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Benjamin Agerfelt | Mark Fielding

Mark Fielding

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Character Name
Benjamin Agerfelt


I Agree
Yes


Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No


Age
32 years old, Born 1981 February the 5th, Oslo, Norway


Blood Type
B +/postitive


Personality

He is hard to make angry, in social situations. He is easier to make angry, when the weather is hot. The anger doesn't last for long. He adapts to the situation, to strengthen his composure. He will often forgive transgressions of his limits. Anger is a feeling, he dislikes most of all.

Speaks only the truth he knows. Will not speak if it's better than the truth. He dislikes when his honor is being questioned.


He always runs a hand through his hair and scratching his head when he is proposed to an idea or a task that is more or as complex as fixing a washing machine, thinking of possible solutions and plans for the current objective.

He will hold back his opinion when others are talking to each other, rather want to observe the situation and act afterwards.

He will give new people the benefit of doubt, until their actions speaks for themselves.

His anger will slip past his facade of composure, in situation were he is powerless or his actions can't make the difference that is needed, especially in hot weather!

He shows great compassion to those he have become closer to and sometimes goes out of his way to show his appreciation.

He often mumbles or talk to himself when he is by himself but sometimes around other people, which sometimes confuses others

He is hard to anger, even if attempted with words and only reach annoyance in most of the infuriating situation.

He is slow to reach for new people and will prefer to stay with those he know

He fears betrayal from people he doesn't know, especially if it's a risky situation and will only share of himself to a certain point, where he still has the upper hand.

He is somewhat eager to help other but expects something in return in the future

He becomes depressed if he fails at the task he had were others relied on him, fearing that he is a failure.

His determination will go to great lengths to uphold his end of a bargain or a promise, it is important to him that his word has meaning.

One of his hobbies he spends time with after his usual work is blacksmith reconstructions and woodcarving from the viking age and performs as an viking with a fighting group, on some local markets in Norway and Sweden.

He has a hobby of collecting information pieces and techniques from other lines of work, especially if it can be combined with his profession and make something better.

He likes to mention karma and its effects

He fears the Unknown, making him act methodical when unsure of his surroundings

Wants to improve his surroundings and find or invent solutions to problematic situations, hard to trusting new people before they have proved their intent, but is not shy for giving a hand as long it's not at the risk of his well being. Are cautious not to give strangers anything that could help them overcome him by surprise, maybe a little paranoid, when get to know each other he is very friendly, Do you pose a danger to him, he will give you a chance to move away from him, violence is his last resort.



Character Motivations
Fair is fair, i help you, you help me. Want to get back to Norway and he is not going to give up before he is home or he will die trying. Realization that he can't get back now, he must prepare and be prepared when the opportunity comes. Survive and live for something better



Physical Appearance
His appearance looks like that of thirty eight
year old male, yet on paper, he is only 32 years old, born in Oslo, Norway, the year 1981, February the 5th.

with a
slightly husky build that would show a pair of arms with a slightly more than average musculature.

He is standing about 6'13" (187cm) high and weighing around 264.5 lbs (120kg)

His d
ark brown hair is back swept, just enough that it will gently move in the wind and a short boxed beard that's slightly curly.

Beneath some bushy eyebrows, a pair of brown eyes looks forward with a stern but tired look.

His hands and upper arms are full of small scars from cuts and bruises.

Wearing a typical red and black "Lumberjack" Shirt with the sleeves rolled up over the elbows,
a pair of blue worn metalworkers pants with a brown leather belt, and a simple buckle,
a pair of black socks and safety shoes from Bullrock, size 12 (45-46 european)
and on his right wrist, he is wearing a leather wrist band bound with leather strings.

Upright standing posture crossed arms in most relaxed positions.


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Mechanical Occupation

Engineer


In-Character Occupation
Industrial Technician and Peak Solutions Industries Instructor


Biography

Will come to this!

Benjamin Agerfelt was an orphan most of his life and was being sent from place to place, never getting to settle for long before being ripped up by the roots and moved somewhere else, for some reason, by the government, which also resulted him not getting many friends or the social training a normal life usually gives you. Despite the unstable way of life, he learned quickly to observe how people behaved a lot of different places, and thus began trying to adapt the behavior, in hope of maybe getting a family that would adopt him, but alas it never came to be.

It was first in his late teens he finally found a steady group of friends and a steady life. As he was being pushed through the education system, having a moth or two as a carpenter before, with little to no explanation, being redirected to cleaning school buildings. That time was furious for him and felt he did all he could to please, despite being moved from workplace to workplace but it was not before a metal worker named Tom saw the skills and put in the effort to direct "Ben" to become an Industrial Technician. Apparently involving a person from outside the system, put all the movement to rest, and thus taking the four years training became the best years of his life. The friends he gained on campus were some and with a variety of personalities, but they were all helpful in their own way. He worked harder than anyone to achieve the highest score, to prove to the system that they were wrong that they were not suited for anything like this and his pleads for stability should have been heard. It made him stubborn along the way of his education, yet not as stubborn as not to hear and learn what the teachers and the others told him. Along his education he prepared small gifts or went out of his way to help his friends with labor work if they needed it, "fair is fair, for all what you have done for me, its my time to give you back" became a sentence he held dear to his heart. though not all were equally friendly and one guy used Benjamin's labor force to his own winning, and it only became apparent when he asked for help and only got demands back, leaving Benjamin with an important lesson of trust.
Tom was a senior worker at Peak Solutions Industries and was the one who talked to his boss about hiring Benjamin, and he has worked tirelessly ever since to be a great asset and that for now is about 5 years, getting a loan to by an apartment and getting time to explore life as it was supposed to be. through out his career he excelled his craft and showing potential for greater things, becoming a Instructor for the company and was sent out to different countries to help those who bought the company products and praise the good word, still knowing that he has a home, a point to return to was unmovable.

Its was at the second "resurgence" of the Corto virus, that Peak Solutions Industries, began developing modular machines to help other companies change their line of production, two weeks before the day known as day zero or the Global outbreak Benjamin was sent out with a number of new modular machines for a factory plant near Rosewood, in Kentucky, meant as a modular transformation to make protective gear for the health workers and company employees, for then to distribute to the critical points of the outbreak. as his stay in the Motel, provided by both his employers and the factory he was going to be at, saw the news of the outbreak and its appearance in New York, that shook the him, with the information as well that all airlines were grounded to try and prevent spreading the virus, never expected that he in a few days had to fend off the former workers and try and survive the hell that has descended upon the world.



Would you like your character to start with any items?
Note book and a pen, a wrench or pipe, (T-shirt/Lumberjack shirt, blue workers pants and safety shoes. i don't know if this need to be informed as well) Backpack with the company logo on, Cellphone(dead)


Would you like to be placed in a random group at the start of the lore?
No


Is your character a member of a group application?
No
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Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to apply for the upcoming Lore! I'm Fantasia and I'll be reviewing your application!


Overall
So overall, it's looking good so far but I've a few problems with this application. Like your backstory, I'd like to see complete sentences and at least mostly correct grammar in both your personality and your appearance, please. We aren't too strict on it in terms of RP but it reads better and the request on the application was for sentences.

Personality
We're looking for a paragraph at the minimum, which would be about 5 to six full sentences of information to get a gauge for his personality. This also means please refrain from using run-on sentences, too. Things like how he acts in social situations, what he likes, his hobbies, his morals, and so on are good points to start with as well as just his general overall demeanor. You don't need to go super in-depth here but knowing how he'd react to situations of things like fear and danger gets us a good gauge of how he's going to react to scenarios in-game and helps you as well as the player to keep in character. Even give us some quirky things about him! Maybe he likes dancing in the rain or always pours the milk first then the cereal in the morning. :D

Physical Appearance
So here I see you have just a few words. We're looking for a full paragraph here as well and full sentences too. Specific numbers for his height and weight would help as well as what kind of clothing he wears or if he has any scars, tattoos, or physical impairments would too. Please also tell us how old he is.

Character Image
So just to cut down on the size of the application, you can use imgur.com in order to shorten your links and also to make it easier for you to post images onto the forums. :)

History
(This is just a small nitpick when it comes to the backstory. Please break up the big paragraphs into 5 to 6 sentence paragraphs so it is easier to read.)
So your backstory is looking like a great size but there are a few things I'd like to discuss with you about. Please mention which state he was in the System for and where he went in his adulthood. Also, tell us what month, day, and the year he was born in both so we know how old he is and know that you have enough of an understanding of the lore that you know what year this is set in.

Also, children in the Foster Care System are not moved from state to state; typically they are left in the state they were born in until they come of age. Usually, kids in the system are moved from location to location either by request of the foster parents or because children aren't usually kept in one place due to trauma in their past, overwhelmed foster parents, birth family conditions, or just because the system is broken. Also, some things don't seem to make sense; a carpenter has to have specific training and qualifications that would take longer to acquire than what would be possible at 17 to 19 years old. Please specify when his training began if you continue down this route with his career. The time frame as well doesn't line up; having things suddenly happening with no explanation doesn't make sense if he was a carpenter. You wouldn't be suddenly demoted from the position you were originally qualified for to the position of a janitor.

As a note, once you turn 18, in the United States you are considered an adult, and the Foster Care System no longer moves you around or has any control over your life. As for 'being moved' the government doesn't move you around like that unless you're in WITSEC (United States Federal Witness Protection Program). Usually, someone put into this program is put into it and given a new name, background, and entirely separate life to keep them safe from individuals who would try to kill them because of information they knew or crimes they've witnessed.

I digress, however. Workplaces do not move you around like that. If you're hired for a specific position, the only reasons for moving you around would be either for promotions or for positions similar to the one you held before; so much so it barely makes a difference. Employers do not want to uproot employees too much because it can severely lower worker efficiency. As for other parts of the application pertaining to stability and the 'system', I'd direct you towards what I mentioned about the Foster Care System in the above paragraph.

I had some questions regarding his schooling for being an Industrial Technician. Did he go to acquire a bachelor's or was it just for a certificate or Associate's degree?

Apartments are not bought, they are rented and as such, a loan is not necessary to acquire one; just a deposit for the first month or two of rent is required usually.

The second resurgence happened in Saudi Arabia, not in the United States. This also isn't in line with the second resurgence in Saudi Arabia either; even if you're talking about day 0 of the Global Outbreak. If you're going the route of delivering machinery to Rosewood, please note that you would be ushered by the local Law Enforcement there to head to one of the military pick-up zones so you could be taken to Louisville where the evacuation center is for Kentucky.

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Once you've worked on the issues stated above, please put all edited areas in a different color or bolden them so I can see your changes easier. Then, let me know when you're done and I'll take a second look!

Welcome to Gateway Roleplay by the way!

Mark Fielding

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Hello and thanks for the welcome! i will attempt to correct the parts done wrong, to the best of my ability but i am a little unsure if that means to edit the application or to write a new.
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It means edit the existing application, yes.

Mark Fielding

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Hello Fantasia

First of all thanks for your patience, i'm grinding through as hard as i can, but i am hitting the wall, that i have never really been good at the writing part, especially not paragraphs, i find myself lacking the understanding on, how to write them and have been through at least 2 youtube videos to try and get an idea on, how to write what you are asking of me. The conclusion is that i lack the necessary outside assistance to help me understand the composition of the content of a paragraph. also it seems that my grammatical writing is too weak to perform the necessary output that i remember, is needed for at better flow of the scene, from other Rp sessions i have participated in online.

So i think it would be for the better that i retract my application, and attempts in my own time, to become better.

I am very sorry for have wasted your time

Kind regards
Fantasia

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If you have need of assistance I can help you as well but if retracting it is truly what you want to do for now, then very well. Good luck with your improvement and I wish the best to you!

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I thank you for your offer but i am sure that i want to retract my application.

Thank you and good luck with the sessions to come :)