Greetings! :D Let me see if I can just check off the list here for you:

Glad you're interested in the Ydra, and for the record they are totally NOT elves, regardless of what anyone says! >.>

And nope. Though if you want some idea of the current situation let me know, I can give you a quick overview with some bigger plot points just to get you up to speed without hours of reading. 

I cannot say I'm accustomed to getting a resume for applicants, but it all looks good to me! :) We're under "Advanced" but we're generally fairly lax about length and all that. Mostly to keep the one-liners away. The rolled up newspaper only does so much!