• 'Taken' and 'Filled' both mean the same thing on the cast list: closed. We do not accept applications for closed or filled characters. Ever. Make absolutely completely CERTAIN that the character you're applying for is listed as open on the cast list.
  
• All Senshi are female and all Rooks (old term similar to 'knights') are male. Whether you choose to apply your soldier as male or female is completely up to you.
  
• There is no minimum length requirement; however, the reviewers are far more likely to look favorably on an application with an excess of information than one with too little. This does not mean that you will get brownie points for abusing our poor mail programs by adding hordes of formatting that doubles your app's filesize. In fact, if you do it, Cal will smite you. A lot.
  
• Psst: here's a sekrit: a sense of humor will get you very far ^____^
  
• Once you've completed your app, it should post it on the forum. Don't worry, only GMs can read it. This is good, because all three people will get it this way in case something gets lost somewhere. The subject line should have something to do with the position for which you are applying.
  

Part I: Player Information

• Your Name: or handle, whatever; this is what will be showing up on the results page.
  
• Email Address: Please make sure this is valid. Please, please please. Otherwise, how're you gonna play? o_O
  
• Web Page: Show us how cool you are? *_* Optional, duh.
  

Part II: Character Information

• Character Name: Your civilian name, both a given name and a family/birthplace/clan name (Clan names, such as Lothar of the Hill People, Rayek of the Sunfolk ^_- the format used before 'last names' had really been refined. Atlanteans often have normal last names, though.)
  
• Name Meaning: Anachronisms are allowed, for the sake of our sanities. In other words, you may have a name from any culture you like as long as it sounds good and the meaning is relevant ^__^ I'm not so mean that I'm gonna make everyone dig up names from thousands of years B.C. (T_T;;)
  
• Character Position: What senshi is this? Sailoryourname here, or Rook of Yournamehere? Wheehee.
  
• Birthdate and Age / Zodiacal Sign: Easy enough. The early Mesopotamians are credited with the creation of the Zodiac, and it was once a part of the state religions. Even though this is fictional history, people will still put a lot of stock in the importance of one's sign ^_-
  
• Physical Details: This should be a general description of your character; include not only hair and eye color, but also build, style, carriage, facial details, and standard mundane dress.
  
• Bloodtype: Kinda like zodiacal sign! Only.. not. ^_^;
  
• Gemstone: Not necessarily the birthstone, but maybe a favorite or symbolic stone.
  
• Likes: What's important here is not what your character likes, but why they like it.
  
• Dislikes: Ditto. See above.
  
• Hobbies: These should be verbs. Nouns belong up in likes. Also include whys where applicable.
  
• Personality: What makes this person tick? Strengths and weaknesses and all points of interest inbetween. This should be long, but easy to follow. If you have an ultra-long dissertation on personality but just *can't* bring yourself to edit it down, make a summary of pros and cons at the end of the section.
  
• History: Their lifetime up until this point. What was their upbringing like? For Primal Senshi, please include at least some information about the character's clan, or in some rare cases, their city. What was the geography like? How did the people make their living? What position did your character hold in their society? For Astral Senshi, their social position in the Atlantean Kingdom, which is divided up into towns and cities, should be included.
  
• NPCs: And of course, what's an RPG without NPCs? ^___^ No more than 5, please. And no Aunt Edna's! o_o
  

Part III: Senshi Information

• Special Skills: A specific set of things that this character is particularly good at, mundane or extraordinary. Only Astral Senshi can have magical skills, but only Primal Senshi can have unique instinctual powers related to nature (example: Sailorpazuzu, senshi of deserts, can locate water from great distances), though please try to keep these out of the realm of magic. Be specific, be detailed.
  
• Henshin Item: A small stone bearing your senshi symbol. For the primals, it's some kind of mineral (you decide) with the symbol carved into it. Astrals have a piece of crystal with the symbol seemingly floating inside. This becomes the brooch of the girly fuku -- describe the specifics and how your character totes it about.
  
• Transformation: All Senshi henshin use the phrase "(Name) Primal/Astral Power, Make Up!" for girlies and "(Name) Primal/Astral Power!" for the boys, as appropriate for your faction. ^_-
  
• Colors: One primary, one secondary. Make it appropriate.
  
• Symbol: Need help with this? Check out Symbols.com.
  
• Fuku/Costume: Describe your soldier's fuku or rook's uniform. Rules for uniforms are somewhat lax, but please make sure that the fuku has all of the prescribed parts in some form or another -- collar, bodice, skirt, tiara, choker (or pendant, for high necklines), gloves and shoes. In other words, begin with the base for either the Primal or the Astral factions and build from there to make your senshi unique. Bonus points for creative fukus that are relevant to your character ^_^ Pictures are highly appreciated (hinthint) but not required, since many of us cannot draw for beans. [Note from Laris: I designed these basic fukus to make the Astrals' look like mage's robes and the Primals' to look a bit like a cave-person. Love them? Hate them? Please let me know ^_^]
  
• Powers/Attacks: Senshi and Rooks may have two attacks. There should be two parts here: a visual description of what happens while performing the attack and a summary of its power levels and end result. Can it be dodged? Blocked? Redirected? Hit more than one target? Can it only be performed once, or many times with impunity? Additional note - If you wish to incorporate your senshi's weapon into the attack, you may, just remember that the weapon should not do anything magical or supernatural when used without said senshi power.
  
• Weapons: Primal Senshi may choose to have a weapon, within reason, to accompany their two powers. This means no magical ultraswords that can cleave people from 50 yards. Plain, physical-damage-inflicting weapons that require some kind of skill to use effectively. The Astrals are too reliant on magic to be proficient in them. Let's try this again, because no one seems to be reading this. ASTRALS DO NOT GET WEAPONS. We don't care if it's a rubber chicken, if you have it after you're transformed, it's a weapon, and you do NOT get a weapon. And just to make this point even clearer, if we get ONE MORE astral app with a weapon, I will make the WHOLE PAGE bright purple and blinky to make certain that it gets your attention. >.< [Laris: Woo. Cal was mad, don't make her use the blinkies of doom, kids. ^_^;]
  

Part IV: Miscellaneous Information

• Why you: Sell yourself to the reviewers. Why you, why this character, why this game?
  
• Miscellaneous: Anything else you'd like to share.
  

Hooray, everyone's favorite part. o_O We're looking for something here that will show off your command of the English language as well as your grasp of the character you've created. This should be written in third person, and give us some insight into your character. Day-in-the-life scenes work best. NOTE: If this is a second-character application, we already know how well you write. You may skip this. ^^

This application was written specifically for SM: Genesis. This means you MAY NOT USE IT in whole or in part without specific permission from and credit to the RPGs of seiryuu.org.

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