Post by sweden on Feb 22, 2010 21:48:15 GMT -5
Canon Character Application
My name is Rin and I am 19 years old. I want to join this site because Because I love you all. D: . I have been roleplaying for At least 6 years. and I normally post between the 3-5 paragraph mark. Here is my application:
Character name: Lithuania (Toris Lorinaitis)
Age: 19
Appearance: Toris is of a relatively average physique. He’s thin, but lightly muscled do to his hobby of martial arts. He tends to spend lots of time out doors so he has developed a light tan.
He has light brown hair that falls to just above his shoulders, with bangs that are parted in the middle. When wearing his knight garb, he tends to pull it back into a ponytail to keep it from getting it into his eyes. A pair of kind and inviting verdant eyes give him an easily approachable feeling.
Personality: Toris is very serious and introverted individual, and winds up being rather easy to take advantage of when it comes right down to it. He worries a lot for those he cares about and sometimes worries so much that he gets sick.
But despite everything, he tries to remain optimistic about his circumstances and tries to make the best out of what is given to him. He is an extremely hard worker at anything he does, even if he’s half hearted on the matter. But this trait tends to lead to people pawning off lots of things on him.
Because of being bossed around all the time however, he is abnormally grateful to those who pay him any kind of respect and tends to go out of his way to help them out.
Occupation: Toris is a holy knight. While focusing mostly on physical attack, he can dwell upon some healing magic if anybody needs it. It is severely limited and lacks any real bite. It is good enough to help him scrape by though.
Strengths: - He is a very patient individual, having grown up with many demanding people. To this day, he still seems to be surrounded by…demanding people. So he handles it very well.
- He is very organized. It bothers him when he can’t find what he needs, so he tends to keep things very orderly. Also, he is very used to cleaning up after rather messy houseguests.
- He has a rather good memory, which proves useful in many situations.
- He is in good shape due to his martial arts hobby, so he can keep up with the hard labor pushed on to him.
- He is very good at taking care of others. Being a very kind and patient individual, he is naturally nurturing and looks out for others when he can. This has made him good at housework and other chores also.
Weaknesses: - He is easily forgettable due to his quiet nature.
- He is also very easily taken advantage of. He is a very easily intimidated person, so he ends up caving to their requests. However, he comes through when he really has to stand up for himself or another person.
- Despite trying to remain optimistic about certain matters, he often falls into depression, which in turn makes him sick.
Backstory: Lithuania is not exactly sure how old he truly is, his childhood seemed something of a blur to him. However, his first true documentation in history was on February 14th, 1009.
In 1230 he would gain his first true king. The fragmented Baltic tribes would be united under this man. However, he would be assassinated shortly after, a victim of Christian crusades. Magic would find its way into Lithuania at this time.
Despite the struggles against the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order, the Grand duchy of Lithuania expanded and took over many Slavic principalities of the Kievan Rus’. He would become the biggest country in Europe at the end of the 14th and was well versed in the ways of magic.
He enjoyed having a full house and was never lonely with Belarus, Ukraine and Poland around.
In 1385 Lithuania would finally convert to Christianity when his grand duke accepted Poland’s offer to be king. A personal union was forged between them.
However, shortly after he would be ravaged by two civil wars for the title of Grand duke. They would end in 1932 and it took him some time to recover from the effects. But during the new Duke’s reign, he would reach his peak of expansion and Lithuania became quite prominent in state politics.
And with Poland’s help he was able to achieve victory over the Teutonic knights in 1410. The battle of Grunwald would be remembered as one of the largest battles of medieval Europe.
In 1569, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth was formed. Lithuania retained many of his freedoms and laws. Even his own army. It was quite a nice deal if he said so himself, even with Poland’s tendencies.
Lithuania would however, sustain great injuries during the Northern wars. To make matters worse, he would be battered again before he could fully recover by the great Northern war. War, plague and famine resulted in him losing more than 40% of his populations.
During this time, foreign powers became prominent in his politics. Russia being the biggest player. It was the first time he had met the man in a long time. He had grown up quite strong and Lithuania had been quite surprised, but had little idea of what he was getting into.
Eventually the commonwealth itself would crumble when he was partitioned in 1772 by Russia, Prussia and Austria. Russia gained the most control over him.
There were many uprisings against this, but he was quickly put into place when Russia’s rulers implemented Russification policies upon him. It was a rather depressing time for him, having all his power stripped away.
However, due to a famine in his country, he left his home to find work in America. He was happy working there and enjoyed it immensely. To the point he was reluctant to go back when he had to.
During world war one, Lithuania would try to declare his independence. But his foreign policy was dominated by territorial disputes with Poland and Germany. He would not get his territories back from either of them until world war two.
On June 1940, the soviet union occupied and annexed him. Only a year later was Russia attacked by Germany and Lithuania occupied by German forces. During this time he was rather battered and tired. But he did his best to try and keep hope.
However, after the German’s retreated, he just fell back under Russia’s rule. Once again, he was struggling to free himself from another’s rule.
However, he would remain under Russia’s rule until March 11 1990. Russia tried to stop this independence, however, Lithuania remained firm and eventually other countries began to recognize his independence. After a few more scraps with Russia over the next few years, Lithuania would finally become fully independent in 1994.
Sample Post: Toris was not exactly sure where he was, but the view was most pleasant and the weather fair. He had been wandering around for a few days now, completely lost before he had stumbled upon this town. Leave it to Poland to give difficult to understand directions.
Never the less, he would sigh and shake his head. He couldn’t bring himself to be angry, for he sort of expected as such. But this town was also a rather nice find…He had never known it to be here.
He would inhale deeply and stretch his stiff muscles, finding himself a spot to sit for a moment to try and catch his bearings. He couldn’t be too far off from Poland’s meeting spot…or at least he hoped not. He did not wish to keep the man waiting too much longer. He knew all ready that he would be scolded for being late.
He would pull out the piece of paper and squint down at it, trying to decipher the words on it. He still didn’t understand. Perhaps it would be better to get directions from another person…
That seemed most logical.
Sighing, the knight would rise up from his newly found seat, emerald eyes glancing around for the closest person. “Excuse me sir!” He would call, waving a hand over at him. “Can you help me? I am looking for a place called Fiore…”
Surprise would flit across the young man’s features when he was informed that he was in fact…in Fiore. By some miracle he had made it here completely by chance. Poland’s instructions had not been any help, but apparently luck was on his side.
Grinning, he would shove the piece of paper into his pocket and thank the man. Now…all he had to do was find Poland. That should be easy enough!
((Lithuania is love~ Thank you for letting me switch characters so many times. OTL))