Character Development Chart

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Got this off of the FARP elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/thewriting/crissychar/crissychar.html

The Questions
Date this form was created:
Full name of Character:
Reason, meaning or purpose behind the name:
Nickname:
Reason for nickname:
Race:
Occupation/class:
Social class:

Physical Appearance:
Age:
How old they appear:
Eye Color:
Glasses or contacts?
Hair color length and style:
Weight and height:
Type of body (build):
Skin tone and type (i.e., harry, slimy, scaly, oily, fair, burns easily):
Shape of face:
Distinguishing marks (dimples, moles, scars, birthmarks, etc.):
Predominant feature:
Is s/he healthy?
If not, why not? Or why are they healthy?
Do they look healthy? Why/why not?


Favorites:
Char’s favorite color:
Least favorite, why?
Music?
Least favorite music, why?
Food:
Literature:
Expressions:
Expletives (curse):
Mode of transport:
Hobbies:
How do they spend a rainy day?

Personality:
Are they a daredevil or cautious?
Do they act the same alone as when with someone?
Habits:
Drinks:
How much:
Greatest Strength:
Greatest Weakness:
Soft spot:
Is their soft spot obvious, why/why not:
If not, how do they hide it:
Biggest Vulnerability:

Background:
Hometown:
Type of childhood:
First Memory:
Most important child hood event that still effects him/her:
Why?
Education:
Religion:
Finances:

Family:
Mother:
Relationship with her:
Father:
Relationship with him:
Siblings, How many, relationship with each:
Children of siblings:
Other extended family:
Close? Why or why not:

Attitude:
Most at ease when:
Most ill at ease when:
Priorities:
Philosophies:
How they feel about themselves:
Past failure they would be embarrassed to admit:
Why?
If granted one wish what would it be, why?

Traits:
Optimist or pessimist? Why?
Introvert or extrovert? Why?
Drives and motives:
Talents:
Extremely skilled at:
Extremely unskilled at:
Good characteristics:
Character flaws:
Mannerisms:
Peculiarities:
Biggest regret:
Minor regrets:
Biggest accomplishment:
Minor accomplishments:
Darkest secret:
Does anyone know?
How did they find out:

Self-perception:
One word they would use to describe themselves:
One paragraph of how they would describe themselves:
What do they consider their best physical characteristic and why:
The worst one? Why?
Are they realistic assessments?
If not, why not?
How they think others preserve them:
What four things would they most like to change about themselves:
Why?
If they were changed would they be the same person, why/why not:
Would changing of number 1 make them more happy? Why/why not:

Interaction with other people:
How do they relate to others:
How are they perceived by strangers:
Friends:
Wife/husband/lover:
The Hero/Heroin:
How do they view the Hero/Heroine:
First impression of the char:
why?
What happens to change this perception:
What do people like most about this char:
What do they dislike most about them:

Goals:
Immediate:
Long term:
How do they plan to accomplish them:
How will others be effected by this:

Problems/Crisis:
How do they react in a crisis:
How do they face problems:
Kind of problems they usually run into:
How they react to new problems:
How they react to change:

General:
Favorite clothing, why:
Least favorite, why:
Jewelry:
Other accessories:
Drives:
Where do they live:
Where do they want to live:
Spending habits, why:
What do they do too much of, why:
Most prized possession, why:
People they secretly admire, why:
Person they are most influenced by, why:
Most important person in their life before story starts, why:
How do they spend the week just before the story starts:

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The Questions
Date this form was created: 11-26-2006
Full name of Character: Lucius Apollos Lux
Reason, meaning or purpose behind the name: Full name means Light
Nickname: Lou, Lucy
Reason for nickname: pet name, quicker to say
Race: Luminen (Elf of Light)
Occupation/class: Art Student/Tailor's Apprentice
Social class: High

Physical Appearance:
Age: 23
How old they appear: 20
Eye Color: Wolf gold
Glasses or contacts? neither
Hair color length and style: Moon-white, upper back length with long bangs, usually worn in ponytail or french braid
Weight and height: 6'0"
Type of body (build): Swimmers Build
Skin tone and type: Warm-fair, light tan. Tans well
Shape of face: Elongated heart shaped
Distinguishing marks: 4.5" ears, double ear piercings, Dark lashes, 6" scar on his chest, sword entwined by a flaming dragon tattooed on his left shoulderblade.
Predominant feature: eyes and hair
Is s/he healthy? Generally
If not, why not? Or why are they healthy? healthy because his wife takes care of him. Otherwise he doesn't eat well.
Do they look healthy? Why/why not? He looks too skinny because he's still recovering from his starving artist phase. He's lost some muscle mass from that time too. otherwise, the warm skin hides most of the evidence.


Favorites:
Char’s favorite color: Greens
Least favorite, why? Whites, greys...they are empty colors and lack vibrance.
Music? Dance music, fast-paced
Least favorite music, why? Opera, because it's distracting to listen to while painting and makes him tired.
Food: Beef products and sweets
Literature: Adventure Romance, Epics
Expressions: "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy"
Expletives (curse): dag yo! B*tch!
Mode of transport: Motorbike (although he doesn't have one)
Hobbies: learning to cook, doodling
How do they spend a rainy day? Same as he spends a sunny one, inside working on an art project or sewing.

Personality:
Are they a daredevil or cautious? He says he's a daredevil but a cautious one.
Do they act the same alone as when with someone? Alone, Lucius is very meloncoly and somber and very emotional. With people he's expressive and more energhetic and generally happier. With Marron specifically, he finds himself acting very silly, almost mindlessly. he becomes absent minded around her.
Habits: Lucius has a nervous twitch in his ears. They droop when he's upset or angry and wiggle when he's excited or happy...or when he's tickled. He's also got this chewing habit that's ruined about half his paint brushes and all of his pencils, his nails. He bites his fingers when trying to figure out a problem or critiquing his own work.
Drinks: Pina Colada, Wine
How much: Hardly any
Greatest Strength: Artist eye, Charm, Illusionary magic, design
Greatest Weakness: Short-temper, Marron, Sensitive Ego
Soft spot: Little girls, loves little girls so much, and kittens, big soft spot for Marron's pouty face.
Is their soft spot obvious, why/why not: Fairly obvious, he voices his feelings for things all the time. And spoils his sister-in-law and younger sister, rotton.
If not, how do they hide it: n/a
Biggest Vulnerability: His wife and family

Background:
Hometown: Sereenis'la, Lucior
Type of childhood: Priveliged
First Memory: Fingerpainting his room with his own sh*t. >_>
Most important child hood event that still effects him/her: His brother eloping with a Ignian (Fire Elf). It made his father extra protective of him. Then there was the one time Lucius ran off and got his ears pierced. And another time he streaked at a public celebration.
Why? Lost the trust of his father who keeps a close eye on him and limits what he's allowed to do. Lucius now feels no one trusts him except his mother.
Education: Finished high academy in Art Studies
Religion: Catholic (it's weird I know...but it's true)
Finances: His family is very wealthy but he likes to live off his own steam which currently isn't much.

Family:
Mother: Silvia Leah Lux
Relationship with her: Close, they share a bit of a wild streak. She's also somewhat autistic
Father: Luciferus Felix Lux
Relationship with him: recovering, there's some trust issues and plenty of disagreement.
Siblings, How many, relationship with each: 2 siblings. Elder brother Glaraphim. Distanced relationship due to the HUGE age gap.
Younger Sister Lucilla, pampers her very badly. Huge age gap.
Children of siblings: Velia, Glaraphim and Clementa's daughter.
Other extended family: Sister-in-law Clementa, 3 brother-in-laws Gru'mar, Oisin, and Davi, Sister-in-law Noroa, mother-in-law Siofra, father-in-law Ailill
Close? Why or why not: Close to his in-laws, because they live in the same village and he gets along with them. not so close to his brother's wife because of the distance.

Attitude:
Most at ease when: Alone with his wife and eating or in a classroom setting
Most ill at ease when: he's near his father, in a church,
Priorities: Making Marron happy, making his master happy, making money and starting a business, finding clients
Philosophies: Freedom is found in open expression, love conquers all
How they feel about themselves: Lucius has a pretty negative self-perception. He sees only his failures and self-loathing.
Past failure they would be embarrassed to admit: the night he was posessed enough to try and sleep with someone else's fiancee and was caught.
And then the next day man-handled the king's daughter and was banished.
Why? Mostly because it was his mother who caught him and well, if Marron ever found out he's sure he'd never see the light of day again.
Second, because Persephone was a good friend and now he's not allowed to see her again. Plus Marron was good friends with persephone too.
If granted one wish what would it be, why? To earn back his father's respect, move with marron far away and start over.

Traits:
Optimist or pessimist? Why? An Optimistic Pessimist. When it concern himself he only sees the dark side. Anyone else it's always positive
Introvert or extrovert? Why? Extrovert, because he loves attention and if left alone he's only got himself for company and blech.
Drives and motives: Marron drives him like a jockey, appreciation for his work, praise
Talents: painting, designing, sewing, Illusionary magic
Extremely skilled at: Design and sewing, sketching
Extremely unskilled at: Music, singing, math
Good characteristics: Easily amused, generally polite during first impressions, genuinely sorry for doing wrong, pretty smile, generous
Character flaws: Can be haughty and rude, sharp-tongued, often says things without thinking, self-loathing
Mannerisms: wide grins, exaggerated, sweeping arm gestures, hard wolfish glares
Peculiarities: Ear wiggling/twitching, pupils become very small when he's focused on his work or a model, making him look wild
Biggest regret: ruining his friendship with Persephone and hurting Marron
Minor regrets: ruining some of Marron's dresses by wearing them and ripping them off. (he was pretty mad at the time), causing a fuss at his in-laws, upsetting his dad all those times
Biggest accomplishment: getting married, finishing Art Academy
Minor accomplishments: designing Persephone's wedding dress, creating dress orders for nobility in Valia.
Darkest secret: Well...it'll ruin the story if I told you but here it goes. Lucius is posessed by a demon
Does anyone know? yep...Marron did. So did Father Andrew and Cecilia
How did they find out: Observed his behavior, found it similar to her brother's (who was also posessed) and heck, she's a secret exorcist.

Self-perception:
One word they would use to describe themselves: Unworthy
One paragraph of how they would describe themselves:
An unfortunate rich elf, from an oppressive father (who is satan himself) desiring only to freely express himself. Looks like a minor greek god and probably just as devious and ugly inside. Despite great talent, I have done nothing worthy of praise. I don't deserve to have this life.
What do they consider their best physical characteristic and why: his eyes and hands and probably his arse. (Lucius: I do like my arse). his eyes because of their unique color, hands because he works with them, ass because he thinks he's a little bit sexy. (Lucius: Little bit? I'm not that modest)
The worst one? Why? Ooooo...ears. Ears are waaay too long even for a luminen. Makes his head look a bit freakish.
Are they realistic assessments? His ears are big...matches his ego. Does have cool eyes and nice hands. Butt could use more toning.
If not, why not? n/a
How they think others preserve them: Others admire his beauty and talent, but fear his family name.
What four things would they most like to change about themselves: Family name, smaller ears, broader shoulders, and more muscle
Why? Family name because it has negative celebrity attached to it.
Smaller ears so his head doesn't look so small
Broader shoulders and more muscle so he feels he can protect marron
If they were changed would they be the same person, why/why not: NO. Lucius would not be as humbled or easy to tease. And Marron would like him as much. (She likes him skinny)
Would changing of number 1 make them more happy? probably
Why/why not: If you shared the last name of your country's worst dictator, you'd want to change it too.

Interaction with other people:
How do they relate to others: Generally well if he's not too excited or under a lot of pressure.
How are they perceived by strangers: Tall, harmless, confident, and pretty. Perhaps a bit light in the loafers.
Friends: A little intimidating, but exciting, flamboyant, and a bit of an egotistical arse-hole...and very lazy.
Wife: finds him a bit immature, but willing to improve. She knows he's gentle and loving and faithful...dammit very faithful. (got him tied down good.)

Goals:
Immediate: Finish his apprenticeship, keep Marron happy, eat
Long term: Start a familly and a good steady business
How do they plan to accomplish them: More school, advertising, I'm going to let you guess how he makes a family
How will others be effected by this: Marron will probably get pregnant. XD But at least Lucius will cook for her.

Problems/Crisis:
How do they react in a crisis: Panic and poor judgement
How do they face problems: Observation, assessment, find the right person to find encouragement from
Kind of problems they usually run into: marriage problems, social problems
How they react to new problems: With a little bit of despair and lots of whining
How they react to change: Lots and lots and lots of whining

General:
Favorite clothing, why: Low cut tunics, showy clothes. Likes to show off
Least favorite, why: Official robs. Because of the collar around his neck feels like a dog-collar
Jewelry: silver stud earrings, 2 in each ear, wedding band
Other accessories: Tattoo, needle and thread
Drives: a bike
Where do they live: In his wife's village
Where do they want to live: he's pretty satisfied there but wouldn't object to moving south
Spending habits, why: spends loads on his wife, because it makes her feel guilty but makes him happy
What do they do too much of, why: Sewing/painting by himself because he feels he needs to do his job until its done. He doesn't get that you can finish things in stages.
Most prized possession, why: Wedding portrait...because he didn't paint it.
People they secretly admire, why: Persephone and Master Arius. Arius is a widower and former-mercanary turn Tailor. The change was mind boggling.
Persephone saved his life once.
Person they are most influenced by, why: His Mother, she spent the most time with him as a child and he actually listens to her.
Most important person in their life before the story starts: in the actual novel: Persephone
In the Impro: Marron
How do they spend the week just before the story starts:
Going to classes, spending nights out on the town, prowling for a girl
Impro: Registering for classes, moving into the dorms with Marron, cooking a big pancake breakfast

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Date this form was created: 11-26-2006
Full name of Character: Angelo Marcus Bonafedi
Reason, meaning or purpose behind the name: Angel, Man of good faith
Nickname: Gelo, Ange
Reason for nickname: Quick to say and remember
Race: Meditterrainian Terra-Angel
Occupation/class: Medical Student
Social class: Lower Class

Physical Appearance:
Age: 25
How old they appear: 25-ish
Eye Color: Lavender
Glasses or contacts? neither
Hair color length and style: Shiney black slightly wavy, parted down the middle, shoulder length. Curls when wet. Worn often in a ponytail
Weight and height: 6'2"
Type of body (build): Runner's build
Skin tone and type: dark Olive tone, smooth, pretty hairy
Shape of face: Angular oval
Distinguishing marks: Scars on his back from abuse
Predominant feature: Black wings, soft eyes
Is s/he healthy? Very healthy
If not, why not? Or why are they healthy? Eats well, has a great metabolism, exercises, laughs as much as he can
Do they look healthy? Why/why not? he glows with health, keeps himself clean and well groomed for the most part.


Favorites:
Char’s favorite color: Blue
Least favorite, why? grey and army green. Black. Black reminds him of funerals. Grey just isn't sunny. Army Green reminds him of his step-father
Music? Euro-Pop, Oldies, Classic Rock, Dance/trance, Classical, Easy Listening, Gospel
Least favorite music, why? Country and the Blues, it's always about divorce, the dead dog, or your woman leaving because you were a cheating jerk.
Food: Lots. Italian cuisine being his favorite. Pollo Romano is his favorite meal. chocolate cake his favorite dessert.
Literature: Catholic Philosophy and History, Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis' Space trilogy and probably all of CS Lewis' writing. And an LOTR fan
Expressions: Smile and the world smiles with you.
Love thy neighbor as thy self.
Expletives (curse): Crap. (Angelo doesn't swear)
Mode of transport: Bicycle/motorscooter
Hobbies: Wrestling, street dancing, cooking, singing
How do they spend a rainy day? Cooking a big meal or studying or watching an old musical and singing along.

Personality:
Are they a daredevil or cautious? Cautious
Do they act the same alone as when with someone? Angelo does act the same alone. Generally happy and concerned.
Habits: Chews bubble gum, dances when he walks by himself
Drinks: Red Wines
How much: Every day with a meal.
Greatest Strength: Excellent memory and eye for detail, compassion, honesty, physical strength, flight, patience, loyal
Greatest Weakness: Sensitivity, over-protective, worry-wart, mother-like tendencies
Soft spot: Children, babies, outcasts, elderly, family, kittens
Is their soft spot obvious, why/why not: Yes, he goes out of his way to find some way to help one of those in need and expresses joy around babies
Biggest Vulnerability: Sucker for helping others, gullible

Background:
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Type of childhood: Turbulant
First Memory: Father's funeral
Most important child hood event that still effects him/her:
Why? The death of his mother and step-father, the disappearance of his brother. It's the first time he was left completely alone, but it was the end of his years of abuse.
Education: Undergraduate degree in biology. Now in medical studies
Religion: Roman Catholic
Finances: Minimal. Most of it's charity

Family:
Mother: Maria Frances Bonafedi (Spraken) (Smithson)
Relationship with her: it was close. he loved her very much and she him until she started drinking
Father: Marcus Bonafedi
Relationship with him: None...he died when Angelo was 2
Siblings, How many, relationship with each: half-Brother, Olenga. It was close and protective. They've not seen each other now for almost 10 years
Children of siblings: None
Other extended family: Step-Father: August Spraken (deceased). Step-Father: Thomas Smithson
Close? Why or why not: August was pretty close but was often away because of his job.
Thomas was fairly distant. Angelo accepted him as a father role even though the relationship started growing abusive.

Attitude:
Most at ease when: Eating with friends, at church, in a classroom
Most ill at ease when: Walking alone in a city or at night
Priorities: Faith, Family, Friends, Work, Food, play
Philosophies: Turn the other cheek. Forgive thy brother. Love thy neighbor. Drink a glass of wine every day. Laughs are contagious. One good turn deserves another. Work without hope for reward.
How they feel about themselves: Positive and confident
Past failure they would be embarrassed to admit: Losing his brother and the physical abuse he suffered through as a young boy.
Why? He does not want to be pitied, but respected for who he is now.
If granted one wish what would it be, why? To have a real family again

Traits:
Optimist or pessimist? Why? Optimistic Realist. Keeps his spirits and hopes high to encourage others.
Introvert or extrovert? Why? Extrovert because his mother was one too.
Drives and motives: encouragement from his foster family, support of friends, admiration and appreciation of others
Talents: Incredible memory, flight, singing, dancing, performing delicate surgery.
Extremely skilled at: Surgery and medical treatment with compassion. Voice skills like no other.
Extremely unskilled at: Color coordinating, romance, math, fighting
Good characteristics: honesty, friendly demenour, sunny disposition, cheefulness
Character flaws: gullible, emotionally troubled, easily guilted
Mannerisms: Often talks too much and lectures unintentionally
Peculiarities: One eye squints more than the other when he smiles too widely. His eyebrows move a lot.
Biggest regret: not being there when his brother needed him most. (The day their mother was killed) and losing his brother
Minor regrets: Dropping out of school, dropping the host on his first communion (oops), eating too much cake the other night
Biggest accomplishment: Completing his undergrad degree and being accepted to OTI
Minor accomplishments: Skipping a semester due to talent. Winning a singing competition back in high school
Darkest secret: Molested by his step-father once.
Does anyone know? his brother and mother had suspicions but no one but his step-father knew and he's dead now.
How did they find out: Well...he did it.

Self-perception:
One word they would use to describe themselves: Perserverance
One paragraph of how they would describe themselves:
I try my best and let God do the rest. I know my limits, but continue to push them. Never let the past drag me down, but learn from it. Move forward without looking back. If you fall, get back up and keep going. I do not let myself look poor nor do I act like I have ever been abused, because I'm not interested in pity. I have been taken care of so don't worry. I am interested in loving and love is hard work.
What do they consider their best physical characteristic and why: Face and hair. Looks good, like his mother.
The worst one? Why? Backside. it's all discolored and stuff
Are they realistic assessments? yes.

How they think others preserve them: Most think he should shave off his little beard. But he thinks he looks pretty friendly and approachable
What four things would they most like to change about themselves: Back, smaller wings, more romantic, less afraid of failure
Why? Doesn't like the scars, wings often get in the way, wants to marry but too afraid he will be like his step-father, does not want to end up back at the bottom
If they were changed would they be the same person, why/why not: No, Angelo would be bad at romance although would probably make a decent father. Angelo also wouldn't work as hard if he wasn't afraid of failing
Would changing of number 1 make them more happy? Yes. Why/why not: He could go swimming without someone asking where the scars came from. He finds it hard to lie about them but does.

Interaction with other people:
How do they relate to others: Well. He's generally polite to others and works hard to understand them.
How are they perceived by strangers: He's tall, dark and handsome that's for sure. A bit scruffy and easy-going. Looks like he's fun at parties.
Friends: Angelo has a few close friends, but finds it hard to be in an intimate relationship with others. He's pretty open about himself and once you get past his past
Wife/husband/lover: Angelo has no lover since he has no intimate relationships

Goals: find his brother, find a family, become a doctor
Immediate: do his best at school, enjoy his friends,
Long term: Become a surgeon and doctor for the less fortunate
How do they plan to accomplish them: hard work, determination, plenty of school
How will others be effected by this: He may avoid people to study quietly,

Problems/Crisis:
How do they react in a crisis: level-headed
How do they face problems: head-on
Kind of problems they usually run into: struggles with classes, struggle of conscience, emotional/mental
How they react to new problems: Add it to the list and act quickly
How they react to change: Angelo adapts to new situations quickly thanks to his many father changes and moves.

General:
Favorite clothing, why: Jeans and t-shirt. Comfortable, not flashy and modest
Least favorite, why: Swim shorts. his legs are hairy and gross. Or anything that exposes his back. Like hospital gowns.
Jewelry: None
Other accessories: scapular, wrist-watch, wristband
Drives: Doesn't have a license yet
Where do they live: On-campus at OTI
Where do they want to live: In the country
Spending habits, why: Mostly food, because he doesn't like to waste money on frivolous things. It's mostly charity.
What do they do too much of, why: chew bubble gum and studying
Most prized possession, why: A roman gladius, it's his only heirloom from his biological father.
People they secretly admire, why: His brother for surviving the worst.
Person they are most influenced by, why: His mother, because she was the only constant factor in his life
Most important person in their life before story starts, why: foster parents, because they encouraged him through under-grad
How do they spend the week just before the story starts: Moving into his new apartment, being part of the orientation team for younger students, helping neighbors move in, making the welcoming banquet.