Thwei Vor'mekta (Blood Stalker)

[JohnKilla56]

Byond ID: Johnkilla56

Marine Name (so we know who you are, if you play alien mostly, state that here): Angelo Huey

Name of the character you want whitelisted (The name your predator will use. This must match your in-game predator name): Thwei Vor'mekta

Are you familiar with the Predator Code Of Honor? Yes, I've been looking into it since the its conception. Also the mentions of cloaking in my how i hunt section isn't for cloaking during the fight, its more about how the prey is hunted and separated from the unworthy.

Character background (A very BRIEF description of your predators background):

Stalker was an oddity from day one of his life. Born the final son of an Ancient, Gahn'tha-cte Bpi-de, Stalker has had planet sized expectations on his shoulders from the get go. Within the first year of his life things began to sour for the perspective young hunter for his father died an a hive cleansing leaving leadership of the clan in the air, resulting in a spree of honor duels and hunting accidents that decimated the clan. No one was able to gain a concrete hold on clan leadership as none of the sons of Gahn'tha-cte were accomplished hunters, failures the lot of them in the eyes of their father and ancestors; However young Stalker presented the hope for a strong leader, leading to harsh training and downright cruel treatment in the hopes of molding the strongest Hunter possible. Alas such a thing seemed impossible once Stalker truly began to grow into his own.......

He could hear them,

Short.....
all the quiet whispers from his clan,
Weak..........
even though as he passed by they were silent for but a moment.
No son of............

It used to bother him immensely, the fact that he was almost a full head shorter than most even fully grown, his inability to best even the weakest of his own compatriots, the disrespect of those who believe him a stain to come upon the honor of the clan. in the last three years of seclusion he had almost gotten used to being an equal around his peers, but here at home it wasn't so. In past his younger self had almost given in and actually fallen for such lies, such delusions of sheep who thought themselves above him due to their "Natural Advantage"; such foolishness was knocked from his mind once he learned the truth, once he had learned from his father true strength and honor.

His mind was brought back to his surroundings once he entered the area, surrounded by his clan and facing the so called "true successor" of his father. With his intimidating figure and poise it was hard to imagine that both Stalker and his older brother were both of the same level of standing. Unblooded. Where Stalker was short, Th'syra was tall, where Stalker failed Th'syra Succeeded, and all thought Th'syra the true heir of Gahn'tha-cte.

It was with this in mind Stalker had challenged Th'syra to an honor duel. Hunter to Hunter, Blood versus Blood, and in the end only one would leave alive.

The Crowd became silent now that Stalker had arrived, after all there were about to witness what they thought amounted to assisted suicide, a mockery of a duel at best, little Stalker finally ending his shame. Stalker mused that were right, after all this would be a mockery of a duel, and honor would be both lost and gained on this. The day he cast aside all doubt and put his new skills to the test. The signal is given. Neither move, watching one another, wait for the chan.......

Standing behind Th'syra Stalked flicked his wristblade to the side violently throwing all the blood off of it in one swipe, as behind him his brother fell to the ground headless.

Silence

Absolute Dominance in one field, can overcome a lapse in strength of another. His father taught him that, for as it turned out, Stalker has had a "Natural Advantage" of his own all along, and for THREE LONG YEARS he had made it an overwhelming strength.

Stalker walked away from his fallen brother, straight out the entrance opposite he came in from, not a minute ago. After all there was no reason to stay there amongst the gobsmacked clansman staring unbelieving at Th'syra's still rolling severed head, he had more of his father's hunting logs to view. More tricks to learn, More Skills to sharpen, and More Honor to gain.


How do you intend to play your predator (as in, describe HOW you will act/play your predator. This will weigh HEAVILY and frequently breaking from this MAY result in removal)?

This predator would be an almost completely stealth based pred who prefers to stalk his targets until they are alone or in a good position to hunt due to his lacking physical status. His style of fighting is focused on Light, repeated hits; speed, moving in and out of view, and using his cloaking ability to its fullest(harassing groups make them separate, forcing retreats, moving away from distactions) and if needed minor ranged combat. With a focus on melee hits like a shark he hits hard and moves out of range, causing confusion and hysteria. He Particularly finds joy in taking as many trophies as he can in a single hunt, as long as they are found worthy, as unworthy trophies are a sign of weakness to Stalker who feels much more disdain than normal to dishonorable hunters. Essentially As Stalker i would be playing cat and mouse with marines until they prove worthy at which point i would attempt to engage them in melee involving scare tactics and fast hit and runs.

The hunting of prey is something that stalker relishes in, whether it is simply stalking them, his namesake, or the rush of a worthy fight. He is a bit abrasive all around and he believes that the solidarity of the hunt must be respected and would only ever interfere if the body of a hunter is in danger or if they are involved in in unfair hunt.

Given his tendencies Stalker is a picky hunter, not just any prey is worthy, and unworthy prey is considered worthless in his eyes and his weapons will not be sullied with their blood; unless a few of the rabble are causing issues for the hunt. Stalker can and will avoid being noticed at all unless he intends to kill his target, there are VERY few exceptions such as when he is luring prey or taunting foes.

Why should we whitelist you?

I have been around for a long while and besides a few minor things here or there i've been both a competent player and person both in game and out. I have a lot of experience with both colonial marines and ss13 in general so i am very familiar with the mechanics and rp that go into a special role like this and i think i could add to any round i get to be a pred in with some interesting hunts and rp situations.

Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason (we will check, and lies may result in immediate denial)? Nope. never at all in fact.

Are you currently banned from any other servers and if so, why? No.

Do you understand that any player - donor or otherwise - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our rules or disobey the Predator Code of Honor? Yes.

[LordeKilly]

I remember you fairly well, never had a memorable problem. I have not seen you lately, but that could just be me.

On the subject of the story, I like it. It was different, but what I didn't understand was the combat for succession when Th'syra was the rightful heir? It could just be me being ignorant and assuming primogeniture, but I don't think Thwei had the right to challenge for that? Just a bit confused on that part.

As for the intent of playing, I'm not sure really. The character seemed promising in the story, but in the intent it seemed to just blur into that generic "meh" archetype.

All in all, i'm neutral. I'd like to see more responses to see others perspective on it. I, for the most part, am trapped in the middle.

[JohnKilla56]

To put the duel into perspective, there wasn't an heir perse, it was more along the lines of a promising young clansman being challenged to an honor duel by Stalker to show off that he isn't held back by his stature anymore. Th'rysa is not GOING to be the clanleader he is just a likely option in the future.

and to clear up what i want his fighting style to be, imagine a shark, moving in striking and just moving out of range, like a few tiles away then moving back in for another strike. its a basic melee oriented character who would try to bleed his opponents out in elongated fights rather than the standard bum rush hack n slash.

[LordeKilly]

To put the duel into perspective, there wasn't an heir perse, it was more along the lines of a promising young clansman being challenged to an honor duel by Stalker to show off that he isn't held back by his stature anymore. Th'rysa is not GOING to be the clanleader he is just a likely option in the future.

and to clear up what i want his fighting style to be, imagine a shark, moving in striking and just moving out of range, like a few tiles away then moving back in for another strike. its a basic melee oriented character who would try to bleed his opponents out in elongated fights rather than the standard bum rush hack n slash.

Refer to the other denied applications. Basically the same style used by them.

But on the subject of the duel, you stated, "and all thought Th'syra the true heir of Gahn'tha-cte."

I'm not sure about the wording, but it seems like he's stating people THINK Th'syra is the heir, but he believes otherwise?

[JohnKilla56]

Well, to talk about ACTUAL Clanleadership being assumed its about strength and feats, and no hunter of the clan had accomplished the required hive cleansing or equivalent hunting prestige. So there is no leader and due to his promising youth the clan members viewed Th'rysa as the most promising hunter and the "true heir" to the clan when in reality any hunter could claim leadership had they the prestige and feats to do so in Yautja society. he is just a super promising young hunter.

Also i edited to put a clearer view of what i would be doing, and ill state it here too, its like a Melee focused hit and run style, like keeping just out of reach from attack and moving in to strike, its just about movement.

[Jdobbin49]

Well I know you very well as a player and I do believe had some good experience when you were staff too. Your pred app like killy said is unique and I like it a lot, it's well written and it captivated me whilst reading it.
I'm not a pred player but I know a good player when I see one and I know for a fact that that is what you are, I see you RPing with other players and I have RP'd with you myself before.
Great player and great RPer, +1

[LordeKilly]

Yeah after clarifications, i'm changing to a +1.

[Biolock]

Great and dedicated player, great roleplayer +1

[Feweh]

-1

Youre not very RP oriented and you just returned to CM recently. Ive watched you in-game lately and you're just more on the side of a robust player rather than a RPer.

[slc97]

The story is good, and I know John to be a good player. It looks like you want to play a very unique pred, and I'm definitely intrigued by that, so I'm gonna give you a +1.

[freemysoul]

No issues with the player in question on the Admin front, Predator app is quite good. But however as stated by Feweh, you only just returned to CM recently. Leaning towards +1

[coolsurf6]

This is such a awesome story, aside from that one grammar mistake in the third sentence but other than that. Nice Meme

+1

[Boltersam]

I may have seen your character once or twice ingame, but I can't remember. Removing that factor, the story's good.
Neutral, though leaning towards a +1. How will your attitude be towards other Predators? And, if you get accepted, are you willing to take the trial of Initiation, even without being told what it is until after being whitelisted?

[JohnKilla56]

The way i see stalker interacting with other hunters would be pretty respectful perhaps distant but he really feels a need to prove himself, due to his stature he has developed a sort of Inferiority-Superiority complex, he feels that he should be better than his peers while simultaneously feeling inferior to them. it essentially drives to him to study and train as much as he can in the hopes to one day stand above the rest. keeping in mind that he is such a young hunter its something that really only applies to those near him in ranking/status while to those far above his station he understands that he cant quite match them..... yet.

In regard to a trial of initiation of course i mean after all preds are all about trials.

[Boltersam]

The way i see stalker interacting with other hunters would be pretty respectful perhaps distant but he really feels a need to prove himself, due to his stature he has developed a sort of Inferiority-Superiority complex, he feels that he should be better than his peers while simultaneously feeling inferior to them. it essentially drives to him to study and train as much as he can in the hopes to one day stand above the rest. keeping in mind that he is such a young hunter its something that really only applies to those near him in ranking/status while to those far above his station he understands that he cant quite match them..... yet.

In regard to a trial of initiation of course i mean after all preds are all about trials.

+1, then. It's a unique style of play, as most Predators are quite friendly.

As for the initiation, I'll pm you about it if you're accepted.

[Sarah_U.]

I believe your story is a classic and entertaining. I know you've gotten staff and everything, but I still find no qualm with it as you've been holding that pred app for a while and hope you can be part of hte hunt. I want to see more of you and I'll gladly give ya' a +1.

[Feweh]

This will stay in limbo a bit longer as you just joined the staff team.

[forwardslashN]

I like the backstory. How you intended to play is fairly generic, but nothing particularly wrong there. As for why you should be whitelisted, being familiar with the mechanics should be understood from the get go. Just because you know how to robust someone doesn't mean you will make a good or fun antagonist. I'm not that familiar with you otherwise, and I think you're more of a robust player than an RPer, so I dunno. Neutral.

[NoahKirchner]

Played with Angelo a fair bit and talk with him in discord. He RPs a fair bit but only when he talks, and he doesn't talk as much as a lot of other marines. Also he seems to handle staff problems with IC stuff like sleeping players which I think is a good quality for a predator to possess as it means that he's used to starting and guiding situations in character. In my opinion, predators should be starting the RP and I think that would happen, I just hope that as a predator he talks more. On the downside he gets really into combat whenever it arises which might cause problems with fighting too many marines/xenos and then weakening that side. I don't really have much else to say because, again, he doesn't talk too much so he doesn't really stick out at you during a round. +1

[JohnKilla56]

well i dunno where people keep getting that i don't rp i do, its just that depending on my role the way i rp changes, like i play a very exasperated medic, the cocky private, a grizzled spec, or my personal favorite the mad researcher/doctor. personally i just don't go crazy with interactions unless i see an opening for something intresting.

[Feweh]

I'm Neutral on this now.

Stickied for final review.

[JohnKilla56]

To everyone for taking some time to post on this, thank you it means a lot that you took some time to voice your opinion and give support.

[Biolock]

No issues with the player in question on the Admin front, Predator app is quite good. But however as stated by Feweh, you only just returned to CM recently. Leaning towards +1

I agree with Free, but yeah still a +1

[Feweh]

Accepted

[Sarah_U.]

Grats, have a safe hunt.