Long chart is long
I totally hate these longass things.
Saw it linked in Tammylee's journal and ran away with it.
You can totally not read this btw, its admittedly probably really boring.
CHARACTER CHART
Date this chart was completed: July 03 '07
Character's Full Name: Luca Sadar Gulo (or Luca deSadar for the benefit of the Santri majority of the population)
Reason or meaning of name: Luca (Pasori for "stone") Sadar (father's name) Gulo (affiliation)
Nickname: Bezo (Pasori for "boot")
-Reason: His aunt got him an oversized pair of boots (to grow into) and the nickname stuck
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Age: 46
How old does s/he appear? 50 something
Eye Color: Brown
Glasses or contacts: No
Weight: 200 lbs?
Height: 5 ft 1
Type of body/build: Stocky
Skin tone: Dark
Skin type: ? Coarse ?
Shape of face: Squarish
Distinguishing Marks: Missing two upper incisors and right leg below the knee, brokeass fingers
Predominant feature: Height (or lack thereof)
Looks like: A mix of my wierdo friend Tony, Saddam and Stalin because I'm clevar like that
Is s/he healthy? Not especially
-If not, why not: Various reasons
FAVORITES:
Character's favorite color: Whatever
Music: Some sort of heavy classical music, I'm thinking of course about my fabulous Prokofiev piano concertos
Food: Salted curdled goat milk (like a thick stew)
Literature: Anything, especially historical documents
Expressions: "If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"
Expletives: Various
HABITS:
Smokes: Used to
-What? Hand-rolled tobacco
-When and how much? Occasionally, when he was living on his own
Drinks: No
Hobbies: Reading, collecting stolen artifacts
BACKGROUND:
Hometown: Polisa
Type of childhood: Labor intensive
First memory: Aunt removing a dead puppy from the drainage pipe
Most important childhood event that still affects him/her: Seeing his aunt chop some guy up with an axe
-Why? Learning the extent to which you must protect whats yours
Education: Nothing formal
Religion: Not interested
Finances: Aunt ran a store, so whatever they pulled in from that
FAMILY:
Mother: ??
Relationship with her: None
Father: Sadar Duvida Gulo
Relationship with him: None
Siblings: yes
-How many? 17
Birth order: He's the youngest
Relationship with each: None
Children of siblings: None
ATTITUDE
Most at ease when: Alone
Ill at ease when: People ask prying questions, forced into polite social situations
Priorities: Getting rid of perceived enemies, making the proverbial trains run on time
Philosophy: Do what needs to be done
How s/he feels about self: Fine thanks
Past failure s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: Groveling
-Why? Weakness of character
If granted one wish, what would it be? To not have been imprisoned during the war
-Why? It broke him in a few ways
PERSONALITY:
Greatest source of strength in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not): Tenacity
Greatest source of weakness in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not: Blind rage
Character's soft spot: His daughter Hyla
-Is this soft spot obvious to others? Yes
Biggest vulnerability: Being told that he's not doing enough for his own
TRAITS:
Optimist or pessimist: Pessimist
-Why? Because despite all his efforts things never change for the better
Introvert or extrovert: Introvert
-Why? Grew up being shy
Drives and motivations: Becoming stronger and more efficient, crushing opposition
Talents: Polyglot, and knows a thing or two about folk medicine
Extremely unskilled at: Small talk, anything requiring dexterity
Good characteristics: Able to make perceptive leaps about differing opinions every once in a while
Character flaws: Not very nice to others, no sense of humor
Mannerisms: Fiddles with hair
Peculiarities: Prefers to sleep upright, zones out, hates animals
Biggest regret: Split between aligning himself with The Dagre and not being able to prevent his wife's death
Minor regrets: Not being as self-assured when he was younger
Biggest accomplishment: Clawing his way to supremacy despite the odds
Minor accomplishments: Hiding his physical limitations from most people
Character's darkest secret: He is essentially the pawn of a giant tiger demon thing
Does anyone else know? Yes
-If no, how did they find out? All will be revealed eventually
SELF-PERCEPTION:
One word CHARACTER would use to describe self: Tired
One paragraph description of how CHARACTER would describe self:
Luca'd consider himself a hard-working leader with no time for bs. He'd also probably describe himself as forwards-thinking and pragmatic, despite being an impulsive person driven by mostly basic desires. Not a very high opinion of his physical characteristics, would call himself ugly and wishes to be more imposing in person. Best incomplete 3-sentence paragraph evar.
What does CHARACTER consider best physical characteristic? His (black) hair
What does CHARACTER consider worst physical characteristic? His amputated leg area
Are these realistic assessments? If not, why not? The hair vanity is more of a cultural thing, but the leg yes
How CHARACTER thinks others perceive him/her: With fear and respect
What four things would CHARACTER most like to change about self? (#1 most important, #2 second most important, etc.)
-1. Visible injuries
-2. Height
-3. Lack of face-to-face charisma
-4. Lack of skill to predict trends
-Why? The public's perception of his possibly having weaknesses is very important to him
If change #1 was made, would character be as happy as s/he thinks? Probably
INTERRELATION WITH OTHERS:
How does character relate to others? Poorly, unless they have some sort of prior relationship
How is s/he perceived by... Strangers? Reserved and scrutinizing
... Friends? Semi-casual, but with threatening undertones
... Wife/Husband/Lover? As a sad but ok person, though he should try more self- improvement
... Hero/Heroine? Evil
How does character view hero/heroine? His personal curse
First impression: 'What the hell?'
-Why? She's a young naked girl with green hair :B
What happens to change this perception? Finding out that she's not exactly powerless
What do family/friends like most about character? They think he's not that bad deep down, probably, and work ethic
What do family/friends like least about character? His being aloof and condescending (and genocidal)
GOALS:
Immediate goals: Destroy the Caris peoples completely through any means
Long range goals: Help The Dagre destroy the rest of existing society, though ideally he'd be dead before then
How does character plan to accomplish these goals? Through his decisions as emperor
How will other characters be affected? Completely, since he controls more than half of the known lands
PROBLEMS/CRISIS:
How character reacts in a crisis: coolly, ruthlessly
How character faces problems: Head on! Real Pasori style
Kinds of problems character usually runs into: Those involving The Dagre wanting something, Angora
How character reacts to NEW problems: Quickly and analytically
How character reacts to change: Badly, unless he ordered it
GENERAL:
Favorite clothing: various uniforms
-Why? Makes him feel effective (it works!)
Least favorite clothing: Clothing with less coverage
-Why? Self-conscious
Jewelry: No
Other accessories: Gloves, blood belt
Drives: Like a car? no.
Where does character live? Mostly up north, but spends a few months out of the year by the bay
Where does character want to live? As far north as possible
Spending habits (frugal, spendthrift, etc): Frugal
-Why? Doesn't care/ need to buy things, doesn't like wasting money
What does s/he do too much of? Making threats, actualizing threats
Too little of? Recognizing his own hypocrisy, sleeping
Most prized possession: His fathers' gloves
-Why? They denote tribal leadership and have sentimental value
UNCATAGORIZED:
Person character secretly admires: His wife
-Why? She scares him and gets things done
Person character was most influenced by: His aunt
-Why? Tremendous force of personality
Most important person in character's life before story starts: Ditto for above
-Why? Taught him stuff
How does character spend the week before the story starts? Maintaining his empire, arguing
Ohoho, all very amusing. Anyways, have some propaganda:
Nothing says propaganda quite like kids holding an assload of flowers. Those are just some random bg people btw, since I suck at drawing different-looking faces.
Not very nice :c
Saw it linked in Tammylee's journal and ran away with it.
You can totally not read this btw, its admittedly probably really boring.
CHARACTER CHART
Date this chart was completed: July 03 '07
Character's Full Name: Luca Sadar Gulo (or Luca deSadar for the benefit of the Santri majority of the population)
Reason or meaning of name: Luca (Pasori for "stone") Sadar (father's name) Gulo (affiliation)
Nickname: Bezo (Pasori for "boot")
-Reason: His aunt got him an oversized pair of boots (to grow into) and the nickname stuck
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Age: 46
How old does s/he appear? 50 something
Eye Color: Brown
Glasses or contacts: No
Weight: 200 lbs?
Height: 5 ft 1
Type of body/build: Stocky
Skin tone: Dark
Skin type: ? Coarse ?
Shape of face: Squarish
Distinguishing Marks: Missing two upper incisors and right leg below the knee, brokeass fingers
Predominant feature: Height (or lack thereof)
Looks like: A mix of my wierdo friend Tony, Saddam and Stalin because I'm clevar like that
Is s/he healthy? Not especially
-If not, why not: Various reasons
FAVORITES:
Character's favorite color: Whatever
Music: Some sort of heavy classical music, I'm thinking of course about my fabulous Prokofiev piano concertos
Food: Salted curdled goat milk (like a thick stew)
Literature: Anything, especially historical documents
Expressions: "If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"
Expletives: Various
HABITS:
Smokes: Used to
-What? Hand-rolled tobacco
-When and how much? Occasionally, when he was living on his own
Drinks: No
Hobbies: Reading, collecting stolen artifacts
BACKGROUND:
Hometown: Polisa
Type of childhood: Labor intensive
First memory: Aunt removing a dead puppy from the drainage pipe
Most important childhood event that still affects him/her: Seeing his aunt chop some guy up with an axe
-Why? Learning the extent to which you must protect whats yours
Education: Nothing formal
Religion: Not interested
Finances: Aunt ran a store, so whatever they pulled in from that
FAMILY:
Mother: ??
Relationship with her: None
Father: Sadar Duvida Gulo
Relationship with him: None
Siblings: yes
-How many? 17
Birth order: He's the youngest
Relationship with each: None
Children of siblings: None
ATTITUDE
Most at ease when: Alone
Ill at ease when: People ask prying questions, forced into polite social situations
Priorities: Getting rid of perceived enemies, making the proverbial trains run on time
Philosophy: Do what needs to be done
How s/he feels about self: Fine thanks
Past failure s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: Groveling
-Why? Weakness of character
If granted one wish, what would it be? To not have been imprisoned during the war
-Why? It broke him in a few ways
PERSONALITY:
Greatest source of strength in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not): Tenacity
Greatest source of weakness in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not: Blind rage
Character's soft spot: His daughter Hyla
-Is this soft spot obvious to others? Yes
Biggest vulnerability: Being told that he's not doing enough for his own
TRAITS:
Optimist or pessimist: Pessimist
-Why? Because despite all his efforts things never change for the better
Introvert or extrovert: Introvert
-Why? Grew up being shy
Drives and motivations: Becoming stronger and more efficient, crushing opposition
Talents: Polyglot, and knows a thing or two about folk medicine
Extremely unskilled at: Small talk, anything requiring dexterity
Good characteristics: Able to make perceptive leaps about differing opinions every once in a while
Character flaws: Not very nice to others, no sense of humor
Mannerisms: Fiddles with hair
Peculiarities: Prefers to sleep upright, zones out, hates animals
Biggest regret: Split between aligning himself with The Dagre and not being able to prevent his wife's death
Minor regrets: Not being as self-assured when he was younger
Biggest accomplishment: Clawing his way to supremacy despite the odds
Minor accomplishments: Hiding his physical limitations from most people
Character's darkest secret: He is essentially the pawn of a giant tiger demon thing
Does anyone else know? Yes
-If no, how did they find out? All will be revealed eventually
SELF-PERCEPTION:
One word CHARACTER would use to describe self: Tired
One paragraph description of how CHARACTER would describe self:
Luca'd consider himself a hard-working leader with no time for bs. He'd also probably describe himself as forwards-thinking and pragmatic, despite being an impulsive person driven by mostly basic desires. Not a very high opinion of his physical characteristics, would call himself ugly and wishes to be more imposing in person. Best incomplete 3-sentence paragraph evar.
What does CHARACTER consider best physical characteristic? His (black) hair
What does CHARACTER consider worst physical characteristic? His amputated leg area
Are these realistic assessments? If not, why not? The hair vanity is more of a cultural thing, but the leg yes
How CHARACTER thinks others perceive him/her: With fear and respect
What four things would CHARACTER most like to change about self? (#1 most important, #2 second most important, etc.)
-1. Visible injuries
-2. Height
-3. Lack of face-to-face charisma
-4. Lack of skill to predict trends
-Why? The public's perception of his possibly having weaknesses is very important to him
If change #1 was made, would character be as happy as s/he thinks? Probably
INTERRELATION WITH OTHERS:
How does character relate to others? Poorly, unless they have some sort of prior relationship
How is s/he perceived by... Strangers? Reserved and scrutinizing
... Friends? Semi-casual, but with threatening undertones
... Wife/Husband/Lover? As a sad but ok person, though he should try more self- improvement
... Hero/Heroine? Evil
How does character view hero/heroine? His personal curse
First impression: 'What the hell?'
-Why? She's a young naked girl with green hair :B
What happens to change this perception? Finding out that she's not exactly powerless
What do family/friends like most about character? They think he's not that bad deep down, probably, and work ethic
What do family/friends like least about character? His being aloof and condescending (and genocidal)
GOALS:
Immediate goals: Destroy the Caris peoples completely through any means
Long range goals: Help The Dagre destroy the rest of existing society, though ideally he'd be dead before then
How does character plan to accomplish these goals? Through his decisions as emperor
How will other characters be affected? Completely, since he controls more than half of the known lands
PROBLEMS/CRISIS:
How character reacts in a crisis: coolly, ruthlessly
How character faces problems: Head on! Real Pasori style
Kinds of problems character usually runs into: Those involving The Dagre wanting something, Angora
How character reacts to NEW problems: Quickly and analytically
How character reacts to change: Badly, unless he ordered it
GENERAL:
Favorite clothing: various uniforms
-Why? Makes him feel effective (it works!)
Least favorite clothing: Clothing with less coverage
-Why? Self-conscious
Jewelry: No
Other accessories: Gloves, blood belt
Drives: Like a car? no.
Where does character live? Mostly up north, but spends a few months out of the year by the bay
Where does character want to live? As far north as possible
Spending habits (frugal, spendthrift, etc): Frugal
-Why? Doesn't care/ need to buy things, doesn't like wasting money
What does s/he do too much of? Making threats, actualizing threats
Too little of? Recognizing his own hypocrisy, sleeping
Most prized possession: His fathers' gloves
-Why? They denote tribal leadership and have sentimental value
UNCATAGORIZED:
Person character secretly admires: His wife
-Why? She scares him and gets things done
Person character was most influenced by: His aunt
-Why? Tremendous force of personality
Most important person in character's life before story starts: Ditto for above
-Why? Taught him stuff
How does character spend the week before the story starts? Maintaining his empire, arguing
Ohoho, all very amusing. Anyways, have some propaganda:
Nothing says propaganda quite like kids holding an assload of flowers. Those are just some random bg people btw, since I suck at drawing different-looking faces.
Not very nice :c