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moimin_papa) wrote2013-07-01 01:17 pm
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OOC Information
Name: Gil
Age: 24
Characters already in game?: N/A
Contact: PMs to moimin_papa or plurk @ purplefluffychainsaw
IC Information
Name: Finland / Timo Väinämöinen
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Canon Medium: Webcomic / manga / anime
Age: About 1000 years old, appears to be around 20.
Gender/ Sex: Male / Male
Canon History:
Canon Wiki
Wiki link to Finnish history from the point where he was born
Finland’s early history is shrouded, like a lot of Nations. His first firm memories are of Sweden, and he was taken under his control in the 12th century. Sweden brought Christianity to Finland, and in the 13th century they became part of the Kalmar Union along with the rest of the Nordics.
For a short while there was relative peace, but Sweden and Denmark began to fight in the 14th century, and when Sweden left in 1523 Finland accompanied him, and they lived together for a long time after that. Sweden decided that Finland was his wife, and despite his protests to the contrary, Sweden adjusted his clothes to fit Finland, took partial control of Latvia and Estonia for Finland’s sake, and they adopted a dog together, who they named Floweregg (thanks to Finland’s naming sense). During the Polish-Swedish wars, Finland fought along side Sweden and was disappointed when Sweden decided to retreat.
Finland and Sweden tried to make a ‘holiday home’ in America when the continent was first colonised, and Finland was in fact the first one to spot the new Nation who would become the USA. Finland was worried for the boy even though he never actually got close to him. In fact, when Holland took the land from him, he was more concerned for the boy than for the loss of the land, accidentally letting France and England know about him, leading to the other two Europeans finding and eventually laying claim to America (fortunately for them, Finland failed to notice the similarities between himself and the boy).
In 1809 Finland left Sweden for the first time in 600 years to become a Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire. During the 100 or so years that he was with Russia, Finnish language and Finnish culture grew, with the publication of the Kalevala in 1835. Finland declared independence on December 6th 1917 following the Russian revolution, declaring that without the monarchy the treaty that tied Finland to Russia was void. Only a few months later a brief civil war broke out, which ended with Finland becoming a presidential republic.
He was neutral during WWI, but during WWII Russia turned his eyes towards him, having reclaimed the Baltic nations. As a new independent country, Finland worked hard to defend himself, though. Of all the European countries fighting, only Finland, England and Russia never had their capitals occupied.
Canon Point: Current with this comic which takes place at some point during the winter war
This is the first of three wars that Finland fought during WWII and the first against Russia. To put it into context, this is at the end of a period of extreme hardship and furious struggles to become independent. During the 19th Century, Swedish-speaking nobles started to learn Finnish and Fennicise their names in order to promote Finnish language and culture. It’s easy to assume that Finland’s ‘human’ surname comes from this period, given that it’s the name of the first man in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic that inspired the language strife. For him, this was a time of great pride, and of great growth and he would have enjoyed it a lot.
However, Russification began at the end of the century, intensifying in the first decade of the twentieth century. Finland had been relatively free under the Swedish empire for the century that he had belonged to him, but under the new rules a fair amount of his autonomy was taken away, forcing him to use Russian language, money and stamps, as well as the Orthodox Russian Church. Although many measures were held back during WWI, rumours spread in Finland that Russia was planning to complete the Russification of Finland when he could. During the Russification, the elation of the Finnisication would have very much faded for Finland, and things became harder. Russia kept a closer eye on him, trying to quash any attempts for independence, making life tough.
The Russian revolution changed all of that, and Finland jumped at the chance for independence. Having independence was a big deal for him, the first time since he was a small child. But it didn’t go well. Without the financial support of the Russian Empire, things were tough, and just over a month after independence his civil war started. For any Nation, a civil war is an awful time, but Finland’s was particularly bloody and brutal. It was fought between the Reds, social democrats supported by the Soviet Republic, and the Whites, the more conservative senate, which received assistance from the German empire. 37,000 people died, but only 10,000 on the battlefield, as both parties utilised terror campaigns and prison camps where the conditions were appalling. Although the Red party lost the war, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the war left the country, and it’s Nation, a mess. It took until 1925 for Finland to recover to pre-war levels.
And then, of course, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, leaving Finland in the Soviet sphere of interest, essentially the agreement of Nazi Germany not to do anything if the Soviet Union invaded him. Which, after annexing Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and some others, he promptly did. But Finland had fought hard for his independence, and after most of his history serving as an underling there was no way that he was going to bend over and just let the Soviet Union reclaim him. He fought back, and he fought back hard, proving just how tough he really was. And it’s during this fight that he’ll be taken from, full of pride and fight and independence, but also weary from a long century of conflicting pride and hardship, of taking one step forward and two steps back.
Powers: Like all Nations, Finland is long-lived and hard to kill. He recovers quickly from physical harm and ages based on his country’s development rather than his physical age. None of this will be applicable in the game, but for reference, bruises would take less than a day to heal, small cuts 24 hours to go entirely, and a deadly wound might take a week to disappear entirely. Age wise, events like gaining independence would make him age more dramatically, but the industrial revolution would have aged a lot of Nations as well. it also means that things like economical downturns give him cold like symptoms, but he can't catch human diseases such as an actual cold or the flu.
It’s never explained in detail, but he also has the ability to act as father Christmas. It could be that he has magical powers himself, or it could be that the powers are contained in the sleigh, but since other Hetalia characters do have magical powers it’s likely that Finland has the powers himself. However, he only ever uses them at Christmas so it might be that he’s unable to use them at any other time of the year.
Physically, he’s stronger than he looks, and stronger than a human would be. In this setting, that would be diminished to just being stronger than he looks. He’s also a very good shot, as a Nation specialising with a sniper rifle, but as a human more used to hunting than fighting. He’s good with languages, speaking a mixture of Finnish, Swedish and Russian from birth. Since being taken on by his family he’s also been taught English, French and Latin, none of which he took to particularly well, but he’s been studying English further since he agreed to move there.
Personality: Outwardly, Finland is always smiling, happy, bubbly and very, very talkative. He likes to keep the atmosphere light by making jokes or keeping up the conversation, but around people that unnerve him like Sweden he talks even more. There isn’t much of a filter between his brain and his mouth, though, so sometimes he comes out with things that might make him seem a little silly, and if he does he’ll light up like a candle, blushing darkly. This makes him pretty easily flustered, especially when he’s anxious or nervous, and he’s fidgety too, although that can also be put down to the amount of coffee that he consumes. He’s generous and sweet, and keeps a large group of friends close to his heart, happiest when the people close to him are happy and well.
However, like all Nations, Finland has endured all kind of hardships in his long history. Of all of the Nordics, he’s said to have had the hardest life. For five hundred years, more or less, he was Sweden’s underling, and for another hundred after that he was Russia’s. From the Winter War, he had been independent for less than 25 years. It’s also rather telling that Finnish only became a national language equal to Swedish in 1863. So while he is very cheerful, he’s not child-like, and he can be serious if the situation calls for it. He’s mature beyond his apparent age (which isn’t surprising, given that there’s a thousand years between his apparent age and physical one, but he’s noted as mature where other, older, Nations aren’t and that is). All of these hardships have led him to be a hard worker, and he will work without complaint. He’s an excellent housekeeper, having been Sweden’s ‘wife’ for so long. Unfortunately he has a tendency to take tasks a little bit too seriously, such as the costume that he makes for Halloween 2011, where he goes very overboard in making a ghost pirate outfit, skull mask included. He also worries a lot for his friends, putting their well being before his own.
His experiences with war, famine and hardship have left him with a rock solid core. Although he is very affable and can endure a lot, he does have a breaking point, and push him past that and he will bite, and hard. No one expected him to last as long as he did in the Winter War – Russian troops were told to be careful not to accidentally invade Sweden as they swept across the country, but he stood firm. One of the easiest ways to get him to snap is to threaten his friends and somewhat family in the Nordics and Estonia. He’s very loyal, and he values loyalty in other people as well. This leads to him worrying a lot about the people that he cares about.
Of all of his features, though, his most noticeable is his quirkiness. He’s a huge sucker for cute things, like moomins and baby America, but his naming sense is appalling. He was designated designer when the Nordics were given roles (with Sweden as the maker, Denmark as the seller and Norway as the critic) but you’d better hope that one of the other comes up with the names. This is a Nation who tried to name his dog ‘Bloody Floweregg’ after all. He’s also in love with weird festivals, the stranger the better, although he also adores Christmas and works hard to make sure that it’s a good time for all of his family. And never, ever let him cook. While he has all the technical abilities to make something wonderful, he has a habit of straying from the recipe, and adding something downright bizarre. If he offers you Salmiakki, don’t take it. He’s also a little too into his sports, especially if it comes with a chance to kick Sweden’s arse at ice hockey. Don’t sit close to him at a game.
AU Role: Research assistant / distant relation / family friend
AU History: Timo’s mother was a maid in the house of a Finnish lord who had married into Russian nobility. When it was discovered that she was pregnant she lost her job, but managed to get another as a housekeeper in their rarely used house in the Finnish countryside. Over their infrequent visits through his childhood it became more and more obvious that the master of the house was Timo’s father, the boy his splitting image. In his twelfth year he was formally acknowledged as the masters illegitimate son, and as such given the same education as his legitimate sons. Fortunately, his mother had already taught him his letters, so he wasn’t too far behind. He took to history, English and shooting like a duck to water, but his French, Latin and literature never caught up.
As he reached the end of his teens, the family struggled to work out what to do with him. Although he wasn’t a threat to the house as his father already had legitimate heirs older than him, he was in a tricky position. Even as an illegitimate child he had a social standing to uphold. A distant relationship with the Valdemar’s gave his father hope, and Timo was sent to help the Master with his research, to use the education that was given to him, with the hope that in England he’ll make a match above his status and thus be of use to his family that way. At least in the meanwhile he’s costing them little more than a reasonable yearly income, and he’s out of his father’s wife’s hair.
Samples
http://badjumpers.dreamwidth.org/1216.html
Name: Gil
Age: 24
Characters already in game?: N/A
Contact: PMs to moimin_papa or plurk @ purplefluffychainsaw
IC Information
Name: Finland / Timo Väinämöinen
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Canon Medium: Webcomic / manga / anime
Age: About 1000 years old, appears to be around 20.
Gender/ Sex: Male / Male
Canon History:
Canon Wiki
Wiki link to Finnish history from the point where he was born
Finland’s early history is shrouded, like a lot of Nations. His first firm memories are of Sweden, and he was taken under his control in the 12th century. Sweden brought Christianity to Finland, and in the 13th century they became part of the Kalmar Union along with the rest of the Nordics.
For a short while there was relative peace, but Sweden and Denmark began to fight in the 14th century, and when Sweden left in 1523 Finland accompanied him, and they lived together for a long time after that. Sweden decided that Finland was his wife, and despite his protests to the contrary, Sweden adjusted his clothes to fit Finland, took partial control of Latvia and Estonia for Finland’s sake, and they adopted a dog together, who they named Floweregg (thanks to Finland’s naming sense). During the Polish-Swedish wars, Finland fought along side Sweden and was disappointed when Sweden decided to retreat.
Finland and Sweden tried to make a ‘holiday home’ in America when the continent was first colonised, and Finland was in fact the first one to spot the new Nation who would become the USA. Finland was worried for the boy even though he never actually got close to him. In fact, when Holland took the land from him, he was more concerned for the boy than for the loss of the land, accidentally letting France and England know about him, leading to the other two Europeans finding and eventually laying claim to America (fortunately for them, Finland failed to notice the similarities between himself and the boy).
In 1809 Finland left Sweden for the first time in 600 years to become a Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire. During the 100 or so years that he was with Russia, Finnish language and Finnish culture grew, with the publication of the Kalevala in 1835. Finland declared independence on December 6th 1917 following the Russian revolution, declaring that without the monarchy the treaty that tied Finland to Russia was void. Only a few months later a brief civil war broke out, which ended with Finland becoming a presidential republic.
He was neutral during WWI, but during WWII Russia turned his eyes towards him, having reclaimed the Baltic nations. As a new independent country, Finland worked hard to defend himself, though. Of all the European countries fighting, only Finland, England and Russia never had their capitals occupied.
Canon Point: Current with this comic which takes place at some point during the winter war
This is the first of three wars that Finland fought during WWII and the first against Russia. To put it into context, this is at the end of a period of extreme hardship and furious struggles to become independent. During the 19th Century, Swedish-speaking nobles started to learn Finnish and Fennicise their names in order to promote Finnish language and culture. It’s easy to assume that Finland’s ‘human’ surname comes from this period, given that it’s the name of the first man in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic that inspired the language strife. For him, this was a time of great pride, and of great growth and he would have enjoyed it a lot.
However, Russification began at the end of the century, intensifying in the first decade of the twentieth century. Finland had been relatively free under the Swedish empire for the century that he had belonged to him, but under the new rules a fair amount of his autonomy was taken away, forcing him to use Russian language, money and stamps, as well as the Orthodox Russian Church. Although many measures were held back during WWI, rumours spread in Finland that Russia was planning to complete the Russification of Finland when he could. During the Russification, the elation of the Finnisication would have very much faded for Finland, and things became harder. Russia kept a closer eye on him, trying to quash any attempts for independence, making life tough.
The Russian revolution changed all of that, and Finland jumped at the chance for independence. Having independence was a big deal for him, the first time since he was a small child. But it didn’t go well. Without the financial support of the Russian Empire, things were tough, and just over a month after independence his civil war started. For any Nation, a civil war is an awful time, but Finland’s was particularly bloody and brutal. It was fought between the Reds, social democrats supported by the Soviet Republic, and the Whites, the more conservative senate, which received assistance from the German empire. 37,000 people died, but only 10,000 on the battlefield, as both parties utilised terror campaigns and prison camps where the conditions were appalling. Although the Red party lost the war, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the war left the country, and it’s Nation, a mess. It took until 1925 for Finland to recover to pre-war levels.
And then, of course, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, leaving Finland in the Soviet sphere of interest, essentially the agreement of Nazi Germany not to do anything if the Soviet Union invaded him. Which, after annexing Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and some others, he promptly did. But Finland had fought hard for his independence, and after most of his history serving as an underling there was no way that he was going to bend over and just let the Soviet Union reclaim him. He fought back, and he fought back hard, proving just how tough he really was. And it’s during this fight that he’ll be taken from, full of pride and fight and independence, but also weary from a long century of conflicting pride and hardship, of taking one step forward and two steps back.
Powers: Like all Nations, Finland is long-lived and hard to kill. He recovers quickly from physical harm and ages based on his country’s development rather than his physical age. None of this will be applicable in the game, but for reference, bruises would take less than a day to heal, small cuts 24 hours to go entirely, and a deadly wound might take a week to disappear entirely. Age wise, events like gaining independence would make him age more dramatically, but the industrial revolution would have aged a lot of Nations as well. it also means that things like economical downturns give him cold like symptoms, but he can't catch human diseases such as an actual cold or the flu.
It’s never explained in detail, but he also has the ability to act as father Christmas. It could be that he has magical powers himself, or it could be that the powers are contained in the sleigh, but since other Hetalia characters do have magical powers it’s likely that Finland has the powers himself. However, he only ever uses them at Christmas so it might be that he’s unable to use them at any other time of the year.
Physically, he’s stronger than he looks, and stronger than a human would be. In this setting, that would be diminished to just being stronger than he looks. He’s also a very good shot, as a Nation specialising with a sniper rifle, but as a human more used to hunting than fighting. He’s good with languages, speaking a mixture of Finnish, Swedish and Russian from birth. Since being taken on by his family he’s also been taught English, French and Latin, none of which he took to particularly well, but he’s been studying English further since he agreed to move there.
Personality: Outwardly, Finland is always smiling, happy, bubbly and very, very talkative. He likes to keep the atmosphere light by making jokes or keeping up the conversation, but around people that unnerve him like Sweden he talks even more. There isn’t much of a filter between his brain and his mouth, though, so sometimes he comes out with things that might make him seem a little silly, and if he does he’ll light up like a candle, blushing darkly. This makes him pretty easily flustered, especially when he’s anxious or nervous, and he’s fidgety too, although that can also be put down to the amount of coffee that he consumes. He’s generous and sweet, and keeps a large group of friends close to his heart, happiest when the people close to him are happy and well.
However, like all Nations, Finland has endured all kind of hardships in his long history. Of all of the Nordics, he’s said to have had the hardest life. For five hundred years, more or less, he was Sweden’s underling, and for another hundred after that he was Russia’s. From the Winter War, he had been independent for less than 25 years. It’s also rather telling that Finnish only became a national language equal to Swedish in 1863. So while he is very cheerful, he’s not child-like, and he can be serious if the situation calls for it. He’s mature beyond his apparent age (which isn’t surprising, given that there’s a thousand years between his apparent age and physical one, but he’s noted as mature where other, older, Nations aren’t and that is). All of these hardships have led him to be a hard worker, and he will work without complaint. He’s an excellent housekeeper, having been Sweden’s ‘wife’ for so long. Unfortunately he has a tendency to take tasks a little bit too seriously, such as the costume that he makes for Halloween 2011, where he goes very overboard in making a ghost pirate outfit, skull mask included. He also worries a lot for his friends, putting their well being before his own.
His experiences with war, famine and hardship have left him with a rock solid core. Although he is very affable and can endure a lot, he does have a breaking point, and push him past that and he will bite, and hard. No one expected him to last as long as he did in the Winter War – Russian troops were told to be careful not to accidentally invade Sweden as they swept across the country, but he stood firm. One of the easiest ways to get him to snap is to threaten his friends and somewhat family in the Nordics and Estonia. He’s very loyal, and he values loyalty in other people as well. This leads to him worrying a lot about the people that he cares about.
Of all of his features, though, his most noticeable is his quirkiness. He’s a huge sucker for cute things, like moomins and baby America, but his naming sense is appalling. He was designated designer when the Nordics were given roles (with Sweden as the maker, Denmark as the seller and Norway as the critic) but you’d better hope that one of the other comes up with the names. This is a Nation who tried to name his dog ‘Bloody Floweregg’ after all. He’s also in love with weird festivals, the stranger the better, although he also adores Christmas and works hard to make sure that it’s a good time for all of his family. And never, ever let him cook. While he has all the technical abilities to make something wonderful, he has a habit of straying from the recipe, and adding something downright bizarre. If he offers you Salmiakki, don’t take it. He’s also a little too into his sports, especially if it comes with a chance to kick Sweden’s arse at ice hockey. Don’t sit close to him at a game.
AU Role: Research assistant / distant relation / family friend
AU History: Timo’s mother was a maid in the house of a Finnish lord who had married into Russian nobility. When it was discovered that she was pregnant she lost her job, but managed to get another as a housekeeper in their rarely used house in the Finnish countryside. Over their infrequent visits through his childhood it became more and more obvious that the master of the house was Timo’s father, the boy his splitting image. In his twelfth year he was formally acknowledged as the masters illegitimate son, and as such given the same education as his legitimate sons. Fortunately, his mother had already taught him his letters, so he wasn’t too far behind. He took to history, English and shooting like a duck to water, but his French, Latin and literature never caught up.
As he reached the end of his teens, the family struggled to work out what to do with him. Although he wasn’t a threat to the house as his father already had legitimate heirs older than him, he was in a tricky position. Even as an illegitimate child he had a social standing to uphold. A distant relationship with the Valdemar’s gave his father hope, and Timo was sent to help the Master with his research, to use the education that was given to him, with the hope that in England he’ll make a match above his status and thus be of use to his family that way. At least in the meanwhile he’s costing them little more than a reasonable yearly income, and he’s out of his father’s wife’s hair.
Samples
http://badjumpers.dreamwidth.org/1216.html