character analysis

[RaistlinMajere]

Here's an example of a solid, apathetic report for a character. I personally think this helps, as it gives you a few things to ponder.

General
Name:
Gender:
Race:
Age:
Profession:

Physical Impression
Eye color:
Hair color:
Hair style:
Body build:
Voice:
How he/she moves/walks:
Demeanor:
Habits:
Favored Attire:
Handwriting style:

Speculation
Element (fire, earth, water, air):
Inner animal:
What he/she wants most:
What he/she needs most:
Greatest fear:
Greatest hatred:
Greatest love:
One word that describes him/her current emotional state:
Three values he/she holds highest:
If he/she died today, would he/she be satisfied?:

Attributes (1 for least, 10 for most)
Compassion:
Mercy:
Justice:
Faith:
Independence:
Recklessness:
Outwards courage:
Emotional courage:
Honesty:
Confidence:
Anger:
Benevolent pride (pride in accomplishments, etc.):
Harmful pride:
Amount of true self he/she shows the world:

Anything else you want to include:

[RaistlinMajere]

Here's someone we all know

General
Name: Kendath
Gender: male
Race: human
Age: 26
Profession: dragonrider/assassin

Physical Impression
Eye color: very dark brown
Hair color: black
Hair style: untrimmed, almost shoulder-length
Body build: medium height, lean
Voice: not particularly mellifluous, not much expression, always a tinge of irony
How he/she moves/walks: stalks and darts
Demeanor: detached dispassion, generally encourages people to ignore his presence
Habits: caustic tongue
Favored Attire: black leather and cloak
Handwriting style: not exactly calligraphy as he seldom needs to write, sharp angles

Speculation
Element (fire, earth, water, air): earth
Inner animal: panther
What he/she wants most: redemption
What he/she needs most: a sense of purpose
Greatest fear: that he'll lose love without ever having it
Greatest hatred: fear itself
Greatest love: freedom... and Merrin
One word that describes him/her current emotional state: denial
Three values he/she holds highest: pragmatism, resolve, control
If he/she died today, would he/she be satisfied?: no

Attributes (1 for least, 10 for most)
Compassion: 6
Mercy: 3
Justice: 7
Faith: 2
Independence: 9
Recklessness: 5
Outwards courage: 8
Emotional courage: 3
Honesty: 2
Confidence: 4
Anger: 5
Benevolent pride (pride in accomplishments, etc.): 3
Harmful pride: 9
Amount of true self he/she shows the world: 2

Anything else you want to include: EVERYONE POST YOUR ANALYSIS NOW!!

[Meldawen]

General
Name: Merrin Dragonrider
Gender: female
Race: human
Age: 19
Profession: Dragonrider

Physical Impression
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown, often described as copper or bronze, so with a tint of red.
Hair style: long and wavy, comes about six inches past her shoulders.
Body build: Slight and rather petite, without very much strength
Voice: Tends to carry an inquiring tone, or one of anxiety, and is often very serious
How he/she moves/walks: Slips, flits (as in tiptoes or goes quietly) or trots.
Demeanor: Quite open and honest, and hesitant to ask very many questions or say very much in most situations.
Habits: Uncertainty, a tendency to think herself below others
Favored Attire: Silver-grey cloak, tunic, jerkin, breeches, boots.
Handwriting style: Halting and slow, as she didn't learn to read or write until age 16.

Speculation
Element (fire, earth, water, air): Air
Inner animal: Sparrow
What he/she wants most: surety
What he/she needs most: companionship
Greatest fear: Failure
Greatest hatred: Evil
Greatest love: the gods...and though she hasn't realized it fully quite yet, Kendath
One word that describes him/her current emotional state: Confusion
Three values he/she holds highest: Loyalty, faith, love
If he/she died today, would he/she be satisfied?: No

Attributes (1 for least, 10 for most)
Compassion: 9
Mercy: 10
Justice: 8
Faith: 10
Independence: 5
Recklessness: 3
Outward courage: 6
Emotional courage: 4
Honesty: 9
Confidence: 4
Anger: 2
Benevolent pride (pride in accomplishments, etc.): 2
Harmful pride: 1
Amount of true self he/she shows the world: 8

Anything else you want to include: Merrin has rather low self-confidence and high self-doubt, and tends towards thinking she is wrong and others are right rather than the other way around, unless it comes to the gods, where nobody will ever convince her otherwise.

[Sparrowhawk]

You took my Sparrow! I see it right there!

Sparrow-stealing said:

Inner animal: Sparrow

But oh well.

I might decide to put Adanil up. Maybe

[Meldawen]

It was the only one that fit I played around with others...wren or robin....but it kept coming back to sparrow so I just went with it

[Ven]

General
Name: Feuer Padrone (only one 's profile i know by memory... other are too new here
Gender: Male
Race: n/a (human?)
Age: 76
Profession: ...Diplomat? dont really remember... maybe mercenary... oh ASSASSIN!

Physical Impression
Eye color: green-grey
Hair color: black
Hair style: i think a ponytail... dont remember
Body build: slender but lithe (dont remember spelling)
Voice: playful
How he/she moves/walks: like a teen
Demeanor: fun-loving
Habits: eating pistachios.
Favored Attire: green leather and boots
Handwriting style: sloppy

Speculation
Element (fire, earth, water, air): Fire
Inner animal: ..mmm...snake?
What he/she wants most: Karyn, gold (wow what is it with my charries and gold and women?), fun
What he/she needs most: Karyn
Greatest fear: the unknown entitle that created him
Greatest hatred: ditto
Greatest love: Karyn, pistachios
One word that describes him/her current emotional state: Bored
Three values he/she holds highest: Pistachios (yes, its a value), fun, wealth
If he/she died today, would he/she be satisfied?: no

Attributes (1 for least, 10 for most)
Compassion: 3
Mercy: 1
Justice: 5
Faith: 1
Independence: 8
Recklessness: 7
Outwards courage: 9
Emotional courage: 8
Honesty: ...5
Confidence: 9
Anger: 7
Benevolent pride (pride in accomplishments, etc.): 9
Harmful pride: 8
Amount of true self he/she shows the world: 5

Anything else you want to include:
He LOVES pistachios above all else

i suggest you do, sparrow. or Raist'll come after you...
and stake YOU out.

[RaistlinMajere]

^that cracked me up. indeed, what is it with your characters and women? unless you're doing that thing where Feuer and Karyn are like Yin and Yang.

[Ven]

yea,
Zealan's inspired by my favorite charrie in the latest tv series i watched...
modeled after him...
except no magic..
and that guy's ... well, do you know what ·çÁ÷ means?
it's that

thank you. im pretty good at thinking of funny things..

[Ember]

General
Name: Garthag
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 31
Profession: Mage

Physical Impression
Eye color: Grayish mix
Hair color: Brown
Hair style: Long
Body build: Thin
Voice: Neutral
How he/she moves/walks: Calmly/slowly
Demeanor: Cold
Habits: Scratching his hair or chin
Favored Attire: White robes
Handwriting style: Sharp

Speculation
Element (fire, earth, water, air): Water
Inner animal: Snake
What he/she wants most: To live free and powerful
What he/she needs most: Magic
Greatest fear: Lost of power
Greatest hatred: Wasting talents
Greatest love: Power
One word that describes him/her current emotional state: Cautious
Three values he/she holds highest: Power, Freedom and Safety
If he/she died today, would he/she be satisfied?: Not a chance

Attributes (1 for least, 10 for most)
Compassion: 2
Mercy: 4
Justice: 2
Faith: 4
Independence: 8
Recklessness: 4
Outwards courage: 8
Emotional courage: 3
Honesty: 5
Confidence: 9
Anger: 5
Benevolent pride (pride in accomplishments, etc.): 7
Harmful pride: 6
Amount of true self he/she shows the world: 6

[Ven]

this forum doesn't show chinese?
*gets sad*

well so far apparently my character's the least merciful... and the least faithful...

[RaistlinMajere]

Quite the interesting villain, Ember. Any chance you know how he got to be that way?

[Meldawen]

I was bored For anyone who's interested, as a sort of compare/contrast type thing, the attributes of the characters currently posted are as follows. The numbers are in order of Kendath, Merrin, Feuer, Garthag.

Compassion: 6, 9, 3, 2
Mercy: 3, 10, 1, 4
Justice: 7, 8, 5, 2
Faith: 2, 10, 1, 4
Independence: 9, 5, 8, 8
Recklessness: 5, 3, 7, 4
Outwards courage: 8, 6, 9, 8
Emotional courage: 3, 4, 8, 3
Honesty: 2, 9, 5, 5
Confidence: 4, 4, 9, 9
Anger: 5, 2, 7, 5
Benevolent pride (pride in accomplishments, etc.): 3, 2, 9, 7
Harmful pride: 9, 1, 8, 6
Amount of true self he/she shows the world: 2, 8, 5, 6

I find it intriguing to compare them...particularly Merrin and Kendath, who are worlds apart on some things and very similar on others. I would almost have expected them to be different on all of them.

[Ven]

currently me/Feuer and ember/Garthag have many... similarities

[RaistlinMajere]

Indeed, and I should have included sense of humor as one of them. Do I see a pistachio?

[Ember]

admin said:

Quite the interesting villain, Ember. Any chance you know how he got to be that way?

Yep, he wasn`t really rich ever nor powerful thus envied the powerful and wanted power. He received some when he became a mage yet when his brethren were killed and he enslaved that only grew his hunger for power etc.