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Erilev
Topic: Character creation and feedback
Post your character here. This is a format that works pretty well with any genre:

Name:

Race:

Age:

Gender:

Height:

Weight:

Physical description (point form):

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

Personality (Point form):

History/Background:

Other information (Family relations/ Enemies/ anything that doesn't fall into the other categories): This one is not necessary at all

I have no tolerance for dissing people's characters. If you don't like something about them, tell the creator what is wrong in an intelligent manner.

#1 Feb 23rd 2007, 10:46am . Edited Feb 23rd 2007, 10:48am
DrftRacer
This is a very great format to create a character. I have used it on many occasions and I highly recommend using it for anybody creating a rough copy of any character. It covers almost every detail of the character.
#2 Feb 26th 2007, 6:49am
Erilev
Yeah I know dude, welcome to my forums!!!!! Yay!
#3 Feb 27th 2007, 6:09am
Jealous Rage
Name: Pyro

Race: Dragon, remains in humanoid form

Age: Thousands of years old

Gender: Male

Height: 7'4"

Weight: 375 lbs

Physical description (point form):

- heavily muscled

- black eyes

- handsome features

- claws, fangs, and pointed ears

- tattooed with various cultural representations of fire

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

- immortal

- complete mastery of fire

- partial control of other elements

- high level of magical power

- flight

- teleportation

- invulnerability to psychic attack

- enhanced physical strength and speed

- enhanced senses

Personality (Point form):

- sarcastic

- cold

- independent

- ambitious

- power-hungry

- obsessive/possessive

History/Background:

Was cast out from the rest of the "good" dragons because of his dark appearance and tendency to commit extremely violent acts. Traveled the world, gaining power for millennia, until he begins whatever adventure takes place in my story.

Other information (Family relations/ Enemies/ anything that doesn't fall into the other categories):

- has no family

- has enemies, but they don't tend to stay alive very long.

- wears jeans, black t-shirt, and black sunglasses.

#4 Feb 27th 2007, 6:31am . Edited Mar 08th 2007, 4:53pm
Morte d'Amour
Awesome format! What's the character for?
#5 Mar 01st 2007, 4:32pm
Erilev
My character is the one that i use in most of my stories, although there are some variations between stories. Jealous rage's character is the one he uses for almost all of his writing, but they can be characters for anything if you want to post one.
#6 Mar 05th 2007, 10:46am
Erilev
Name: Autumn lightfoot

Race: half elf half human

Age:216

Gender:female

Height:5'6"

Weight:130lbs

Physical description (point form):

-long black hair

-unblemished, tan skin

-very fit, muscled but not too bulky (natural elven anhanced strength)

-wears a black cloak over dark green leather armour

- her eyes have orange irisis and blue pupils (terrifies most people who see them)

very agile and active

Powers/Abilities/Magic: skilled in swordsong (casting magic while fighting hand to hand), knows some battle magic but mostly protection spells. is a master at her two sabres. Her armour is dark green and has blood red spidery lines etched into it (protects her form heat, both magical and normal fire). Her leather boots have the ability to be as noisy or quiet as she desires them to be, and can walk on water once every 2 days as long as she concentrates. She has abnormal strength from her elven heritage, along with the unnatural grace and an instinctual liking of nature.

Personality (Point form):

-She is a very closed person, except to her friends

-very intelligent, and learns quickly

-has a wicked temper, but a lot of self control

-has few friends, but the ones she has are good ones

-hates all forms of abuse to women, and has no tolerance for any of it

-follows her own agenda most of the time, and has little regard for any one who isn't her friend

she will never surrender, and does not admit to any weaknesses, although it pains her when she kills

-hates orcs, trolls, and giants of any kind

History/Background: Her mother was an elf maiden. Her father a human soldier. Her father raped her mother when he found her in the forest. Her mother was slain by orcs and ogres when she was 7 and she has developed a hatred to all races of evil intentions. The shunning that she recieves from most elves has taught her a lot of self control and helped her create an emotional facade that she puts up. She trained with a group of warrior monks that speciallized in martial training, and recieved training in the Arts from a powerful priest and his scorceress wife. She will not tolerate any abuse or un-deserved violence towards anyone, and especially towards women.

#7 Mar 05th 2007, 11:45am . Edited Mar 07th 2007, 10:40am
Morte d'Amour
Is this character going to be used for anything inparticular or just meant for show? Oh well, I shall make one nonetheless.

Name: Keres

Race: Vampire

Age: Three thousand (appears to be in early twenties)

Gender: Female

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 140 lbs

Physical description (point form):

- Raven black hair that falls two inches shy of shoulders, semi-spiked/flipped layers

- Piercing emerald eyes that temporarily turn red when bloodlust is high or while in the midst of a great battle; deep black eyeliner around eyes in a feline style

- Flawless pale skin

- Physically fit and muscled but not to the point where it would question her gender

- Black tribal designed tattoos along arms and the words "Carpe Diem" along her back in gothic calligraphy

- Black jeans

- Frayed black sleeveless shirt

- Black leather fingerless gloves and boots

- Small silver hoops outlining right ear with three on upper left

- Diamond stud in right nostril

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

- Greatly enhanced senses, speed, and strength from vampiric blood strengthening over the centuries

- Exceptionally talented sword wielder

- Trained fighter (with or without the use of weapons)

- Superior telepathy (reading minds or communicating)

- Average mind control

Personality (Point form):

- Intelligent, analytical, and observative

- Introvert

- Reserved

- Silent (always has something to say but most of the time chooses not to)

- Brooding

- Sarcastic and loves dark humor

- Arrogant when provoked but generally modest

- Comes off as mysterious because never talks about herself

- Takes losing very hard, if at all

- Generally unselfish in most cases

- Cold and indifferent exterior, but likes the idea of having at least a few good friends in life, as her secret desire pulls her towards a longing for a companion to cope with the aspect of eternity

- Would act completely different towards a good friend if she had one

- Extremely loyal to those who have her trust

- Everyone has to earn respect for her to give it

- Can be kind when someone treats her well

- Courageous and fears nothing corporeal

- Quick tempered and easily agitated

- Exceptionally well at disguising her emotions

- May seem like a bunch of bad things, but is honestly a pretty cool person once people get to know her

History/Background: She was born to a human family who abandoned her at a young age. Constantly wandering to avoid society and what was expected of her as a girl of her time, she mostly raised herself and remained a shadow to the world for her own protection against authority and violations of her free will. As she grew up alone, she searched for something more in life and suffered depression in her journeys. Attempting suicide one night in her early twenties (to which she retains that age today), she was saved by a vampire who blooded her. Finally gaining something of a father figure, she began to travel with him who taught her everything she needed to know in life, educating her in the field of fighting and strength as well as literature and art. After a few centuries went by in this manner, she found herself alone one night with only a sword left behind and a note from her sire, expressing his complete faith in her that she was strong enough to survive on her own and full confidence that they would cross path again. From then, she continued her journey as a wanderer with a stronger mind, retaining all the vampiric laws bestowed to her by her sire and continuing her training in a quest to raise her abilities to the highest she is capable of accomplishing.

#8 Mar 05th 2007, 4:39pm
Erilev
These characters can be for anything you want. this is just a place where you can see if your character is good or poorly constructed. All of my characters are the ones I use in all of my stories.

I like your character. I would like to know what here weaknesses are? I always try to have weaknesses to allow for personal growth in my character. Watch out for Rage's characters, because they are over powerful and have no weaknesses. ;)sry rage

#9 Mar 07th 2007, 6:15am
Morte d'Amour
Alright, well that character was completely made up, but now that I have her, I'm sure I can come up with some kind of use for her in the future. :)

I'm glad you like the character. Ah, her weaknesses? Well, she's pretty awesome I think, but definitely not Pyro. XD! Well just coming up with things from the top of my head, she has some personal characteristics that could be either a strength or weakness in different situations. She doesn't have any magic ability and is most likely not immune to a well cast spell and such. She's pretty high up there in overall strength, but there's obviously those others out there who she hasn't surpassed. She wants to be the best, but that's not gonna happen. :O

#10 Mar 08th 2007, 3:13pm
KiraLove
Name: Reason

Race: Human

Age: Appears 25

Gender: Female

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 130

Physical description (point form):

-Pure Silver hair

-Black eyes with gold specks

-Tanned skin

-Wears mostly dark clothes

-A sword strapped around her waist barely hidden by the black cloak she wears

-Muscular, but not overly

-Thin, almost lanky

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

-Can read minds occasionally

-Power to make the dream world, and the real world meet

-Excellent sword-manship

-Telekinesis

-Can blend in with the shadows, becoming invisable to the human eye

Personality (Point form):

-Strong willed

-Sarcastic

-Does not trust easily

-Detached most of the time

-Silent, mostly watching

-Cautious

-Brave, first one to stand up agianst an enemy

History/Background:

Reason was a foster kid, tossed around from one house to the next all through her years. Ridiculed by the kids in all the schools she went to, she eventually faded out of most of the crowds, becoming the one that watched everything, but almost never interfered. As a small child, she figured out her power to read people's mind, especially when they were mad, for she had many a bad thought thrown her way. Her telekonesis came later in her years, and she came to control it quite easily by the end of her teen years. She now is sort of a wander, moving from one place to the next.

#11 Mar 12th 2007, 10:59pm
Morte d'Amour
Nice character! ^_^
#12 Mar 13th 2007, 8:56am
Ex-Cross
Name: Jared

Race: Human

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 150 lb

Physical description (point form):

-Tall, fit body; pale skin.

-Light brown hair, blue eyes

-Always smiling

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

-Ability to heal most wounds using his touch, if he chooses to.

-The polar opposite of his healing: the ability to rot away whatever he touches, if he chooses to.

-Extremely dirty fighter; moves become unpredictable when outnumbered or fighting a strong opponent.

-Can remove all traces of his presence.

-Able to mimic the voices of people, to an extent.

Personality (Point form):

-Kind and caring; to friends and family; or strangers deemed harmless

-Sadistic and merciless to his enemies, unless they could be manipulated.

-Manipulative.

-Optimistic.

-Patient.

History/Background:

A young assassin, hired into a secret police force simply because of his deadly skills. Never seen without his trademark smile, friends and foe alike are always unsettled by his carefree nature and pleasant demeanor. In combat, however, he shows a devil-like sadism, using whatever method to bring his opponents to the ground and begging for death. His reason for giving up his job as a hired killer and joining the secret police is unknown.

Other information (Family relations/ Enemies/ anything that doesn't fall into the other categories):

-Vice-Captain of the Secret Police; deals mostly in paperwork and desk jobs.

-Smiles even without people looking.

#13 Mar 13th 2007, 9:39am
LadyWhen
That's a cool charry. Very unusual talents..
#14 Mar 30th 2007, 9:50am
Lord-of-Fools
I have three main characters in my current story. Bear with this!

1. Name: Kali am Morana am Shouvra yok Adir (or Kali daughter of Morana daughter of Shouvra from Adir, which is a regular name-form for her people)

Race: White Face sect

Age: 16

Gender: female

Height: I dunno, average.

Was the youngest of seven children, brou

Weight: about average

Physical description (point form): - described as pretty; wide eyes, fine curved eyebrows, full lips

- curly black hair usually worn up under a veil with a few strands escaping. Common characteristic of her people

- dark skin, small hands and feet.

- curvy shape

Powers/Abilities/Magic: Prophecy, but she cannot control this at all.

Personality (Point form): - quick to anger

- slightly arrogant, conceited and headstrong

- clever

- scientific within the bounds of her religious education

- stubborn

- devout

- naive

History/Background: Was the youngest of seven children, brought up in a secluded village. Her family are all adherents of the White Face religious beliefs, which are an extreme version of those of the Amirin religious minority in Nerin. She joined a White Face convent at the age of twelve, believing there was little other option, only to find at sixteen that none of her superiors thought she would make a very good nun.

2. Name: Amyena am Vedha (Amyena of the Vedha clan, again normal)

Race: Amirin

Age: 18

Gender: female

Height: short, but not freakishly so

Weight: she's skinny

Physical description (point form): - looks rather like a boy, especially with hair newly shortened

- large eyes and a wide mouth, small flat nose

- dark skin

- small breasts because she is rather slight.

Powers/Abilities/Magic: She is a necromancer, but this is not considered particularly special or unusual and she can, as yet, do little with her abilities.

Personality (Point form): - quiet, shy

- forgiving

- amorous

- slightly passive

- melancholy

History/Background: The only child of her father due to a blessing/curse laid upon the family by the White Goddess, Amyena has lived with Ishram am Vedha her whole life. She is not good at school because of something which might be described as dyslexia, though when she excels she does very well. Her best areas are geography and sport.

3. Name: Aranis Thranger

Race: Galicean

Age: 23

Gender: male

Height: just above average

Weight: above average, but not vastly so

Physical description (point form): -pink face

- blue eyes

- blonde hair

- slightly balding

- basically looks like an overgrown schoolboy in bad shape

Powers/Abilities/Magic: None

Personality (Point form): - arrogant

- naive

- enthusiastic

- slightly over-sexed

History/Background: From a large family (three brothers, one sister) in Galicea, Aranis was happy to pursue his journalistic dreams. His family own a fish-cannery but he has escaped to become a foreign correspondent in Nerin.

#15 Jul 18th 2007, 3:17am
concerto49
Many cool characters here...I don't know - I tend to play too much with suspsense and stuff - it'd be all ??? if I attempted to write one because I'd give away the story and interest in posting about a character - like the names are ok, and some basic information, but those are usually meaningless.
#16 Jul 22nd 2007, 10:22pm
dragonflydreamer

These are the two main characters of a story I've posted (Born of Legend) and a story I hope to post soon. I feel that the two have been overlapping a bit, so I could really use some help with them.

Name: Evangeline (Eva)

Race: Human (Magic-User)

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Height: Maybe 5'3''

Weight:110-ish lbs.

Physical Description: -Mid-length, dark, wavy hair

-Blue Eyes

-Average body build

-Angular features

Powers/Abilities/Magic: -Magic-User (borrows powers from god-like creators in form of magic)

-Ability to control plants

Personality: -stubborn

-haughty

-spoiled

-self-confident

-argumentative

short-tempered

-protective of others

History/Background: Born to rich family, charged for aiding criminal (her best friend), forced to live in hiding on streets

Name: Vittoria (Vita) De Succio

Race: Human - Tuscan

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Height: 5'6'' or 5'7''

Weight: 115

Physical Description: -Dark, straight hair

-Long, angular face

-Dark eyes

-Flat-chested

-Not particularly good-looking

Powers/Abilities/Magic: None at beginning, but later tampers with dark arts.

Personality: -Puts others before self

-Mother-like

-Responsible

-Independent

-Short-tempered

-Unconventional

History/Background: Father died when young, mother sick, oldest child - responsible for large family. Family poor, needs to marry wealthy man she dislikes to financially save family.

#17 May 29th, 10:43pm
dragonflydreamer

There are some very nice characters here. They sound pretty well-balanced. I particularly liked Kira's character. Very nice job ^_^ I love everyone's names. I always go for regular human names I find on baby name sites, so I greatly respect all you people who come up with your own names.

#18 May 29th, 10:47pm
Arianna Sterling

Okay, these are the two major characters in my current in-progress, Twilight Moon. It's a MxM vampire story. The first character here is the viewpoint character.

Name: Alister Rowan

Race: Human, technically- he is a Hunter, and Hunters have the smallest of traces of non-human DNA in them

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Height: About 5'10"

Weight: Around 115 lbs. He's a very slim guy.

Physical description (point form):

-he himself says he looks more like a vampire victim than a vampire Hunter

-looks absolutely nothing like the rest of his family

-pale violet-ish hair down to around his shoulders

-amber eyes

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

-Hunters don't exactly have magic, rather they are raised to kill a specificic creature. The Rowan family is a family of vampire Hunters, some families go after mainly werewolves, some after kelpies, etc.

Personality (Point form):

-Alister is cold towards those he dislikes, warm towards the ones he does like

-Stubborn as a bull

-Arrogant regarding his skill, but admits he is weaker than some when it comes right down to it

-He doesn't always show appreciation

History/Background: Alister was raised a Hunter of vampires, thus he is immensely skilled in this act. Of course, as a Hunter, he hates the kind, he hates humans who allow vampires to feed on them, and he detests the Bonded (humans who feed on vampires for extended lifespans). Being captured by Armand basically just ticked him off, made him more determined about a lot. He is one of four children. Althogh he wants to go against Armand, the vampire is like a drug for his body, and he always finds himself sinking into desire. (sounds a bit cheesy...)

And next...

Name: Armand (surname unknown)

Race: Vampire

Age: Let's just go with 'old'

Gender: Male

Height: Around 6'9" or 6'10" In other words, unhealthily tall

Weight: Maybe 150 lbs.? Between that and 170 lbs., but I'd lean towards the lower number.

Physical description (point form):

-a vampire's beauty represents their power- he is unnaturally beautiful

-pure white hair, shoulder-length

-eyes like cobalt

-walks in a fashion that says 'get the hell out of my way' and that he knows exactly where he's going, what he's doing, at all times

-tends to always either smirk or smile

-dunno if this is physical, but I love it- his voice is low, sexy. In his introduction I described it as being 'dark chocolate and honey'.

Powers/Abilities/Magic:

-Ooh, you know, your usual vampiric abilities... Lives a lot longer, very strong, very fast... Heals quickly... All of that good stuff. And the not good stuff, like the weakness to the sun.

Personality (Point form):

-outgoing

-not afraid to after what he wants

-doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks

-stubborn, as bad or worse than Alister

-overconfident (another Alister-ish trait)

-absolutely loves a challenge, which is part of his thing with Alister

History/Background: Armand has been around for god-knows-how-long, I think since in the 1600s. He was maybe thirty-five when turned by the vampire Kendrick (among the most powerful). Ah... As I said, he loves a challenge, so Hunters are some of his favourite people, especially killing them. of course, he didn't actually know at first that Alister was a Hunter, which is why he started calling him 'kitten' and desiring him. He captured him, and Alister's resistance turns him into a challenge, therefore something he is seriously into.

These are my people...

#19 2 days ago, 9:45pm

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