halloween!

Congratulations! Your character has passed the enrollment process and you're cleared to begin playing. Essentially, this means you can get your art certed, make your character's journal, and most importantly start RPing. If you're a little lost then don't worry, this guide is here to point you in the right direction.

gaia_crown [ Art Check! ]:

- Do you have your character's art? Great! Move onto the next crown.

- If you do NOT yet have your art, you may now contact your artist and let them know that they may now start on creating your character!

gaia_crown [ Certs & Emblems ]:

- If your character is a STUDENT, you may create a customized student pin for them. This is entirely optional (but fun!) special badge that is unique to your character's design! You can find more information about pins (also known as their emblem) here.

- Hallowen characters (Students & Horsemen) may bet their character certed here!

- Hunters may get their certs here!

gaia_crown [ Creating a Journal ]:

- A journal is a thread where you can keep track of your character's accomplishments, RPs, progress, relationships, etc!

- All HALLOWEEN characters (Students & Horsemen) may create one here!

- All Hunters may create one here!

gaia_crown [ Let's RP! ]:

- Don't be shy about RPing! As soon as your character has been enroll approved you can start! Check out this awesome information about The World of Halloween and Amityville Academy. All students start off in Amityville academy. Need more things to do? Check out this whole subforum! Anything labelled Activity is open for you! Occasionally GMs will promote and open CLASSROOM orps. These usually happen in the classroom subforum. All students are invited to participate!

- If you are a Hunter, you will want to read the Hunter Newbie Guide Occasionally GMs will promote and open MISSION orps. These usually happen in the main Deus subforum and be followed by a guild announcement. All Hunters are invited to participate!

- If you are a Horsemen, please refer to here and the handy links in the first post as well as the other posts for concurrent and quest information! Need more things to do? Check out this whole subforum! Anything labelled Activity is open for you! Occasionally GMs will promote and open CLASSROOM orps. These usually happen in the classroom subforum. All Horsemen are invited to participate!

gaia_crown [ What's happening currently? ]:
- We try to keep all important things happening regularily updated in the ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD. This goes for ALL FACTIONS. Have a question? Ask it in the Q & A !

gaia_crown [ Still feeling a little lost or overwhelmed? That's okay! ]:
- Check out what was just mentioned in FULL DETAIL HERE! Don't be too overwhelmed, there's time to sort everything out. For now, just enjoy some simple RP!

gaia_crown [ Finding RP ]:
- There's a bunch of ways to find RP. You can just contact a friend or any shop regular OR one of our available GMS for help! Otherwise, there are a lot of people looking to plot with YOU in their plotting threads! You can even make your own and advertise in your sig/ in the main thread/ etc etc!

- In addition any thread marked ORP is open for you to join!

- If you ever feel lost as a newbie, our many GMs are more than happy to one on one RP with you to help your character get acquainted. Send a PM to WE ARE HALLOWEEN and we can get you started this way as well. Otherwise, enjoy immersing yourself in the many RPS in TiH! It is all about discovery after all!