Vinebark's Application [P/R]

[Vinebark]

The Character you wish to JOIN on:



Vinebark, Treant, leveling, alt


Character's public Rp PROFILE:



Vinebark is a relatively young Treant, energetic and eager to chip in to upkeep the balance of the world. He has a vital, light brown bark covering his entire body, with strong arms and relatively stumpy fingers. The leaves covering his 'head' are usually livid green, unless he is feeling unwell. When he's sick his leaves turn a dark green, sometimes even brown. 

He adorns himself with trinkets made out of vines, nutshells, anything from the wild.

A happy treant, willing to befriend any who is a friend of nature.


Rp experience:



Been rping from WotLK in WoW.


Why you want to JOIN the guardians:



I'm quite new to the whole Night Elf theme and I really want to explore it all within a guild full of people who know what they're doing.

Why does your character want to join the guardians:



As a treant, he highly values the balance of nature. He has befriended a Kaldorei named Asethiel and as he joined the Guardians he is extremely interested to take part in a group of people with the same values as he has himself.

When do you normally play:



Evening/Weekends



What makes RP fun for you:



A serious RP environment, with people who know what they do. Sure, I love some fun and jokes in RP but lolling goes to far.


What makes Rp not fun for you:



Things that aren't logical.


Write a brief piece, like you would an emote:



*Vinebark smiles as the small, young fawn wanders the forest, not far away from it's mother. He enjoys the peaceful forests around him, he listens to his brothers and sisters while their leaves dance in the wind. Suddenly he feels a dark energy, warned by the trees. He looks around, wondering what might be going on. As he returns his loving gaze to the fawn, he notices an arrow sticking from it's side. His face goes dark and grim and his hands fold into a tenseful fist. Soon he sees the smiling Orc, proud about his newest prey. Vinebark closes his eyes and call upon the forces of nature around him, making vines shoot out of the earth, quickly strangling the Orc's neck. As the lifeless greenskin drops to the floor, Vinebark carries the dead fawn to it's mother, making colourful flowers grow around the corpse. He is saddened, he is angry...*
Why does my character want to JOIN the guardians:


Vinebark is certain. If Asethiel joins the Guardians, they must be doing what is right. He trusts his Kaldorei friend, knowing that he would not choose for incompetent Elves. He wants what is best for nature and decides that if he wants to make a greater effort, he needs to join others.

[Nialls]

Cool stuff!

I don't particularly see any problems - certainly nothing glaring which is always good in my books.

ICly joining may be tricky over the next few days as we are running the Call of the Ancients event, but you are very welcome to come along if you are able! We haven't managed to have Asethiel ICly inducted either so perhaps we can get two birds with one stone when the time comes

[Dannelor Thornroot]

Hi there! Thanks for the application

Everything looks good here for now - we're all quite excited to get our first Treant. But I have a few things to mention first, and a question or two that you should mull over before we move on;

First off, Treants (and other 'forces of nature' like Wildkin and Furbolg, to some extent) occupy a different role in the Guardians' rank structure than a Night Elf would. Because of their differing levels of sentience the Guardians believe that while they have their uses, they lack the faculties that make fully-fledged Guardians. There is only one rank available to Treants; the Protector.

A Protector's duty is to defend the Cenarion Guardians themselves and to help them in their work, rather than being bound to defend the Balance in their own right. Are you content with having no 'rank progression' in your time with the Guardians?

Secondly, how dependent on Asethiel's membership is Vinebark? Oftentimes those kinds of relationships (where one character cannot be played without the other) don't always function in everybody's best interests. Will you be able/willing to play Vinebark even if Asethiel is not online?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Dann

[Vinebark]

I'm really happy that you guys like the whole treant thing! About the first question : I do not mind at all, the only reason I want to be a part of your guild is to enjoy the roleplay, not so i could furiously rank up and boss people around
Your second question : Vinebark is not dependant on Asethiel at all, he just trusts him a lot. You could say that they are friends, in a way. I can RP on Vinebark whenever I want, wether Asethiel is online or not

Hope that helped!

Barkie.

[Dannelor Thornroot]

Brilliant, that's all good =)

We're going to be busy for the next three days with our Call of the Ancients open event which you're welcome to come down for. But it does mean we may not have time to do the whole test-RP thing, unless you like late nights or mid afternoons.

Try and catch me in-game somewhere and we'll arrange a date.

[Dannelor Thornroot]

First impression last night was...interesting.

While the Guardians aren't all grimdark and gritty (yes, sometimes there's grimdark, but sometimes there's camp and sillyness) we are a decidedly serious guild. We like characters with depth. Brushing aside the practical questions raised (can a Treant even understand humour?) we are not going to take on a character whose only purpose seems to be an excuse for you to make tree-based puns.

If you are genuinely interested, I suggest re-evaluating the character and what you do with him. If not, then I'm afraid you're not what we're looking for at the moment.

~ Dannelor

[Vinebark]

Alright, I've noticed the reactions and I'm willing to change my character to your norms. A guide to RPing a treant is something I haven't found so far, maybe you could give me a few tips in game?

[Nialls]

The main thing I think you should consider is Vinebark's dialogue.



The situation on treants speaking is pretty vague. According to the RPG they cannot speak but can understand Darnassian, however, in-game the only example (I know of) of a treant speaking is in Eversong and when he is a ghost, essentially - I don't think it's an awful lot to go on.



Personally, I am uncomfortable with a treant speaking fluent Darnassian. I don't think they have the same level of sentience that moonkin or furbolg do so it'd seem weird that a treant would speak fluent Darnassian when not even some moonkin or furbolg can.


I would either keep his speech very simplistic, or even non-existent, though that might be a bit extreme.

When it comes to being a more lighthearted character - there is a time and a place and an appropriate way of doing it, which certainly doesn't include puns and one-liners all over the shop. 
Our resident moonkin is lighthearted in our downtime and he is funny because of his naïveté and his more simplistic perspective compared to that of the more civilized elves rather than just doing a stand-up routine - but he is deadly serious about what he does with the Guardians and is devoted to their cause.

The pitfall of trying to be funny is... Well.... Trying to be funny; forcing it. Just go with it. Let it come naturally.

Just my two pence.