Background Details
 
MID APP (and higher)
Minimal Background (a fully-formed answer per question is OK)
 
- When and where were you born? What did your parents
do, and   how did that influence you when you were young?

- What was the main theme of your childhood and adolescence?

- When and how did you become a supernatural?

- Why you? What made you special, or what were the
circumstances   of your supernatural metamorphosis?

- How much time has passed between your change and the
present?

- Broadly speaking, what did you spend most of that
time doing?

- What was your last thought before you became a
supernatural,  and what was your first thought afterwards?

- Did your core personality change as a result of your
change,  or did you remain essentially the same person?

- What drives you to go out and spend time with others
of your  kind?

- When you go to a meeting of supernaturals, what do
you want  to accomplish there?

- How do you go about getting what you want: what
methods do  you choose, and why?
 
High or Top APP
Extended Background (two or three sentences per
question min.)
 
- How does your character differ from yourself? In more detail,
 what are your favorite movies/books/music, and how are they
  different from your character's preferences?

- Have you actually seen/experienced those things that your
  character prefers? If so, which ones?

- Why does your character like different things from you? How
  have your character's experiences shaped those preferences?

- If your character's been a supernatural for several decades
  or centuries, how has the changing mortal world in those
  time periods affected you? How much of the mortal world's
  changes have you experienced? Which ones did you like, and
  which ones did you dislike? What did you do in times of great
  crisis, e.g. the World Wars, or the various Revolutionary
  periods?

- Do you have a detailed timeline of your character's location
  and basic activities? If your character's been a supernatural
  for 100 years or less, have a timeline entry for every 5
  years. If your character's been a supernatural for centuries,
  have a timeline entry for at least every 20 years. If your
  character's been around for an eon or more, have timeline
  entries at least every 25-50 years, but make them more
  frequent or detailed during eventful periods.
 

All APPs
Approvals Questions (fully-formed sentences required,
with at least one sentence for each questions within
each point)
 
1. What does your character hope to accomplish in the near
   future? Why these particular goals? Specifically, what will
   this item do to enhance your character's progress towards
   those goals?
 
2. What are your character's long-term goals? What will this item
   do to enhance your character's progress towards those goals?
   Why does your character want this item?
 
3. What is the real reason for the character's residence in their
   current Domain? Will this item impact that?
   How is your character gaining the item and bringing it into
   play in your home Domain?
 
4. What gives your character reason to continue existing?
   How will this item affect those reasons to exist?
 
5. What are your character's greatest joys and fears?
   How does this item play into them?
 
6. Which emotions are the greatest drives for your character?
   How will this item affect those - will it produce joy, sadness,
   fear, pride, etc.?
 
7. How does your character view the mortal world and its events?
   How will this item affect the mortals around your character?
 
8. What major events shaped your character's past that apply to
   this approval if it's an item (not a character type)? What link,
   if any, does this item have with those critical times?
 
9. What are your character's relations with his/her Clan/Tribe/
   Tradition? How will this item affect those relationships? How
   would your character LIKE for this item to affect them?
 
10. How will this approval make the game more enjoyable for
    others? How will you avoid playing an antagonistic character,
    and instead enrich the game by drawing others into the venue
    using this approval?
 
11. What will this character, or addition of this item to this
    character, add to sanctioned play? How will it add something
    constructive to the venue?
 
12. Why do you want to play this character with this item in
    particular? Will other local players be content and feel
    safe if they know that you have this character type or
    item? What will you do to ensure that others don't feel
    that you're using this irresponsibly to the detriment of
    others' enjoyment?
 
13. How will you be like a Storyteller in the play of your
    character, and in the incorporation of this item into the
    play of your character? How will this item work to enhance
    the flow and fun of the game?