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antinouswild1. Player Information
Name: Allison-Marie
Username: AIM: TheDerelictAngel Plurk: CrowWitch
Current characters in ToS: Viserys Targaryen
Reserve: http://shadowmods.dreamwidth.org/1162.html?thread=402058#cmt402058
2. Canon Character Information
Name: Enjolras
PB: Aaron Tviet (Enjolras in the film adaptation in the musical)
Journal: http://antinouswild.dreamwidth.org/
Age: 22 (stated canon he looks younger and could be mistaken for a teenager)
Appearance: If I describe Enjolras as beautiful in a post, isn’t not because I’m being a fangirl. Victor Hugo’s descriptions of Enjolras’ “Angelic” beauty are legendarily florid. But, Enjolras is very conspicuously beautiful by canon description. He has curling blond hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and a tall, slender build.
History: Unfortunately, while some of Hugo's characters have backgrounds, a majority of the secondary characters seem to pop into existence when Hugo introduces them. The only thing we know concretely about Enjolras' history is that he is from the south of France, and is the only son of a wealthy family. When the story finds him he is a student living in Paris and the leader of a small group of revolutionaries., Les Amis d'ABC. They meet in secret in the back room of the Cafe Mousain.
Enjolras' world seems to begin and end with this group of friends, and with his single minded goal of bringing about freedom from poverty and oppression that existed in France in the 1830s. Little else occupies his time and thoughts. In June of 1832 General Lamarque, one of the few champions of the people, dies. During his funeral procession, Enjolras and his group barricade the Rue St Denis in an effort to inspire the people of Paris to rise against Louis-Philippe. These efforts were unsuccessful and the rebels were dispatched and killed by the French National Guard.
When Enjolras is left the last man standing, Grantaire, who had no interest in the revolution outside of his fascination with Enjolras, took his place by his hero's side and the two died together, hand in hand.
Powers/Talents: Enjolras is a passionate and engaging public speaker, able to get followers to a cause. Other than that he has the normal abilities of a 22 year old healthy human male in good physical condition.
Personality: Enjorlas is a fiery and passionate soul, and his passion is human justice. It might then be a little ironic that he puts his involvement in this cause before personal relationships. He is fiercely loyal to his friends, but they are lieutenants and comrades in arms to him. Love and romance are nothing to him but something trivial that distracts people from things that are more important. And, when the people around him are involved in more frivolous activities, when something can be done to help the poor and the needy, and change the conditions people in France live in Enjolras can be impatient.
He does have great compassion for people who are suffering, and great hate for people who cause it. Injustice won’t be tolerated, and he will go to battle to protect someone. Just don’t try to cozy up to him afterwards. He’s about as cozy as a marble statue. And, if he thinks you’re an agent of oppression, he’s about as yielding as one.
Enjolras has a strong moral compass and a powerful sense of justice. He will always be just and fair. Killing is something that he will do in order to protect someone, or as part of revolution. Justice has even lead him to execute his own volunteers when an innocent bystander who had no part in the insurrection was killed. And, he will kill in order to protect his barricade and his men, and to continue the revolution. However, this is not something he ever does lightly. He is shown to mourn the people he killed, even when they died as part of a battle. He sees it as a necessary evil, but an evil nonetheless.
He will drink wine but never to excess or get drunk, and likes to talk politics. Should you have a differing opinion he will reprimand you and tell you that you’re wrong without any qualms. Politics is a subject he’s studied extensively and can speak about with a lot of knowledge. By nature he tends to be frank and candid in conversation. He can be aloof, disdainful, or just plain rude at times even if he doesn't really intend to be. In day to day actions he is serious, and tends to show little interest in frivolous pleasures or personal indulgences.
His morals are absolute and without compromise. Freedom and Liberty are good, and oppression is bad. If law makers are corrupt and make laws that keep people in poverty while keeping themselves rich, then laws can be overlooked. The rights of man are much more important. The ends often justify the means, even if the means are violent. His cause means more to him than his own life, and being a martyr doesn't bother him.
Enjolras is also a man of unyielding faith. He has an absolute absence of cynicism. Doubt that he and his friends will be successful in changing history never even occurred to him, and when the people did not rise and the barricade was taken, even then he knew that their fight would not be in vain, and that others would be successful in the future building off the groundwork that he and his friends laid. One might call him naive, or at least innocent. Enjorlas is intelligent, but not worldly. There is something about him that speaks of pure hope for and faith in a better future. And his innocence is one of the most beautiful things about him.
Why would your character be chosen? Enjorlas could be chosen for his devotion to his cause and his patriotism and love for his country. He could also be chosen for his bravery and his willingness to fight and die for his cause. Or, his compassion for people that drives him to fight for equality, and even feel for those he is forced to kill in battle.
How much does your character know about nonhumans? Nothing at all. He has faith and is a Christian, due to the location/time period of his life. But, he has no knowledge of non-humans.
Why this character: I love both his bravery and willingness to fight for his cause, but I also love his faith in a better future and his innocence. He’s a character I’ve loved since I read the book as a kid. P.S. Playing up his innocence for laughs with darker characters always turns out epic.
AU Addendum: N/A
Past Game History: N/A
4. Samples
Please either include a first-person entry that could be your character's first post on The Network, or a third-person prose or action spam sample that could be your character's reaction to arriving in Dagaz. For the other two samples, links to previous character examples are fine.
First-Person: (5+ sentences) Journal-entry style, written in the character's own voice.
[There's silence for a moment as the young man seems to be concentrating, trying to determine exactly how he device works. Finally he addresses the network. His voice is controlled, and his speech is well-practiced]
Citizens, I do not pretend to completely understand what has happened to us. This place we have found ourselves is still strange to me. Yet, I hope that we can work together in a spirit of unity and friendship to gain understanding of this place, and to find our way home.
The more of you I can speak to the happier I will be. If we can pool our knowledge together and stand as one, we all stand a better chance of finding our way to where we belong.
Who is with me, friends?
Third-Person: (Either a 200+ word entry or a link to a thread of 10 or more comments) Show us, don't tell, what your character is like in a prose writing sample.
The first thing Enjolras had noticed had been a lack of a hand in his. His companion was gone. At first, he had mistaken the strange transformation of his surroundings for death. It was the only thing that had made any sense. Yet, as the man spoke to him, the young man slowly realized that this was not the afterlife. This was something else completely. It was something he couldn't grasp or make sense of. Not even the stories in penny fictions had been so mad, at yet all he could do was stare at his hand, and realize that there was not another one in his.
He'd been assured that his room would be comfortable. Enjolras couldn't deny that it was. In fact, everything seemed far too perfect; the mattress on the bed seemed too uniform and exact, the paint and paper on the walls, if that's even what it was, was far too perfect to have been painted by a human hand. Even the cut of the materials seemed too exact. Something about it unnerved him, and he couldn't place it.
For a moment he decided to try to use the earpiece, but every time he tried to think of someone he wanted to speak to, the only people who came to mind were gone. He looked down at his hand again, and tried to fight tears.
Third Sample: This is your decision. You can include another first-person post, a third-person post, or action spam.
http://somarium.dreamwidth.org/1524607.html
Name: Allison-Marie
Username: AIM: TheDerelictAngel Plurk: CrowWitch
Current characters in ToS: Viserys Targaryen
Reserve: http://shadowmods.dreamwidth.org/1162.html?thread=402058#cmt402058
2. Canon Character Information
Name: Enjolras
PB: Aaron Tviet (Enjolras in the film adaptation in the musical)
Journal: http://antinouswild.dreamwidth.org/
Age: 22 (stated canon he looks younger and could be mistaken for a teenager)
Appearance: If I describe Enjolras as beautiful in a post, isn’t not because I’m being a fangirl. Victor Hugo’s descriptions of Enjolras’ “Angelic” beauty are legendarily florid. But, Enjolras is very conspicuously beautiful by canon description. He has curling blond hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and a tall, slender build.
History: Unfortunately, while some of Hugo's characters have backgrounds, a majority of the secondary characters seem to pop into existence when Hugo introduces them. The only thing we know concretely about Enjolras' history is that he is from the south of France, and is the only son of a wealthy family. When the story finds him he is a student living in Paris and the leader of a small group of revolutionaries., Les Amis d'ABC. They meet in secret in the back room of the Cafe Mousain.
Enjolras' world seems to begin and end with this group of friends, and with his single minded goal of bringing about freedom from poverty and oppression that existed in France in the 1830s. Little else occupies his time and thoughts. In June of 1832 General Lamarque, one of the few champions of the people, dies. During his funeral procession, Enjolras and his group barricade the Rue St Denis in an effort to inspire the people of Paris to rise against Louis-Philippe. These efforts were unsuccessful and the rebels were dispatched and killed by the French National Guard.
When Enjolras is left the last man standing, Grantaire, who had no interest in the revolution outside of his fascination with Enjolras, took his place by his hero's side and the two died together, hand in hand.
Powers/Talents: Enjolras is a passionate and engaging public speaker, able to get followers to a cause. Other than that he has the normal abilities of a 22 year old healthy human male in good physical condition.
Personality: Enjorlas is a fiery and passionate soul, and his passion is human justice. It might then be a little ironic that he puts his involvement in this cause before personal relationships. He is fiercely loyal to his friends, but they are lieutenants and comrades in arms to him. Love and romance are nothing to him but something trivial that distracts people from things that are more important. And, when the people around him are involved in more frivolous activities, when something can be done to help the poor and the needy, and change the conditions people in France live in Enjolras can be impatient.
He does have great compassion for people who are suffering, and great hate for people who cause it. Injustice won’t be tolerated, and he will go to battle to protect someone. Just don’t try to cozy up to him afterwards. He’s about as cozy as a marble statue. And, if he thinks you’re an agent of oppression, he’s about as yielding as one.
Enjolras has a strong moral compass and a powerful sense of justice. He will always be just and fair. Killing is something that he will do in order to protect someone, or as part of revolution. Justice has even lead him to execute his own volunteers when an innocent bystander who had no part in the insurrection was killed. And, he will kill in order to protect his barricade and his men, and to continue the revolution. However, this is not something he ever does lightly. He is shown to mourn the people he killed, even when they died as part of a battle. He sees it as a necessary evil, but an evil nonetheless.
He will drink wine but never to excess or get drunk, and likes to talk politics. Should you have a differing opinion he will reprimand you and tell you that you’re wrong without any qualms. Politics is a subject he’s studied extensively and can speak about with a lot of knowledge. By nature he tends to be frank and candid in conversation. He can be aloof, disdainful, or just plain rude at times even if he doesn't really intend to be. In day to day actions he is serious, and tends to show little interest in frivolous pleasures or personal indulgences.
His morals are absolute and without compromise. Freedom and Liberty are good, and oppression is bad. If law makers are corrupt and make laws that keep people in poverty while keeping themselves rich, then laws can be overlooked. The rights of man are much more important. The ends often justify the means, even if the means are violent. His cause means more to him than his own life, and being a martyr doesn't bother him.
Enjolras is also a man of unyielding faith. He has an absolute absence of cynicism. Doubt that he and his friends will be successful in changing history never even occurred to him, and when the people did not rise and the barricade was taken, even then he knew that their fight would not be in vain, and that others would be successful in the future building off the groundwork that he and his friends laid. One might call him naive, or at least innocent. Enjorlas is intelligent, but not worldly. There is something about him that speaks of pure hope for and faith in a better future. And his innocence is one of the most beautiful things about him.
Why would your character be chosen? Enjorlas could be chosen for his devotion to his cause and his patriotism and love for his country. He could also be chosen for his bravery and his willingness to fight and die for his cause. Or, his compassion for people that drives him to fight for equality, and even feel for those he is forced to kill in battle.
How much does your character know about nonhumans? Nothing at all. He has faith and is a Christian, due to the location/time period of his life. But, he has no knowledge of non-humans.
Why this character: I love both his bravery and willingness to fight for his cause, but I also love his faith in a better future and his innocence. He’s a character I’ve loved since I read the book as a kid. P.S. Playing up his innocence for laughs with darker characters always turns out epic.
AU Addendum: N/A
Past Game History: N/A
4. Samples
Please either include a first-person entry that could be your character's first post on The Network, or a third-person prose or action spam sample that could be your character's reaction to arriving in Dagaz. For the other two samples, links to previous character examples are fine.
First-Person: (5+ sentences) Journal-entry style, written in the character's own voice.
[There's silence for a moment as the young man seems to be concentrating, trying to determine exactly how he device works. Finally he addresses the network. His voice is controlled, and his speech is well-practiced]
Citizens, I do not pretend to completely understand what has happened to us. This place we have found ourselves is still strange to me. Yet, I hope that we can work together in a spirit of unity and friendship to gain understanding of this place, and to find our way home.
The more of you I can speak to the happier I will be. If we can pool our knowledge together and stand as one, we all stand a better chance of finding our way to where we belong.
Who is with me, friends?
Third-Person: (Either a 200+ word entry or a link to a thread of 10 or more comments) Show us, don't tell, what your character is like in a prose writing sample.
The first thing Enjolras had noticed had been a lack of a hand in his. His companion was gone. At first, he had mistaken the strange transformation of his surroundings for death. It was the only thing that had made any sense. Yet, as the man spoke to him, the young man slowly realized that this was not the afterlife. This was something else completely. It was something he couldn't grasp or make sense of. Not even the stories in penny fictions had been so mad, at yet all he could do was stare at his hand, and realize that there was not another one in his.
He'd been assured that his room would be comfortable. Enjolras couldn't deny that it was. In fact, everything seemed far too perfect; the mattress on the bed seemed too uniform and exact, the paint and paper on the walls, if that's even what it was, was far too perfect to have been painted by a human hand. Even the cut of the materials seemed too exact. Something about it unnerved him, and he couldn't place it.
For a moment he decided to try to use the earpiece, but every time he tried to think of someone he wanted to speak to, the only people who came to mind were gone. He looked down at his hand again, and tried to fight tears.
Third Sample: This is your decision. You can include another first-person post, a third-person post, or action spam.
http://somarium.dreamwidth.org/1524607.html
