Fleshing Out Your Characters

PBeM

Urthania

Fleshing out your characters...

Please take a moment to think about your characters...what they look like...who they are...where they are from...what they want in life...

Answer as many of these questions as you can about them and e-mail me the results.

To begin with, flesh out the obvious: the physical description.

Age, Height, Weight, Hair Color & Hair Style, Eye Color, Build, Left/Right-Handedness, Unusual/Pronounced Features (huge nose, lazy-eye, lisp, freckles/moles, etc.), & Distinguishing Marks (scars, tattooes. branding, etc.)

Now, move on to more specific details.
(Any questions you do not answer will be left up to my own sadistic whim!)

Who raised him/her? How did s/he live? What was his/her quality of living/standards?
What was happening in the region while s/he was growing up? Any marking events?
Does s/he have any immediate relatives? If so, how did s/he get along with them? What are they doing now? How many sisters or brothers does s/he have? What of their names? Where are they now? What are they doing?
Does s/he have any enemies with deep-seated hatreds? Blood feuds Vendettas? Why?
Any marking events in his/her recent past? Did s/he commit a crime? Any acts of great philantropy/heroism?
What are his/her long-term goals, in the next five, ten or twenty years? What does s/he want out of life in the long run? Fame? Fortune? Family? Land? Enemies crushed? Nothing?
What is his/her patron deity like, if any? Is s/he a devout worshipper? (I will assign the names of the gods, just tell me what s/he is the god/dess of...)
Is s/he a member of any nonreligious/secular cause? (i.e., is s/he a loyal servant of a king, baron, organization, etc.)
Is there any race, creed, alignment, religion or the like which s/he cannot stand? Does s/he fight against it?
What is his/her greatest fear?
What is his/her greatest hope?
What is the one task s/he absolutely refuses to do?
What does s/he usually dress like?
What is his/her favorite food? His/her favorite drink?
What are his/her pet peeves, if any?
Does s/he have any mannerisms?

Try to fill in the following five categories with 2 to 5 different attributes from the lists below...

My Character Is...

Always:

Frequently:

Generally:

Occasionally:

Never:

Positive:
Accepting, Affable, Altruistic, Ascetic, Austere, Benevolent, Careful, Cheerful, Chivalrous, Clean, Comfortable, Compassionate, Congenial, Conscientious, Considerate, Courteous, Creative, Dapper, Dignified, Eager, Earnest, Educated, Enlightened, Enthusiastic, Forgiving, Friendly, Gallant, Generous, Genial, Gentle, Giving, Goodhumored, Graceful, Gracious, Handsome, Happy, Helpful, Honest, Knowledgeable, Lively, Mannerly, Mellifluous, Neat, Optimistic, Outgoing, Paragon, Patient, Peaceble, Perseverant, Philantropic, Pious, Polite, Pretty, Provident, Quaint, Reliable, Resolute, Respectful, Sociable, Tranquil, Trustworthy, Unselfish, Valorous, Vivacious, Well-read, Wise
Neutral:
Accurate, Ambitious, Anarchistic, Anticipative Aristocratic, Bold, Calm, Candid, Celibate, Charismatic, Chaste, Competant, Concilliatory, Contemplative, Cunning, Curious, Dainty, Daring, Demonstrative, Diplomatic, Discerning, Dogmatic, Dreamer, Eccentric, Efficient, Eventempered, Fair, Faltering, Fascinating, Fearless, Frank, Honorable, Humble, Impartial, Inquisitive, Instinctual, Intelligent, Just, Keen, Lawful, Lawless, Liberal, Loyal, Meticulous, Modest, Mollifying, Moral, Non-conformist, Obedient, Obscure, Obtuse, Odd Ostentatious, Passionate, Perfectionist, Phlegmatic, Prideful, Prudent, Rational, Righteous, Scheming, Shrewd, Sober, Solitary, Straightforward, Virginal, Zealous
Negative:
Absentminded, Abusive, Addictive, Adultering, Agressive, Aloof, Antagonistic, Apathetic, Arrogant, Barbarous, Bigoted, Bitter, Boisterous, Boorish, Boring, Bullying, Callous, Capricious, Careless, Caustic, Cheating, Clumsy, Compliant, Conceited, Condescending, Confusing, Conniving, Contradictory, Controlling, Corrupt, Covetous, Coward, Crazed Criminal, Cruel, Cynical, Dark, Deceptive, Deformed, Delinquent, Depressive, Derogatory, Despondent Destructive, Dictatorial, Difficult, Disdainful, Disfigured, Dishonest, Disorderly, Disturbed, Drunken, Dull, Envious, Erratic, Exasperating, Foolish, Frivolous, Gluttonous, Greedy, Haughty, Haunted, Imbecile, Immature, Immoral, Impatient, Impetuous, Incompetant, Incorrigeable, Indifferent, Insensitive, Insidious, Insolent, Irritating, Kleptomaniac, Lazy, Lustful, Malevolent, Manic, Manipulative, Megalomaniac, Merciless, Messy, Moody, Naive, Neglectful, Obstinate, Perverted, Plotting, Reluctant, Resignation, Reticent, Rude, Ruffian, Ruthless, Self-serving, Severe, Shallow, Shy, Sinister, Sly, Sniveling, Stubborn, Stupid, Submissive, Surly, Savage, Traitorous, Ugly, Uncertain, Unclean, Undecisive, Vainglorious, Vapid, Violent, Weak-willed, Wicked