Character Landscape

Personality | Relationships | Physicality | History | Stories

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Relationships:

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Physicality:

Focus: focused on details, sometimes misses the big picture or doesn’t understand the relevance of the detail so he ignores it.

Breath: breathing is something that just happens. He doesn’t really pay attention to it at all.

Internal Motivation: wants to be independent, wants to do what he wants when he wants, opposes “the man” but works for companies he believes are doing good in the world…

Meaningful Movement: gawky, uncomfortable in his body, more comfortable in his mind — he’s very intellectual and not very physical, but he does love to hike and sail.

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Appearance & Personal Style:

• What does Adam look like? Is their appearance expected or not? Why? He looks like a skinny hacker geek. He’s tall, has bad posture.
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: Brown
• Height: 5′ 11″
• Weight: 175lbs
• Bone Structure: on the thin side — long and lanky
• Skin Color: pale but olive undertones
• Hair texture: soft, a tad wavy but he keeps it cut short so it doesn’t get in his way.
• How much effort does he put into their appearance? None.
• What kind of clothing do they wear? Why? Is their clothing determined by profession? Class? Personal comfort? Social expectations? Legal decree? He wears whatever. If something rips, he asks Maricel to fix it for him.
• Is their clothing bespoke? Off the rack? Thrift Store? Hand-me-down? Home-made? Thrift Store, Hand-Me-Down, Off the Rack.
• Is their clothing intended to attract or detract sexual attention? Detract. He doesn’t want attention. He hates people and avoids them whenever he can. Except for the ppl he’s hired to take care of his house and estate…
• Could you guess their social status by their style? No. Adam is extremely wealthy but he dresses like he’s got nothing.

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History:

Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood

Graduated summa cum laude from University of Washington Seattle, software engineer,

What time of day is your favorite? Morning, when it’s crisp and damp and the sun just starts to rise.

What are your co-workers like, and do you get along with them? I don’t have coworkers because I never get along well with them.

Are you political? No, not really.

What was your family like growing up? Very strict, do as I say, don’t speak unless spoken to. Perfection was required at all things at all times. Grandma is an evil dragon lady and dad is never home.

Is there a past time period that you wish you had lived in? If so, why? I wouldn’t have a job if I lived in another time period.

When did you lose your virginity, and what was that like? This girl I was dating in high school. She’s the reason I left my grandmother, the reason I know my father and grandmother aren’t good people.

Name three things you’re bad at. Relationships, dealing with people, putting up with bullshit.

If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? Exactly what I do now: white-hat hacking for Adrian Hawthorne.

Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity? Yes, all the time. Everything Kirsten does is like this.

Fave Color : Black

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Home:

• Small town or Big City? Farm or Factory? Castle? Mansion? Hovel? Commune? Slum?
• Where do your characters come from? What planet? What Town? Did they grow up in a city or a wilderness?
• What are the influences of their culture of origin? Do your characters agree or disagree with their culture? Why?
• How is their lifestyle shaped by the place they grew up? The places they have lived in since then?

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Socio-Economic Status:

• Is your character financially stable? Can they afford to live the way that they do?
• Does your character routinely overspend? Underspend?
• Does your character have a budget? Are they a Scrooge or a miser? Do they give money away as if it grows on trees only to find they can’t pay their own bills?
• Do others believe your character has more money than they actually do? Less?
• Does your character save for emergencies? Why or why not?
• Does your character have arguments with their family, spouse, or significant other about money and what they spend it on?
• Does your character have arguments with their family, spouse, or significant other about how they earn money?
• What would your character do if they found themself in an emergency where they needed a significant amount of money in a short period of time? What would your character be willing or unwilling to do to get that money?

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Occupation:

White Hat Hacker: Adam tests security for large corporations, companies referred to him by Adrian Hawthorne, to make sure that the evil hackers can’t get into their databases.

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Ethics:

• If you’re on a train and you know it’s about to crash into a person on the track but if you pull the emergency brake the train will explode, do you pull the brake? Why? What if it’s not just one person but another train with twice as many passengers?
• Is euthanasia good or bad? Under what circumstances if any might it acceptable?
• What about abortion? Under what circumstances if any is that acceptable?
• What would you kill for? Why?
• What would you steal for? Why?
• What would you whistle-blow over? Why?
• Are there any of these hypotheticals that you think you would do one way but which you discover you actually make the opposite choice when you’re confronted with the actual circumstance?
• Are there any of these hypotheticals where you would change your answer if the other person involved were evil by your definition?

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Appearances:

• Cloaked
• Caged

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Personality | Relationships | Physicality | History | Stories

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Relationships:

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Physicality:

Focus

Breath

Internal Motivation

Meaningful Movement

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Appearance & Personal Style:

• What does your character look like? Is their appearance expected or not? Why?
• Eye Color?
• Hair Color?
• Height?
• Weight?
• Bone Structure?
• Skin Color?
• Hair texture?
• How much effort do they put into their appearance?
• What kind of clothing do they wear? Why? Is their clothing determined by profession? Class? Personal comfort? Social expectations? Legal decree?
• Is their clothing bespoke? Off the rack? Thrift Store? Hand-me-down? Home-made?
• Is their clothing intended to attract or detract sexual attention?
• Could you guess their social status by their style?

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History:

Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood

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Home:

• Small town or Big City? Farm or Factory? Castle? Mansion? Hovel? Commune? Slum?
• Where do your characters come from? What planet? What Town? Did they grow up in a city or a wilderness?
• What are the influences of their culture of origin? Do your characters agree or disagree with their culture? Why?
• How is their lifestyle shaped by the place they grew up? The places they have lived in since then?

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Socio-Economic Status:

• Is your character financially stable? Can they afford to live the way that they do?
• Does your character routinely overspend? Underspend?
• Does your character have a budget? Are they a Scrooge or a miser? Do they give money away as if it grows on trees only to find they can’t pay their own bills?
• Do others believe your character has more money than they actually do? Less?
• Does your character save for emergencies? Why or why not?
• Does your character have arguments with their family, spouse, or significant other about money and what they spend it on?
• Does your character have arguments with their family, spouse, or significant other about how they earn money?
• What would your character do if they found themself in an emergency where they needed a significant amount of money in a short period of time? What would your character be willing or unwilling to do to get that money?

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Occupation:

• Do you have a traveling job or a fixed location job?
• Do you work in government? Private sector? For your family business? For yourself?
• Does your job require a lot of skill? A lot of education? Both? Neither?
• Does your job require certification? Licensing? Government Charter? Continuing education?
• What, specifically, do you do?
• How did you get your job? Were you selected? Ordained? Did you apply or were you coerced?

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Ethics:

• If you’re on a train and you know it’s about to crash into a person on the track but if you pull the emergency brake the train will explode, do you pull the brake? Why? What if it’s not just one person but another train with twice as many passengers?
• Is euthanasia good or bad? Under what circumstances if any might it acceptable?
• What about abortion? Under what circumstances if any is that acceptable?
• What would you kill for? Why?
• What would you steal for? Why?
• What would you whistle-blow over? Why?
• Are there any of these hypotheticals that you think you would do one way but which you discover you actually make the opposite choice when you’re confronted with the actual circumstance?
• Are there any of these hypotheticals where you would change your answer if the other person involved were evil by your definition?

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Appearances:

• Cloaked

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Personality | Relationships | Physicality | History | Stories

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Relationships:

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Physicality:

Focus: appearances, clothing, jewelry. She’s judgmental about brand and quality of tailoring. If you wear real stones that are inexpensive she’ll like you better than if you wear fake (or swarovsky) and are gaudy and ostentatious about it.

Breath: she breathes like a ballerina, and moves like one too.

Internal Motivation

Meaningful Movement: like a ballerina. She studied and taught ballet before she had Julien.

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Appearance & Personal Style:

• What does she look like? Is their appearance expected or not? Why? Adele is a tiny, strong-willed, matriarch. She rules her family with an iron fist.
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: White
• Height: 5′ 2″
• Weight: 110lbs
• Bone Structure: Delicate/frail
• Skin Color: pale
• Hair texture: silky
• How much effort does she put into their appearance? A lot. Adele spends two hours getting ready every morning even if she isn’t going anywhere and doesn’t expect anyone to see her.
• What kind of clothing does she wear? Why? Adele wears beautiful clothing, clothing that makes her look and feel like a queen.
• Is her clothing bespoke? Off the rack? Thrift Store? Hand-me-down? Home-made? Her evening gowns are bespoke or made to measure. Her every-day clothes are tailored or made to measure.
• Could you guess their social status by their style? Yes. Adele wears her money in clothes and jewelry. Not necessarily ostentatious or inappropriate (she’s never overdressed and never underdressed), but you can tell by the quality and new-ness of her clothes that she’s got the means to support her lifestyle.

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History:

Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood

Bborn just before the great depression, worked very hard to marry big money so she wouldn’t have to work or starve ever again. She values luxury and she’ll hold on to her accustomed lifestyle of choice with everything she has.

Are you spontaneous or do you always have a plan? I always have a plan. Without a plan, there is no way to achieve your goals. I got where I am because I had a plan: find a wealthy gentleman with great intelligence and be irresistible to him, get married and have a son. Everything has gone according to my plan. Julien has successfully run his father’s business ever since he passed away. Adam and Kirsten are my only disappointments. How Julien could pick such unfortunate women and raise such uncouth children I shall never understand.

What would you wear if you were dressing up? A gown with matching accessories. Have you no understanding of what’s expected for social events?

How about if you were dressing down? I would wear a simple blouse and slacks, with black shoes and the pearls my husband gave to me upon our engagement. If it’s cold, or inside in winter, I would add a silk scarf and a cardigan. Outside, boots and coat and hat and gloves would be necessary, of course. In summer, the cardigan and silk scarf would be plenty for outside informal occasions.

Do you believe in soul mates? Gracious no. Love doesn’t really exist. It’s a fairytale made up to keep people satisfied with their lot in life.

What are your pet peeves? poor table manners, ungroomed individuals, tracking mud through the house, profanity, gracelessness, rudeness,

Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? A worried genius, because geniuses can live how they want. Simpletons litter the streets and live with the harshness of the political and environmental seasons.

Which is worse, failing or never trying? Failing is definitely worse than never trying. What’s the point of trying if you don’t succeed?

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Home:

• Small town or Big City? Farm or Factory? Castle? Mansion? Hovel? Commune? Slum?
• Where do your characters come from? What planet? What Town? Did they grow up in a city or a wilderness?
• What are the influences of their culture of origin? Do your characters agree or disagree with their culture? Why?
• How is their lifestyle shaped by the place they grew up? The places they have lived in since then?

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Socio-Economic Status:

• Is your character financially stable? Can they afford to live the way that they do?
• Does your character routinely overspend? Underspend?
• Does your character have a budget? Are they a Scrooge or a miser? Do they give money away as if it grows on trees only to find they can’t pay their own bills?
• Do others believe your character has more money than they actually do? Less?
• Does your character save for emergencies? Why or why not?
• Does your character have arguments with their family, spouse, or significant other about money and what they spend it on?
• Does your character have arguments with their family, spouse, or significant other about how they earn money?
• What would your character do if they found themself in an emergency where they needed a significant amount of money in a short period of time? What would your character be willing or unwilling to do to get that money?

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Occupation:

Adele is a charity socialite. She was a ballet dancer and teacher before Julien was born.

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Ethics:

• If you’re on a train and you know it’s about to crash into a person on the track but if you pull the emergency brake the train will explode, do you pull the brake? Why? What if it’s not just one person but another train with twice as many passengers?
• Is euthanasia good or bad? Under what circumstances if any might it acceptable?
• What about abortion? Under what circumstances if any is that acceptable?
• What would you kill for? Why?
• What would you steal for? Why?
• What would you whistle-blow over? Why?
• Are there any of these hypotheticals that you think you would do one way but which you discover you actually make the opposite choice when you’re confronted with the actual circumstance?
• Are there any of these hypotheticals where you would change your answer if the other person involved were evil by your definition?

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Appearances:

• Cloaked
• Caged

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