Name: Li Diomedes (stage name)
Age: 25
Birth Date: April 13th 2087
Marital Status: Not married
Ethnicity:
Languages spoken: English
Vocal Inflection or Accent: None
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Middle-class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: The lowest end of middle-class
Hometown: What was formerly the United States (Minnesota)
Current Residence: What was formerly the United States (New York)
Occupation: "Singer"
Income: variable
Preferred mode of transportation: Walking or public transit
Talents/Skills: He is musically inclined and a self-proclaimed fashionista
Birth order: Only child
Siblings relationship: no siblings!
Spouse relationship: no spouse!
Children relationship: no children!
Relationship w/ parents: He is on relatively good terms with them but his lifestyle and where he lives have kind of distanced him, so he doesn't talk to them as much as he would like to.
relationship w/ grandparents: He sees them even less then his parents
relationship w/ grandchildren: none of that either
Relationship skills: He is overly outgoing but has a hard time making long-lasting friends becomes he comes off a bit strong to most people.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5'9
Weight: thin
Race: Caucasian
Eye Color: Brown
---shape:
Hair: color: Dark brown
---Style: He bleaches it
Glasses or contact lenses?: no
Mannerisms: Bites his nails, touchy feely
Posture: decent?
Health: ok?
Fitness Level: terrible
Hobbies: Collecting vinyls and salvaging old music technology
Speech patterns: nothing distinguishing...
Disabilities: none
Greatest flaw: ridiculous metabolism
Best quality: ridiculous metabolism
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: High school education, dropped out in his last year of political science mostly because he hated it and secondly because he knew he was not very good at it and did not want to finish something that was going to be "bad" at.
IQ: average?
Any Mental Illnesses? no.
Learning Experiences: Moving away from a pretty sheltered home and having to support himself on a money that varies is an on-going learning experience.
Character’s short-term goals in life: Make the next rent payment.
Character’s long-term goals in life: Make it big with his band, bring back music that is more than a century old.
How does Character see himself/herself? He sees himself as an ambitious musician striving for the very best! (he perceives himself in the very best light most of the time)
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others?: A trendsetter
How self-confident is the character?: Li is pretty confident but he has his off days (like most human beings) where he doubts everything and gets scared that he is going to end up a huge failure and repeat his decision to quit (college degree style)
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic? Emotion
What would most embarrass this character? Looking terrible while performing or having his technology screw him over on stage.
Best memory: Finding his parents ancient synthesizer and composing his first song
Worst memory: Being evicted from his first apartment (when he was not rooming with anyone) and having no fall-back.
Habits: irritating: Hoarder. Room is messy and filled with stuff
---Sleeping: Hogs all the blankets and bed space
---eating: picks apart food and plays with it.
Vices: Fashion*~*~
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: He is very good at motivating people and keeping spirits high at critical times. Li is also friendly and tries his best to be genuinely nice to people and helpful (sometimes to a point where it would be better if he didn't help)
Weaknesses: Li is a perfectionist and it holds him back from just doing things on a whim. He hates performing unless he is one hundred percent sure that it will be the very best and he also demands perfection from other people which causes a lot of friction between friends, partner, and band mates. Despite being confident most of the time he has lapses of insecurity and second-guessing. Li is also very indecisive and a bit naive.
Introvert or Extrovert? Extrovert
How does the character deal with anger? He keeps it under control for the majority but if his buttons are pushed to much he will yell at them and then ignore them/not speak to them for a bit (teenage girl tantrum)
With sadness? He has no shame in outright crying and seeking support from his best friend (Amber)
With conflict? He tries his best to resolve it in a civil manner with lots of talking.
With change? He freaks out when things drastically change and it takes him awhile to settle back down into a habit (especially bad when having to change living places)
With loss? He hasn't really experienced any major loss yet
What does the character want out of life? Despite his ambitions of fame he wants to find love (a romantic forever, sappy and corny)
What would the character like to change in his/her life? More stability. Even though he is happy with his career, living place and friends, things are still off balance. Also stability is a sort of unreachable goal considering what he does for a living.
What motivates this character? Himself
What frightens this character? Losing people close to him and creepy crawlies
What annoys or frustrates them? People who give up (hypocritically so) and lazy people.
What makes this character happy? Making music, his friends, going to the very few music stores left and sifting through old things, finding cute clothes.
Judgmental of others? Yes
Generous or stingy? Generous
Generally polite or rude? Polite
Are they loved? Yes
Ever been in love? Yes
Do they or have they ever hated anyone? He doesn't hate Remiel (band mate) but he doesn't have a strong liking of him either...
Temperament: He is a bit sensitive
Superstitious? Not very
Imagination?: Quite imaginative, sometimes to a point of deluding himself
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in a god or gods?: In god
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? Strong believer in karma
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Not a big part
If so, what role does it play? ???
Moral Values: Work hard, be kind to others
Relationships with other characters: Li shares an apartment with his best friend and band mate Amber. His other two band mates are Remiel and Fred. His friendship with Fred is a bit one sided on his part. Remiel's attitude and lifestyle frustrate Li to no end. He is also in a new relationship (everything through rose-coloured glass) with supposed writer and poet Syd.
Name: Remiel Clarke
Age: 27
Birth Date: December 2nd 2085
Marital Status: Not married
Ethnicity:
Languages spoken: English
Vocal Inflection or Accent: Mancunian (worn off a bit since living in the States)
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Lower-middle class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: The lowest end of middle-class
Hometown: What was formerly England (Manchester)
Current Residence: What was formerly the United States (New York)
Occupation: Bassist
Income: variable
Preferred mode of transportation: Cars?
Talents/Skills: Plays the bass and guitar
Birth order: Oldest
Siblings relationship: One younger sister who was his best friend and support line until he moved away.
Spouse relationship: no spouse!
Children relationship: no children!
Relationship w/ parents: His parents didn't support his decision to move away because he was moving without a plan and without a job. His views and ideas have always conflicted theirs so he rarely speaks to them.
relationship w/ grandparents: Both are deceased
relationship w/ grandchildren: none of that either
Relationship skills: Terrible relationship skills, he isn't talkative and is very too the point and stand off-ish with people.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 6'2
Weight: really thin
Race: Caucasian
Eye Color: Light blue-grey
---shape:
Hair: color: Black
Glasses or contact lenses?: no
Mannerisms: Hands are always in pockets, if there are pockets
Posture: slouchy
Health: Would be better without the drug use..
Fitness Level: bad
Hobbies: Does drinking, shooting up and partying count?
Speech patterns: nothing distinguishing...
Disabilities: none
Greatest flaw: Big nose (not really a flaw but whatever)
Best quality: Eyes?
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: High school education
IQ: average?
Any Mental Illnesses? no.
Learning Experiences: His parents lack of presence in his childhood taught him that to get anywhere and do anything in life you have to do it yourself. He moved away right after graduating high school to get as far away from his parents and old life as possible and his lack of planning made him find himself on the streets for a short period until he found a job couriering black market items. He stopped once his sister came to visit him and talked some sense into him. Overall it's made him very street smart...?
Character’s short-term goals in life: Find a stable place to live (he is sleeping on Li's couch at the moment), stop owing people money
Character’s long-term goals in life: Clean himself up (There are only brief moments where he considers this goal seriously, but somewhere at the back of his mind he knows that it is impossible to keep living doing what he does)
How does Character see himself/herself? A reject
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others?: A failure
How self-confident is the character?: He gives the impression of self-confidence but really has very little.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic? Emotion
What would most embarrass this character? He's sunk to such a low that nothing would really phase except maybe someone finding out that he has "feelings" for an android (Lilly the band manager)
Best memory: Getting on stage for the first time and just playing
Worst memory: He messed up his couriering job once and to get out of a really tight situation with some very unfriendly people he put the blame onto another runner. The guilt from that still comes back to haunt him sometimes.
Habits: irritating: He doesn't carry around anything to communicate with, so when he disappears he's not trackable and this is especially irritating when the band needs to practice or even make small gigs and can't find him.
Vices: Drugs, alcohol, smoking...
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: He is surprisingly helpful if asked. Also he knows how to take all sorts of abuse and it seems to just bounce off him and not really bother him at all. If he likes someone he will try very hard to please them and go out of his way to do so (but he very rarely likes anyone enough)
Weaknesses: Unapologetic, stubborn, abrasive and likes to brood.
Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert
How does the character deal with anger? He breaks things and is generally violent, but won't say much.
With sadness? He keeps to himself and tends to just disappear from the scene
With conflict? Depending on his mood he will either just take it (resulting in a lot of punches and verbal abuse) but on occasion he fights back physically.
With change? Remiel is used to change and can slip in and out of a multitude of scenarios and adapt easily to them.
With loss? It doesn't phase him much
What does the character want out of life? He doesn't really know
What would the character like to change in his/her life? Himself?
What motivates this character? His sister and to a much lesser extent Li, but he will never admit to the latter.
What frightens this character? Dying and small spaces
What annoys or frustrates them? People who have everything handed to them and public displays of love.
What makes this character happy? Being alone and sitting on the roof of the apartment complex, looking out at the city~* Also playing instruments.
Judgmental of others? No
Generous or stingy? Stingy?
Generally polite or rude? Rude
Are they loved? I guess his sister loves him
Ever been in love? a questionable yes
Do they or have they ever hated anyone? He hated his old boss and the majority of people he worked with.
Temperament: He is usually moody and when spoken to tends to snap at people.
Superstitious? No
Imagination?: not very imaginative...
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in a god or gods?: No
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? None
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? No
Moral Values: ???
Relationships with other characters: Remiel is in a band with Li, Amber and Fred. He isn't very talkative to any of them and nobody really knows why he's there in the first place. His current living arrangement is sleeping on Amber and Li's couch. He's drinking buddies with Fred (and by drinking buddies I mean, sad drunks). He has a fascination with Lilly, their android band manager which nobody really mentions because it is weird and they actually don't know what is going on.
Name: Amber Viola
Age: 23
Birth Date: April 13th 2089
Marital Status: Not married
Ethnicity: Italian
Languages spoken: English and some Italian
Vocal Inflection or Accent: None
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Middle-class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: The lower end of middle-class
Hometown: What was formerly the United States (New York)
Current Residence: What was formerly the United States (New York)
Occupation: Keyboardist and Part-time receptionist for an Electronic Parts.. scrap yard
Income: low
Preferred mode of transportation: Motorbikes
Talents/Skills: Talented on the keyboard
Birth order: Youngest
Siblings relationship: Two older brothers who she is pretty close with, one moved away but the other lives in the same city so he visits her every now and then.
Spouse relationship: no spouse!
Children relationship: no children!
Relationship w/ parents: She has a great relationship with them and they live close by so she visits them often (they also support her financially).
relationship w/ grandparents: Her grandparents live with her parents so she sees them often also, they don't speak a lot of english though so she tries to communicate with them in the little italian she knows.
relationship w/ grandchildren: none..
Relationship skills: Even more outgoing then Li, but unlike him finds it very easy to make friends.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5'0
Weight: chubby
Race: Caucasian (?)
Eye Color: Brown
---shape:
Hair: color: Nobody remembers
---Style: It changes colour all the time and is very large and poofy
Glasses or contact lenses?: no
Mannerisms: She uses hand gestures even when they really aren't necessary
Posture: decent?
Health: ok?
Fitness Level: eh..
Hobbies: She adores motor-biking and enjoys just riding around the city
Speech patterns: does being loud count?
Disabilities: none
Greatest flaw: She personally doesn't like her round face and smallish eyes
Best quality: Her hair?
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: High school education
IQ: average?
Any Mental Illnesses? no.
Learning Experiences: Amber used to be extremely shy but she learned that to survive the city she couldn't be a pushover and this realization helped her break out of her shell.
Character’s short-term goals in life: She would like to get a degree in robotic cosmetology
Character’s long-term goals in life: She would love to have a family one day
How does Character see himself/herself? A little girl with no real experience trying to make it in a very tough industry
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others?: Cool female keyboardist, awesome hair.
How self-confident is the character?: She is very confident in herself and her goals (being young and unaccustomed to the reality of the world does that)
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic? Emotion
What would most embarrass this character? Forgetting someone's name
Best memory: Her first date with Fred~*~*~
Worst memory: Getting lost while riding her bike in a shady part of the city
Habits: She plays with her hair a lot
---Sleeping: none
---eating: none
Vices: Food? Fashion?
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She is very friendly, bubbly and has no issues talking to new people or asking questions. She is also very persuasive.
Weaknesses: She has a hard time saying 'no' outright to people and skirts around the answer which is frustrating and also gets her into a lot of uncomfortable situations.
Introvert or Extrovert? Extrovert
How does the character deal with anger? Her rate of talking increases as she argues back with whomever is making her angry. Or she rants to the nearest person about what is making her angry.
With sadness? The only time she is quiet. She mopes around and tries to find someone she can express her sadness to.
With conflict? She is great at resolving her own conflicts and others by talking, mediating and persuasion.
With change? She welcomes it because she sees it as a new adventure
With loss? Hasn't really experienced any major loss yet
What does the character want out of life? She doesn't really know what she wants yet.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? She would like to be less dependent on her parents to help her with finances.
What motivates this character? Visions of stardom, her parents and Li
What frightens this character? Dark alleys, men in fancy suits (intimidating) and sickness
What annoys or frustrates them? Nothing really frustrates her immensely
What makes this character happy? Dancing, nights out on the city, brunches and being around friends
Judgmental of others? Slightly
Generous or stingy? Generous
Generally polite or rude? Polite
Are they loved? Yes
Ever been in love? Yes
Do they or have they ever hated anyone? No
Temperament: She has an incredibly short attention span and her energy levels exhaust even the most energetic people
Superstitious? A bit
Imagination?: She is pretty inventive
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in a god or gods?: In god
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Not a big part
Relationships with other characters: Amber is Li's roommate and best friend and keyboardist/vocals for their band. She is "more then friends" with Fred, whom she met at her job because he frequented it often. Also spends a lot of time mediating between band members and unsuccessfully trying to be friends with Remiel.
Name: Fredrick Antinore
Age: 28
Birth Date: April 13th 2084
Marital Status: Not married
Ethnicity:
Languages spoken: English
Vocal Inflection or Accent: None
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Upper middle-class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: The lower end of middle-class
Hometown: What was formerly the United States (Pittsburgh)
Current Residence: What was formerly the United States (New York)
Occupation: Drummer/Synths and auto-mechanic
Income: low
Preferred mode of transportation: Motorbikes
Talents/Skills: Handy-man+
Birth order: Middle child
Siblings relationship: He has 3 other siblings, one younger sister, one older sister and brother. He is closet t his older brother who shares the same job and visits Fred often.
Spouse relationship: no spouse!
Children relationship: no children!
Relationship w/ parents: He has more of a formal relationship with them mainly because he shares no interests with them and they have very little interest in what he does.
relationship w/ grandparents: Hardly sees them unless it's a holiday and he happens to visit (like never)
relationship w/ grandchildren: none..
Relationship skills: He isn't the most personable guy, but he does get along with his co-workers.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5'5
Weight: average
Race: Caucasian (?)
Eye Color: Green
---shape:
Hair: color: Brown
---Style: cool mullet
Glasses or contact lenses?: no
Posture: decent?
Health: ok?
Fitness Level: out of the other four he is the most fit, but not by much
Hobbies: He fiddles with a lot of electronic stuff like synthesizers and enjoys repairing and making them better. He also has a huge interest in robotics and likes to take things apart and rebuild them.
Speech patterns: he mumbles a lot
Disabilities: none
Greatest flaw: Short
Best quality: ???
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: High school education and automotive degree
IQ: average?
Any Mental Illnesses? no.
Learning Experiences: All his learning experiences are related to messing up cars and having to .. learn from that. Also he was ~* betrayed by the love of his life*~ and vowed never to love another woman again, then Amber came along and messed up his plans of being a man's man forever.
Character’s short-term goals in life: Make enough money to by a really nice car
Character’s long-term goals in life: He secretly would love to see the band make a big break
How does Character see himself/herself? Gruff n' tuff
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others?: Gruff n' tuff
How self-confident is the character?: He is very confident in his technical/mechanical skills and trade but has no confidence when it comes to being in a relationship and is constantly worrying and second-guessing his decisions.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic? Logic
What would most embarrass this character? Being caught throughly enjoying any of the music Li likes (new romantic, synthpop etc). Also he rather die than be seen by his co-workers in the outfits he wears while performing with the band
Best memory: Building his first successful car from scratch and driving around the city (the car was a pile of junk)
Worst memory: Getting dumped by his ex-girlfriend
Habits:
---Sleeping: snores!
---eating: none
Vices: ??? drinking?
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: He is extremely reliable and loyal
Weaknesses: He is grumpy often and pretty set in his ways
Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert
How does the character deal with anger? He sits around and looks angry and refuses to talk to people
With sadness? He sits around and looks despondent and refuses to talk to people
With conflict? If it's something that he is very passionate about he will shout and yell at that person until they feel intimidated and back off. Otherwise he makes smart remarks and gives them attitude.
With change? He doesn't welcome it, but if forced he adapts relatively well
With loss? When his ex dumped him he went into some sort of major depression that took him forever to get out of.
What does the character want out of life? A stable life with a means to support himself and those close to him.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? He is pretty happy with his life at the moment and wouldn't change it.
What motivates this character? Amber, his older brother.
What frightens this character? Flamboyant men (Li), heights
What annoys or frustrates them? Li, and people who are irresponsible (like Remiel)
What makes this character happy? Amber, cars, accomplishing building projects, playing music on stage
Judgmental of others? Yes
Generous or stingy? Stingy
Generally polite or rude? Somewhat rude
Are they loved? Yes
Ever been in love? Yes
Do they or have they ever hated anyone? No really
Temperament: He isn't very temperamental
Superstitious? No
Imagination?: Basically zero
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in a god or gods?: In god
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Not a big part
Moral Values: ???
Relationships with other characters: Band member of Rhodopsin. He met Li and Remiel through Amber but hasn't been able to really connect with either. He is also the "technician" for Lilly and salvaged her from the scrap yard where he met Amber.