Post by [x] Portugal on Aug 12, 2012 10:41:09 GMT -5
BASIC INFO
Name: Portugal [Sancha Anacleto-Beja]
Gender: Female
Appearance:
[[I’m using on of Hima’s concept design ^.^;]]
Portugal has short pale brown hair and a scar on the right side of her face. She has blue eyes and is tan. Portugal’s also rather short.
Personality:
A rather reminiscent country, as she believes that the best times were way back when everybody was still in the pirate age and before, Portugal spends quite a bit of time thinking back to when she was still a huge empire. She is friendly, and usually isn’t on bad terms with somebody unless there is a good reason for it and also doesn’t fight without a cause.
She’s hard working and helpful, and doesn’t have much problem with being asked to do favors and such. (Though enough bossing will get anybody annoyed).
Portugal also absolutely hates spending money and is honestly quite cheap, even if She has money. This usually means that he never really gets around to buying new things unless she absolutely needs them. (Which is usually when somebody else comes around and points something out).
She’s quite loud, and his idea of a ‘whispering voice’ or ‘indoor voice’ is generally everybody else’s idea of quiet or something to be used outdoors in the middle of a battle.
She enjoys tea, and in her opinion she was the one who discovered the drink in the first place and made it as popular as it is today. This probably comes from Portugal discovering many trade routes that were used for hundreds of years.
Portugal is also a very down-to-earth type of person/nation, but despite this she can get worried easily.
She believes she is the oldest nation on earth (This isn’t true).
Relations with other chars:
England- Portugal and England share the world's oldest active military accord through their Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which was signed in 1373. So they're on pretty good terms ^.^
Brazil- (I realize Brazil isn't a canon character, shush) Friendly with Brazil, also a former colony.
Spain- So many disputes, mainly over geographical areas. (Olivenza and the Savage Islands). While things have been not as good in the past, Portugal and Spain have had much better relations recently. She and Spain still get into many arguments however, and are almost always fighting over something, be it laundry or control over a certain island.
France- France is one of Portugal's main political partners, and they've generally always been friendly. They used to be great friends until the whole Napoleon thing. It just went down hill from there. He hangs out with the BTT when Spain has them over, but isn’t the biggest fan of Prussia.
Romania- Portugal and Romania have had relations since forever. There is also a great amount of Romanian people who live in Portugal, so that may have something to do with it.
Macau- As Portugal’s first colony in Asia, she spent a very long time with him. In fact, he was the last colony in Asia. She and Portugal get along smashingly, but Portugal resents the, as she says, “messing up of her beautiful language.’
North Korea is also friendy with Portugal, the respect is mutual. Portugal was also one of the first nations to establish diplomatic relations with America.
China- Portugal seems to be friendly with everybody...except China. Some Portuguese sailors were executed in the 1500s, and along with the establishment of Macau...things got very meh between the two. It has improved over the years, but now its mostly just economic. (Why is it the she’s friendly with NK but dislikes China? I don’t even know….). China also dislikes the fact that Macau still see’s Portugal as more of a mentor then him.
Portugal also has good relations with Serbia, Turkey, Argentina, and Ukraine.
Special abilities: None
AU-RELATED
Short range weapon of choice: She uses a form of Portuguese fighting called Jogo do Pau, which is used with a very long stick.
Long range weapon of choice: Espingarda de Infantaria 8 mm m/1886/89: 8mm Colonial Infantry Rifle
Duty position of your choice: Minuteman
Bunk of choice: Whatever is most convenient. (Portugal is pretty lax ;D)
OBLIGATORY FILLING
Sample RP test:
“How much?” Sancha pointed to an antique sword sitting among piles of rusty metals and sheaves of paper, none organized in any particular order. It wasn’t as though he actually needed the thing, but it was pretty. And antique.
The marketplace seller picked up the dull-bladed sword by the hilt, and made a swinging motion with it.
“Very very good, yes? You want!”
“Well, how much is it?” Sancha asked for a second time, pouting slightly.
The man took on a thoughtful look, and hummed to himself for a minute.
“Forty! Forty for the nice sword!” He smiled and waggled the thing beneath Sancha’s nose. Sancha pushed it away with a finger so that she wasn’t in any imminent danger of losing her nose. Forty was way too much to pay for an old rusted sword that would probably never be used.
“Não, não! Too expensive!” Sancha waved a hand in the air and shook her head. The seller gave her a hurt look.
“I have children to feed, you see!” The man shook his head. “They’re always so hungry…”
Sancha paused. Forty was expensive (at least for him) but he didn’t want to be unreasonably mean to somebody with kids. Sancha began fiddling with a rusted old hunk of metal that may once have been some kind of gun.
“Thirty five.”
The metals-seller scowled again. “You try to kill me, you see!” He set the sword down, handle facing him, and shook his head at the Portuguese man.
“It’s only five less!”
“Five can change everything!”
“Fine. Never mind!” Sancha turned to leave, but the man grabbed her on the shoulder, desperate for money.
“Thirty seven!”
“I said no already!” It wasn’t as though she actually needed it, it just looked nice. It was old and wouldn’t be of any use anyways.
“Fine!” The old man set the blade in the position it had been before. “Somebody else can help feed my family!”
Sancha walked purposefully away, trying to ignore (and failing) the yelling man.
[[Randomness ;’D]]
Code in the rules: [Validated by "I lack enough creativity to come up with something witty."]
ABOUT THE ROLEPLAYER
About yourself: Hallo ;D I’ve been RPing for a while, and have done a few characters~
Pairing friendly? I SHIP EVERYTHING. ‘Nuff said.
No crack pairings, though. ^.^;
Personal note to anyone reading your application: I look forward to speaking to all of you wonderful folks =D