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mistymansion2019-09-12 09:11 pm
silksentinel) wrote in mistymansion2019-09-12 09:11 pm
Application for prismatica
▶ PLAYER
HANDLE: Coco
CONTACT:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
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OVER 18? Y
CHARACTERS IN-GAME: Lobcojustsomeshrimp from Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea / Funamusea
▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Hornet
CANON: Hollow Knight
CANON POINT: Post Dream No More Ending
AGE: A hundred years, possibly several hundred.
BACKGROUND: Wiki Link
PERSONALITY: When speaking of Hornet, the White Lady describes her as "a fierce foe, strong in mind and body." This statement hits the nail on the head, but other important aspects of Hornet are her tendency to be single-minded, and an attitude that can be likened to the end justifies the means.
From the day she was born--for Hornet's birth came purely out of political reasons--she has been raised and trained for the purpose of being a fighter, continuing the royal line in Deepnest, serving as a means to better its state and ensuring Hallownest's survival.
Hornet took this mantle that she had been given very seriously and it forged her into a hardened person who has no qualms taking the lives of others if she sees them as a threat to her home. It matters not if they aren't actively seeking to cause it harm, she is willing to even kill her siblings and claims that "I'd feel no sadness in a weakling's demise." an attitude she had built up after seeing her home fall apart, seeing everyone included her loved ones die and either succumb to the infection or be a victim in some other way of it.
This caused Hornet to put up her barriers. It was only after seeing how the first few escaped vessels died on their own that the idea was instilled that there was little point in forming such attachments. Thus she spent many, many years in solitude protecting the Dreamers, the Black Egg Temple and her father's former body. Outsiders and vessels that she deemed a threat fell quickly to her needle until the act came to mean very little to her.
Loathe as she would be to admit it or have it pointed out, she takes a lot from her father. Apart from the emotional walls that she puts up in an attempt to to complete her duty, she also has quite a lot of pride, a penchant for inventiveness, and a stoic manner. Much like him, she also does have her soft spot--namely the attachment to her mother--the only person that she'll admit to mourning; and the Hollow Knight and little Ghost, who she would be hard pressed to admit to mourning.
This spider very much gives the appearance of someone who is very calm, collected, and has unshakable confidence.
What she will not say is that all those years most definitely took its toll on her. Until the Knight showed up Hornet had resigned herself to either one day succumbing to the infection like all the rest, or taking the place of her mother as the Dreamer for the new vessel. Which is why while she left the decision of what to do at the Black Egg Temple to the Knight, she did express her own desire for them to take the harder road. Exhaustion would probably be an apt way to describe Hornet's feelings about her life; she would never abandon her duties, nor does she want to, but for all her strength even she has her limits which still eat away at her.
All this said, if she doesn't perceive of someone as a threat, Hornet is not needlessly cruel. While she enjoys a good fight she will not seek to harm or condescend others and she gives acknowledgement and praise where it is due as shown by some interactions with her half sibling, the Knight (or little ghost as she calls them) and Forge Daughter.
When it comes to interacting with people outside of a business fashion, so to speak, Hornet is a little lost. She doesn't like small talk or beating around the bush (though in this regard she can be a bit of a hypocrite) and she hasn't exactly had anyone to talk to for perhaps hundreds of years. It makes it very difficult for her to open up to anyone and so she has a tendency to keep her lips sealed and carry any emotional burdens on her own; she very much dislikes being seen as vulnerable or incapable in any capacity.
Hornet creates her own tools and weapons and is an attentive person when it comes to learning, whether the subject be physical or mental. She's a sharp person and her long years of solitude have given her ample time to read all manner of books and to hone not just her combat skills, but also to pick up on how to play music with silk.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Needle: Unlike her siblings, Hornet wields a needle specifically constructed for her that allows her to use it for both close range, and in combination with her silk, long range combat. She is an incredibly skilled fighter having used it from when she was a tiny child and for all the years that she served as Hallownest's guardian.
Spider/Wyrm Physiology: Having been born of a spider and an elder being wyrm Hornet is technically both, however, thus far we know little of what her wyrm blood does for her.
Being that she is a spider she can produced silk which I will explain in more detail below. She is speedy, quite dexterous can jump about twice her height in the air but cannot climb up walls as far as we've seen thus far.
Silk: Hornet is part spider and capable of producing silk. With this she can have incredible amounts of maneuverability both for herself and her weapon which has a hoop at its end she can attach said silk to. Her silk can reach up to thirty yards. This silk can be produced instantaneously and seems to possess magical properties. It can both become incredibly sharp, enough to slice up anyone who gets hit by it, and can also be used to heal severe wounds by wrapping them around the wound.
Craftsmanship: Hornet knows how to construct various weapons. Among these are balls with sharp, jagged needles all around them which she hangs from her thread to create barriers and obstacles, explosives, and vials of lifeblood.
INVENTORY: Her needle, cloak, a vial of lifeblood and a singular sawblade.
MOONBLESSING: Sanguis
▶ SAMPLES
Musebox Thread
TDM
HANDLE: Coco
CONTACT:
OVER 18? Y
CHARACTERS IN-GAME: Lobco
justsomeshrimp from Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea / Funamusea▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Hornet
CANON: Hollow Knight
CANON POINT: Post Dream No More Ending
AGE: A hundred years, possibly several hundred.
BACKGROUND: Wiki Link
PERSONALITY: When speaking of Hornet, the White Lady describes her as "a fierce foe, strong in mind and body." This statement hits the nail on the head, but other important aspects of Hornet are her tendency to be single-minded, and an attitude that can be likened to the end justifies the means.
From the day she was born--for Hornet's birth came purely out of political reasons--she has been raised and trained for the purpose of being a fighter, continuing the royal line in Deepnest, serving as a means to better its state and ensuring Hallownest's survival.
Hornet took this mantle that she had been given very seriously and it forged her into a hardened person who has no qualms taking the lives of others if she sees them as a threat to her home. It matters not if they aren't actively seeking to cause it harm, she is willing to even kill her siblings and claims that "I'd feel no sadness in a weakling's demise." an attitude she had built up after seeing her home fall apart, seeing everyone included her loved ones die and either succumb to the infection or be a victim in some other way of it.
This caused Hornet to put up her barriers. It was only after seeing how the first few escaped vessels died on their own that the idea was instilled that there was little point in forming such attachments. Thus she spent many, many years in solitude protecting the Dreamers, the Black Egg Temple and her father's former body. Outsiders and vessels that she deemed a threat fell quickly to her needle until the act came to mean very little to her.
Loathe as she would be to admit it or have it pointed out, she takes a lot from her father. Apart from the emotional walls that she puts up in an attempt to to complete her duty, she also has quite a lot of pride, a penchant for inventiveness, and a stoic manner. Much like him, she also does have her soft spot--namely the attachment to her mother--the only person that she'll admit to mourning; and the Hollow Knight and little Ghost, who she would be hard pressed to admit to mourning.
This spider very much gives the appearance of someone who is very calm, collected, and has unshakable confidence.
What she will not say is that all those years most definitely took its toll on her. Until the Knight showed up Hornet had resigned herself to either one day succumbing to the infection like all the rest, or taking the place of her mother as the Dreamer for the new vessel. Which is why while she left the decision of what to do at the Black Egg Temple to the Knight, she did express her own desire for them to take the harder road. Exhaustion would probably be an apt way to describe Hornet's feelings about her life; she would never abandon her duties, nor does she want to, but for all her strength even she has her limits which still eat away at her.
All this said, if she doesn't perceive of someone as a threat, Hornet is not needlessly cruel. While she enjoys a good fight she will not seek to harm or condescend others and she gives acknowledgement and praise where it is due as shown by some interactions with her half sibling, the Knight (or little ghost as she calls them) and Forge Daughter.
When it comes to interacting with people outside of a business fashion, so to speak, Hornet is a little lost. She doesn't like small talk or beating around the bush (though in this regard she can be a bit of a hypocrite) and she hasn't exactly had anyone to talk to for perhaps hundreds of years. It makes it very difficult for her to open up to anyone and so she has a tendency to keep her lips sealed and carry any emotional burdens on her own; she very much dislikes being seen as vulnerable or incapable in any capacity.
Hornet creates her own tools and weapons and is an attentive person when it comes to learning, whether the subject be physical or mental. She's a sharp person and her long years of solitude have given her ample time to read all manner of books and to hone not just her combat skills, but also to pick up on how to play music with silk.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Needle: Unlike her siblings, Hornet wields a needle specifically constructed for her that allows her to use it for both close range, and in combination with her silk, long range combat. She is an incredibly skilled fighter having used it from when she was a tiny child and for all the years that she served as Hallownest's guardian.
Spider/Wyrm Physiology: Having been born of a spider and an elder being wyrm Hornet is technically both, however, thus far we know little of what her wyrm blood does for her.
Being that she is a spider she can produced silk which I will explain in more detail below. She is speedy, quite dexterous can jump about twice her height in the air but cannot climb up walls as far as we've seen thus far.
Silk: Hornet is part spider and capable of producing silk. With this she can have incredible amounts of maneuverability both for herself and her weapon which has a hoop at its end she can attach said silk to. Her silk can reach up to thirty yards. This silk can be produced instantaneously and seems to possess magical properties. It can both become incredibly sharp, enough to slice up anyone who gets hit by it, and can also be used to heal severe wounds by wrapping them around the wound.
Craftsmanship: Hornet knows how to construct various weapons. Among these are balls with sharp, jagged needles all around them which she hangs from her thread to create barriers and obstacles, explosives, and vials of lifeblood.
INVENTORY: Her needle, cloak, a vial of lifeblood and a singular sawblade.
MOONBLESSING: Sanguis
▶ SAMPLES
Musebox Thread
TDM