Character Creation Workshop (Part 3 The Hero)

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  1. Gallowglass

    Gallowglass Contributor Contributor

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    The year is 1423.

    Seonaidh Mac an Sporrain is a hereditary purse-bearer to the Lords of the Isles, and is one of the more influential of his retainers. He is thirty-eight years of age, and has black hair, blue eyes, a slender face, and pale skin. He is married to Eilidh nic Ceann-each, the daughter of the chief of horse of the Lords of the Isles.
    Comfortable with his position, he remains loyal to his chief without being too ambitious, not liking the politics of the Gaelic world, especially during the Gaelic reclamation of Ireland and a period of instability in nearby Scotland which could turn any meeting into a war council.
    As a result, he and his family are personal friends of the Lords of the Isles rather than powerful clan chiefs, and have considerable respect from the Council of the Isles despite the fact that they have very little power in comparison with the thanes and armins.
    He shows some interest in the military arts, courtesy of his friend, Micheal, a gallowglass, but not enough for him to want to lead a war.
    It is thanks to his friendship with the father of the Lord of the Isles inaugurated in 1423, Constantin MacGillebridge Donnsleibhe, that means he is not executed in a radical purge of opposition against a treaty that the Lord of the Isles is signing with Clan Campbell, who claim to be acting on behalf of themselves and of the King of Scotland. Seonaidh claims that the treaty is a thinly-disguised client kingdom, and that the Lord of the Isles is committing treason to sign it, but he is exiled, and most other people who think the same are executed.
    In Ireland, however, he finds the support of Niall, King of Ulster, whose daughter, Ceallach, is the one thing that Clan Campbell need to make their otherwise illegal treaty official, and a battle for sovereignty quickly transforms the Celtic world from a golden age into a war-torn fortificied collection of island strongholds and walled cities.
     
  2. The Lost Boy

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    It's 2008.

    Dominic Angel is 17 and different from everyone else. He's shy, quiet and very reclusive. He is intelligent, artistic and even athletic. He only has one friend and stays away from everyone else. He's in love with a girl, but chokes on the few times he talks to her. Dominic is tall, with brown hair that just hangs below his eyebrows. He has caramel colored skin and is Hispanic. His most distinguishing feature are his bright green eyes. Dominic lives with his hard-working, barely around mom with whom he has a distant relationship with. He also lives with his old grandma and wild baby sister. His father died one year prior in war. Dominic misses him deeply.
     
  3. Sphyxx

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    His name was Petr Marshall.
     
  4. Thom

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    For most of the story her name is Exile.
    Since foundering on the Isle of Jentu, she has been known as demon, forsaken, orphan, thief and the Mouse. She has no memory of any time before arriving there as a toddler, and has been subjected to a harsh life. But this is before coming under the care of her Master, Haerak.

    Her hair is sun-gold and her large eyes are amber colored in a face that is best described as exotic. Her nose is too long and thin, her chin too pointed, lips too thin and ears too large. In contrast to the dark-skinned native people, she is as white as marble and small in stature, barely over five feet and slim.

    She wears a customary Isles garb of light and lightly colored fabrics of tunics and trousers.

    For weapons, she is herself one, trained in the art of kurosae by her Master and augmented by curved swords called a katani and a shorter kaiti.

    Her life on Jentu, though trying and lonely is still sorely missed as tragic events take her from those familiar shores to the mainland. But here is where her true life begins...

    Found by a kind lady and her guardsman, Exile will begin to discover that which she has longed for all her life. A home. A family.

    And the harsh truth that to save all she has come to hold dear, she must save the world first. And lose herself.
     
  5. Crave

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    Mikhail Lowry is a mixed black/white,17 year old high school graduate. He has a track runner’s build, and is about 6 ft in height. His curly hair texture is popular with the girls, and he is very attractive, but he is a social recluse. He is emotionally conflicted and knows not where he places in life. He rarely opens up to many, and has a very small circle of friends. He bottles up his emotions and is a time-bomb of sorts. He has dealt with a lot of traumas in life but he doesn’t let his wears and tears show. Mikhail is also half vampire, equipped with the weakened abilities of a vampire, but not their weaknesses. Mikhail does not know he is part vampire, but believes that there is something about himself that he needs to discover. Though he does not see himself in terms of good or evil, he feels that there is a dark quality about him. Mikhail wants to find internal peace so that he can live his life to it’s maximum potential.
     
  6. Froglion

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    Raisa (just Raisa, mermaids in my story don't have last names) is a 26 year old mermaid with wavy, brown, seaweed-like hair, and is 5 feet 4 inches from the top of her head to her tail tip. Raisa wears a dark blue tube-top with a light green fabric trailing under it. Her tail is a shade of emerald green, with her outward fins a dark forest green. Raisa is very sensitive, and is weak in terms of handling situations.

    She lives in a fantasy world, unrelated to Earth's timeline. It's a planet that I haven't named yet, but the planet is 80% water, fit for mermaids. Humans do live on the planet, but they fear mermaids, as they see them as siren-like creatures.

    Raisa has a son, which is very much frowned upon on this planet, and is illegal in most parts of mermaid society.
     
  7. Jenna Whitefield

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    Physical Appearance: Alexandra Jewel Amania is about five foot three in height and has naturally black hair, which currently has bleached white streaks through it. Her eyes are icy blue which change shades considering her mood. She's seventeen years old, but has the mind of someone much much older. Usually, she wears clothes that cover most of her body because she has multiple scars and other physical abnormalities. It's barely noticeable but her nose is just a bit crooked from one time when it was broken. She's a lefty. No one outside of her family knows this but she has cat ears -- white tiger to be precise -- that are about the size of her fists and a tail that she keeps hidden by stuffing it down pant legs.

    Mental/Emotional:Because of her life so far, Alex is mostly a closed off person, but she's amazing at hiding it. Most of the people who know her think of her as an extrovert who's entertaining and interesting. In truth, it's a front that she puts on because people don't dig into your past or wonder about your emotions when you seem to be open about it. She can lie, play a part, and do anything it takes to survive without thinking about it. However, once you burrow under her defenses, she's completely different; quieter, more thoughtful and musing. But she still has a temper. It's difficult to gain her trust and easy to lose it. She also has survivor's guilt. A lot of it.

    History:Twelve years ago, Alex and her mother, Fiona, was captured by the Organization, a group of people who are determined to capture, kill and dissect all of Alex's family. (All of them have some sort of animal characteristic, like Alex's ears and tail. Her mother had the wings of a golden eagle.) While they chained Alex up, trying to figure out just how much of a white tiger she was, they killed Fiona, right in front of her daughter. Alex managed to get free because one of the scientists turned against his comrades and ran away with Alex, returning her back to her family.

    The emotional experience of it made her five year old mind block the entire thing off, making it so she can't remember it. After that, she and her father jumped around the US, trying to find a safe place so that Alex could have a slightly normal childhood. They lived in Chicago for a multiple years before Alex's grandmother, the matriarch of the family, summoned them to England where Alex stayed for the last year.

    The PresentThe Organization knows Alex is alive and is the UK. In order to keep her safe, her family sends her to a boarding school in the United States, thinking that the Organization won't think to look for her there, especially considering that Elton Cattrel's School for Boys is obviously for dudes only. She passes herself off easily; she's always been just a bit masculine anyways. Soon, however, she makes friends. Now, when the Organization finds her again, like they always do, she has to worry about them as well, considering that the Organization thinks nothing of killing those who know too much.
     
  8. hina

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    Ryan Wildom was born April 26 2050 . He is 12-13 and is around 5'3 he has a Pessimistic attitude always thinking down on the world. He is a shapeshifter who belongs to secret oganization of of teens and children (if you can call them that some are over 1000 years old but stop ageing when they get there powers). He has sandy blonde hair and hazel eyes with what seems to be the darkest pupils. He Usually wear casual clothe but wears the Occasional black suit with black glasses(his organizations uniform). He is very intellegent and doesnt trust anyone he doesnt know.


    What do you think of my charcter?
     
  9. elephantmango

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    Clark Winter

    Clark Winter is 19 years old, about 6ft 1", with brown hair and brown eyes. He isn't ugly, but not astoundingly good looking either. He lives in quiet fear, along with his family, of Chronose, a harsh totalitarian political group who take control of Britain and seal the country off from the rest of the world. After his family is killed by a group of Chronose ghouls (henchmen) he is saved just in time by a wanted British terrorist group called the Order.
     
  10. AceBrand

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    Joe Shade

    appearance: Cool look, brown hair, dark blue jumpsuit.
    attitude: Cool, Tough, Powerful.
    specialty: Vampire Stare, Mind Powers.
    age: 17
    hair colour if any: Brown
    male/female: Male
    height: basically normal.
     
  11. FishKettle

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    Name: Miss.
    Physical appearance: Long tightly curled blond hair, amber eyes and peach toned skin. Has the physical appearance of a preteen girl. Likes to wear clothes from way back in the day: puffy skirts, button up blouses and such in light shades (white, cream, lilac, ect).
    Attitude: Quiet, calculating, mature, efficient, perfectionist.
    Specialty: Immortal little girl, literally can't die. Though the theory of been blown up hasn't been tested, lose of limb has proven to be a non-issue as it suddenly reappears.
    Age:
    Ageless, she is recorded within Deaths chronicles as never having a life span.

    Is this character an everyday person, soldier, warrior or something else?
    Something else is right. Miss is simply trying her hand at what she now does best: finding lost things, whether it be a soul or treasure or a missing Will.

    Time line:
    Without giving too much away:
    She 'died' and re-awoke when her younger brother was an old man, upon his death she had her first meeting with The Mortician.
    There was the time when she took on the necromancers, the time she found out about The Marked, the time she brought Arthur back to life by replanting his soul in a body... etc.

    Goal:
    Who needs goals when you're going to live forever!!!
     
  12. Scoody

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    He rarely goes by his first name preferring instead to give out his last, "James." The fact that his first name is Jessie and he has been in prison more than once is the reason he does not want to use an outlaw name since he already has an outlaw past.

    He is 5'10 tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Not too tall to standout but stout enough to carry enough weight and muscle while not seeming too imposing. His body is an impressive array of scars and prison muscles. Not a pretty boy bodybuilder body, but a strong functional one. He had brown hair that he wears somewhat long, olive skin (from his Mexican mother) and grey eyes.

    He tries to maintain an aloof, stoic facade, but women can easily see past it and he has a tendency to fall hard for the wrong ones. He loves a good scrap, and will come to the aid of those who need help all the while cursing what he does.

    He was born in 1972. In West Texas. His father was a mean and physically abusive drunk. His mother a former prostitute who did not mind warming the bed of other men on occassion. Since he was taking beatings at home anyway, James got into boxing at age 12 and did not stop until he was 17 when he forged his parents signature on a release so he could join the Army. He did a four year stint in the Army in ordnance disposal at first, then he made it past the Ranger Assessment Program into Ranger School and then into Ranger Sniper School.

    In the Army, James got into martial arts. He fell in love with edged weapons and trained with the Katana (Samurai Sword) and the Butterfly knife. Once out of the Army James got into smuggling drugs and did a stint in prison. Once out of prison he has tried to live on the straight and narrow but trouble seems to find him.
     

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