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General
Canon Source: Are You Alice?
Canon Format: Manga.
Character's Name: White Rabbit.
Character's Age: .. Great question. He's an adult rabbit, more or less, though he's only technically as old as the book is.
What form will your character's NV take? His old pocket-watch.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: White Rabbit can drag normal people into Wonderland and lock them into roles he chooses for them, but that's about it. DORMANT.
Conditional: In this case, let's say he'll be able to temporarily 'lock' people into a role from Wonderland-- whether for a few seconds or a few hours, and during which time, said 'locked' person will think themselves to be said character (i.e. the Mad Hatter or the Cheshire Cat). Naturally, this would require a permissions post, and if possible, I'd like to keep it as totally dormant as I can. DORMANT.
Weapons: He carries a sword, what looks like a rapier.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: Well, most of his history is from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The manga is a little confusing about the course of events which lead up to Wonderland being in the state it's currently in, but I'll see if I can't take a crack at it..
All right, so just about everyone knows the story of Alice in Wonderland and the White Rabbit's role in it. But what happened after the book ended? What we know thus far is that at some point, Alice 'died'. White Rabbit noticed because eventually, he stopped running in his role of 'chased by Alice' and turned to find her, only to have her disappear after asking him to stop the writer-- that she didn't want a little brother. With no Alice, there's no 'Alice in Wonderland', and for the first time since the writing of the book, White Rabbit's role changed (and he changed with it, becoming a 'human'). A being (Dyna) that Rabbit mistook for Cheshire Cat intervened at this point, testing White Rabbit's determination to save Alice and putting him on the path to finding her again-- and keeping Wonderland alive and functioning in the meantime.
Over the following years, Rabbit brought human beings into Wonderland to serve in pre-written roles when those previously in those roles succumbed to regret or were killed. Over the course of this time, he brought eighty-eight girls to fill the role of Alice in hopes that in forcing them to play the game, he'd find the real Alice-- because surely only Alice could kill the White Rabbit. Each one failed, though, until finally-- an eighty-ninth Alice arrived, one that the White Rabbit didn't bring. This Alice was male, and Rabbit didn't like him from the start. He's nothing like he thinks Alice should be; nevertheless, he intervened when the Duke (regret) swallowed Alice up, destroying the Duke and saving Alice, then telling Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat that this boy isn't Alice and they should acknowledge it.
He left again afterward, presumably going to the real world to find a replacement for the Duke, and when he returned afterward, injured and exhausted, the March Hare was there to greet him. Apparently, they had been friends of a sort for some time, until Rabbit's duties forced him to mostly cease contact with the Hare. Hare then took Rabbit home to tend to his wounds and make him eat. After March Hare left, Rabbit retired to Marianne's room to spend time with her-- it's generally presumed that Marianne is the 'real' Alice, in some sort of suspended animation, but there's been no explanation yet of how she arrived to be in this state.
Afterward, Cheshire Cat visited the injured Rabbit, and the two of them talked briefly about Rabbit's (failing) ability to 'write' Wonderland's story and the 89th Alice's place in Wonderland. Afterward, Rabbit made dinner for the stray.
Point in Canon: Post chapter 18. Rabbit is exhausted, seriously wounded, and a very depressed bunny. He's just recently parted with March Hare and Cheshire Cat.
Character Personality: 'Tsundere' might be a good word to start with when describing the White Rabbit, though of course it isn't all-inclusive. At first glance, he definitely suits the term; he's irritable and doesn't have much to do with the other residents of Wonderland. He has something of a temper, abrasive in some ways, seemingly permanently annoyed with the world at large. He's spent a long time keeping Wonderland together, keeping it alive, desperately trying to save Alice, so he's become very bitter and jaded. He has a very difficult time clinging to any sense of hope, and his duty, the purpose given him, has become his only reason for continuing. No matter how difficult, no matter how he suffers, he keeps going because that's all he can do any longer.
Alice is pretty much his entire world-- searching for her, serving her, fulfilling his purpose to her. If she isn't chasing him (and she hasn't in a very long time), he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Because of Alice's disappearance and Rabbit's subsequent charge with the survival of Wonderland, he's had to make himself cold, willing to do anything necessary to complete his duty. He's kidnapped people, lied, learned swordsmanship, and even killed in order to protect his home and allow it to continue on. To that end, he's ruthless, seeking out those that would suit a chosen role and not allowing anything to stop him from obtaining them. It doesn't matter if they have loved ones and a life they'll be leaving behind-- though admittedly, he prefers to choose those without ties to their homes. It's easier to settle them into their role if they have nothing to go back to.
Even so, Rabbit's current duties don't suit him at all-- they go against everything in his nature. Beneath the frostiness and aloof behaviour, he hates himself and what he's had to do. He's exhausted by holding Wonderland together and he's lost much of his faith that he'll ever really see Alice again. He desperately wants to die by her hands, especially if it means dying will ensure her survival, and he misses the innocence of his life before the Cheshire Cat intervened. It turns out that he keeps the original manuscript of the book because he can't let go of Wonderland's past-- the way it's supposed to be.
On another note, he has a rather weird ability to make people like him, despite his attitude (indeed, perhaps because he's so huffy), and Cheshire Cat and March Hare seem especially attached to him. The Hare speaks fondly to him, and claims to be his friend-- in years before, Rabbit seems to have cooked for Hare, claiming it was because the Hare was useless for anything. He does seem to have a lingering attachment to the Hare despite his drive to find Alice.
Rabbit seems to enjoy cooking and baking, which are hobbies he's kept since his previous life. By nature, he's very domestic, keeping his home usually neat and tidy, well lived-in and comfortable. In recent years, though, his home has fallen into disrepair, all of Rabbit's attentions going to his duties and looking out for "Marianne", a seemingly comatose girl on a throne that he cooks for and talks to in hopes that she'll wake.
Character Plans: I'd like for Rabbit to catch a break.. meet some folks who might've read the book. Um. I'd like for him to have a chance to maybe get back to his 'roots' a little, so to say. He's been going non-stop since he found out about Alice, and though he's going to freak out a little at first about not being there to keep things going, it'd be nice for him to be able to be the White Rabbit again instead of the Bad Guy.