Character Profiles
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Character Profiles Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Character Profile?
A character profile is how you are able to register your Ballator with the group. It’s how we are able to keep track of what you name them and who has permission to breed them.
Do I have to submit a Character Profile for my Ballator?
If you want to participate in the activities that the group provides, collect stats, give out slots, or be able to breed your ballator, they must be registered with the group which means they must have a Character Profile!
Do I still have to make colored art in order to register my ballator?
No! You do not! Character Profiles take place of references. Once a Ballator has a Character Profile on it’s BDA plaque it is considered registered.
If I submitted a reference to the DeviantART group for my Ballator and it was accepted, do I also have to submit a Character Profile?
No! You do not! References previously accepted into the group by the current owner is grandfathered into this system.
However, with this system it does help keep track of information like breedings slots ensuring that this information won’t be lost. It allows you to keep it in one place.
Character Profile Information and Requirements
In the past, we have required reference artwork to be accepted into the DeviantART group. With the migration from DeviantART to the Official Website in January 2021, the requirements have changed and, for the ease of confirmation, the following things are now required to register your ballator.
- A Ballator must have an offically approved design (uploaded to the BallatorDesignAdmin account) in order to create a Character Profile and register them.
- Older Ballators before the plaque system that had approved designs are okay.
- Informtion on these profiles must be PG-13 and have no use of hate speech, slurs, derogatory terms, inappropriate use of medical conditions.
- Name and Slots are all required information. Trackers and Additional Information are optional to include.
- Slots cannot be removed without proof of permission from the current slot holder OR they are blacklisted.
- Other than slots, any character profile information may be changed at any time.
- When adding slots:
- Please link to the Username’s forum profile and list them by their forum username.
- For the Mate and Offspring, please link to the BDA plaque and list them by ID # (ie. ID 001)
- Slots earned through Stat Confirmations, Regale’s Quests, or other means, must be submitted for confirmation to add to your Ballator’s Character Profile.
- Once a Ballator has a Character Profile, it is considered registered.
- If a Ballator is transfered to another member and has a Character Profile listed on their BDA plaque, the new owner does not need to do anything to reregister them.
- The new owner is welcome to edit the information on the Character Profile as they see fit besides removing slots without permission from the slot holder.
- If you are choosing to fit your Ballator into the canon Ballator Lore or include NPCs in your Ballator’s additional information, please be sure to read up on the Lore and NPC biographies to be sure your Ballator fits into the given canon.
- When choosing height, please make sure it is within breed standards.
Character Profile Information
The Following is the information that the admins will require to be filled in order to officially register your Ballator. If you would like more information on each of the fields you must fill out, please refer to the box at the bottom of this section that gives a breakdown.
Link to Plaque:
Name:
Slots:
1. Username | Mate | Offspring
2. Username | Mate | Offspring
3. Username | Mate | Offspring
4. Username | Mate | Offspring
5. Username | Mate | Offspring
6. Username | Mate | Offspring
7. Username | Mate | Offspring
8. Username | Mate | Offspring
9. Username | Mate | Offspring
10. Username | Mate | Offspring
Additional Slots
11. PROOF |Username | Mate | Offspring
Trackers:
Additional Info:
This simply should be a link to the official plaque on the BallatorDesignAdmin account on DeviantART.
If your Ballator does not have an approved design, you must make a design and send it through design review before your can create a Character Profile.
This is what you want your ballator to officially be known as. Names must be PG-13 and have no use of hate speech, slurs, derogatory terms, and inappropriate use of medical conditions. Do not include any name meanings or nicknames in this section. Those should go in the Additional Information.
What are Slots?
Slots are what allow people to breed two different Ballators together and create a foal. Each Ballator automatically starts out with 10 slots. To learn more about breeding please checkout the Breeding Page.
Giving Out Slots
When giving out slots, you simply need to state the user you’re giving it to and who they are breed it to. Admins will update slots with the breeding note once the two are bred from the user. You can just give a slot to a user and not yet list a mate, however, for them to send in a breeding they must have a mate listed.
Users may not have slots listed as unusable on Character Profiles. Once a username and a mate is marked, that user can send in the breeding whenever. If you are waiting on payment, you should hold off on marking a mate or marking a slot. Character Profiles also won’t mark slot rules nor prices and it is up to the owner to inform others about these things. It is suggested to users to have your own seperate place setup in order to deal with giving out slots.
Slots on Character Profiles
On the Character Profiles slots are marked as such:
Slot #. Username | Mate | Offspring
Slot # is the number of the slot. This is to help keep track of how many slots have been used.
Username is the person who is using this slot. This should be the same username as their forum username.
Mate is who the Ballator will be bred to. This should be the ID number of this Ballator and link to their BDA plaque.
Offspring is the result of the breeding between these two. An admin will update this information with the ID number and link to plaque/breeding note when these Ballators are bred together.
Addtional slots can be earned through various means in the group such as confirming stat ranks and Regale’s Quests. Proof must be provided on these slots to ensure that these slots had been earned. You can not mark down users for an unearned slot. Only the starting 10 slots and earned slots may be marked and used.
Other than needing to provide proof of earning for additional slots, they work the same way as regular slots.
The Equus Ballator breed has many different activities one can do with their Ballator. With these activities, they often require trackers to keep track of how much of the activity your Ballator has done. This section can be used to link to trackers your Ballator has.
Most commonly you might see Stat Trackers, however you can also expect to see Quest Trackers and Cursus Honorum Trackers.
Please do not post full trackers here as it will get messy withyou always having to request an admin to edit the tracker for you!
What is additional information?
This is optional section that you can choose to fill out for your Ballator. This is intended to give you space to give specifics on the character you would like. Below are some suggested information that you could add in this section. You can choose to do some, all, none, or even others of your own!
The only exception is that you may not try to post/attach images to make transfer of this info easier in the future.
Suggested Information
Name Meaning/Translation: Does the name you gave them have a special meaning/translation? Give it here.
Nickname: Does your character have a specific nickname it goes by?
Age: Is your character at a specific age that you want depicted?
Height: What is the height of your Character in Hands High (Hh)? Keep in mind Breed Standards!
History: What is your Ballator’s history/backstory? Remember if it includes any of the Ballator Lore, Locations, or NPCs it must follow the canon information.
Personality: What is the personality of your Ballator?
Quirks: Does your Ballator have any special quirks to them?
Sexuality: Does your Ballator have a sexual preference?
Relationships:
Are there any special relationships your Ballator has?
Herd: Is your Ballator in a herd official or otherwise?
Beliefs: Does your Ballator have any specific beliefs about the Ballator gods?
Accessories/Gear/Tack: Does your Ballator have specific gear that they wear?
Companion Info: Does your Ballators have any companions? What are they? What do they looks like? Do they have any names?
Featured Art: Is there a specific piece of art of this character that is extremely special?
Voice Claim: Is there a specific person that you would expect to voice your character?
Playlist/Special Song: Do you have a playlist that describes this character or a certain song that you associate with them? If there are songs in the playlist that are not PG-13 please put a warning.
Link to Plaque: https://www.deviantart.com/ballatordesignadmin/art/ID-9284-865042980
Name: Sabnock
Slots:
- naomithewolf | Mate | Offspring
- S00ner0rLater | ID 8434 | Offspring
- PeachyFade | Mate | Offspring
- Bay-Blade | Mate | Offspring
- BrynLison | Mate | Offspring
- Username | Mate | Offspring
- Username | Mate | Offspring
- Username | Mate | Offspring
- Username | Mate | Offspring
- Username | Mate | Offspring
Additional Slots:
- Proof | Username | Mate | Offspring
Trackers: Stats || RQ || CH ||
Additional Info:
Name Meaning: a mighty Great Marquis of Hell
Nickname: Sab
Age: around 3 months
Height: 16 hands when full grown
History: Sabnock was born near the Oasis just before Tyndariari made his appearance. She was stillborn at birth. Her mother, an escaped tame Ballator, is plagued by a supposed curse upon her family from a human demon named Sabnock, and believed her little foal’s death was caused by this demon. She abandoned the body in a fit of rage. Her father stayed for a moment, sorrowfully but briefly explained to her the story of the curse, before he too left.
As Rejuvenation began, the little foal joined the ranks of the revived. The only thing she knew was the one word her parents had repeated multiple times before leaving, Sabnock, and she believed this is what they had named her. After learning how to walk, she followed the Red Star to the Oasis, where she met Regale, and her journey began.
Present time: Resurgence RQ Story Order
Personality: Rambunctious, cheeky, decisive, dumb stupid baby
Quirks: Really, really loves fish. And annoying her Daddies.
Sexuality: Sabnock is still a baby and figuring herself out
Relationships:
MumDad/Mama/Mummy/Mother: 9270 Vanth
Stronk Daddy: 9283 Dasgrar
Scary Daddy/Angry Daddy: 9268 | Giovanni
Herd: The Resurgence
Beliefs: None yet!
Accessories/Gear/Tack: None yet!
Companion Info: None yet
Featured Art: It’s a Crimmus Fish
Playlist: Sabnock’s Soul
Updating Character Profile Information
Adding Earned Slots
In order to use the slots that your Ballator has earned, you must add them to their character profile and give proof of earning them.
Click the button to add earned slots.
Updating Slots
You can also update your slots. In the button given, you can add users to slots, remove users from slots, add mates to slots and removes mates from slots. If removing users or mates, proof from the slot holder must be given demonstrating that they are okay with you removing them and/or the mate.
Blacklisted members are an exception and may be removed at any time as long as a slot is unused.
Updating Information
Here you can update the name, trackers, and additional information section of a Character Profile. The requirements and guidelines still apply.
You can not update slots here.