Trying to get out of a writer's block.
Two very long, in-depth descriptions of two characters from my Mario High School stories... Chance and Hope! Rawr. (I like them.) And since they're long, they're behind cuts. (The birthdates are quirky.)
Basic Statistics
Name: Chance
Nickname: "Lucky"
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Nationality: Mushroom Kingdom
Birth Date: July 28
Birth Place: Bianco Hills, TMK
Current Residence: Royal Mushroom Academy, located in Toad Town, TMK
Occupation: Student and elite gamer
Hobbies/Pastimes: Playing in the campus video game league, elite member of CTA (Conspiracy Theorists Association), rocking out to music (even if it's in his head), hanging with his girlfriend
Talents/Skills/Powers: Power over fire. Talents include wielding an umbrella as a weapon, driving, video games, and random dancing.
Birth Order: Youngest of two.
Family: Typical family. His older brother, however, is polar opposite from him.
Past History
Hometown: Bianco Hills, TMK
Type of childhood: Good
Memories/events that still affects him/her: Being left behind in a large shopping district when he was a child.
Why/How? It left him with a permanent fear of abandonment and desertion.
Past failures s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: None.
Why/How? N/A
Biggest role model: Rome, the Student Center "Nightclub" bartender
Why? Rome is able to lead a successful double life.
Biggest disillusions from childhood: Many things--he's a conspiracy theorist and constantly doubts things.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'7''
Weight: 110 lbs.
Build: Small
Skin: Pale, as he's a bit of a nighttime character.
Hair: Dark brown and messy. One side of his bangs are blazing blue, the other side bright silver.
Eyes: Dark blue, often piercing.
Tattoos/Scars? No
Glasses/Contacts? Wears silver contacts when operating under his alias, Lucky, for the CTA.
Left/Right handed? Right
Distinguishing features: The streaks in his hair, the fact he totes an umbrella, and the way he acts. He's very eccentric, extroverted, and slightly aggressive.
How does s/he dress: Likes dark blues, navy, and black.
Jewelry: None.
Other accessories: Wears a star-shaped pendant that not only contains his power of fire but also can be used to communicate with his girlfriend, who has one also.
Mannerisms: Eccentric and hyper. He's usually seen "air drumming" to music. Has been known to charge males for looking at his girlfriend "the wrong way," which means at all.
Health: Very well.
Speech Patterns: Uses slang quite a bit, prone to using "video game language," swears occasionally and speaks in quotes.
Voice: Alternates from loud and aggressive to gentle and calm, depending on his mood.
Style (Elegant, shabby, etc): Wild.
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Intelligence Level: Very high, although he masks it.
Known Languages: English, slight Koopish, and some BeanBean.
Character's long-term goals/desires in life: Debunk some classic theories of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Character's short-term goals/desires in life: Make it through high school leading two lives.
How self-confident is the character? Very... almost too much so.
How does Character see him/herself? As best he can and nothing else.
How does Character believe s/he is perceived by others? Same as above.
How does Character express themself? Words, actions... anything possible.
Is this character generally dominant or submissive? He likes to think of himself as dominant, but he's actually quite submissive.
Patience level: Low... practically none.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? He oftens reacts due to his emotions, which he likes to believe are controlled. However, they control him.
How does the character view life? His opportunity to leave his legacy.
How does the character view death? The ending of the only chance a person has.
Most at ease when: He's with his girlfriend
Ill at ease when: They're separated, even on missions. He suffers paranoia in her regard.
Describe their sense of humor: Sarcastic, slightly perverse, and full of inside jokes.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Strengths: He seems to know no such thing as shame or humiliation. He's persistent, strong-willed, and is strongly focused when he sets his mind to it. He's very clever.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Flaws: He believes his emotions are under control, when in actuality they aren't. He is prone to violent bursts of anger and even worse boughts of paranoia when it involves his girlfriend or his "double life."
Biggest Vulnerability (non physical): His double life in the CTA. Being revealed is an instant blacklist.
Optimist or Pessimist: Inbetween.
Introvert or extrovert: Extrovert
Greatest Fear: Losing everything he has. He has a horrible fear of abandonment and being alone.
Other Fears/Insecurities/Phobias: He fears his double life being exposed. He's got an odd phobia of silence, and twitches uncontrollably when it occurs. He is strongly claustrophobic, and it's been known to make him "blank out" mentally and have rare anxiety episodes.
Peculiarities: He "air drums" to music, even when none is playing. His imagination is rampant. His weapon of choice is an umbrella, which he wields as either a bat or a sword, depending on his mood. He's known to be pacified with candy bars.
Biggest regret: Losing out on the top spot in the CTA elite to his girlfriend. However, he feels so proud for her that he doesn't gripe.
Biggest accomplishment: Making the second spot on CTA elite; making the top team in the RMAVL II (Royal Mushroom Academy Video Game League, Upper Class brackets) when he and his teammate were simply freshmen
Minor accomplishments: Taming a Boo to be his pet. He named it Taboo.
Musical talents/instruments: It's rumored that he can play "magic" instruments (instruments played with the player's mind/body). Many believe this is why he's always drumming to himself.
Secret desires: Maybe join a band.
Character's darkest secret: His fear of abandonment.
Minor Secrets: He's actually more shy than he lets other people know of.
Relationships with others
Relationship Skills: A little off-kilter. They work well for him, surprisingly.
Loves: Hope
Crushes: Daisy, but it's nothing serious.
Lover(s): Hope
Best Friends: Luigi, Waluigi, Yoshi, Toad
Friends: Mario, Peach, Wario, Pri
Hates: Birdo. He believes Birdo is too high-maintenance-and believes Birdo talks way too much.
Dislikes: Spiff
Rivals: Spiff. Spiff knows more about conspiracy theories and seems to know something about his double life.
Pets: Taboo, a male Boo.
Sexuality: Straight
How does s/he view other people or society? Everyone leads more lives than they let on.
Is the character judgmental of others and how so? No, but he always wonders what they do in their spare time.
How is s/he perceived by...
Strangers? A bit off-kilter, eccentric, and peculiar.
Friends? Hyper as hell.
Wife/Husband/Lover? Gentle and naive, even if he acts wild in the presence of others.
What happens to change this perception if at all? When his mood snaps to being angry, people are quick to get out of his way.
What type of people does s/he like or associate with? Gamers, jokers, and slackers.
What type of people doesn’t s/he like or associate with? Anyone who cares anything about "high culture."
What do family/friends like most about character? His undying loyalty and the air of fun that seems to always follow him.
What do family/friends like least about character? His volatile mood-swings. Only Hope seems to be able to calm him.
Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Video games, researching conspiracies, hanging with his friends
Dislikes: Anything involving education-the sole reason he's at the school.
Favorite
Color: Blues, greys, and blacks
Clothing: Anything casual and relatively loose-fitting
Place: The RMAVL lounge
Food: He seems to have a peculiar obsession with candy bars, especially caramel ones.
Music: "Fuze," a combination of electronic, rock, and heavy metal.
Song: "By Nighttime Dark" by The Dizzy Dials
Movie: "Mansion in the Forest," a movie about winning a haunted mansion
Book: "Conspiracies Across the Kingdom," a book that lists all the theories of the Mushroom Kingdom
Historical figure: Toadsworth-he wonders what the counsellor did in younger years.
Animal: He likes them all, but he has an interest in Boo.
Least Favorite
Color: Yellow
Clothing: Anything that's dressy or formal
Place: Classrooms
Food: He's not that picky, but he seems to dislike turnips.
Music: Overly mellow tunes
Animal: Goonie birds-they steal things.
Simple Pleasures: Being with his friends
Greater Pleasures: Winning video game contests, being out on research missions for CTA
Most prized possession: His umbrella
Why? It's his favorite "weapon." Anyone who's mocked him for it has come to regret it.
Emotional Characteristics
Describe character's sense of morals: Slightly skewed. His motto is, "If you don't get caught, it's not breaking the rules."
Describe character's etiquette: He's got good etiquette and manners... he just rarely uses them.
How does this character act in public? However he feels.
How does this character act at home? Same as above.
How has this character most changed from childhood? He's a little more outgoing.
How have they remained the same? He's still adamant he's not as shy as he really is.
How does this character deal with or react to:
Anger: Lets it out however he feels, whether it's swearing up a storm or smashing things with his umbrella.
Sadness: Suppresses it and refuses to let anyone see it. Even Hope rarely views him in such a state.
Conflict/Danger: Takes the lead, provided Hope hasn't done it first. He becomes aggressive.
Fear: Will do everything to deny that he's actually afraid.
Change: Adapts well, but questions it.
Loss: Copes well, but mourns in private.
Homosexuality: Accepts it and tolerates it, as several of his friends have turned out that way.
Pain: Bears it. He has a moderate threshold for pain but has extremely good persistence. It often makes him fight back better.
Stress/Pressure: Seems to squirm under pressure and bit, but handles stress remarkably well.
Guilt: Usually is highly depressed by it and lets it get the better of him.
Being wrong: Calmly informs the person accusing him of it that they are wrong.
Being criticized: Usually retaliates with a humiliating tidbit about the person's life. ("Being a conspiracy theorist has its advantages.")
Praise: Gets a bit arrogant and egotistical. Hope calls these "trips to EgoLand."
Love: Thinks it's the most rewarding feeling a person could experience. It's his favorite emotion/feeling, even if he refuses to own up to it.
Being hated: Shrugs it off. He doesn't care.
Public Humiliation: He retaliates by blackmail. It works very well.
What does the character want out of life? To be a great conspiracy theorist.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? His paranoia... when he owns up to it.
What motivates this character? His girlfriend
Why? They're each others' own springboard.
What discourages this character? Nothing.
Why? Negative criticism seems to push him harder, while praise lets him know he's doing things right.
What most describes this character's personality? Naive. While he's outgoing, excitable, defensive, and loyal, not only is he naive about a lot of life's aspects, he is naive in his own behaviorisms. He's a lot to learn.
Spiritual Characteristics
Religion: Modern (though uncertain)
Does the character believe in a god or goddess? He's uncertain.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? He thinks Star Haven possibly exists, but he isn't quite sure.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Yes.
If so, what role does it play? He has his powers due to a Star Spirit's blessing. He doesn't take them for granted. However, despite this, he still questionsthe existance of a Star Haven.
Superstitions: None.
Summary
Chance is a two-edged sword. While he loves to act wild, outgoing, aggressive, and dominant, his true personality is loyal and gentle. He is the owner of a large and caring heart but, at the same time, seems to show a reluctance to let it shine. He's extremely clever, loves to have fun, and would go to the ends of the world for any of his friends. His desire to live a double life in the CTA has split his very soul in two: one side being his gentle and loving side; the other side his wild and spontaneous side. Hope has significantly helped him in molding the two together again, but he will have to do a lot of it on his own. The problem is his own admitting to it.
Basic Statistics
Name: Hope
Nickname: "Faith"
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Nationality: Mushroom Kingdom
Birth Date: April 25
Birth Place: Toad Town, TMK
Current Residence: Royal Mushroom Academy, Toad Town, TMK
Occupation: Student, gamer, conspiracy theorist
Hobbies/Pastimes: Playing video games, researching conspiracies
Talents/Skills/Powers: Power over air currents. Has amazing accuracy and can land shots at any target, moving or still. She is gifted at video games. She also seems to like tennis.
Birth Order: Middle of three.
Family: Her older sister works in a marketplace in Toad Town and seems a bit wild. Her younger sister attends schools in Donut Plains and is gentle-natured but defensive.
Past History
Hometown: Toad Town, TMK
Type of childhood: Good.
Memories/events that still affects him/her: The Thousand-Year Door crisis.
Why/How? It was what got her into conspiracies.
Past failures s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: None.
Why/How? --
Biggest role model: The head of CTA
Why? No member of the CTA has ever seen him/her in person, and he/she has worked over 100 theories.
Biggest disillusions from childhood: World security. Too many attacks on the kingdom destroyed her sense of it.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'3''
Weight: 125 lbs.
Build: Average
Skin: Slightly pale, as she prefers night over day but she plays tennis occasionally.
Hair: Red, straight, below her shoulders in length. One of her bangs is streaked a bold fuschia. Her hair is usually kept in a ponytail.
Eyes: Green, often lost in thought.
Tattoos/Scars? No.
Glasses/Contacts? Wears gold contacts when on missions for CTA; normal contacts by day.
Left/Right handed? Left
Distinguishing features: Her pendant and her ponytail. She has never been seen with her hair down, and even Chance says he's only seen it once.
How does s/he dress: Very casual and tomboyish. She's never been seen wearing a skirt or dress.
Jewelry: Three piercings in each ear. The studs are green, black, and pink.
Other accessories: None
Mannerisms: Calculated yet spontaneous. She's either got her nose in book, writing notes, listening to music, or causing some sort of mischief.
Health: Well. She has issues with headaches, though.
Speech Patterns: Likes slang, occasionally speaks "video game language," swears from time to time, speaks in quotes.
Voice: Louder than she prefers, dominating.
Style (Elegant, shabby, etc): Adventurous
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Intelligence Level: Very high. She just doesn't apply herself in her studies.
Known Languages: English, slight Koopish.
Character's long-term goals/desires in life: Wants to be an explorer/adventurer.
Character's short-term goals/desires in life: Wants to be a top conspiracy theorist.
How self-confident is the character? Not so much, even though she should be.
How does Character see him/herself? Unfocused but driven. Easily bothered. Overly concerned.
How does Character believe s/he is perceived by others? Paranoid and overly analytical.
How does Character express themself? Usually through subtle hints or direct outbursts, depending on her mood and level of patience.
Is this character generally dominant or submissive? She varies from dominant to submissive. She is slightly more dominant than she is submissive, but she keeps it suppressed.
Patience level: Thin to none, unless it's a person in need.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? It seems to be a combination, but a slightly skewed logic seems to be the prime factor.
How does the character view life? Day-to-day existence.
How does the character view death? A frightening end to a mean.
Most at ease when: She's with her boyfriend or reading.
Ill at ease when: She's confronted with a large decision.
Describe their sense of humor: Sarcastic, perverse, slightly morbid, and inside jokes. She also loves wordplay and puns.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Strengths: She's very intelligent and quick-witted. She's extremely caring. Her memory is impeccable, and she observes minute details that others miss. She's highly detail-oriented.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Flaws: She's untrusting of others. She's extremely selfless and prone to being stepped upon. She's easily bothered and distracted. She's known to be a perfectionist.
Biggest Vulnerability (non physical): Her skills. She is extremely defensive of her abilities.
Optimist or Pessimist: Inbetween
Introvert or extrovert: More introverted.
Greatest Fear: Dying.
Other Fears/Insecurities/Phobias: She suffers an odd phobia of silence that sends her into anxiety issues. She's claustrophobic, though not as bad as Chance. She also is afraid of bugs and won't go anywhere near one.
Peculiarities: She hides her dominating side for unknown reasons. She's known to sing songs that may or may not be playing. She can write in a cryptic ancient language and often writes notes to herself in it.
Biggest regret: Her own mentality. She wishes she could go back in time and correct some of her mentality issues, including her distrust and her overly analytical mannerisms.
Biggest accomplishment: Making #1 in CTA elite; being the top team in the RMAVL II, though she chalks it up to her boyfriend.
Minor accomplishments: Making it to quarterfinals in a school tennis tournament.
Musical talents/instruments: She sings well, but hides it from others. She has no instrumental ability.
Secret desires: To explore with Kolorado one day.
Character's darkest secret: Her instability. She holds it together well but is quite a mental and emotional mess in private. Unfortunately, Chance is left to deal with it, though he never shows signs of complaints (or of leaving her to deal with it alone).
Minor Secrets: She has a slight "sixth" sense and can channel the moods of other people. She is beginning to teach herself how to "mold" other people's moods at her own whim.
Relationships with others
Relationship Skills: She comes on a bit too strong with her caring nature.
Loves: Chance
Crushes: Waluigi, but knows better than to pursue it.
Lover(s): Chance
Best Friends: Daisy, Pri, Luigi, Waluigi
Friends: Mario, Spiff, Toad, Yoshi
Hates: Peach. She believes Peach is too "up on herself."
Dislikes: Birdo; too high maintenance. Wario; calls her names,
Rivals: Wario. He calls her Shorty due to her small stature, and she calls him "Squealy" (after kneeing him once for his short jokes).
Pets: Rocket, a male green Chain-Chomplet. Boomie, a female pink Bob-omb.
Sexuality: Straight
How does s/he view other people or society? People who must earn trust before they are given it.
Is the character judgmental of others and how so? Yes, although she tries not to be. First impressions are important to her.
How is s/he perceived by...
Strangers? Gentle, lost in thought, distant, but good at persuading.
Friends? Overly critical and analytical
Wife/Husband/Lover? A soul who's just too hard on herself. He believes she needs to loosen up and have fun and not panic over every little detail.
What happens to change this perception if at all? When her plans come together, people aren't so quick to call her extremely analytical. However, when she lightens up and has fun, people forget the concept as well.
What type of people does s/he like or associate with? People who are slightly intellectual yet know how to have fun.
What type of people doesn’t s/he like or associate with? Stuck-up and/or ignorant people.
What do family/friends like most about character? Her humor and caring personality... when it shows.
What do family/friends like least about character? Her mind is a bit too strong for most.
Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Video games, reading, hanging with her friends
Dislikes: Classes that don't interest her
Favorite
Color: Greens and pinks
Clothing: Shorts and T-shirts
Place: The student lounge, often in a corner
Food: She has an appetite for spicy things.
Music: Metal of all types (heavy, dark, death, etc). She also likes "fuze."
Song: "Letting it Die" by Anti-Stars
Movie: "The Day the World Ended," a horror film about a worldwide catastrophy.
Book: "Conspiracy 101," a book about conspiracy theory "laws" and techniques.
Historical figure: Kolorado, the great archaeologist.
Animal: Ninjis, although she has yet to tame one.
Least Favorite
Color: Orange or brown
Clothing: Dresses/skirts or anything "in style."
Place: Her dorm-she ended up rooming with a bunch of stuck-up, fashion-crazy girls.
Food: Anything bland.
Music: Classical or love songs.
Animal: Dark Koopas, as they're troublemakers
Simple Pleasures: Being with her boyfriend
Greater Pleasures: Being out "in the field" on a mission from CTA, winning a video game competition
Most prized possession: Her star pendant.
Why? It contains her power over air currents.
Emotional Characteristics
Describe character's sense of morals: A bit off-kilter. She believes rules can be bent and should be bent ("to test if they still are adequate").
Describe character's etiquette: She has etiquette, but she's more inclined to make catty remarks about a person if she feels it necessary.
How does this character act in public? She takes an observor's stance, scoping out minute details.
How does this character act at home? She tends to like to be left to herself.
How has this character most changed from childhood? She was more outgoing as a child.
How have they remained the same? She is still headstrong.
How does this character deal with or react to:
Anger: Often takes it out on the wrong person, usually her boyfriend
Sadness: Suppresses it until it breaks her down. However, she will refuse to seek help until it's nearly too late.
Conflict/Danger: She's usually the quickest to come up with a plan, though occasionally she's been known to back down and show fear.
Fear: Often lets it overwhelm her. Rarely can she keep it in line, and it often takes another person being afraid or in danger for her to control it.
Change: She shows a dislike in change but adapts well to it.
Loss: Mourns openly and finds a way to show her remembrance on the given date.
Homosexuality: Accepts and tolerates.
Pain: Refuses to show she's hurting until it's unbearable. Her threshold for pain is very high, which oftens gets her in trouble. (Especially with Chance, who hates her stubbornness about asking for help.)
Stress/Pressure: She handles stress and pressure both poorly, usually cracking or distracting herself from the subject at hand.
Guilt: It grates on her until she becomes depressed.
Being wrong: Usually accepts that as true, even if it's not. She will, however, try to make herself right again.
Being criticized: Lets it get her down for a moment or two. However, depending on her mood or what the criticism was aimed at, she turns around and works at it tenfold to prove the person wrong.
Praise: Takes it modestly.
Love: Enjoys it immensely and wouldn't trade it for anything. She openly expresses her love, even though she can occasionally smother a person with it.
Being hated: Doesn't let it bother her, and mutually will hate the person in question.
Public Humiliation: Contacts her boyfriend, who remedies the situation in less than a week.
What does the character want out of life? To be an explorer.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? Her own mentality and stability.
What motivates this character? Her boyfriend.
Why? They are constantly encouraging each other, and back each other up no matter what the situation (or even if they're wrong).
What discourages this character? Too much criticism.
Why? She believes that if multiple sources say the same thing, it has to be true.
What most describes this character's personality? Critical. She's always looking for answers, always examining things too closely, and observing things for the smallest detail.
Spiritual Characteristics
Religion: Modern
Does the character believe in a god or goddess? She believes Star Haven exists, yes.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? Good spirits live amongst the stars, and bad spirits simply disappear into oblivion.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? No.
If so, what role does it play? --
Superstitions: None.
Summary
Hope is a girl who has matured far too quickly for her own good. No one is quite sure why she is so bitter and so critical of herself. Beneath her tough and persuasive exterior beats the heart of a girl who wants to love and be loved. She looks for acceptance everywhere, and Chance has been the only person who has been able to show her that she has it. While he spends all of his time trying to show her there's more to life than memorizing every detail in the world around her, he has to struggle with the idea that she has to see it for herself before she'll understand.
Basic Statistics
Name: Chance
Nickname: "Lucky"
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Nationality: Mushroom Kingdom
Birth Date: July 28
Birth Place: Bianco Hills, TMK
Current Residence: Royal Mushroom Academy, located in Toad Town, TMK
Occupation: Student and elite gamer
Hobbies/Pastimes: Playing in the campus video game league, elite member of CTA (Conspiracy Theorists Association), rocking out to music (even if it's in his head), hanging with his girlfriend
Talents/Skills/Powers: Power over fire. Talents include wielding an umbrella as a weapon, driving, video games, and random dancing.
Birth Order: Youngest of two.
Family: Typical family. His older brother, however, is polar opposite from him.
Past History
Hometown: Bianco Hills, TMK
Type of childhood: Good
Memories/events that still affects him/her: Being left behind in a large shopping district when he was a child.
Why/How? It left him with a permanent fear of abandonment and desertion.
Past failures s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: None.
Why/How? N/A
Biggest role model: Rome, the Student Center "Nightclub" bartender
Why? Rome is able to lead a successful double life.
Biggest disillusions from childhood: Many things--he's a conspiracy theorist and constantly doubts things.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'7''
Weight: 110 lbs.
Build: Small
Skin: Pale, as he's a bit of a nighttime character.
Hair: Dark brown and messy. One side of his bangs are blazing blue, the other side bright silver.
Eyes: Dark blue, often piercing.
Tattoos/Scars? No
Glasses/Contacts? Wears silver contacts when operating under his alias, Lucky, for the CTA.
Left/Right handed? Right
Distinguishing features: The streaks in his hair, the fact he totes an umbrella, and the way he acts. He's very eccentric, extroverted, and slightly aggressive.
How does s/he dress: Likes dark blues, navy, and black.
Jewelry: None.
Other accessories: Wears a star-shaped pendant that not only contains his power of fire but also can be used to communicate with his girlfriend, who has one also.
Mannerisms: Eccentric and hyper. He's usually seen "air drumming" to music. Has been known to charge males for looking at his girlfriend "the wrong way," which means at all.
Health: Very well.
Speech Patterns: Uses slang quite a bit, prone to using "video game language," swears occasionally and speaks in quotes.
Voice: Alternates from loud and aggressive to gentle and calm, depending on his mood.
Style (Elegant, shabby, etc): Wild.
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Intelligence Level: Very high, although he masks it.
Known Languages: English, slight Koopish, and some BeanBean.
Character's long-term goals/desires in life: Debunk some classic theories of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Character's short-term goals/desires in life: Make it through high school leading two lives.
How self-confident is the character? Very... almost too much so.
How does Character see him/herself? As best he can and nothing else.
How does Character believe s/he is perceived by others? Same as above.
How does Character express themself? Words, actions... anything possible.
Is this character generally dominant or submissive? He likes to think of himself as dominant, but he's actually quite submissive.
Patience level: Low... practically none.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? He oftens reacts due to his emotions, which he likes to believe are controlled. However, they control him.
How does the character view life? His opportunity to leave his legacy.
How does the character view death? The ending of the only chance a person has.
Most at ease when: He's with his girlfriend
Ill at ease when: They're separated, even on missions. He suffers paranoia in her regard.
Describe their sense of humor: Sarcastic, slightly perverse, and full of inside jokes.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Strengths: He seems to know no such thing as shame or humiliation. He's persistent, strong-willed, and is strongly focused when he sets his mind to it. He's very clever.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Flaws: He believes his emotions are under control, when in actuality they aren't. He is prone to violent bursts of anger and even worse boughts of paranoia when it involves his girlfriend or his "double life."
Biggest Vulnerability (non physical): His double life in the CTA. Being revealed is an instant blacklist.
Optimist or Pessimist: Inbetween.
Introvert or extrovert: Extrovert
Greatest Fear: Losing everything he has. He has a horrible fear of abandonment and being alone.
Other Fears/Insecurities/Phobias: He fears his double life being exposed. He's got an odd phobia of silence, and twitches uncontrollably when it occurs. He is strongly claustrophobic, and it's been known to make him "blank out" mentally and have rare anxiety episodes.
Peculiarities: He "air drums" to music, even when none is playing. His imagination is rampant. His weapon of choice is an umbrella, which he wields as either a bat or a sword, depending on his mood. He's known to be pacified with candy bars.
Biggest regret: Losing out on the top spot in the CTA elite to his girlfriend. However, he feels so proud for her that he doesn't gripe.
Biggest accomplishment: Making the second spot on CTA elite; making the top team in the RMAVL II (Royal Mushroom Academy Video Game League, Upper Class brackets) when he and his teammate were simply freshmen
Minor accomplishments: Taming a Boo to be his pet. He named it Taboo.
Musical talents/instruments: It's rumored that he can play "magic" instruments (instruments played with the player's mind/body). Many believe this is why he's always drumming to himself.
Secret desires: Maybe join a band.
Character's darkest secret: His fear of abandonment.
Minor Secrets: He's actually more shy than he lets other people know of.
Relationships with others
Relationship Skills: A little off-kilter. They work well for him, surprisingly.
Loves: Hope
Crushes: Daisy, but it's nothing serious.
Lover(s): Hope
Best Friends: Luigi, Waluigi, Yoshi, Toad
Friends: Mario, Peach, Wario, Pri
Hates: Birdo. He believes Birdo is too high-maintenance-and believes Birdo talks way too much.
Dislikes: Spiff
Rivals: Spiff. Spiff knows more about conspiracy theories and seems to know something about his double life.
Pets: Taboo, a male Boo.
Sexuality: Straight
How does s/he view other people or society? Everyone leads more lives than they let on.
Is the character judgmental of others and how so? No, but he always wonders what they do in their spare time.
How is s/he perceived by...
Strangers? A bit off-kilter, eccentric, and peculiar.
Friends? Hyper as hell.
Wife/Husband/Lover? Gentle and naive, even if he acts wild in the presence of others.
What happens to change this perception if at all? When his mood snaps to being angry, people are quick to get out of his way.
What type of people does s/he like or associate with? Gamers, jokers, and slackers.
What type of people doesn’t s/he like or associate with? Anyone who cares anything about "high culture."
What do family/friends like most about character? His undying loyalty and the air of fun that seems to always follow him.
What do family/friends like least about character? His volatile mood-swings. Only Hope seems to be able to calm him.
Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Video games, researching conspiracies, hanging with his friends
Dislikes: Anything involving education-the sole reason he's at the school.
Favorite
Color: Blues, greys, and blacks
Clothing: Anything casual and relatively loose-fitting
Place: The RMAVL lounge
Food: He seems to have a peculiar obsession with candy bars, especially caramel ones.
Music: "Fuze," a combination of electronic, rock, and heavy metal.
Song: "By Nighttime Dark" by The Dizzy Dials
Movie: "Mansion in the Forest," a movie about winning a haunted mansion
Book: "Conspiracies Across the Kingdom," a book that lists all the theories of the Mushroom Kingdom
Historical figure: Toadsworth-he wonders what the counsellor did in younger years.
Animal: He likes them all, but he has an interest in Boo.
Least Favorite
Color: Yellow
Clothing: Anything that's dressy or formal
Place: Classrooms
Food: He's not that picky, but he seems to dislike turnips.
Music: Overly mellow tunes
Animal: Goonie birds-they steal things.
Simple Pleasures: Being with his friends
Greater Pleasures: Winning video game contests, being out on research missions for CTA
Most prized possession: His umbrella
Why? It's his favorite "weapon." Anyone who's mocked him for it has come to regret it.
Emotional Characteristics
Describe character's sense of morals: Slightly skewed. His motto is, "If you don't get caught, it's not breaking the rules."
Describe character's etiquette: He's got good etiquette and manners... he just rarely uses them.
How does this character act in public? However he feels.
How does this character act at home? Same as above.
How has this character most changed from childhood? He's a little more outgoing.
How have they remained the same? He's still adamant he's not as shy as he really is.
How does this character deal with or react to:
Anger: Lets it out however he feels, whether it's swearing up a storm or smashing things with his umbrella.
Sadness: Suppresses it and refuses to let anyone see it. Even Hope rarely views him in such a state.
Conflict/Danger: Takes the lead, provided Hope hasn't done it first. He becomes aggressive.
Fear: Will do everything to deny that he's actually afraid.
Change: Adapts well, but questions it.
Loss: Copes well, but mourns in private.
Homosexuality: Accepts it and tolerates it, as several of his friends have turned out that way.
Pain: Bears it. He has a moderate threshold for pain but has extremely good persistence. It often makes him fight back better.
Stress/Pressure: Seems to squirm under pressure and bit, but handles stress remarkably well.
Guilt: Usually is highly depressed by it and lets it get the better of him.
Being wrong: Calmly informs the person accusing him of it that they are wrong.
Being criticized: Usually retaliates with a humiliating tidbit about the person's life. ("Being a conspiracy theorist has its advantages.")
Praise: Gets a bit arrogant and egotistical. Hope calls these "trips to EgoLand."
Love: Thinks it's the most rewarding feeling a person could experience. It's his favorite emotion/feeling, even if he refuses to own up to it.
Being hated: Shrugs it off. He doesn't care.
Public Humiliation: He retaliates by blackmail. It works very well.
What does the character want out of life? To be a great conspiracy theorist.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? His paranoia... when he owns up to it.
What motivates this character? His girlfriend
Why? They're each others' own springboard.
What discourages this character? Nothing.
Why? Negative criticism seems to push him harder, while praise lets him know he's doing things right.
What most describes this character's personality? Naive. While he's outgoing, excitable, defensive, and loyal, not only is he naive about a lot of life's aspects, he is naive in his own behaviorisms. He's a lot to learn.
Spiritual Characteristics
Religion: Modern (though uncertain)
Does the character believe in a god or goddess? He's uncertain.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? He thinks Star Haven possibly exists, but he isn't quite sure.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Yes.
If so, what role does it play? He has his powers due to a Star Spirit's blessing. He doesn't take them for granted. However, despite this, he still questionsthe existance of a Star Haven.
Superstitions: None.
Summary
Chance is a two-edged sword. While he loves to act wild, outgoing, aggressive, and dominant, his true personality is loyal and gentle. He is the owner of a large and caring heart but, at the same time, seems to show a reluctance to let it shine. He's extremely clever, loves to have fun, and would go to the ends of the world for any of his friends. His desire to live a double life in the CTA has split his very soul in two: one side being his gentle and loving side; the other side his wild and spontaneous side. Hope has significantly helped him in molding the two together again, but he will have to do a lot of it on his own. The problem is his own admitting to it.
Basic Statistics
Name: Hope
Nickname: "Faith"
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Nationality: Mushroom Kingdom
Birth Date: April 25
Birth Place: Toad Town, TMK
Current Residence: Royal Mushroom Academy, Toad Town, TMK
Occupation: Student, gamer, conspiracy theorist
Hobbies/Pastimes: Playing video games, researching conspiracies
Talents/Skills/Powers: Power over air currents. Has amazing accuracy and can land shots at any target, moving or still. She is gifted at video games. She also seems to like tennis.
Birth Order: Middle of three.
Family: Her older sister works in a marketplace in Toad Town and seems a bit wild. Her younger sister attends schools in Donut Plains and is gentle-natured but defensive.
Past History
Hometown: Toad Town, TMK
Type of childhood: Good.
Memories/events that still affects him/her: The Thousand-Year Door crisis.
Why/How? It was what got her into conspiracies.
Past failures s/he would be embarrassed to have people know about: None.
Why/How? --
Biggest role model: The head of CTA
Why? No member of the CTA has ever seen him/her in person, and he/she has worked over 100 theories.
Biggest disillusions from childhood: World security. Too many attacks on the kingdom destroyed her sense of it.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'3''
Weight: 125 lbs.
Build: Average
Skin: Slightly pale, as she prefers night over day but she plays tennis occasionally.
Hair: Red, straight, below her shoulders in length. One of her bangs is streaked a bold fuschia. Her hair is usually kept in a ponytail.
Eyes: Green, often lost in thought.
Tattoos/Scars? No.
Glasses/Contacts? Wears gold contacts when on missions for CTA; normal contacts by day.
Left/Right handed? Left
Distinguishing features: Her pendant and her ponytail. She has never been seen with her hair down, and even Chance says he's only seen it once.
How does s/he dress: Very casual and tomboyish. She's never been seen wearing a skirt or dress.
Jewelry: Three piercings in each ear. The studs are green, black, and pink.
Other accessories: None
Mannerisms: Calculated yet spontaneous. She's either got her nose in book, writing notes, listening to music, or causing some sort of mischief.
Health: Well. She has issues with headaches, though.
Speech Patterns: Likes slang, occasionally speaks "video game language," swears from time to time, speaks in quotes.
Voice: Louder than she prefers, dominating.
Style (Elegant, shabby, etc): Adventurous
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Intelligence Level: Very high. She just doesn't apply herself in her studies.
Known Languages: English, slight Koopish.
Character's long-term goals/desires in life: Wants to be an explorer/adventurer.
Character's short-term goals/desires in life: Wants to be a top conspiracy theorist.
How self-confident is the character? Not so much, even though she should be.
How does Character see him/herself? Unfocused but driven. Easily bothered. Overly concerned.
How does Character believe s/he is perceived by others? Paranoid and overly analytical.
How does Character express themself? Usually through subtle hints or direct outbursts, depending on her mood and level of patience.
Is this character generally dominant or submissive? She varies from dominant to submissive. She is slightly more dominant than she is submissive, but she keeps it suppressed.
Patience level: Thin to none, unless it's a person in need.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? It seems to be a combination, but a slightly skewed logic seems to be the prime factor.
How does the character view life? Day-to-day existence.
How does the character view death? A frightening end to a mean.
Most at ease when: She's with her boyfriend or reading.
Ill at ease when: She's confronted with a large decision.
Describe their sense of humor: Sarcastic, perverse, slightly morbid, and inside jokes. She also loves wordplay and puns.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Strengths: She's very intelligent and quick-witted. She's extremely caring. Her memory is impeccable, and she observes minute details that others miss. She's highly detail-oriented.
Character/Personality/Mental/Social Flaws: She's untrusting of others. She's extremely selfless and prone to being stepped upon. She's easily bothered and distracted. She's known to be a perfectionist.
Biggest Vulnerability (non physical): Her skills. She is extremely defensive of her abilities.
Optimist or Pessimist: Inbetween
Introvert or extrovert: More introverted.
Greatest Fear: Dying.
Other Fears/Insecurities/Phobias: She suffers an odd phobia of silence that sends her into anxiety issues. She's claustrophobic, though not as bad as Chance. She also is afraid of bugs and won't go anywhere near one.
Peculiarities: She hides her dominating side for unknown reasons. She's known to sing songs that may or may not be playing. She can write in a cryptic ancient language and often writes notes to herself in it.
Biggest regret: Her own mentality. She wishes she could go back in time and correct some of her mentality issues, including her distrust and her overly analytical mannerisms.
Biggest accomplishment: Making #1 in CTA elite; being the top team in the RMAVL II, though she chalks it up to her boyfriend.
Minor accomplishments: Making it to quarterfinals in a school tennis tournament.
Musical talents/instruments: She sings well, but hides it from others. She has no instrumental ability.
Secret desires: To explore with Kolorado one day.
Character's darkest secret: Her instability. She holds it together well but is quite a mental and emotional mess in private. Unfortunately, Chance is left to deal with it, though he never shows signs of complaints (or of leaving her to deal with it alone).
Minor Secrets: She has a slight "sixth" sense and can channel the moods of other people. She is beginning to teach herself how to "mold" other people's moods at her own whim.
Relationships with others
Relationship Skills: She comes on a bit too strong with her caring nature.
Loves: Chance
Crushes: Waluigi, but knows better than to pursue it.
Lover(s): Chance
Best Friends: Daisy, Pri, Luigi, Waluigi
Friends: Mario, Spiff, Toad, Yoshi
Hates: Peach. She believes Peach is too "up on herself."
Dislikes: Birdo; too high maintenance. Wario; calls her names,
Rivals: Wario. He calls her Shorty due to her small stature, and she calls him "Squealy" (after kneeing him once for his short jokes).
Pets: Rocket, a male green Chain-Chomplet. Boomie, a female pink Bob-omb.
Sexuality: Straight
How does s/he view other people or society? People who must earn trust before they are given it.
Is the character judgmental of others and how so? Yes, although she tries not to be. First impressions are important to her.
How is s/he perceived by...
Strangers? Gentle, lost in thought, distant, but good at persuading.
Friends? Overly critical and analytical
Wife/Husband/Lover? A soul who's just too hard on herself. He believes she needs to loosen up and have fun and not panic over every little detail.
What happens to change this perception if at all? When her plans come together, people aren't so quick to call her extremely analytical. However, when she lightens up and has fun, people forget the concept as well.
What type of people does s/he like or associate with? People who are slightly intellectual yet know how to have fun.
What type of people doesn’t s/he like or associate with? Stuck-up and/or ignorant people.
What do family/friends like most about character? Her humor and caring personality... when it shows.
What do family/friends like least about character? Her mind is a bit too strong for most.
Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Video games, reading, hanging with her friends
Dislikes: Classes that don't interest her
Favorite
Color: Greens and pinks
Clothing: Shorts and T-shirts
Place: The student lounge, often in a corner
Food: She has an appetite for spicy things.
Music: Metal of all types (heavy, dark, death, etc). She also likes "fuze."
Song: "Letting it Die" by Anti-Stars
Movie: "The Day the World Ended," a horror film about a worldwide catastrophy.
Book: "Conspiracy 101," a book about conspiracy theory "laws" and techniques.
Historical figure: Kolorado, the great archaeologist.
Animal: Ninjis, although she has yet to tame one.
Least Favorite
Color: Orange or brown
Clothing: Dresses/skirts or anything "in style."
Place: Her dorm-she ended up rooming with a bunch of stuck-up, fashion-crazy girls.
Food: Anything bland.
Music: Classical or love songs.
Animal: Dark Koopas, as they're troublemakers
Simple Pleasures: Being with her boyfriend
Greater Pleasures: Being out "in the field" on a mission from CTA, winning a video game competition
Most prized possession: Her star pendant.
Why? It contains her power over air currents.
Emotional Characteristics
Describe character's sense of morals: A bit off-kilter. She believes rules can be bent and should be bent ("to test if they still are adequate").
Describe character's etiquette: She has etiquette, but she's more inclined to make catty remarks about a person if she feels it necessary.
How does this character act in public? She takes an observor's stance, scoping out minute details.
How does this character act at home? She tends to like to be left to herself.
How has this character most changed from childhood? She was more outgoing as a child.
How have they remained the same? She is still headstrong.
How does this character deal with or react to:
Anger: Often takes it out on the wrong person, usually her boyfriend
Sadness: Suppresses it until it breaks her down. However, she will refuse to seek help until it's nearly too late.
Conflict/Danger: She's usually the quickest to come up with a plan, though occasionally she's been known to back down and show fear.
Fear: Often lets it overwhelm her. Rarely can she keep it in line, and it often takes another person being afraid or in danger for her to control it.
Change: She shows a dislike in change but adapts well to it.
Loss: Mourns openly and finds a way to show her remembrance on the given date.
Homosexuality: Accepts and tolerates.
Pain: Refuses to show she's hurting until it's unbearable. Her threshold for pain is very high, which oftens gets her in trouble. (Especially with Chance, who hates her stubbornness about asking for help.)
Stress/Pressure: She handles stress and pressure both poorly, usually cracking or distracting herself from the subject at hand.
Guilt: It grates on her until she becomes depressed.
Being wrong: Usually accepts that as true, even if it's not. She will, however, try to make herself right again.
Being criticized: Lets it get her down for a moment or two. However, depending on her mood or what the criticism was aimed at, she turns around and works at it tenfold to prove the person wrong.
Praise: Takes it modestly.
Love: Enjoys it immensely and wouldn't trade it for anything. She openly expresses her love, even though she can occasionally smother a person with it.
Being hated: Doesn't let it bother her, and mutually will hate the person in question.
Public Humiliation: Contacts her boyfriend, who remedies the situation in less than a week.
What does the character want out of life? To be an explorer.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? Her own mentality and stability.
What motivates this character? Her boyfriend.
Why? They are constantly encouraging each other, and back each other up no matter what the situation (or even if they're wrong).
What discourages this character? Too much criticism.
Why? She believes that if multiple sources say the same thing, it has to be true.
What most describes this character's personality? Critical. She's always looking for answers, always examining things too closely, and observing things for the smallest detail.
Spiritual Characteristics
Religion: Modern
Does the character believe in a god or goddess? She believes Star Haven exists, yes.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? Good spirits live amongst the stars, and bad spirits simply disappear into oblivion.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? No.
If so, what role does it play? --
Superstitions: None.
Summary
Hope is a girl who has matured far too quickly for her own good. No one is quite sure why she is so bitter and so critical of herself. Beneath her tough and persuasive exterior beats the heart of a girl who wants to love and be loved. She looks for acceptance everywhere, and Chance has been the only person who has been able to show her that she has it. While he spends all of his time trying to show her there's more to life than memorizing every detail in the world around her, he has to struggle with the idea that she has to see it for herself before she'll understand.