TLV - Graduations & Demotions

[bargemods]

GRADUATIONS & DEMOTIONS

Inmate graduation is a vital aspect of the game, and occasionally, warden demotion crops up in play as well. If you're planning to graduate your inmate or demote your warden in the near future, please fill out this short form!

Graduations and demotions are character decisions made at player discretion, but in the rare situation that we find ourselves concerned that a graduation or demotion is premise-breaking, the player will be contacted privately. Once we've read through a comment and confirmed that it doesn't contain anything premise-breaking, we'll reply with a confirmation.

Once a graduation comment has been confirmed, the warden of the graduating inmate should reply to their inmate's comment either confirming that their character will be fulfilling the deal laid out in their application, or - in situations where they changed their mind about their deal during their time in-game - receive a verdict about whether the new deal idea is doable.

GRADUATION

<b>Player Name</b>: <b>Character Name</b>: <b>Path to Graduation</b>: How have they changed while aboard the Barge, and what helped cause this change? What were their key milestones? What have they come to regret about their past, and what are they going to do differently now going forward? If they're going to be staying on as a warden, what do they have to offer an inmate? We're not looking for more than a paragraph or two of basic overview here, but if you'd like to TL;DR at us, feel free!

DEMOTION

<b>Player Name</b>: <b>Character Name</b>: <b>Path to Demotion</b>: What actions or choice(s) are causing their demotion, and how did they get to this point? What makes them no longer suited for wardenhood, and what issues will they need to work on as an inmate? We're not looking for more than a paragraph or two of basic overview here, but if you'd like to TL;DR at us, feel free!

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[sixfeetofdirt]

Player Name: Naomi
Character Name: Astarion Ancunin
Path to Graduation:

A big chunk of Astarion's development has been linked to just spending time around people who he couldn't really use in a transactional sense - with his material needs met and his ability to protect himself restored, he's ended up making a few friends for its own sake, which is novel. Over time a couple of these have developed into much stronger relationships, and he's been learning a lot about the give and take that love involves.

His main issue - his thirst for power and control over others as a source of security - has pretty much crumbled. During the Chromatique breach, he had the opportunity to see what happens to him when he's able to access the power that something like Profane Ascension would offer, and the answer is: ...not enough? He still hated himself, he was capable of doing terrible things to people he claimed to love, and ultimately it didn't even keep him safe. If he didn't have some solid relationships and sounding boards, it would have been easy for him to spiral into full-on existential despair, but fortunately he's been kept away from that. Instead, he's been cautiously trying to work out what happiness and a safe, sustainable future does look like, if not...that.

The other stick point - his tendency to stab first and ask questions never - has been much more recently digested. He brushed off his warden's attempt to challenge him on pre-emptive violence, but enough of the conversation got under his skin that he took the topic elsewhere. He's realised now that this instinct isn't about pragmatism or even self-defence, but simply about raw fear, and this is something he no longer wants to indulge.

He's still kinda fucked up. He's still prone to both vanity and self-loathing, and maintains a very selective approach to empathy and selflessness. He won't stab anyone as a preventive measure but he will absolutely knock their ass out instead of trying to talk them down. As a warden, he'll be focused on his inmate but other inmates (and, frankly, most wardens) aren't going to get much out of him.

[bargemods]

Approved! Please have Astarion's warden comment here to finalize his deal.

[bythelight]

Congrats Astarion! Anduin will initially offer his deal to Astarion, then when he's rejected, he'll ask for what his original request was on joining the barge: for the city of Dalaran to be restored.