Final Application

This application is for candidates only and is intended to help make sure that the Search Committee knows what you want. Please take your time and think about your answers! We're interested in your thoughts on weyrlinghood, your fellow candidates, dragon possibilities, and your color preference.

We are not currently accepting final candidate applications.

Best of luck! -- Ista Search Committee


Final Application:

  1. What is your character's name?    

  2. What is your regular email address?    

  3. Color Preferences: Please specify what colors you want to impress in the boxes below. You are welcome to list more than one color in either slot if you feel you have equal preference for two or more colors.

    Please note that your preferences don't have to be the same as your general application! If you've changed your mind about what color(s) you're interested in, this is the time to let us know.

    First Choice:

    Second Choice:

  4. Honorifics: If your character is male, please list a few honorifics that you would like in order of preference, highest to least. Players of female characters can skip this question. Ex: Your name is Joseph. You would most like to be called J'seph, J'ose is your second choice and J'eph is your third. You would write: J'seph, J'ose, J'eph.



  5. Playing Weyrleader: Please list those of your fellow candidates that you would like to see impress. Do not include yourself. You're welcome to add comments and colors if you like.



  6. Hatching Date: Please list your availability for Friday May 28th, Saturday May 29th, and Sunday May 30th in Eastern time.



  7. Dragon Personality: What sort of dragon personality do you want and how do you see that personality interacting with that of your character?

    Do they bring out the worst? The best? Maybe they're always at odds or maybe they're always in agreement. What traits do you want them to share? Where might you like to see them differ? If there's something about your character that you'd like a dragon to enhance, tell us what it is and how we might be able to do that for you.



  8. Dragon Names: While we don't promise any particular name, we do want to know what sort of names you like. Long ones? Short ones? Lots of vowels? Lots of consonants? Do you like a sharp sounding name or a lyrical one? And tell us what you don't like, too. Feel free to list a few of your favorite letters or dragon names of the past that you've loved; whatever you think will help us get the name right.



  9. Things to Avoid: Is there anything that you know you don't want? A shade of blue that you hate? Do you detest the letter U? Have you played ten different dragons who love to play in mud and now you just want to do something else, anything else? Tell us!



  10. Dragon Inspirations: If you have a specific inspiration in mind, hold that thought. ;)

    Ista already has a theme for this clutch and while we may be willing to bend it a little to give everyone a dragon that they might want, we will not impress six dragons based on different flavors of muffins and then one dragon based on the Russian ballet. That said if you -do- have something that you know you really want, please describe it to us! If you really want that Russian ballet, tell us what about it and why and how it would play into your dragon and we might just be able to find the right flavor of muffin to suit both you and Baryshnikov.



  

You're all done! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and preferences with us - we'll do our best! :) And thank you for being a candidate at Ista. No matter the hatching results, we hope you'll stay and have more fun with us at Ista Weyr!



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