APPLICATION ROUND TWO

[rachel2205]

So you've read the background info and checked the wanted characters, right? Now you can apply!

Feel free to be as detailed as you like, particularly in the "further details" section.

YOUR DETAILS:

Name:
Age: [please just confirm you're over 18; this game will contain adult content]
Email address:
Have you roleplayed before? What kinds of games?: [An

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Tad Gavril app (1 of 2)

[ironphoenix]

CHARACTER DETAILS:
Name: Thaddeus (Tad) Gavril
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Greek (Cypriot)
Religion: Eastern Christian
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Harbourmaster

Physical description: Tad is fairly tall, deeply tanned, and solidly built, but he is now losing a bit of his sailor's muscle tone. A long scar marks the back of his right forearm. His black hair is just below shoulder-length, and his beard is trimmed close. For work, wears a somewhat dressed-up version of nautical garb, with a coat in city colors, a very white shirt, dark loose trousers, soft boots, and a cap; gold braid, keys, and anchors on his coat and cap mark his authority.

PB: (undecided)

Back story: Tad is an immigrant in Kostantiniyye. A sixth son of a fishing family, his parents could do little for him but get him a decent education and arrange a good berth as a crewman on a trading ship at the age of 16, having already learned the essentials of sailing watercraft with his family. A quick study with a good background, he learned steamship operation and advanced quickly to the position of first mate on his ship, but after a few years, was eager to put down roots and leave the traveling life. His captain put in a good word for him with the pilots' guild in Kostantiniyye, and he apprenticed there for a couple of years before being raised to journeyman status, worked a few years more, and then leapt at the opportunity when the former harbourmaster passed away, greasing a couple of palms to convince key figures to support his bid. He has been busy establishing his position over the past couple of years, developing good working relationships, then settling into town and establishing his household. Up until now, he has steered clear of establishing serious romantic entanglements, keeping his options open, but things may be settling into a more stable pattern, and his position and wealth may offset his age in the game of courtship.

Tad Gavril app (2 of 2)

[ironphoenix]

Personality: Quick-witted and people-smart, Tad is a natural bureaucrat. He has come to understand that his job is to do as little work as possible himself, delegating pretty much everything he can to a flock of assistants and officials. He inspires loyalty in his retainers by treating them as colleagues, very seldom wielding his authority bluntly with them. In his private life, he is very partial indeed to comfort, and has crafted several schemes to improve on what his official salary can buy in this regard. He has made common cause with his friend and colleague the dockmaster to purchase a very fine villa within the city, and between them, they retain a staff of a few servants under the supervision of a majordomo. (This arrangement also lets both of them launder bribes more readily!) Though he is not above a little corruption and vice, he is strongly loyal to the city, and would not jeopardize its well-being by, for example, accepting a bribe to let a quarantined ship slip in. He is not terribly religious, although he attends services on the high holidays to keep his reputation out of the sewer.

How do you see this character fitting into the game?: The harbourmaster is one of the major bureaucrats of the city. He reports to the council, and works closely with the dockmaster, the fleet admiral, the director of customs, and the head of the pilots' and navigators' guild. He is well-placed to help or hinder anyone trying to move by water, and knows a good deal about such movements. He supplements his official income with "gifts" from people looking for information and from those who want to ensure his discretion alike; he also has been known to subtly speed along or delay the processing for a ship's arrival or departure, and even might facilitate the illicit entry of goods into the city on occasion. He is even rumored to have the means to contact certain of the pirates who ply the Black and Aegean Seas and the Sea of Marmara. Within the city, he is a customer of the merchants of the good things in life, a regular partygoer, and a bit player in the city's elite social scene.

Re: Tad Gavril app (2 of 2)

[d_van_swinderen]

This application makes me all giddy with excitement.

Tad might've had dealings with the dirigible captain this character works for, since his smuggling route has taken him through Kostantiniyye a handful of times. If you want to talk specifics just shoot me a PM here or over on middlemarching. :)

Re: Tad Gavril app (1 of 2)

[manal_al_atrash]

Hey - it's Frances again. :) (Before you ask: seven character journals.)

I'm a bit scattered today, but FWIW, I think that at the least my sometime smuggling character (this one; profile page has the application) would be interested in yours. Would you prefer quietly cooperative, adversarial, what?

Re: Tad Gavril app (1 of 2)

[ironphoenix]

I am somehow not surprised that you are running "a few" characters! ;)

Yes, we would likely be interested in each other in some sense! The kind of stuff you smuggle would mostly suit Tad just fine: high-value goods whose movement doesn't threaten anyone are exactly the kind of thing he likes to be in on. The al-khymic stuff might be a bit less cool with Tad though, because of its potential uses; how Manal deals with his reluctance there can make good story fodder.

Re: Tad Gavril app (1 of 2)

[rachel2205]

Hiya! I think this character seems great and very useful to gameplay so I'm happy to approve you :)

Re: Tad Gavril app (1 of 2)

[tad_gavril]

Thanks! This is the new me!

Re: Tad Gavril app (3 of 2)

[ironphoenix]

(When I split up the app, I dropped the personal info... whups!)

Name: Mike
Age: 39
E-mail: [name above] dot [this username] at gmail dot com.
RPG experience: Mostly tabletop, with some time in a LARP a decade ago and some time in an online game a decade before that.