Blue KJ Admin replied

652 weeks ago

Name: Mr. Idavoll
Type: Faculty
Grade/Position: Vice and Treasurer/Administrator
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Race: Hume
General appearance: See this picture, or this one, or this other one, but with dark-chestnut hair and a slightly older look. Attire is usually composed of a tie-less dress shirt and perfectly ironed jeans.
Interests: Doesn't seem to have any other focus other than saving as much as possible the school's money, and a certain nurse's attentions…
Strengths/Weaknesses: Physically weak, his strength seems to lie more in his orator abilities. He is rather threatening to the students and able to struck a nerve of fear in them with his words.
Personality: Treacherous, inquisitive, critical and highly possessive. He is the typical evil Vice, the man who will say 'no' to what the headmaster would normally say 'yes', and whose only goal in life seems to be shutting down your club, fire your favorite teacher, and get you suspended. Of course, he has other aims, the two most notorious being seducing Ms. Sant, and taking the place of headmaster in the school. When he talks about the school and its money, he seems to consider them his own. Easily enough to guess, he hates kids.
Brief history: No matter how hard you try. Whatever the teachers and students do, there is always a problem for Mr. Idavoll in the school, and that problem is often you. This strict, insensible man has been working at the High Gardens for over twenty years, half of which as teacher in the theater. He quit teaching to focus on what he calls 'the school's real needs'– not students, but money. If it were for him, he'd change the school upside down, teachers and students alike. Luckily enough, in ten years he seemed to never be able to reach the so long aspired place behind the headmaster's desk. Even so, he blatantly abuses of his powers as a vice, often trying to control the school in every aspect.
Additional Info: He'll often use theatrical metaphors when talking, and has a chronic lung disease that will often cause him to burst in coughing fits.


last edited 649 weeks ago by Blue KJ
To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.

"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." – Doug Walker


Blue KJ Admin replied

649 weeks ago

Name: Sephirya Idavoll
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Ninth
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Race: Hume
General appearance: Average height, rather thin build, roundish face, with light chestnut/hazel hair in a shoulder-length cut; she likes to tie small locks in two ponytails, one per side; her eyes are green. Out of uniform days she wears either dresses or blouse&skirt suits, both always long enough to reach her knees and usually of white color with red details.
Interests: Member of the cooking and herbalist Clubs, she has been suggested to avoid activities involving a lot of movement, as she has the worst grades at Gym. She excels at History and Literature, and loves animals.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong willed, energetic, altruist and always enthusiastic. She's though horribly goofy, often stumbling and tripping on her own feet, and has a tendency at getting lost.
Personality: Sincere, generous and overall good, she likes to help whenever she can. This, to the eyes of some, may make her look snoopy.
Brief history: She just graduated at Middle School and was accepted in the High Gardens thanks to the strong influence of her rich family and the recommendations of Mr. Idavoll.
Additional Info: She's the vice's nephew.

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Name: Hakkaii Cho
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Tenth/Freshman
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Race: Hume
General appearance: Average height and build, has red/dishwater blond hair and green eyes. He bought extra school uniforms so that he could wear one everyday.
Interests: Member of the Herbalist Club and Basketball Team, he wishes the Dragoon Club to be re-established. He also has an hobby to carve wood.
Strengths/Weaknesses: A/B grades in a lot of subjects, he studies hard and puts a lot of effort into everything he does. His abilities tend to drastically decrease when in presence of two certain figures.
Personality: Overall good and polite, tries to be cheerful but is hindered by a solid shyness and low self-esteem and insecurity in his abilities when dealing with others. When picked on, he's kind of a coward and won't fight back, but also won't go cry to a teacher nor talk to others about his problems.
Brief history: Only son of a modest family, he works hard under the pressure of a demanding father, who expects from him the best and wants him to work hard to reach a higher status.
Additional Info: He has a crush on both Ms. Sakimoto and Sobe, and because of this second one he's always bullied by the upperclassman Hazell Eclat, who shares the same feelings for the girl.

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Name: Ayuki Perayu
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Tenth/Freshman
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Race: Mithra
General appearance: Small and slender, with blue eyes and white hair. She likes to wear shorts or mini-skirts at every chance, to the point that she modified her own uniform's skirt and cut it shorter, much to the teachers' displease. Her top is usually a sleeveless shirt or a vest over a bra. She also always wear a blue headband.
Interests: A student of average grades, kind of grasping to keep herself at a good level. Teachers have often tried to persuade her to join at least a club to try and stimulate herself and grow out of her lack of interest and laziness. Finally, this year she decided to join the dance club, only to find it shutdown. Rather reluctantly she was forced to join the Drama club instead. Her only real attention seems focused on a certain student…
Strengths/Weaknesses: Lazy, not too bright and extremely uninterested in everything the school has to offer. On the other hand, she shows a caring nature for those she gets along with, and has a strange talent at pushing other students to improve themselves.
Personality: Blunt and superficial, Ayuki seems to have no time for deep thoughts and meditation. She seems to not care about anything at all, but on the other hand is pretty good at giving sentimental advice. She seems to put some effort in what she does only when she's challenged at it by someone she dislikes.
Brief history: Ayuki is the only daughter of her family, and just really hopes to get through the grades as fast as possible, as she doesn't really care to enrich her knowledge with unnecessary stuff that has little to do with her aspiration to become a doctor. Last year, she realized she has a crush on Kenjii Asgard, but has so far always failed to catch his attention. Despire her inability at physical activites, she is thinking to try out some sport club to try and impress him.
Additional Info: She self-proclaimed as the Love Mage because of her successful advices to broken hearts and other students in love that often seek her out.

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Name: Dhemetra McRael
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Eleventh/Junior
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Race: Hume
General appearance: Of average height and with a rather athletic build, she has black long hair that she'll either keep tied in a high ponytail or loose and topped by a green bandana; she has hazel eyes. She likes to wear hipsters and belly shirts or sport bras and shorts.
Interests: Dhemetra leads the Cheerleaders Team, and her dream is to become a famous fashion designer. She likes to draw clothes and make them, and has been insisting for a club addressed to that activity, with no success.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong-willed, proud and smart. However these qualities are also a double-edged blade, as it often causes her to argue with others. She doesn't have a liking for 'weak' students, and often ends up bullying them with her bossy attitude.
Personality: An elegant tomboy, Dhemetra is magnetic, dominant and intimidating, often acting like one of an older age than hers.
Brief history: She doesn't really talk much about her family and childhood, but makes it sound like there's little interesting to know.
Additional Info: She seems to have a passion for breaking rules for the mere pleasure of bothering the teachers.

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Name: Xerses Seth
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Eleventh/Junior
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: Mithra
General appearance: Obviously taller than the female Mithras, but with little to no muscles, he has blond hair tied in a low ponytail and gray eyes. His favorite attire when he isn't forced to wear a uniform is made of black jeans and hooded pullovers of a single color, usually a dark one like black or blue. Unless he's ordered to from a teacher, he prefers to keep the hood over his head and conceal his face. When outside, he also wears a pair of dark glasses.
Interests: None that is known of. He hasn't joined any club.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Unknown.
Personality: He doesn't really do or say much to let one figure out his personality, but it's pretty evident that he's an introvert and a loner.
Brief history: As a male Mithra, Xerses was destined to study at home with a private teacher. However, he has just been sent to the High Gardens instead. The rumors say it's because all the private teaches that went through him ran away crying and nobody will offer for the job anymore.
Additional Info: The few who have tried to talk to him have started to call him "C.I.", because of his most common reply to all their questions: "That is confidential information."

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Name: Hazell Eclat
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Twelfth/Senior
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race: Elvaan
General appearance: Tall, with white hair and golden eyes. His attire is usually expensive-looking when not in a uniform, but he always wears something red. His favorite and most used look is composed of white jeans, a red shirt and a red tippet over his shoulders. His favorite piece of clothing is a cap with a white feather drawn on the side.
Interests: Member of the Red Mage and Photography clubs, Hazell excels without much effort to pretty much everything, but has shown a special liking for History.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Extremely proud and confident in his skills, he is a jack of all trades, but doesn't think of himself as a master of anything.
Personality: Intelligent and intuitive, he is however rather bold and unforgiving with less-than-outstanding students; he has also shown a rather established racism, which has caused him a couple encounters with the counselor. Although aware of his rude demeanor, he doesn't recognize his attitude as a problem.
Brief history: He's the first son of a family of Red Mages, and takes great pride in following his relatives' footsteps. All the members of his family before him graduated at the High Gardens with outstanding records and he's determined to leave a mark too.
Additional Info: He has a rather open liking for Sobe Sakimoto.


last edited 649 weeks ago by Blue KJ
To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.

"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." – Doug Walker


Avina Admin replied

648 weeks ago

Name: Avina Burkhardt
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Tenth/Freshmen
Age: 15
Race: Hume
General appearance: Long hair, medium height. Tends to wear clothes outside of the traditional uniform. People yell at her for it but she does as she pleases.
Interests: Athletics, bugs, adventure.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Strong grades. Athletic. Likes baseball. A little apathetic when it comes to people disliking things she says/does.
Personality: Easily distracted from just about anything. Doesn't have a strong sense of what is socially inappropriate. Tends to speak without thinking. Very vocal about things she doesn't like.
Brief history: The daughter of the headmaster, Avina can be a bit spoiled and tends to get away with doing whatever she wants. She's been at this school for her whole life, and makes it her business to try to know everyone she can. Often tries to recruit students to her clubs, sometimes signing them up without their permission. Her clubs usually fail since the only members she has are those who she forces to stay through physical threats.
Additional Info: Somehow seems to do well on homework and tests despite never seen preparing for said homework or tests. Daughter of the headmaster. which would lead some to believe she is only so successful because she cheats on tests, but this is not actually so.

Name: Ederick Burkhardt
Type: Faculty
Grade/Position: Headmaster
Age: 45
Race: Hume
General appearance: Short hair, aged appearance. Blonde. Wears a suit every day.
Interests: Academics, books, discipline.
Personality: Often very pleasant, especially to friends of his daughter. Often encourages students to sign up with his daughter's attempts at clubs. Exceedingly intimidating when disciplining students.
Brief history: Has worked at the school for the past 20 years, been headmaster for the past 15, and has no wish to lose his position soon. Is intensely focused on ensuring his students are performing well on the national tests.
Additional Info:

Xelo Dual Member replied

646 weeks ago

Name: "Envy" Kirious (Last name is too smudgy to read)
Type: Student
Grade/Position: Junior
Race: Hume
Age: 17
General appearance: Kirious keeps his red hair in a long ponytail that drops to his mid back. Normally he wears his uniform sloppily, generally with his jacket open and shirt untucked. He appears to be rather lightweight, and his uniform seems to be a size too big.
Interests: Kendo, Boxing, and poetry.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Does generally well in class, Loses his temper easily. While he is book-smart, common sense has a tendency to escape him while angered.
Personality: While not malicious, Kirious is quick to anger. He tends to keep to himself, aside from this affiliation with a gang that operates within the school.
Brief history: Kirious has been to multiple schools, and has had multiple issues with fighting. He recently transferred from Al Zahbi High, along with two more…unusual students.

Mae Admin replied

638 weeks ago

And, obviously the contest has come to a close.

Due to inventory issues on my part, I'll just be handing out cash prizes. The participation prizes have been calculated:

Avina – 60k (Two characters)
Kenjii – 190k (A whopping thirteen characters and two stories)
Kirious – 80k (Four characters)
Saerun – 70k (Two characters, one story)

And the 100k story judgement prize goes to: Kenjii


To collect your prizes, /tell or come find me in-game!
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When the hero enters to kill me, I will ask him to first explain to my grandchild why it is necessary to kill her beloved grandma. When the hero launches into an explanation of morality way over her head, that will be her cue to pull the lever and send him into the pit of crocodiles. After all, small children like crocodiles almost as much as Evil Overlords and it's important to spend quality time with the grandkids.

"How hard did you hit him?"
"Quite hard, actually. For some reason he irritated me." They stared back to where the Grolim lay.
"You're getting to be more like Belgarath every day," Silk told him. "You do more damage out of simple irritation than most men can do in a towering rage."
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