CHARACTER SIGNUPS: CHAPTER FOUR SUB-PLOT: 'A Dark Interval: Everywhere & Nowhere'

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PLEASE READ THIS STORYLINE NOTICE
This is the official pit-stop before Chapter Four begins for when it is written.

After escaping the clutches of the Combine within the beating and mechanical heart of the post-war city of New York, now designated precisely as 'City One', the Long Haulers have managed to successfully hijack a large cargo ship after successfully navigating the iron fist that was the Combine's rule. This was accomplished with many casualties, and most of the original Long Haulers that survived the clutches of the Seven Hour War and its gruesome aftermath... have perished. The Portal Storm above City One is dormant in its current state as it splits the fabric of time above the Empire State Building, and upon escaping within their cargo liner... a ritual conducted by two very powerful Vortigaunts have attracted forces beyond comprehension within the prime dimension.

Stranded within the Great Darkness, the Long Haulers must band together to face the eternal deviation that is the void - a final lair where time, life and all greater things physical becomes a nullification and a living contradiction unto itself.

And soon, very soon... The Void will beckon.

INDIVIDUALS WHOM HAVE SURVIVED FROM CHAPTER ONE SO FAR NEED NOT APPLY AND ARE GRANTED TO RETURN IN CHAPTER FOUR SUB-PLOT. I know who they are:
If you have taken part in Chapter Three, do the same. I will most likely have notes based on earlier participation. If you are making a new character after your original has been unfortunately killed, feel free to do a quick sign-up here.
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Hello, Willard Networks.
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13 Standard Players
6 Reserved Players
3/3 Returning C-1 Characters

22nd & 23rd August, Saturday & Sunday! 8:30pm BST​

Character signups are now going to be in process for the sub-chapter interlude for the upcoming Chapter Four of "The Long Haul." Here on this thread is the location where you can apply to take part by commenting with the following criteria wanted below. Due to the circumstances of potential limited slots on the server (up to 32), we ask that you put effort into your entries if you wish to have a reserved slot on the server. Remember that applying for an event character will be setting you in a preordained position and /may/ slightly limit your autonomy as you are a counted as someone required to ensure success of the event. Only apply for an event character if you truly wish to do.

Here is the following information on event characters that will be taking part throughout the chapter. If you are applying for an event character, there is a far wider selection of choice this time.

Needed Event Characters:
None Required.

Non-Applyable but Pre-Existing Characters:
The Soldiers (Any-Or)​
If there are any soldiers in the group they continue their journey with the rest of the survivors.

The Patriots (Any-Or)​
If there are any patriots in the group (including the leader if alive) they continue their journey with the group.

Standard Characters For Applying:
Displaced Recipient (Refugees)​
Individuals coming from many backgrounds or perhaps other parts of the world now under control by the ruthlessness of the Combine. Suddenly, your daily life is very suddenly interrupted, where you see a green flash of light engulf you suddenly. After a few moment's notice, you find yourself within an entirely strange and different place unlike anything you've ever seen. Very possibly, you may even be the last.

(^) The above role to apply for is the very last chance you will be able to categorise yourself as one of the rarest types of character within the entirety of the Willard Networks Half Life 2: Roleplay Universe due to what the event entails. It will never be seen again nor even be attainable. The question is whether or not you can survive the ordeals that lay on ahead while keeping your head up high in the process.

Individuals applying are best noted to:
  • Have never taken part in our events before.
  • Have lost their character in the previous chapter and wish to make a new one.
  • Have taken part in previous chapters.
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CHARACTER FORMAT

The * symbol represents a required filling, below.
Please do not put your answers in bold, as to make the entry easier to read.

--- Section One ---
  • *Steam Name:
  • *Steam ID:
  • *Discord Name & ID:
  • *Timezone:
--- Section Two ---
  • *Are you applying for an event character?: Y / N
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character):
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character):
--- Section Three ---
  • *Character Name:
  • *Brief summary of the character:
  • *Why do you want to play this character?:
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):
--- Section Four (Optional) ---
  • Tell us about yourself:
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?:
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?:
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?:
 
--- Section One ---
  • *Steam Name: hex: brush him
  • *Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:139631753
  • *Discord Name & ID: brush him#9578
  • *Timezone: Mountain Time
--- Section Two ---
  • *Are you applying for an event character?: N
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character): None, applying for refugee
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character): I'm pretty sure refugee isn't an event character
--- Section Three ---
  • *Character Name: Jacob Hibbler
  • *Brief summary of the character: A man with a strong wielding arm and a decent aim, heart pushed into the depths with acts of violence. Unperturbable, Jacob Hibbler has yet to be broken by the nightmarish, even cosmic horrors that break and numb his senses.
  • *Why do you want to play this character?: Jacob Hibbler is easily one of my favorite characters to roleplay in HL2RP, and as he's been present since the Quarantine Zone (I guess not very far, but let me have this), I'd like to say he's earned his place in the Long Haulers.
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to): Having only recently come of age, Jacob Hibbler, hailing from Utah, had been traveling the American Wastes for over three months, braving an infested urban town infested with agonized parasitics, staying on the rocks in the middle of an antlion-filled desert, and pushing through a cave filled to brimming with acid-spitting leopards, hundred-eyed dogs and living mouths hanging from the ceiling.
His continued sanity is brought into question, as the horrors of these ventures has now been dwarved by that of the later stages of the Long Haul. He was fortunate to not be present for the first two chapters of the venture, but has arrived just in time to face off the Zonarch, Claw, with the help of Karl Smith, who, along with Master Sergeant Dragan, welcomed him into the pawn ship the Long Haulers were taking refuge in.

Their stay in the Pawn Shop was short lived, for after many incidents, many of which involved disturbing the Harbinger's Nest by killing headcrabs (much to Jacob's dismay), they moved to the apartments. Many things happened there, including Jacob experiencing his first gunshot wound. And soon, it was time to move into the City That Sleeps. He snuck through the streets of City 1, made a new regret of an old man he once saved the life of, was caught by the Combine, pretended to be the illustrious Alec Septim, though dropped his guise in despair.

He was locked in a cell with a tear gas grenade, then deliriously escaped the jails through vents, deactivated by a merciful Metrocop he and Paul Beddingfield had convinced to do so the night before. He found Karl and Callum on his way out, and found that they, too, had escaped. Together, they escorted Jacob to the Club where they would find their most important code, which would grant them access to a boat that would free them from the City That Sleeps.

The defensive Jacob, the unbreakable Callum and the patriotic Karl faced off the rage of three Gonomes and their tens of raving zombies, Jacob using nothing but his gore-soaked crowbar and a nearly empty USP Match, for which he thankfully found quite the stockpile within the newly cleared club. In a show of respect to the dead within, and an ending to the chapter of club violence, Jacob watched as Karl chucked a smoke grenade into the C4-trapped halls of the establishment, and followed the man as they ran away from that place of dance and death. The mines within were enough to blast the building into a pile of rubble.

They had the code they needed, spoken adamantly (though barely clearly) by the still somewhat delirious Hibbler. Then they made way for the boat.

At great cost Jacob had yet to fully grasp, the Long Haulers made it to the freighter. Jacob thought, wrongly, that that was the end of his struggles. "It's easy going from here," he naiively believed.

But the Void beckons, and he is not so mistaken anymore.
--- Section Four (Optional) ---
  • Tell us about yourself: I am the Supreme Brush, and I am a monument to all of the cats you've pet, brushed and cuddled. My arrival was indefatigable, and all of this world's worship of cats has amounted to my existence. There is no way to remove me now... unless you, like, banned me, which I hope you don't do because I think I'm a really cool person and I'd be disappointed, since I haven't broken any rules.
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: I joined on the tenth of June, about a month ago. If you consider that new, then yes.
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: Many people, yeah. I've actually been familiar with RAD-X for a while, but I've also gotten acquainted with Robert, Pineapple, a couple of the developers like Gr4sS, and some gamemasters like Equinox (who, by the way, was responsible for one of the most nasty memes i've ever been in).
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: Its interprability and mystery. As you learned from my rant about genetically modified catboys/catgirls last night, theoretically anything is possible in Half-Life's universe so long as it doesn't break the game's theme; a ramble about the undefined hierarchy of the Combine, or a chat about what could or could not be possible in this science-driven world are enough to empower my imagination for hours.
Update: Turns out I didn't have to write this. Shaking and crying rn

Jacob Hibbler, against all the impulses in his body, will be continuing on to Chapter 4.
 
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  • *Steam Name: Kawa
  • *Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:128909874
  • *Discord Name & ID: Kawa#2020
  • *Timezone: UTC+1
--- Section Two ---

  • *Are you applying for an event character?: N
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character): Non-event char, refugee
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character): N
--- Section Three ---

  • *Character Name: Tobias Karsson
  • *Brief summary of the character: A standard Swedish truck driver, his daily job consisting of delivering supplies to and from his hometown. He had a family of 5; his wife, three kids and him, although not being able to see them much throughout the day and sticking to his job... until the war began. Karsson decided upon himself to head back to his family when he heard that an alien force was penetrating through his home country, but suddenly was ambushed by a group of the invaders midway through his way back home. He barely managed to escape the ambush through sheer luck, and with his truck on its last wheel he came across a refugee camp hidden within a bunker, blanketed by the forest, where he settled for a good few months, but was suddenly met with a huge turn of events when a portal storm ravaged nearby...
  • *Why do you want to play this character?: After the loyal death of our great friend Paul, I want to introduce a new, entirely different character, fresh background, etc. And I've always loved foreign characters when they're done right, they can have a certain charm to them, be it through the way they speak, their accent, there's a lot of cool and unique quirks that a character like this could have. I wanna try and introduce that more into our event.
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):
--- Section Four (Optional) ---

  • Tell us about yourself: Hello, my name is Kawa, fully known as Kawakun and I love hl2rp and Willard Networks is pretty swell!
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: I've been here for about 2 years now.
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: I pretty much know most of our staff here, and a few certain regular members.
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: The lore of course! And how mysterious a lot of it is, puts out a lot of room for thought and creativity, which this community has already done a good job at filling in their own take on it.
 
--- Section One ---
  • *Steam Name: Mulky - [パッショネート!]
  • *Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:116794717
  • *Discord Name & ID: Mulky#9955
  • *Timezone: GMT+8:00
--- Section Two ---
  • *Are you applying for an event character?: Y
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character): Chapter 4
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character): Standard Refugee
--- Section Three ---
  • *Character Name: David Cyprozjck Church
  • *Brief summary of the character: A man with a clouded history of his childhood. A man filled with only small traces of joy tinted across his timeline. Although his psychological capabilities are limited by his childhood, his mental abilities draw power during the need for a direction. He works primarily most of the time as a loner, a one-man cavalier, although it is proven that his plans fail one way or another if he is the only one to execute them. Church isn't much of a person that tolerates his own stupidity - self-harm comes into way when he fails his tasks and furthermore becomes obliterated deep inside if criticisms were in-play. Church is a smart man, yet not always is he capable of using his smarts to find his way around a problem. He needs someone to help him.
  • *Why do you want to play this character?: I wanted to see if I can play a character with a convoluted personality. A personality that becomes an anti-thesis to the plan of the group, more of an 'anti-hero' sort of personality, but with more focus into the point of why - and how they will be able to contradict themself with their own personality. I wanted to see if I can pull out a person that is conflicted with their own self, more of an experimental thing that I want in order to keep things spicy both in-RP.
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):
Church's parents weren't too keen on the affectionate relationships of Church with other people. His childhood was spent playing with local children - most of which were of African-American descent. Church, precedent to that of a child, knew little of how racist rural America was back then. His parents were not fond of his friendship with the other locals - locking him up in their basement to suffer, and most of the time left him to suffer all by himself under the dark confines of their house. His teenage years were no different either. Church found himself a woman that he wanted to stay for the rest of his days - yet like most relationships nowadays - was left to suffer for himself after finding out she cheated on him. This resulted to a prior statement of his parents not being too keen on the affectionate relationships of Church. Church was led down to the path of a sad life - yet this didn't stop him from taking a course in college with the money lent to him by his parents. Soon enough, Church would find himself finishing the course of a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.

The Islamic states weren't too fond of Church. He had stayed in Afghanistan for five years due to a work contract he held with a local service provider in order to allow for broadband internet to be connected to nearby homes. He wasn't too fond of his job - nor was he too happy about it. Although Chruch was overall pessimistic about things, he managed to keep it together and scowl from his childhood nightmares to becoming a person that more-so he could rely on. It wasn't much for him, yet he was able to sustain himself for a few more years until the time has come before he was able to finally go back home in 2001, shortly during the beginnings of the continual rise that the soon-to-be Karzai Administration held in Kabul.

A couple of years before Church's arrival in Afghanistan, he had taken the job of a Broadband Technician in his lost hopes of becoming a person that can change the world. It wasn't too long until he had found himself in a 'dumpster' cabin in Detroit, where most crackheads would be fond of living to hide the atrocities they deliver their bodies down deep into cataclysmic chaos. Although Church wasn't fond of living in a literal crackhouse, he still managed to push through. During this time of his life, however, came his delusional antics that lead to a downward spiral. After living in a crackhouse for at least a year and a half, Church had found out that his house was under loan by a couple that didn't get to pay for the ownership of the house. This meant that the ownership was then transferred to Church - in which he now has to pay a couple of thousand dollars monthly in order to support the availability and legality of the house.

Church isn't able to comply with the contract, therefore driving him out of the house - with the exception that he doesn't get to take any of his personal property as 'they are now part of the state'. Church's disability to defend himself drove him further away into getting a stable life. More-so driving him away from his current job. He soon left the state and out into rural Florida where his parents once taken shelter. It was a mere decade since Church's parents died due to lymphatic cancer. This left him with one final choice - to move back to Poland and take over his Grandparents' property from his sister, or just find a way to live somewhere else around the globe.

Church found a way to apply for a foreign job as a Broadband Technician in Afghanistan. This led him to live in the slums of the country for five whole years before he was able to gain proper cash in order to fly back to the U.S. Church never got in-contact with his sister and rather stayed in an apartment housing in urban Detroit.

The Year is 2001.

Church had finally found himself staying a stable life for almost six months straight. No problems, now living as a supervision technician in a local Computer Store near his apartment. He was, so to speak, 'happy' for the duration of his stay after quite a long time. Church knew little of the dangers beyond that the next few weeks of his life would bring up to him. He was not prepared for the Resonance Cascade - portal storms striking his apartment area with a huge blast re-occurring every single minute.

The first blast arrived, and it devastated the streets - glass flying straight into the unknowing and unalerted minds. The streets now filled with a cacophony of alarms and blaring sirens across the whole avenue. It wasn't long before the portals started to appear mid-air. Their vile color, spreading throughout the streets and throughout the various areas of Earth.

The first blast happened. Church was immediately awoken from a deep slumber. His bed's position did not shield him from flying bits of glass, tearing through the fabrics of his blanket, and throughout the other materials spread thin across his room. He suffered little lacerations, yet it did not stop there. Soon enough, Church would find himself under a mess across his room - filed paperwork shredded across the floor with dangerous broken glass spread throughout. It was only a matter of a few seconds and a few bleeding wounds before he was able to leave his room and ask for the help of his neighbors.

Soon enough, the next few months of suffering would lead to the detrimental damages done to his mental deterioration.


--- Section Four (Optional) ---
  • Tell us about yourself:
    I'm Mulky! I love things. I do stuff involving: Project Management, Public Relations, Event Management, Artwork (Digital / Rendering), Animation (SFM), and sometimes Level Design (Hammer). Arguably I'm not the best at the line of work I'm doing, but I mostly do it all for the fun and passion. I just enjoy doing these things throughout my life, as well as throughout the free time that I've allotted for doing said things. I absolutely love writing, and I commonly participate in roleplay events both in Discord text RP and other things such as HL2RP. I'm a literate writer like most of everyone here, and I'm here mostly for the fun.
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: If 2 years = new, then yes I guess you can say I'm new. I'm a bit inactive here and there, and I most of the time forget to do things Atle asks me (Sorry Atle!), but I'm around most of the time if someone pings me or gives me a message through DMs.
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: I think I can say that I'm pretty familiar with most of the people in Willard Networks since around 1/8th of them are acquaintances and friends of mine from previous communities.
  • What's your favorite thing about Half-Life?: I think it's the fact that it was my first game played and the fact that my whole life was centered around Half-Life. I love it, and I'm never going to give up on giving it the love and attention it deserves!
 
Hector Horheim, Surgeon of the Long Haulers of Chapter Three will return. . .

In the meantime, I require everyone to donate their blood please and thank you <3
 
--- Section One ---

  • *Steam Name: chelsea
  • *Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:70805350
  • *Discord Name & ID: chelsea#1998
  • *Timezone: BST
--- Section Two ---

  • *Are you applying for an event character?: N
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character):
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character): Standard ref
--- Section Three ---

  • *Character Name: Günther Von Schmidt
  • *Brief summary of the character:
A tall, handsome, eccentric man with a strong German accent, Günther was born in a small town known as Dinkelsbuhl.

He was made a raging hypochondriac by a severe lack of attention in early life meaning he struggled to make meaningful connections with people. It left him feeling alone and distraught, so he took to what he did best; fashion.

Regretfully, he took out a sizable loan he couldn't afford and opened a studio which ended up becoming his home. He slept, ate and crafted unfathomably hideous outfits in that decrepit warehouse studio. At night, he'd lay in quiet and fantasize about his creations being paraded down the runway.

Albeit, Günther never succeeded in his lust for recognition within the fashion industry. He did, however, succeed with ending up in a crippling debt that sent him spiralling down a depressive pit.

Before filing for bankruptcy and before he lost his humble space, he hosted what he referred to as 'German Sparkle Parties'.


Picture the warehouse of a hoarder with an ego complex, throw in a few strobe lights, Eurotrash music, a crowd of disreputable people and a large number of drugs - and you'll understand what pushed him over the edge.

A few depersonalization episodes and a suicide attempt later, we are here.

To this day, he insists he was a famous fashion designer and demands people call him by his full name: Günther Von Schmidt


  • *Why do you want to play this character?: I want to play this character because I believe it will be incredibly fun and I believe I can add to the experiences of others too.
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):
--- Section Four (Optional) ---

  • Tell us about yourself: Howdy parners, I'm Chelsea and I'm oddly good at pretending to be middle-aged men with ego complexes) 🤠
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: Nonono
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: Yes, hello you stinky poo butts!
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: Just how fucking hopeless and depressing the lore is. Ach yis. Authoritarianism.
 
--- Section One ---
*Steam Name: Thood74
*Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:72761001
*Discord Name & ID: Thood74#3922
*Timezone: BST
--- Section Two ---
*Are you applying for an event character?: N?
Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character):
Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character): Displaced refugee
--- Section Three ---
*Character Name: Lucas King
*Brief summary of the character: A man with a cynical view on the world, Lucas King acts a supply runner for whoever will pay him. An occupation which is inspired by his Pre-Union job working supply lines for illegal organisations, transporting guns, drugs, and all sorts for whoever pays best.

He hadn't enjoyed the role, back before the Union ran things. He was bossed around and paid poorly. And too deep into the business to simply back out. Not like he had anything else in mind, even if he did have an out. He was stuck with this job from the start, the only place that would take him. And he needed money fast. He had welcomed the Unions arrival, as it would ruin the organisation his employers had built up. He would be free to live how he liked, after they had taken their toll on Earth.

Nowadays, King runs his business on foot. With a network of a few other supply runners around his City. He enjoys the freedom the newly revived business offers, and actually internally justifies himself as working against the Union. Though, who knows what the supplies he runs are used for in truth.

One unfortunate day, King was running through alleyways, avoiding cops and attempting to get to his dropoff point. A package of whatever the hell his client wanted delivered. Suddenly, a flash of green light interrupted the delivery.

It would appear, there will be a slight delay.
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*Why do you want to play this character? The sudden interruption of this characters life goes well with my sudden entry into this community, wouldn't you think?

On a more serious note, this is one of the best opportunities for a very rare and unique type of character. Which is always appealing. I believe this server is a fresh and enjoyable take on HL2RP, an otherwise rather stagnant formula.
*Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):

--- Section Four (Optional) ---
  • Tell us about yourself: A HL2RPer not good at describing themselves, but does well at describing the characters they play. Also does very well at sounding dead inside over text
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: First time I've interracted with it properly.
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: I know some roleplayers here.
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: I enjoy the universe as a whole. No specific part of it will stand out to me.
 
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*Steam Name: aa

*Steam ID: https://steamcommunity.com/id/78945361231564/
STEAM_0:1:1305833

*Discord Name & ID: aa#3802

*Timezone:

--- Section Two ---

*Are you applying for an event character?: N
Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character):
Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character):

--- Section Three ---

*Character Name: Исайя Саква (Isaiah Sakwa)





*Brief summary of the character:


EXCERPT 0

"I read this in one of the books before.... specifically the name is ... единая маскировочная расцветка - EMR - This is the name of the camo on my uniform... This uniform feels so natural now, when was the last time I took this off? I don't remember anymore. I don't question that at this point."

"I used to be a soldier..... not anymore, before the desecration of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd and Vladivostok, I was hoping to just live peacefully, not to enlist... Maybe this is for the best after all. I finally set up camp, not anything special, a simple TP structure, I will work on this more tomorrow... Is this the beginning or the end
of this journey?"


"I don't know the status of any of the outposts anymore, as far as I know, they were all overrun.. As far as I am concerned, I am better off out here, taking my chances than possibly encountering more hostiles...and guess what, I am on my own to top this off, just great..."

"At one point, I wanted to believe that all of these creatures were dangerous, that all of them were evil, out to kill us all off, due to my experiences thus far... Till a chance encounter with one of them face to face, is when I realized, we had more in common than expected...."

"What am I now..An Escapee? A Refugee as they call those out here? A Scavenger? A Trespasser? A Loner? A Killer? A Criminal? An Outlaw? I don't know anymore."



ORIGINALLY.... I am from Москва - Moscow. I have had to travel to and from these specific areas.. learning the land slowly yet surely..
The list is here:

- Санкт-Петербург - Saint Petersburg
- Волгоград - Volgograd
- Владивосток - Vladivostok

Eventually... I found my self in the parts of the Western areas, still, no sliver of hope, no possibility of help, I have given up.

END OF EXCERPT





*Why do you want to play this character?:

I am going off of the experiences I have from other servers and trying something new. The issues psychologically and or mentally such as Schizophrenia / Amnesia -- will be stemming from the past, yet only shall I be maintaining the desire for the good of all involved regardless of any problems and the situations set before me. I watch from a distance, constantly observing and more or less protecting those who have no capability of protection for their own selves. My nature is positive, even in such dire times, looking for any human contact. I am very observant and a resourceful individual, carrying only the neccessities. I seek happiness and unity turning that loneliness and pain into strength to assist and help others in any way possible. I believe I could provide a good potential in the right moments, a potential for more roleplay, adding onto the ambience and the scenario at hand.



*Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):


IC PORTION













Excerpt 1
"As I am trekking a path in this new home I call this forest now, just up ahead I am.. about 70 clicks or so from my camp. I am glad that I have all that I need with me at least..... Luckily, I only left some makeshift stuff there, gathered from material the nature provided to me. I saw a great white and green flash of abnormally bright light sorrounding my being, engulfing me completely, only to end up here on this... whatever you want to call this place, this is random, possibly enemy territory. When I was still enlisted, they never said anything about the possibility of being transported randomly at any given time... hahah... okay that was a bad attempt at being funny. But I say possibly because I don't know if these individuals were here beforehand... Even they seem confused so as to what is going on exactly..... So what if the same thing that happened to me, also happened to them as well? What is this place? How did I get here? Who are these people? Are they enemies? I should be careful..... Just in case. Upon seeing them, I have no idea what to expect. They seem relatively friendly, but I shouldn't let my guard down. What else could be encountered here? What fate may lie ahead pf us? If I stick together with these people then..... just maybe I can get through this alive and well. Only am I relying on the group effort of these other people to survive accordingly. Should all go well, then we just may get out alive going through these ordeals. This random chance encounter seems to be striking all of us as either a chance for unification, or separation. I think I should choose the former.....

END OF EXCERPT -

EXCERPT 2


"I have trouble speaking англиский to these foreigners... I wish I had the opportunity to learn more from them.... I wonder, would they want to speak to me? Through observation and listening, I have begun picking up traits, thought patterns, mindsets, certain words, phrases, beliefs from these people. They seem okay I guess..For so much time I have been alone.... not speaking, not interacting, now I am forced to in this case, for the sake of possibly saving a life... they could possibly save mine. If we want to survive, we must rely on one anothers knowledge to live, experiences to thrive, new people I can finally meet, new understandings... maybe, just maybe I could......-----



"Despite all I have been through, my batallion being wiped out.... all my family and friends taken away from me... at the very end here.... I still think about how there was still no genuine place to call 'home', just the barren streets and ruination of what once was my motherland... that is what I was used to. Now, this is a completely different environment. I still think about how I have escaped that place to fathom the even more horrid reality of what lies ahead of me beyond Москва and Europe altogether. Beyond that? Where are we now? The middle of space? In an endless cycle of limbo? Is this what I deserve for all I have done? For my actions? For my inaction? For watching, instead of acting within the moment.... There is no point giving up now... Other peoples lives are at stake, and I haven't forgotten those mottos they drilled into our heads..."

"I only have Limited experience within combat... I don't know what good that will be in this situation. However, given the training from my previous background, I just may be able to contribute at least some efforts.... I am carrying the remains of scavenged bullets from bodies, abandoned places, camps, buildings. Right now I have a rather mint condition Снайперская винтовка укороченная - A Dragunov SVU Equipped with a doable scope and suppressor, I do not use this weapon often, for many reasons.... unless absolutely mandatory depending on the situation. Mainly I carry this around slung along my shoulder, my back, or I carry this within my arms, for recon purposes/point of view / sight of course. There is a setback due to the condition of said weapon, jamming and that. I have to be aware of the conservation of ammo at all times, every bullet counts at this point. Luckily, I have maintained a considerable physique, enough agility and strength to keep me going with the right amount of nutrition. Unfortunately, the downside of this is my mobility can be limited at times, considering all that I am carrying.... As for this particular environment? I will have to make do.... I have no pistol due to losing this way back when,, however I do have a sheathe carrying a once beautifully tamed blade, a combat knife to be exact. With several utilities I was issued, just one backpack, about a couple ropes, some medical supplies if need be. Some survival items, MRE's on the off chance there is no other food source. Just in case anyone else needs this, I will carry them with me, we could be stranded out here for a while.... Could be.."


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EXCERPT 3


"Why any of this happened, I do not know. Why I am even still alive, i still do not know. If I could tell others that maybe God had a part to play in all of this, then surely I would. If I could muster the words to tell others that we can still cling to hope, that we can still find happiness even through all the horrible times, I would tell them that just to at least give them some form of comfort... even for a moment. Why are we back here, right back to square one? I still have to keep going, even though my body is telling me otherwise to stop. I read in a book once, The flesh is weak, but the spirit is willing , Is this true? Maybe, we can continue forward."







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  • Tell us about yourself:
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: Yes
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: Yes
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: Well, there is really no favorites there, I enjoy every aspect of the Half Life Universe, Every game was unique in their own way, still holding the beauty once envisioned. The atmosphere, the intensity at times of combat, even the peace of finding passive ways to go about your journey.
 
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*Brief summary of the character:

Post seven hour war soldier --- / Refugee, Loner Scavenger after the war, Russian Armed Forces Remnants before the desecration of
Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd and Vladivostok.
-Maintains only the status of the places which they have seen, heard since they left.-
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Escapee - - Speaking through broken english, mixed with russian , unless given the opportunity to learn more in character.
Through observation and listening, they will pick up traits and thought patterns, mindsets, depending on who they interact with. Do keep in mind, having been alone throughout the entirety of their life is what drew them to being such a way in the first place, no different from a child who is constantly seeking knowledge to learn.


ORIGINALLY Hailing from City Three Москва - (Moscow)

Travelled to (and or from):
City Fifty-Two Санкт-Петербург, (Saint Petersburg)
City Sixty - Волгоград, (Volgograd)
City Ninety - Владивосток (Vladivostok)

By the end of those journies, they would have experienced all of their division unit batallion having been wiped out, all family and friends gone, no genuine place to call 'home', just the barren streets and ruination of what once was their motherland. only then escaping to fathom the more horrid reality of what lies ahead of them beyond Москва and Europe altogether. All of what they learn through these experiences can and may be depicted either through what they say, or through their drawings and writings that they show others.

Limited experience within combat, after the war only learning from what they see hear learn from others, with said training from their previous background, carrying likely the remains and scavenged bullets, a rather mint condition Снайперская винтовка укороченная, (Dragunov SVU) Equipped with a doable scope and suppressor, you would not be seeing this weapon being used often, unless absolutely mandatory depending on the situation. Mainly just slung or carried within their arms, for recon purposes/point of view sight. Their secondary in combat would be the utilization of an Автома́т Кала́шникова (AK47)-(AK74M). This is certainly the weaponry you will be seeing this character firing if need be, with a relatively minor setback due to the condition of said weapon, jamming and that, conservation of ammo at all times, This is about the same condition as their other, both with their own drawbacks. They have maintained a considerable physique, enough agility and strength to keep them going with the right amount of nutrition. In order to balance this out, they will have the nerf of less mobility, considering all that they are carrying, Their gear is reminiscent of the once proud previously standing Armed Forces, the camo being well suited for the summer brush, the winter..... not so much. единая маскировочная расцветка (EMR), They have no sidearm, such as a pistol due to losing this way beforehand,

(To go along with lore, at the end of said backstory having been teleported via portal storms while traveling, to end up on xenian territory to randomly encounter other said survivors)
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Your summary does indeed have the passion behind it and you have done your research. However upon reading through it, most of its content appears rushed and confusing compared to your other work. I've had to fix multiple parts of the summary in terms of spacing in order to make it bearable upon reading. Now, I've done that for you so it was possible reading it easily.

What I will admit is the following:
-Your character's background, military and all. This will be a danger to you in the future, mind you.​
-What potential 'horrors' you may have witnessed throughout your journey over the course of a few months.​
-One gun for your character.​
-Your character's drawbacks / "consequences".​
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What I will not admit is the following:
-Your two guns. Pick the one you want.​
-"division unit batallion" - choose one of these three.​
-"To go along with lore, at the end of said backstory having been teleported via portal storms while traveling, to end up on xenian territory to randomly encounter other said survivors" - Written in a first person perspective, not limited to this part as well. Please fix that and take away the brackets.​
-The spelling mistakes in certain elements of the post. Please fix them.​
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I have read your other post affiliated to this character and it does support it and is lore friendly. Just please fix up your brief summary and I'll give it a pass.
 
--- Section One ---
  • *Steam Name: mr.Pig
  • *Steam ID: 76561198184714823
  • *Discord Name & ID: mr.Pig#3747
  • *Timezone: EST
--- Section Two ---
  • *Are you applying for an event character?: No
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character):
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character):
--- Section Three ---
  • *Character Name: Mallum Lanigan
  • *Brief summary of the character: Mallum Lanigan is a medium height person who has long brown hair that is always greasy for some reason. His job was to be a UPS delivery agent and was a part time drug dealer. Wears his worn down jeans, bomber jacket, and beanie
  • *Why do you want to play this character?: being a vanilla refugee is a bit boring so I thought to spice it up with a bit of drug trade
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to): Raised in a slightly poor household. Mallum Lanigan Hung around the illegal drug trade in Quebec doing whatever he could for money. Never made it to any kind of college and was stuck in a UPS delivery job for the rest of my life. Dealt out to anyone who would buy and became a user himself occasional ingested too much on the daily, He would run across the border with his delivery truck. During his biggest escapade where he was traveling across the border with a trunk full of cocaine When the sky opened, and I just started driving and snorting. In a coked state he managed to drive through the chaos, bargaining his way out every highway robbery and nutjob with a gun through the promise of cocaine. Arriving in New York at night, he saw a crowd, and in a cocaine fuelled haze he was beckoned to run with them as they mistook him for a long hauler.
--- Section Four (Optional) ---
  • Tell us about yourself:I am a 18 year old American who is looking for some good half-life 2 Rp to play.
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: Yes
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: Yes(Sink)
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: The Intrigue of peculiar technologies
 
Gr4Ss said:
I will be there, character TBD
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--- Section One ---

  • *Steam Name: <-
  • *Steam ID: <-
  • *Discord Name & ID: <-
  • *Timezone: CEST
--- Section Two ---

  • *Are you applying for an event character?: N
--- Section Three ---

  • *Character Name: Alice Bishop
  • *Brief summary of the character: (sorry if this is long, but it is hard to boil such a big character down into 1-2 paragraphs without feeling like I left half of the important stuff out)
    Alice graduated as an electrical engineer (minor in mechanical engineering) with a specialization in digital electronics. She worked briefly designing FPGAs/ASICs to create hardware implementations for various processing tasks before the SHW happened. Post-SHW she was dragged into the resistance by her brother Trevor, who as a doctor got dragged into it while treating SHW victims/survivors. The two of them were the 'support' for the cell that was forming.

    As the Combine's grip tightened in the months after the SHW, and the cell turned more into what would be called a terrorist group under the motto of 'guerilla warfare', Alice drifted away from the group. Only when her brother died in an ugly pointless fight with the newly formed Civil Protection did she cut all ties and became an aspiring loyalist. Currently she's mostly trying to adjust to the Combine rule - which doesn't come easy to someone with her personality - and find a way to make herself useful.

    As a person, the main thing to describe her by is '(too) smart' and 'quick learner'. That can be useful if you get on her good side, or turn her into a snarky pain in the ass if you earn a spot on her shitlist. She's not a people person, usually more interested in solving (practical) problems than making friends. And if there is a lack of problems, she'll either find or create problems to solve. She tends to act first, and maybe explain later - which in her opinion is the only real way to get anything done.
  • *Why do you want to play this character?: Because she's been my HL2RP character since 2010
 
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During his biggest escapade where he was traveling across the border with a trunk full of cocaine When the sky opened, and I just started driving and snorting.
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Either that's a mistake, or it beckons me to wonder "what if..."
Anyway, you might want to fix these small typos. Alas is the next issue where upon reading, it honest to god looks to me like this entire backstory doesn't appear an ounce serious.

This has been REJECTED, and you can either edit the same post and make something better with a credible summary, or create a new character.
 
Imperator RAD-X said:
Either that's a mistake, or it beckons me to wonder "what if..."
Anyway, you might want to fix these small typos. Alas is the next issue where upon reading, it honest to god looks to me like this entire backstory doesn't appear an ounce serious.

This has been REJECTED, and you can either edit the same post and make something better with a credible summary, or create a new character.
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I guess he drove and snorted his way out of the event.
 
--- Section One ---
  • *Steam Name: Captain Morgan
  • *Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:25555448
  • *Discord Name & ID: Captain Morgan#9950
  • *Timezone: BST
--- Section Two ---
  • *Are you applying for an event character?: N
  • Which part are you applying for? (if applying for Event Character): (Refugee)
  • Character that you are applying for (if applying for Event Character): (N/A)
--- Section Three ---
  • *Character Name: Jackson Shelby
  • *Brief summary of the character: Jackson Shelby is a British Army veteran who still follows the British Army's values and standards there being the CDRILS which are as followed: Courage, discipline, respect, integrity, loyalty and Selfless commitment. The standards he likes to stick by that he learned in his Values and Standards briefings are as followed: Lawful, appropriate behavior and total professionalism. During these dark times some of his standards are hard to follow such as being lawful, but whatever he does he tends to stick by his values wherever and whenever he can. Jackson tends to be more of a lone wolf now since the losses he has suffered during the invasion but this is soon to change.
  • *Why do you want to play this character?: Because I have had this character on other hl2rp communities and I have really enjoyed the RP, however this is a fresh start for him in this new unique server and I want to develop him here and enjoy the new hl2rp server soon to come.
  • Full Backstory (required for Event Characters, but others may do this if they want to):
  • Jackson Shelby was born in 1981 in the United Kingdom in the back towns of Birmingham, most notably Dudley. He was born into a family of four. He had an older sister by the name of Hayley Shelby and his mother and father Amelia and William Shelby. However Jackson was sort of the odd one out of the group of his family. He spent a majority of his time reading and enjoying the odd comic novels here and there growing up. His family found this really odd and most of the time kids usually played outside and socialized. Jackson usually isolated himself in his room not really indulging in the social environment around him only really leaving his room to eat his tea and what not.
    During his education Jackson was sort of a late bloomer and struggled academically in his classes, however he found out he did enjoy sport and getting hands on equipment. He excelled brilliantly on the field and doing technical classes. Due to this when he got the chance to choose his GCSE’s he chose to do PE (physical education) and RM (resistant materials metal and woodwork.) He was also quite good in Science however he was forced to do triple science since the school he went to was a science inclined sixth form. Just before his exams Jackson decided to follow his family's legacy and signed up for the army at the age of fifteen they kept a hold of his application and waited until he reached the age of sixteen during this wait he underwent his GCSE exams and failed his Math and English but excelled in his chosen subjects to pursue. Once he reached sixteen a few months after the Exams his application was accepted and off he went.

    Jackson’s time in the British Army was an adventurous one. He joined up in 1997 and was sent to Army Foundation College Harrogate due to being sixteen. The college is a twelve month long training course for sixteen to seventeen year old recruits. During his time in Harrogate army college he learned the fundamentals of being a British Soldier focusing on conditioning of the human body to withstand the physical requirements of a British Soldier and the following skills such as fieldcraft, skill at arms, fitness training, qualities of a soldier, military knowledge, battlefield casualty drills, individual health, CBRN and individual education. Once Jackson reached the end of his phase one basic training at ATC Harrogate he then did his pass out parade and joined his selected role and an infantry Soldier and went to ITC Catterick to do his phase two training where he went and did further in depth training on British Army infantry training learning how to handle more in depth weapons such as the GPMG and the LSW and the issued pistol at that time period being the Browning Hi-power. Once passing his phase ⅔ infantry training Jackson joined his chosen regiment being the Royal Anglian regiment and joined the first battalion royal anglian regiment and was the gunner of his section in charge of the LSW (Light support weapon). During his time in service Jackson didn’t really see much action until 2004 when the Iraq war kicked off. Due to being the Infantry they were the first in. During his time in Iraq Jackson experienced his fair share of fighting and avoiding IED’S However on his second tour of Iraq he was part of an IED clearing PATROL and was in the back of a Light skin Land rover Defender 110. However during that patrol an IED got passed their mine sweepers and the wheel of the land rover clipped the Land Rover throwing the vehicle on its’ side and injuring all personnel within that vehicle, however Jackson got off lucky and only suffered a snapped ankle ligament and a broken femur this ending him up being rushed back to the Hospital back in the United Kingdom once he was stabilized. Due to the state of Jackson’s leg and suffering to regain and sustainable strength in it he was medically discharged after his seven years of service.

    Once out of the military Jackson suffered a lighter form of PTSD, reliving the moment of the explosion every night and day. Twitching at every exhaust bang or background construction noise he heard. Due to this Jackson was undergoing treatment for his trauma. A few years passed, taking him to 2006 during the year that passed Jackson managed to secure himself in a suit shop selling and fitting tailored suits to customers. However this was odd for an ex-soldier to take up a job like this but one of Jackson’s hobbies and what helped him overcome his PTSD was his love and passion for tailoring suits and coats. However time passed month by month Jackson also found himself a partner by the name of Maria Mcloughlin and twenty four year old from Northern Ireland, who Jackson met in an Irish pub. He stood out to Maria with his newsboy cap and long coat. Maria was a barmaid in the pub going by the name of Butcher Bhoy, which was a butchers shop at the front and pub in the back. It was a unique spot Jackson used to hang around with his geordie friend Ellie Kean who both had a love of their newsboy caps and 1920’s style.

    However once the year 2007 struck is when life went downhill for Jackson and his fiancé Maria. Jackson and Maria were out on a date and in a 1920’s themed pub when shit hit the fan, hearing the screams and sounds of the invasion Jackson started to act out of instinct as his PTSD started to kick in from his time in the Army. Knowing the military would struggle with this full scale invasion. Jackson and his Fiancé Maria went underground to lay low. Since they were clueless of the area they were in, it was New York. Jackson and a few others who came with them laid low avoided Combine detection for a while with his survival skills in field craft and stealth learned in his time within the British Army. However during their time underground and being low they would have encountered narcotics such as headcrabs and zombies. One day when they were moving from their compromised position, Jackson and Maria accidentally wandering into a heavily and unstable tunnel full of such Necrotics. They got ambushed from being and the front the running an stumbled causing the tunnel to collapse from the middle and separated Jackson from his Faincé and the rest of the group, unable to move the rubble Jackson bit back on his overwhelming emotions on wanting to save his faincé he noticed the zombies behind him were slow but surely catching up with him he charged through them pushing them over his long coat being ripped on the right upper arm slightly he’d make it through them and found an area to lay low by himself and survive with whatever scraps he has. However at the area he found to lay low in, he found a corpse, being desperate to keep himself alive and reunite with his fiancé whatever way he can, he checked the corpse for supplies finding himself a 9mm caliber m9 barretta, he did his pistol drills and checked the condition of the firearm and checked the clip noticing there was two bullets left. He then chose to hunker down in the position he was in all he had left was his coat and news boy cap to keep warm in the damp underground and a baretta with two bullets to defend himself leading up to the current storyline.
--- Section Four (Optional) ---
  • Tell us about yourself: I am an open and friendly person. I tend to stay away from toxic behavior and treat others how they expect to be treated in return. I hope to build a good reputation with the community and have an amazing time role-playing as well as engaging with people OOCly. I also am open to giving good ideas for events or even character development opportunities from my previous experiences in other RP universes from being a moderator and a wide range of knowledge from other HL2RP communities.
  • Are you new to Willard Networks?: Yes I am but I was pointed to this direction fro Mullin.
  • Are you familiar with anyone around Willard Networks?: Yes I am familiar with Mullin since we are cousins in real life.
  • What's your favourite thing about Half Life?: Well I grew up playing the Half-life 2 games which was such an amazing experience for me and when I was younger me and Mullin used to play GMOD all the time and then we stumbled upon HL2RP years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the serious RP aspect of things. Which lead use to private serious RP servers on World of Warcraft and RP on SWTOR and other games. So without Half Life I'm not sure if I would of ever experienced role-play as a whole. My favourite thing about Half-Life is that it is a unique apocalyptic universe that is set one earth that has been invaded and now controlled by the combine. And of course turtle plushies.
 
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