Elder Tale: A Log Horizon Roleplay | The Chronicles of Malcolm Haybern(Viso)

The Chronicles of Malcolm Haybern(Viso) Oct 29, 2016 21:33:55 GMT

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Post by viso on Oct 29, 2016 21:33:55 GMT

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Real Name: Max Vaughn Midnight

Real Gender: Male

Game Gender: Male

Age: 29

Sexuality: Heteroflexible

Race: Half-Alv

Faction: Adventurer

Face-Claim: Kilik Lunge (Soul Eater)

CBox Name: Hanshin

Discord Name/Nickname: [Required only if you are in the Discord Chat]

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Maximillion is a Monk who uses knuckled gauntlets as his weapons of choice. He has a tall, muscular build with an ebony complexion, long dark brown hair, and varies the armor and other gear he wears, often having it reforged to be purple, with flavor text depicting him as “The King of Midnight”, even – a little while into playing Elder Tale – his New Player starter gear.

[In-Game Appearance]

In real life, Max stands at 6'2", and is an interesting combination of having a dense musculature, but having just enough fat over it that it hides all but the outermost contours of said muscles. He varies between having facial hair, and trying to go clean-shaven (although shaving completely makes him look at least a decade younger). He wears thick "hipster" glasses, and has a carefully trimmed hairline with etched notches in it, with the top of his hair about medium-length and either braided, or just allowed to 'be free', as he sometimes calls it. He has a tan complexion, which is either very fair (naturally), or can be made really dark, with prolonged sun exposure (which isn't the norm, him being out in the sun, as it makes him extremely uncomfortable). His facial expression is often flat and non-expressive, even when he feels like he is smiling (but the change is so minimal, only those who've come to know him might notice).

He cannot smile on-command, although once in a blue moon, a warm, genuine smile will be seen on his face, such as when something he loves or has fond feelings for comes into view (person, place, thing, etc). When he tries, it just comes off looking damn wrong.

[Out-Of-Game (IRL) Appearance]

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Max, in real life, suffers from clinical depression, which has (in the past) gotten bad enough that he was often treated intensively for it. He is plagued with feelings of inadequacy, and certainty that he will never find anyone to understand him. He has low self-esteem, which he will occasionally try and cover by going into “Cerebral Mode”, a self-dubbed state where he processes everything (environment, social interactions, etc) with pure, unemotional logic, which allows him to retreat from his intense emotions and deal with things, quote: “In Raw Data Form”. He also has higher-functioning Autism, which is largely the cause of his difficulties in social situations, as his intensely loving and accepting nature often comes off as overwhelming and difficult to handle by those around him, not to mention the astounding difficulty he has with smalltalk.

After joining Elder Tale (back when it was just an MMO Game), Max came to understand people a little better, as a result of, as he’s said, “The filter that turns pure, beautiful, wonderous expression into something small, diminished, and cheapened that is suitable for Social Norms, is usually in the OFF position when people go Online, making it easier to understand where people are coming from”.

In-Game, Maximillion’s Courtesan Class allows him to (barely, at best) ‘break even’ in social interactions with People Of The Land, although he still has immense trouble with interacting with most other Adventurers, who are not largely affected by the charms of the Courtesan Class' skills.

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Maximillion makes his first splash in the world of Elder Tale after the Apocalypse, when he made a spectacle of himself (numerous times) by making a big show of doing outrageous and odd stunts, such as inciting crowds of Landers to watch him scale the larger trees in the city, as well as inviting people at random (strangers) to watch him overeat (not realizing he could become sick as much in Elder Tale now, as he could in the real world), and then getting horribly ill in a rather disgusting display that followed.

Maximillion has a few friends amongst the Landers, mostly some Shopkeepers and miscellaneous citizens (and an Innkeeper or two), but most of the other Adventurers think of Maximillion as a dramaqueen, and ‘attention whore’, making him the subject of scorn and annoyance by many.

As a result of his difficulties in social situations, Maximillion has spent most of his life – online and offline both – alone and lonely, and he will often, in conversation, make a big fuss about the importance of Solo players having the same opportunities as the more charismatic and likeable players.

It is hard to tell if he will ever really find other people to help him establish himself, if he will ever make a solid circle of friends, or if he has a more tragic future ahead of him. Much of this will be largely dependent upon the people he meets, the interactions he has, and whether or not people can see past his awkwardness, into the person he truly is beyond the social faux pas.

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Armor:

[attr="class","equip1"] Starter Leather Armor: A basic set of soft leather armor made from cheap leather. They are not really protective,
but they are better than going naked—probably. You probably do want to
replace these asap, when you think about it.

Left Arm: