| Dec 9, 2012 12:29:18 GMT -5 |
Post by BASCH "SWITZERLAND" ZWINGLI on Dec 9, 2012 12:29:18 GMT -5
BASCH (SWITZERLAND) ZWINGLI
However I only can say that... I won't forget you
However I only can say that... I won't forget you
I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil
Nickname/Alias: Basch, Switzerland, 'Big Brother' (only applicable to Liechtenstein ONLY)
Gender: Male
Character Type: Country
Country or Country of Origin: Switzerland
Canon or Original: Canon
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When I look into all of your stupid faces
I think how fun it will be to pound them into dust
Hair: Blonde
Height and Weight: 5'7" // 150 lbs
Other Distinguishing Features:
Often seen with a gun at hand or a rifle on his shoulder (it doesn't matter; a gun is a gun). Sometimes, when he's having some 'issues', he is seen with a bucket on his head, hitting himself silly. He also has a cross-shape scar on his left shoulder.
Overall Appearance:
Mint-green eyes and blonde, choppy hair, Basch stands around five feet seven, and often seen not as intimidating as most sees him. Apparently, his initial appearance made him look like he's just your normal teen, but with his mercenary job to Vatican back then and his military training, he is anything but a mild-mannered hermit that he's suppose to be or like those you see in any rendition of the Heidi movie. He is often seen wearing a forest-green jacket, brown pants and white beret though he is also seen with his white shirt, tie and camouflage, hooded jacket. He also wears the pink (Don't ask) pajamas that his younger sister, Liechtenstein , made for him as a 'thank you' gift for taking care of him but he won't show it to anyone... not that he's willing to do so, just so you know.
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Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!
- Guns
- Liechtenstein (If you're not her, tough luck!)
- Cheap stuff
- Goat Milk & cheese
- Solitude
- Neutrality
- Money
- Swiss Chocolates
Dislikes:
- Annoying people/nations or outsiders
- Spending money
- Austria (Well, not the hate-hate but there's a grudge in there somewhere)
- Liechtenstein being in harm's way
- Anyone entering his borders (or his backyard) without authorization
- Anyone prancing around naked (Good God!)
Strengths:
- Economical spender
- Very good with the use of guns or any firearms
- Neutral and unbiased
- Caring brother (to Liechtenstein )
- Good with money (Swiss banks are said to be one of the safests in the world)
- Tactful
- Quick thinker
Weaknesses:
- Neutral and unbiased (to a fault)
- Hot-tempered
- Holds grudges
- Expensive stuff
- Social recluse
- Overprotective to those close to him
Fears:
- Anything bad happening to Liechtenstein
- Loosing money and going poor
Secrets:
- Actually can hold his alcohol quite well. They just don't much think of him as the 'social drinker' type.
- He really wants to help, he really does, but his hermit-like status makes it hard for him, plus he thinks they might just take his kindness as either an advantage or taking him for granted.
- Worries a lot for Liechtenstein . He's... not very good at hiding it, unfortunately, but he doesn't realize that.
- He's actually just a very shy nation. But he won't tell you that.
Any Quirks/Habits:
- Whenever he's bothered about something or there's a bad memory, he hits himself in the head with a bucket as his helmet. Why? Even he doesn't know.
- Owns three pet goats; Eiger, Jungfrau and Mönch.
- Gets trigger-happy every time he sees Italy (in his borders) streaking and forgetting his pants... or sees anyone naked in front of him, basically.
- VERY doting to Liechtenstein. Common knowledge.
- Never without his gun around. Just in case he needs to point out some stuff to someone.
- Economical shopper; it appears he likes to save money and buy cheap stuff. He goes ballistic if he finds out he just spend on something expensive.
- Not afraid to shoot anyone- and he means ANYONE- who dares to annoy him.
- Flusters and easily embarrassed when being helped by someone and ask for minimal to nothing in return. He's just a softie in the inside, he just can't express himself to people.
Overall Personality:
As a neutral nation who prefer to be alone unless necessary, Switzerland isn't like any of those people in the 'Heidi' stories from the Swiss alphs- nope, he is far from that imagery and his temper, alone, is one of the sole evidence that Switzerland is not said as such. He is a hardened soldier- being the one with the biggest producer of guns in the world and has the most military strength- who will do at any cost to finish the job and do it right. He does not like outsiders, preferring to be in either solitude or with his 'adopted' sister, Liechtenstein , and he doesn't seem to appreciate any nonsensical things coming from them, allies or otherwise. Since he is a mercenary hired by the Vatican once upon a time, it was also evident that he have experience with shooting down anyone without hesitation without any discretion to sides. He is hot-tempered, a bit preachy to people (just to prove to them that what they are doing is wrong or they are annoying him) and does not deny that he is a frugal nation that will even agree to eat out with someone he hate (coughAustriacough) just to save money.
Fortunately, Switzerland has a soft spot for Liechtenstein, probably due to the fact that she doesn't annoy him so and he sees a part of himself on her, and maybe to a very few individual, and though he does not show it he is actually a sensitive nation deep down and just doesn't know how to outwardly express it. He's not a romantic, but he's definitely a caring guy, a pragmatic nation who thinks on the realistic side of life, and does not give up on the things that he do. Though he holds grudges and easy to anger, it also seems to be that he is easy to please (but he doesn't show it) and, despite finding a hard time to appreciate gratitude on anyone else, he is eternally grateful to those who did him good.
Overall, despite his ruff-and-gruff nature, Basch is actually a softie on the inside (it's just that his outer shell tends to break people's teeth or is stuck in the freezer for far too long... or is like a Tootsie Pop). Just try not to run on his yard naked because he tends to become trigger-happy and shoots anyone without a care because he hates the sight of it.
Yeah, he's that problematic somewhere along the line.
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I'm the hero!
Originally inhabited by the Helvetians, or Helvetic Celts, the territory comprising modern Switzerland came under Roman rule during the Gallic wars in the 1st century BC and remained a Roman province until the 4th century AD. Under Roman influence, the population reached a high level of civilization and enjoyed a flourishing commerce. Important cities, such as Geneva, Basel, and Zurich, were linked by military roads that also served as trade arteries between Rome and the northern tribes.
After the decline of the Roman Empire, Switzerland was invaded by Germanic tribes from the north and west. Some tribes, such as the Alemanni in central and northeastern Switzerland, and the Burgundians, who ruled western Switzerland, settled there. In 800, the country became part of Charlemagne's empire. It later passed under the dominion of the Holy Roman emperors in the form of small ecclesiastic and temporal holdings subject to imperial sovereignty.
With the opening of a new important north-south trade route across the Alps in the early 13th century, the Empire's rulers began to attach more importance to the remote Swiss mountain valleys, which were granted some degree of autonomy under direct imperial rule. Fearful of the popular disturbances flaring up following the death of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1291, the ruling families from Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed a charter to keep public peace and pledging mutual support in upholding autonomous administrative and judicial rule. The anniversary of the charter's signature (August 1, 1291) today is celebrated as Switzerland's National Day.
Between 1315 and 1388 the Swiss Confederates inflicted three crushing defeats on the Habsburgs, whose aspiration to regional dominion clashed with Swiss self-determination. During that period, five other localities (cantons in modern-day parlance) joined the original three in the Swiss Confederation. Buoyed by their feats, the Swiss Confederates continuously expanded their borders by military means and gained formal independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Routed by the French and Venetians near Milan in 1515, they renounced expansionist policies. By then the Swiss Confederation had become a union of 13 localities with a regularly convening diet administering the subject territories. Swiss mercenaries continued for centuries to serve in other armies; the Swiss Guard of the Pope is a vestige of this tradition.
The Reformation led to a division between the Protestant followers of Zwingli and Calvin in the German and French parts of the country respectively, and the Catholics. Despite two centuries of civil strife, the common interest in the joint subject territories kept the Swiss Confederation from falling apart. The traffic in mercenaries as well as the alienation between the predominantly Protestant Swiss and their Catholic neighbors kept the Swiss Confederation out of the wars of the European powers, which formally recognized Swiss neutrality in the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The Swiss remained neutral during the War of the First Coalition against revolutionary France, but Napoleon, nonetheless, invaded and annexed much of the country in 1797-98, replacing the loose confederation with a centrally governed unitary state.
The Congress of Vienna in 1815 re-established the old confederation of sovereign states and enshrined Switzerland's status of permanent armed neutrality in international law. In 1848, after a brief civil war between Protestant liberals seeking a centralized national state and Catholic conservatives clinging on to the old order, the majority of Swiss Cantons opted for a Federal State, modeled in part on the U.S. Constitution. The Swiss Constitution established a range of civic liberties and made far-reaching provisions to maintain cantonal autonomy to placate the vanquished Catholic minority. The Swiss amended their Constitution extensively in 1874, establishing federal responsibility for defense, trade, and legal matters, as well as introducing direct democracy by popular referendum. To this day, cantonal autonomy and referendum democracy remain trademarks of the Swiss polity.
Switzerland industrialized rapidly during the 19th century and by 1850 had become the second most industrialized country in Europe after Great Britain. During World War I serious tension developed between the German, French, and Italian-speaking parts of the country, and Switzerland came close to violating its neutrality but managed to stay out of hostilities. Labor unrest culminating in a general strike in 1918 marked the interwar period, but in 1937 employers and the largest trade union concluded a formal agreement to settle disputes peacefully, which governs workplace relations to the present day. During World War II, Switzerland came under heavy pressure from the fascist powers, which after the fall of France in 1940 completely surrounded the country. Some political and economic leaders displayed a mood of appeasement, but a combination of tactical accommodation and demonstrative readiness to defend the country helped Switzerland survive unscathed.
The Cold War enhanced the role of neutral Switzerland and offered the country a way out of its diplomatic isolation after World War II. Economically, Switzerland integrated itself into the American-led Western postwar order, but it remained reluctant to enter supranational bodies. Switzerland did not for many decades join the United Nations, even though Geneva became host to the UN's European headquarters and the country played an active role in many of the UN's specialized agencies. Switzerland also remained aloof in the face of European integration efforts, waiting until 1963 to join the Council of Europe. It still remains outside the European Union. Instead, Switzerland in 1960 helped form the European Free Trade Area, which did not strive for political union. Following the Cold War, Switzerland joined the Bretton Woods institutions in 1992 and finally became a member of the United Nations in 2002.
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You've got it backwards! Backwards!
Hurry up and throw it! If you don't hurry up and throw it, you'll go "boom"!
*redirects to one of Okinawa's RP samples*
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I Summon thee from far away lands, come forth!
You called?
Timezone: 8:00+
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