Abraxas App
Jan. 25th, 2023 10:23 amOOC INFORMATION
Player Name: Cloude
Are you over 18?: Yup
Contact: journal DM or discord @ lifewasawillow#5524
Other Characters in Game: N/A
IC INFORMATION
Character Name: Claire Fraser
Canon: Outlander (TV canon)
Canon Point: The end of season 3
Age: Technically over 200, but literally 50.
Background: wiki
Arrival Scenario: Because Claire was on her way to live this life anyway, she'll be arriving and heading to Solvunn, a little stressed that her family is at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Suitability:
please ignore that this is from s5, she wasn't allowed any happiness before that.
Claire has a fantastic green thumb. She was a healer in the 18th century in a place called Castle Leoch, before taking her skills on the road, and is well-versed in herbs and plants re: their medical properties. It was serious for her; she studied the previous healer's records and with the help of her then-friend Geillis Duncan, filled in the blanks of her base knowledge. She furthered this knowledge in Paris, learning more via the charming owner of an apothecary who helped her with teas and later, poisons. In the 20th century prior to traveling back in time, her hobby was botany while she went to nursing school and later became a battlefield nurse during WW2. In the 18th century, all of her skills both new and old, were used on the battlefields leading up to the Battle of Culloden. After her return to the present, she was the first female enrolled in medical school at Harvard. She later became a surgeon, and a very well-respected one thanks to her reputation for rarely ever losing patients.
Her dream life is in Scotland on a farm—she received a crash course on how to run a household and complete different farm chores by her sister-in-law in 1743. Claire would be able to help with the farming, laundry, feeding and milking of animals, and she can take care of the children as well. In fact, she loves children, and would have no problem adopting any younger-than-her residents who might seem like they need a little guidance.
As previously mentioned, she was on her way to live that cottagecore life, this simply isn't the place she thought she would. She doesn't panic or scare easily, and she can take command if needed, though she would rather be where people need the most aid. If chaos breaks out and people need medical attention, she'll run right into the fray, try and stop her. At this point in her canon, she's been imprisoned, tried, and beaten for the practice of witchcraft, plotted the assassination of a prince, has lost a child, she's been horribly assaulted (boy howdy would that explanation require a TW) and she straight-up near-decapitated her former friend Geillis for planning to murder Claire's only living daughter (at the time) in a ritual sacrifice. Oh, and at the point of her arrival, she'd been drowning in the midst of a hurricane. This show has everything, and it all proves that Claire Fraser is one strong woman.
Powers: No powers at this point except her awesome doctoring skills.
PERSONALITY QUESTIONS
Describe an important event in your character's life and how it impacted them.
the actual last time claire ever thought she knew what was going on.
There is one majorly obvious answer here: time travel. It impacted not one, but two marriages, gave her children she otherwise never would have had, and it taught her what she can and cannot live with.
Shortly after her time as a battlefield nurse is over, Claire and her husband, Frank, decide to go to Scotland for a second honeymoon. Because they're both nerds interested in two different things, Claire goes off alone to look at some cool flowers in a circle of standing stones. When she gets there, one particular stone starts making a buzzing noise so she touches it, and the next thing she knows, she's in the 18th century. Merely six weeks into her journey, after a failed escape attempt, she's forced to marry a young Scot named James Fraser in order to (semi) assure her protection by his clan. She went and got herself suspected of being a spy for the Scottish, so now the British have it out for her. After this is when she's nearly burned at the stake for being a witch, and so begins her journey to Jamie's childhood home on the farm when they go on the run.
There comes an opportunity for Claire to go back to her time at this point, back to Frank, but ultimately, she makes the decision to stay in the past with her hot Scottish husband. That choice gave her a daughter that she lost, nearly dying herself. Before that, she had to watch her husband as he was brutally tortured, but even knowing how hard the life would be, she stayed until, pregnant again, the Battle of Culloden drove Jamie to deliver her back to the stones. To remain would have been certain death, something she would have welcomed rather than a life without him. But the choice was made for her, by the child in her womb, and back to the 20th century she went.
Claire lived with one foot in the past for two decades, never moving on, simply existing. She lived a life that looked wonderful on paper; she had her daughter, Brianna, whom she agreed to let Frank parent as his own. He financed Claire going to medical school and loved her (until he moved on with a lover), and yet because of that one moment of touching stone, her heart was 200 years away, never to return. That event, traveling through time, changed her entire life course.
Does your character have a moral code, or other set of standards they try to live by?
If I had her as a doctor I would simply never recover.
Claire is a woman who lives by her Hippocratic oath unless you try to hurt her family, and then she might take a machete to your neck. Claire has a good heart, and wrestling with her morals was a big part of her hesitation to accept the past as her new present, even knowing she already loved her Hot Scottish Husband™. She kept her not-as-hot English husband's ring, wearing both wedding bands as a reminder of both her first real love and her true love. She tries to do the best she can to be a good person, but she is pretty damn good at collusion and spying, especially when it comes to trying to keep her family alive.
She has gone out of her way to say 'fuck the consequences' to help others. In a 'bless her heart' moment, Claire tries to stop a slave auction in Jamacia and winds up owning a man whom she later helps escape to a free encampment. During the various battles leading up to Culloden, Claire worked tirelessly keep the men she grew to care for and love alive. When the British were coming to her, rather than say 'fuck off' she helped them, gave them medical assistance, and cared, truly, whether or not they lived.
However.
When it's clear she isn't going to be able to change the past and make sure the Battle of Culloden isn't a bloodbath, she manages to convince Jamie to help her poison Prince Charles Suart, which would effectively end the reason for turmoil. They would've gone through with it too, had Jamie's uncle not overheard everything. Claire's hands were over Jamie's on the knife when they killed him so that he wouldn't alert the Prince. Prior to that, in France, Claire had no problem lying often in order to sabatoge the war effort. Before that, she accused a man who tried to poison her of sorcery, having him executed. In summation: Claire strives to save lives, but she's the undisputed queen of Fuck Around and Find Out.
What quality or qualities do they admire most?
that's it that's the section.
Funnily enough, people with their own strong moral code they stand by, even in the direst of circumstances, are top of the list. She will feel more respect for someone who uses their smarts to outwit and outplay versus using money and influence. (Which isn't to say she's above the latter, but the first is simply more impressive.) One of the first things that endeared her to Jamie was his ability to hear her, grow, and change. He doesn't at first, but he begins to, and that's when she begins to fall in love.
Claire expects no one to be perfect, but she does expect them to do better when aware. Politeness, and an eagerness to understand new things are her love language. Those who humble themselves when they know they aren't the smartest one in the room is a quality she most admires in men especially. She is accepting of every and all types, and has extremely low tolerance for those who are bigots, nasty, or just plain rude, so anyone who challenges those types is a star, in her book. (Claire herself has a habit of inserting herself into things, and after this backfires more than once she begins to reel herself in.) She very much appreciates a good nerd, preferring books to electronics, and she loves a good conversationalist. Above all else, making a good cup of tea is a top-tier quality in her humble, British opinion.
Do they have a part of themselves they dislike?
well, she tried.
As of this canon point, the biggest thing Claire dislikes about herself is her ability as a mother. She was quite distant after Brianna was born with the convenient excuse of medical school. Then, being a doctor was quite clearly her passion above motherhood. When she lost everything she loved in the past (not just her husband, but a dead daughter, an adopted son, her sister and brother-in-law, nieces and nephews) she never quite climbed out of that black hole of grief. Every time she looked at Brianna, she only saw Jamie in that firery red hair and the strength of her profile. At first, looking at her daughter was like the bandaid being pulled slowly away inch by agonizing inch until her heart was raw.
None of this is to say that she was a neglectful parent. She loves her daughter fiercely and would do anything for her. But in order to preserve her heart, Claire kept Bree at a distance whether consciously or not. She couldn't fake being a happy house wife no matter how hard she tried, and she always hated that she couldn't pull it together enough for Brianna. It fills her with guilt now, having to think about the fact that she's now actively chosen to leave her daughter for good.
When Claire left the 18th century, she assumed Jamie died in the Battle of Culloden because of what she knows of history—she has no way of knowing this is true, because Frank (a history professor) hides the truth from her. For 20 years, she believes Jamie is dead until, after Frank's death, she finds out he lived and that she could, in theory, go back to him. Ultimately she chooses him over staying with Brianna in the present. Even though it was with Bree's blessing, the guilt is still there: they were only just beginning to repair their relationship after Claire told her the truth about her biological father. It hurts if she stops to think about it, how much time she lost with her baby, and she's very aware of all the moments she's given up to be with her love again.
There are a few other things worth mentioning that she dislikes about herself: she is a terrible liar with a barely passable poker face, she's vain and she knows it, and she has a short temper when the shit is hitting the fan—she hurts feelings and asks questions later.
What is their sign, and why?
The Empress. Based on the answers in this application, I feel like this fits the most with Claire because she wants to heal and help. Even if it's with weeding the garden or fetching supplies. She's a natural-born helper first and foremost.
SAMPLES
Samples: one & two
Player Name: Cloude
Are you over 18?: Yup
Contact: journal DM or discord @ lifewasawillow#5524
Other Characters in Game: N/A
IC INFORMATION
Character Name: Claire Fraser
Canon: Outlander (TV canon)
Canon Point: The end of season 3
Age: Technically over 200, but literally 50.
Background: wiki
Arrival Scenario: Because Claire was on her way to live this life anyway, she'll be arriving and heading to Solvunn, a little stressed that her family is at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Suitability:
please ignore that this is from s5, she wasn't allowed any happiness before that.
Claire has a fantastic green thumb. She was a healer in the 18th century in a place called Castle Leoch, before taking her skills on the road, and is well-versed in herbs and plants re: their medical properties. It was serious for her; she studied the previous healer's records and with the help of her then-friend Geillis Duncan, filled in the blanks of her base knowledge. She furthered this knowledge in Paris, learning more via the charming owner of an apothecary who helped her with teas and later, poisons. In the 20th century prior to traveling back in time, her hobby was botany while she went to nursing school and later became a battlefield nurse during WW2. In the 18th century, all of her skills both new and old, were used on the battlefields leading up to the Battle of Culloden. After her return to the present, she was the first female enrolled in medical school at Harvard. She later became a surgeon, and a very well-respected one thanks to her reputation for rarely ever losing patients.
Her dream life is in Scotland on a farm—she received a crash course on how to run a household and complete different farm chores by her sister-in-law in 1743. Claire would be able to help with the farming, laundry, feeding and milking of animals, and she can take care of the children as well. In fact, she loves children, and would have no problem adopting any younger-than-her residents who might seem like they need a little guidance.
As previously mentioned, she was on her way to live that cottagecore life, this simply isn't the place she thought she would. She doesn't panic or scare easily, and she can take command if needed, though she would rather be where people need the most aid. If chaos breaks out and people need medical attention, she'll run right into the fray, try and stop her. At this point in her canon, she's been imprisoned, tried, and beaten for the practice of witchcraft, plotted the assassination of a prince, has lost a child, she's been horribly assaulted (boy howdy would that explanation require a TW) and she straight-up near-decapitated her former friend Geillis for planning to murder Claire's only living daughter (at the time) in a ritual sacrifice. Oh, and at the point of her arrival, she'd been drowning in the midst of a hurricane. This show has everything, and it all proves that Claire Fraser is one strong woman.
Powers: No powers at this point except her awesome doctoring skills.
PERSONALITY QUESTIONS
Describe an important event in your character's life and how it impacted them.
the actual last time claire ever thought she knew what was going on.
There is one majorly obvious answer here: time travel. It impacted not one, but two marriages, gave her children she otherwise never would have had, and it taught her what she can and cannot live with.
Shortly after her time as a battlefield nurse is over, Claire and her husband, Frank, decide to go to Scotland for a second honeymoon. Because they're both nerds interested in two different things, Claire goes off alone to look at some cool flowers in a circle of standing stones. When she gets there, one particular stone starts making a buzzing noise so she touches it, and the next thing she knows, she's in the 18th century. Merely six weeks into her journey, after a failed escape attempt, she's forced to marry a young Scot named James Fraser in order to (semi) assure her protection by his clan. She went and got herself suspected of being a spy for the Scottish, so now the British have it out for her. After this is when she's nearly burned at the stake for being a witch, and so begins her journey to Jamie's childhood home on the farm when they go on the run.
There comes an opportunity for Claire to go back to her time at this point, back to Frank, but ultimately, she makes the decision to stay in the past with her hot Scottish husband. That choice gave her a daughter that she lost, nearly dying herself. Before that, she had to watch her husband as he was brutally tortured, but even knowing how hard the life would be, she stayed until, pregnant again, the Battle of Culloden drove Jamie to deliver her back to the stones. To remain would have been certain death, something she would have welcomed rather than a life without him. But the choice was made for her, by the child in her womb, and back to the 20th century she went.
Claire lived with one foot in the past for two decades, never moving on, simply existing. She lived a life that looked wonderful on paper; she had her daughter, Brianna, whom she agreed to let Frank parent as his own. He financed Claire going to medical school and loved her (until he moved on with a lover), and yet because of that one moment of touching stone, her heart was 200 years away, never to return. That event, traveling through time, changed her entire life course.
Does your character have a moral code, or other set of standards they try to live by?
If I had her as a doctor I would simply never recover.
Claire is a woman who lives by her Hippocratic oath unless you try to hurt her family, and then she might take a machete to your neck. Claire has a good heart, and wrestling with her morals was a big part of her hesitation to accept the past as her new present, even knowing she already loved her Hot Scottish Husband™. She kept her not-as-hot English husband's ring, wearing both wedding bands as a reminder of both her first real love and her true love. She tries to do the best she can to be a good person, but she is pretty damn good at collusion and spying, especially when it comes to trying to keep her family alive.
She has gone out of her way to say 'fuck the consequences' to help others. In a 'bless her heart' moment, Claire tries to stop a slave auction in Jamacia and winds up owning a man whom she later helps escape to a free encampment. During the various battles leading up to Culloden, Claire worked tirelessly keep the men she grew to care for and love alive. When the British were coming to her, rather than say 'fuck off' she helped them, gave them medical assistance, and cared, truly, whether or not they lived.
However.
When it's clear she isn't going to be able to change the past and make sure the Battle of Culloden isn't a bloodbath, she manages to convince Jamie to help her poison Prince Charles Suart, which would effectively end the reason for turmoil. They would've gone through with it too, had Jamie's uncle not overheard everything. Claire's hands were over Jamie's on the knife when they killed him so that he wouldn't alert the Prince. Prior to that, in France, Claire had no problem lying often in order to sabatoge the war effort. Before that, she accused a man who tried to poison her of sorcery, having him executed. In summation: Claire strives to save lives, but she's the undisputed queen of Fuck Around and Find Out.
What quality or qualities do they admire most?
that's it that's the section.
Funnily enough, people with their own strong moral code they stand by, even in the direst of circumstances, are top of the list. She will feel more respect for someone who uses their smarts to outwit and outplay versus using money and influence. (Which isn't to say she's above the latter, but the first is simply more impressive.) One of the first things that endeared her to Jamie was his ability to hear her, grow, and change. He doesn't at first, but he begins to, and that's when she begins to fall in love.
Claire expects no one to be perfect, but she does expect them to do better when aware. Politeness, and an eagerness to understand new things are her love language. Those who humble themselves when they know they aren't the smartest one in the room is a quality she most admires in men especially. She is accepting of every and all types, and has extremely low tolerance for those who are bigots, nasty, or just plain rude, so anyone who challenges those types is a star, in her book. (Claire herself has a habit of inserting herself into things, and after this backfires more than once she begins to reel herself in.) She very much appreciates a good nerd, preferring books to electronics, and she loves a good conversationalist. Above all else, making a good cup of tea is a top-tier quality in her humble, British opinion.
Do they have a part of themselves they dislike?
well, she tried.
As of this canon point, the biggest thing Claire dislikes about herself is her ability as a mother. She was quite distant after Brianna was born with the convenient excuse of medical school. Then, being a doctor was quite clearly her passion above motherhood. When she lost everything she loved in the past (not just her husband, but a dead daughter, an adopted son, her sister and brother-in-law, nieces and nephews) she never quite climbed out of that black hole of grief. Every time she looked at Brianna, she only saw Jamie in that firery red hair and the strength of her profile. At first, looking at her daughter was like the bandaid being pulled slowly away inch by agonizing inch until her heart was raw.
None of this is to say that she was a neglectful parent. She loves her daughter fiercely and would do anything for her. But in order to preserve her heart, Claire kept Bree at a distance whether consciously or not. She couldn't fake being a happy house wife no matter how hard she tried, and she always hated that she couldn't pull it together enough for Brianna. It fills her with guilt now, having to think about the fact that she's now actively chosen to leave her daughter for good.
When Claire left the 18th century, she assumed Jamie died in the Battle of Culloden because of what she knows of history—she has no way of knowing this is true, because Frank (a history professor) hides the truth from her. For 20 years, she believes Jamie is dead until, after Frank's death, she finds out he lived and that she could, in theory, go back to him. Ultimately she chooses him over staying with Brianna in the present. Even though it was with Bree's blessing, the guilt is still there: they were only just beginning to repair their relationship after Claire told her the truth about her biological father. It hurts if she stops to think about it, how much time she lost with her baby, and she's very aware of all the moments she's given up to be with her love again.
There are a few other things worth mentioning that she dislikes about herself: she is a terrible liar with a barely passable poker face, she's vain and she knows it, and she has a short temper when the shit is hitting the fan—she hurts feelings and asks questions later.
What is their sign, and why?
The Empress. Based on the answers in this application, I feel like this fits the most with Claire because she wants to heal and help. Even if it's with weeding the garden or fetching supplies. She's a natural-born helper first and foremost.
SAMPLES
Samples: one & two