The focus today / tomorrow is on your protagonist(s)! I edited this to make it more manageable, as we can split it into two chunks!
Information About Today / Tomorrow’s Challenge-
Today we are going to be fleshing out our main character! If your story has several main characters, all of equal importance, than you should be working on all of those!
Here is a form to fill out that should help. It is like the ones that we do for role play characters, but more in-depth. I used a similar form when I was designing my characters last year. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answers to every space! Put something down, and you can always change it later.
Name:
Age:
Height:
Weight:
Birthdate:
Birthplace:
Gender/Sexuality:
Hair:
Eyes:
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional):
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.):
Educational Background:
Best Friend:
Significant Other/Crush:
Enemies (Include why):
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?):
Present Problem:
Greatest Fear:
My Example-
Name: Pink
Age: Varies as the story progresses.
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 98 pounds
Birthdate: August 29th
Birthplace: A small cave in one of the mountains bordering Ethealia and Meria.
Gender//Sexuality: Female, Straight
Hair: Long and pink with a soft wave
Eyes: Pink
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): She has emotional handicaps related to family life. She deeply misses her parents and her sister but has been forced to move on with her life without them.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): Her voice is very smooth, and she smells of glass. In very dark light, her skin and hair almost seem to sparkle.
Educational Background: In the beginning of the story, she trains with both a Merian and a Ethealian mentor.
Best Friende: Black, a Merian around her age with the ability to create vacuums. The two of them bonded when Pink was first found by the Merian people.
Significant Other/Crush: Her crush is Sun, a Merian with the ability to manipulate the sun. They later get together and raise a child, but things become very complicated.
Enemies (Include why): Nero, the leader of the Ethealian cities. He has been attacking the Merian people for the last few years and wants to demolish them entirely.
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): Both of her parents are dead after being killed in a rockslide. One of her parents is Ethealian, the other Merian, a secret that she has to keep close to her. She was close to both of her parents when they were still alive.
Present Problem: The constant attacking of Nero’s Ethealian forces on Meria.
Greatest Fear: That the Merian people will discover her mixed heritage and abandon her. That her long lost sister, Ryadora, will hate her from keeping this knowledge from her.
More of this is coming next time!
Name: Rain
Age: 3 (20)
Height: 15.9 hands hight
Weight: no clue, she is a horse
Birthdate: April 25
Birthplace: Equuleus, in the meadow
Gender/Sexuality: mare
Hair:she is a bay paint mare with a chestnuty mane and tail with her mane haveing some white in it.
Eyes: brown
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): she has a scar along her face and numerous battle scars from war
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): already said
Educational Background: When she was growing up she would go to the elder, Sika and hear stories and legends of the past, when she turned 1 (16), dispite her sire forbaying her she joined King Suncloud's army becoming a blur (spy) she was in blur training for a few months, top of her class. beacuse of her speed and witts she climbed up the ranks as a blur going to lead captain, at age 2 she went joined the bands (fighting army) and soon earned her self Supercomander (second to the king)
Best Friend: Her best friend is a mare by the name of Lighting though you dont see this black ran mare that often later (much later her best friend is midnight)
Significant Other/Crush: She has none, viewing mates as a waste of time and stupid.
Enemies (Include why): Her enemies Storm, Beau, Midnight, Shadownight, and the horses of our lands. So when Storm, king Suncloud;s younger twin brother (by like 10 mintues) revolts against his brother and leads a quarter of the horses out of the safe land of Equuleus. Thus since Rain is the supercomander of King suncloud, you can see why... This goes farther to Beau and Midnight the supercomaders of Strom and Shadowknight who works for Storm
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): Her dames name is Paint which is an older chestnut paint, she is alive and well though Rains stunts surely must have shortened her life. Paint is a very sweet mare who supports her and guides Rain.
Her sire is Sargent and he is a strict stallion who is rather cold to Rain since she is living the life he never wanted for her.
Present Problem: For rain honestly nothing but in book the problem is completeing the rescue mission.
Greatest Fear: to Fail Suncloud and show her feelings
Name: Rayne Amiar
Age: Present: 14, Future: 21
Height: Present: 4'7, Future: 5'4
Weight: Present: 105.3 Ibs, Future: 115.2 Ibs
Birthdate: April 23, 2008
Birthplace: She was born in a Storm Herd valley
Gender/Sexuality: Female, Bisexual
Hair: Wavy dark brown, to her mid-back. Except in the future it's shorter.
Eyes: Amber
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): She has spider like markings around her right eye, and other scars. She lived through so much, it would be WAY to much to put on here.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): She smells like rain, and she her voice varies depending on how she is speaking. She learned knows Spanish, and sometimes will put on an accent if so desired. Her skin is a tan color, and she's very confident in her abilities as a young woman.
Educational Background: She was trained by the rebels, and mentored by @Thunderheart 's character, ThunderFire. After awhile she left to find her brother, and had to learn things on her own.
Best Friend: I would consider her best friend more of her partner, which would be Miles Prower.
Significant Other/Crush: She has no significant other, nor does she have a crush.
Enemies (Include why): With her new job, she's made many enemies, because of either her beating the crap out of them and putting their sorry flanks in jail or with the Stallions, which puts a heavy target on her back.
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): Her Father is a murderer known as StormSky, and she hates his guts, especially after what he did to her brother RainBreeze. Their mother, DownPour, is dead, murdered by land-walkers.
Present Problem: Her present problem is her future self and her present self has swapped places, and she can't figure out how to get back. Not to mention, someone is after her, Miles, and Cesar. Cesar for his power to mess with time, Miles for some unknown reason, and herself because she broke the time laws. Not to mention if they get her hands on her, they could use her to control the future, and the rebels entirely.
Greatest Fear: Her greatest fear is dying again, or someone won't be able to save her this time. She's afraid nobody will care if she disappears again after the first incident.
Name: Miles Prower
Age: 21
Height: 5'9
Weight: 126.3
Birthdate: October 6th, 2008
Birthplace: He was born near the borders of Fire Herd
Gender/Sexuality: Male, Pansexual
Hair: He has dark brown wavy hair with hints of dark auburn, and black tips that are a result of his slowly dying body.
Eyes: He has crisp green eyes.
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): When he was 13, he got in a really bad plane crash. Luckily he didn't lose any lives, but his body was badly burned, and only has a few patches of skin on his face that managed to remain alright. Due to the fact he has been brainwashed and controlled do many times, the cost of his freedom becomes limited the more he gets used until he can't control his own free will. He has other scars along his body from the years.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): His skin is a pale ivory, and he is based heavily on a character names Tails from Sonic the Hedgehog (voice included). He smells of burning wood, and is very handy with machinery, as he builds his own planes and other mechanics.
Educational Background: He had to learn everything from his harsh mother and herd, learning to survive. He picked up on building machines rather quickly though, and is pretty crafty.
Best Friend: He works pretty well with most of the monitors, but he gets along the best with his partner, Rayne Amiar.
Significant Other/Crush: He doesn't have a significant other, but he does have a crush that will be shown in the story.
Enemies (Include why): He tries his best to not get involved with enemy matters, but the few he does have is because they tried to hut Rayne, both future and past.
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): His Father RavenSong is dead, murdered by FireBird, and FireBird is his mother. She is trying to kill him to bring his body back to Fire herd to be excepted again. Though he has left the past, and I'm pretty certain that everyone on DOA can agree when I say his new 'adoptive' (sorta) parents are Juliet Higgins and Magnum (@Thunderheart can help explain XDD). He loves both of them as if they were his real parents, and know they would always protect him.
Present Problem: He's trying to get the past Rayne back to her time with getting her caught by the evil that only he and Cesar know of. Rayne believes the evil is after her to control ThunderFire, but the truth is, they are after her so they can take her youth, assuming she got turned into a child by Cesar.
Greatest Fear: He's scared he won't be able to help Rayne get back to her time, and he's even more afraid that his partner is stuck in the past.
(For my DOA peeps, most of the stuff was developed over the course as they grew up, except for the sexuality. I figured it fit their character rather well, and I know we can't have ships like these in the actual RP, this is just a fanfiction, and still won't be in the RP :)
Name: Jada Ellis
Age: 17
Height: 5'5
Weight: 112
Birthdate: April 13
Birthplace: Nashville TN in a makeshift hospital.
Gender/Sexuality: Female.
Hair: Medium brown hair cut short.
Eyes: Hazel. More golden.
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): She has many scars, but they are small. The most noticeable one is the one on her face across her eyebrow and on her cheek.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): She has a very soft voice but can be commanding still. Her hair is wavy and her skin in white but sun kissed (Pretty rosy)
Educational Background: She was taught by her parents to read and write as well as the other basics such as History and science, but she was also trained as a Spy.
Best Friend: Ivy Huxley and Silas Thatcher. Both pretty evenly her friend.
Significant Other/Crush: Silas Thatcher is her crush.
Enemies (Include why): TBD
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): Her parents are missing. She is very very close to them.
Present Problem: Uh...that's complicated. Saving the world, her friends, and her family.
Greatest Fear: That she isn't needed or will be abandoned by the people she loves. That she isn't as important in their lives as they are in hers.
(Why do I insist on doing these while half asleep?)
Name: Kurapika
Age: 18
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 130 lbs
Birthdate: April 4th
Birthplace: Forest in Lukso Province
Gender/Sexuality: Male, gay
Hair: Blond and straight, framing his face
Eyes: Gray, black with contact lenses, red when emotionally aroused
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): He is deeply effected by the massacre of his clan, and he is prone to uncontrollable anger when their killers come up. Lately, he has an old clan lullaby stuck in his head that is wrecking havoc on his mental state.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): He has a calm voice and a somewhat androgynous appearance.
Educational Background: He was educated within his tribe as a child, but nothing more. He reads a lot in his spare time.
Best Friend: Leorio or Gon, though as a child his best friend was a boy named Pairo, who died during the massacre.
Significant Other/Crush: N/A
Enemies (Include why): The Phantom Troupe because they slaughtered his clan and sold their eyes on the black market, organ traffickers because they trade in his people's eyes, and Sharma's cult because they attacked Leorio's city.
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): His parents were killed during the massacre when he was 11. He had a healthy relationship with them once, but grief damages it now.
Present Problem: There is an anthrax outbreak in his best friend's city, and it may be his fault. Also, he needs to get a pair of stolen eyes away from Minister Sharma.
Greatest Fear: That he will fail to find all of the stolen eyes and his clan will fade into history, everything about it forgotten, as if it never existed.
(I’ll finish mine when I get home and after bass lessons :)
Name: Jack
Age: 14
Height: 5'5 1/2"
Weight: around 110?
Birthdate: August 8th, 2008 (8/8/08)
Birthplace: Small town of Hazard, Kentucky.
Gender/Sexuality: Male, straight
Hair: Sandy brown
Eyes:Light Brown
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): None really.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): Chews his lip when he's nervous. He talks with a slight southern accent when he gets angry
Educational Background: He's been homeschooled, fitting it in whenever the chance comes. Mostly though, he's been taught in the art of all things criminal.
Best Friend: Remington
Significant Other/Crush: He kiiiiinda likes Ray but this isn't a big focus.
Enemies (Include why): The CIA/FBI because they are trying to catch him and his friends. His "Uncle Mac" since he abandoned him and used him as a scapegoat.
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): Not sure of parent names yet, but they're both dead.
Present Problem: How can he avenge his parents and his team without getting caught themselves.
Greatest Fear: Being cut off from the only family he has left. He tells himself that he could work alone, but is terrified that they will leave.
Name: Echo
Age: 16
Height: 5'3
Weight: 105
Birthdate: December 5
Birthplace: near a beach on the east coast (It is maybe important, but I haven't selected one yet.)
Gender/Sexuality: Female,
Hair: Straight, shoulder length, black with shimmering blues, purples, and silvers.
Eyes: Startling blue. Very bright and light.
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): She is held down by the fears of her past, and is afraid of the unknown of her future. This makes her hesitant and afraid of how things will play out.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): she smells like salt and coconut. She has a sprinkle of freckles on her nose that are like glitter on her tan skin.
Educational Background: as a child, she went to a public school on earth. After becoming a soul, she was trained at their academy.
Best Friend: Atlas is her best friend, and they have been for a long time.
Significant Other/Crush: She has to wait to find her soulmate, but she sometimes fears she will never have one. As for a crush, though she has looked, she has never felt attracted to any of the potential future matches.
Enemies (Include why): she doesn't have any to my knowledge *Glances at her*
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?):Both of her parents are alive and living near wherever it is she was born. She wasn't super close with them, but she did trust them, things were just rocky before she left, and her parents are separated.
Present Problem: Solving the issue with Jada.
Greatest Fear: Her greatest fear is that she'll screw things up.
(I'll do Jada tomorrow and read through this as well to make sure it's right. :)
Name: Leorio Paladiknight
Age: 20
Height: 6'4''
Weight: 187 Lbs
Birthdate: March 3rd
Birthplace: Thay-E
Gender/Sexuality: Male and Bisexual
Hair: Spikey and black
Eyes: Brown
Scars or Handicaps (Physical, Mental, Emotional): He has an uncomfortable relationship with money, though he has improved a lot in this respect.
Other Distinguishing Traits (Smells, voice, skin, hair, etc.): He is very loud and has a distinctive voice, as well as a gangly frame.
Educational Background: He had no formal education until very recently, and most of what he knows he had to learn himself. Over the last year, he has been enrolled in medical school.
Best Friend: Kurapika currently, though he was probably closer to Pietro during childhood before he died of a curable illness.
Significant Other/Crush: passing attractions, nothing significant
Enemies (Include why): Poverty and pathogens because they stolen the most from him, the anticolonial cult of Minister Sharma because they have attacked his city and sewn corruption in the government. Hisoka and the Phantom Troupe because of what they have done to his friends.
Parents (Who? Alive? Relationship?): Mr. and Mrs. Paladiknight are both alive and they love each other, though there are some communication difficulties and typical generational problems
Present Problem: The anthrax outbreak and the terrorism of the anticolonial cult
Greatest Fear: That the people that are dearest to him will get sick and that he will be unable to help them
(Kurapika is coming soon!)