Character Guidelines

Currently, it is not possible to create a villain or Pro-Hero as a primary character. All players have the opportunity to make Pro-Heroes as background characters (in some cases, even as alternate characters), but you may not have them as a *primary* character. For more information about these restrictions, please read FAQ.

All primary characters must be a student or a regular citizen.

## Making a Student

Clearly state your character’s year in the proper field. Please keep in mind that retconning your character's year may prove tedious; if you would like to change your year (or any other significant part of your character) after approval, please ping @Admissions in #player-help.

Characters must begin the school year at the specified age, and as the school year progresses, they will age up to the second specified age. For example, a first-year student would *begin* their school life in U.A. at 15, then turn 16 at some point during the school year. If you want your student to be a year older for whatever reason (for example: getting held back in school at some point in their life), this must be mentioned in their character backstory.

* First Years: 15-16 years old
* Second Years: 16-17 years old
* Third Years: 17-18 years old

You may choose your own department, but not your (letter) class.

* A-B : Heroes (For heroes-in-training. Students go through combat/first-aid practice to work towards the qualifications necessary to use their Quirks in public places.)
* C-E : General Education (Top-notch classes taught by reputable teachers, for students aiming for college/other occupations. Students with exceptional grades may be transferred to the Hero department.)
* F-H : Support (A very creative environment. Students have access to workshops/tools. They work on developing equipment/gear for heroes to use.)
* I-K : Management (Students focus on economics and marketing. They will learn how to manage heroic businesses, such as agencies that produce heroes.)

## Making a Citizen

You also have the option to make non-U.A. student characters, such as a normal citizen living in the city (however, please keep in mind that you will not be able to roleplay in the school).

If you would like to make a junior high student that will be enrolled in U.A. the following school year, please state “Yes” in the Citizen sheet. You will receive a Pre-U.A. role and will be automatically entered into the new school year once it begins. This is \*only\* for characters who will be joining the \*very next year\* (so if you have a seven-year-old who will be going to U.A. in the future, then please do not say yes in the Pre-U.A. field).

## Backgrounds

1. **We do not allow characters to have close relations with prominent canon characters and families in My Hero Academia** (example: being Midoriya’s son, being Todoroki’s significant other, being Bakugo’s secret long-lost sister, etc.). There will be no personal links to canon characters, both in backstory and future roleplay. However, you are allowed to imply minor canon interaction that happened offscreen (example: getting Deku’s autograph) as long as no one is actually roleplaying a canon character at any point.
2. As per server rules and for the sake of other players, please **do not include clear mentions or references of torture and domestic/sexual/other abuse in your character's backstory.**
3. **No villain relations.** Although this was previously allowed in the past, U.A. High School will no longer be allowing players to make their characters' parents/relatives/siblings villains due to how the community has utilized it. It's immersion-breaking to other players if everyone has villain parents, and simply does not make sense when it comes to a prestigious hero school. Of course, you can still make characters corrupt, greedy, cruel, and so on — not every bad person is classified as a villain.
4. **Keep things realistic.** For students, U.A. is located in Japan, and if your character is not from Japan, you should include some information about why they are attending U.A. and not another hero school. For citizens, your ten-year-old character should not be capable of killing a full-grown man or possessing illegal items. These are just a few examples. *What is considered realistic is to Admissions’ discretion.*
	* Characters that have committed serious crimes will be evaluated meticulously for the sake of other players’ immersion. U.A. is one of the highest-ranking hero schools in the world; if they have discovered through background checks that the character has killed people, they would *not* be accepted into the school. *What is considered realistic is to Admissions’ discretion.*
5. **Names, Quirks, and/or characters that are blatant references to memes or other media (shows, books, movies, real-life celebrities), will not be accepted. Characters discovered to have been plagiarized or stolen will not be accepted.**
	* Faceclaims are fine *as long as you properly credit the artist*. “Credit to owner/artist” is not a valid credit. If you are unable to credit the artist who drew your faceclaim, ask for help in #character-workshop or don’t use it at all.

## Alternate Characters

Players may have one alternate student character (citizen/teacher/plot characters not included). All alternate characters require a separate Discord account for roles/records purposes. However, remember OOC Rule 5 in Rules and Guidelines.

*If you join on another account, you must specify that you are an alt, as well as disclose your main account, on your character sheet.*

Please note that new players will receive priority attention before alternate characters submitted by people who already have characters in the server. We also have a restriction on hero characters in first year.

*What is considered breaking character guidelines is at Admissions’ discretion.*