𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳? 𝘉𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘙. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘯

❝𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞

❝𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.❞

❝𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚: 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦. 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.❞

• 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 •

𝟏. 𝐁𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞. This should go without saying. Respect everyone, we're all just here to have fun.

𝟐. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, unless there are only eight applications, one for each role. If your character isn't accepted into the main cast it's possible they will make a guest appearance at some point in the story, unless you give me grief about not getting accepted.

𝟑. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Apply for the role you want, and of the applications I will choose who is best suited for each role. You may apply with more than one character, but I doubt more than one will make it into the story. There may be more than one application for the same role, that is fine, but I will only choose one of them. No matter which role you choose, there is no guarantee that your character will live.

𝟒. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦. You may add extra information if you like, but don't leave anything out. It doesn't have to be super detailed, but the more detailed you are, the more likely I will choose you. Also, make your characters diverse and original! It's more fun that way.

𝟓. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 when the final cast is published. The password is: if you were the princess, would you point to the lady or the tiger, and why?

𝟔. 𝐁𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! I live off comments and votes, and the more I get the more motivation I get to keep writing. If you comment more, it's likely your character will show up more.

𝟕. Though I've taken elements from Frank R. Stockton's short story, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. The roles aren't influenced by the original work.

𝟖. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. If you are uncomfortable with any of these, I suggest not reading this book.

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 •

Your gender and age aren't decided by the role you choose unless specified in the role description. 

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 ↞

The king's son, one of the monarchy. More privileged than peasants and receives more water. Will be forced to fight his sister, The Princess, in the arena to see which is more worthy of the throne in the future. Must be male.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 ↞

The king's daughter, one of the monarchy. More privileged than peasants and receives more water. Will be forced to fight her brother, The Prince, in the arena to see which is more worthy of the throne in the future. Must be female.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 ↞

The servant to both The Prince and Princess. Knows their way around the castle, all the secret passages and locked doors. Keeps the keys to many rooms. One of the peasants, who is not given enough water.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿 ↞

A magic-user sponsored by the palace to try and find a way to use magic to bring back the water. Learns spells from books. One of the middle class, given just enough water to survive.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 ↞

The person trusted by the king to watch over and care for the two tigers kept for arena battles. The only one with the key to the tiger's cages. One of the middle class, given just enough water to survive.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 ↞

A water thief who steals from wells. Slippery enough to have evaded capture thus far. A noble heart who gives the stolen water they manage to get away with to the people who need it most. One of the peasants, who is not given enough water.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻 ↞

One of the royal guards tasked with defending the wells from water thieves. An expert soldier who was trained to fight like no other. Also tasked with training The Prince and Princess until their eventual fight. One of the middle class, given just enough water to survive.

↠ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 ↞

A dancer tasked with providing entertainment to the king at feasts and festivities. Lithe and flexible, and uses these skills to double as a thief to take water from the castle. One of the peasants, who is not given enough water.

Applications will be open until I feel like I have enough. I will give an advance warning before closing them.

• 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 •

Role!

Full Name!

If you are applying for Prince or Princess, your last name must be Vastatio

Nickname/Preferred Name!

Age!

Gender/Pronouns!

Sexuality!

Faceclaim!

A fantasy faceclaim would be preferable, but it's not required

Backup Faceclaim!

Appearance!

How do they wear their hair? Their clothes? Do they prefer to cover up as much as possible or as little? Keep in mind that they live in a desert, so it's often very hot.

Personality!

At least five good sentences, preferably more.

Likes!

Dislikes!

Strengths!

Weaknesses!

Fears!

Opinions on Water!

How much water do they get? How much of it do they drink? Do they share it? Do they give it away? Do they keep it for themselves? Do they wish for more? Do they do anything to get more?

Family!

If you are applying for Prince or Princess, you should put King as your father and Queen as your mother, and specify that you have a sibling. 

Backstory!

For reference, the king is generally disliked by the people because he withholds water, and the queen is barely even seen anymore. 

Mixtape!

Quotes!

Extra!

Password!

Somewhere in the book...

Tags!