10 Minute Tales, Part 2

Nov 19 - Character Ideas

Okay, I've been unfocused for the longest time, partly due to illness and partly due to depression. I'm questioning if I should focus on writing as a career or what; truth be told, I've kinda given up in general. But that's not what I'm writing about today!

So, I need to jot down a few character ideas of mine. I'll start from the top with the newest, Claricia. She's a Dungeons and Dragons style bard, able to use music to help her allies and hinder her foes. She's very socially awkward, though, but is able to use this to her advantage with good luck and an understanding of what makes people tick. The main reason for her awkwardness? Lycanthropy. She's a werewolf, and while she has been for a while she knows most humans don't appreciate them being around, so she tries not to show it. I only came up with the concept an hour or two before writing this so I don't know too much about her yet, but with any luck, we'll be able to play a game with her as a character so we'll be able to figure it out.

Another one I'll write about is Tial. An aqua-modified human in a dystopian future, she's a rogue assassin that prefers elimination through sniping. She's capable of using a face-mounted technology that syncs with her jumpsuit to help disguise her as any other humanoid. There are several gun manufacturers in this dimension, but she prefers one particular manufacturer. Her weapons from this manufacturer are slow to reload and have lower than average muzzle velocity, but she enjoys the futuristic appearance, accuracy and secondary effects of the energy-based weapons. She's usually cruel and cold, but can be caught off-guard easily (one of the reasons she prefers sniping). She has a particular fondness of genetically manipulated individuals, especially those who are not edited by choice. She'll often take a bodyguard role to help their cause.

The last one is the main character of Regaea. He doesn't have a name and I don't intend to give him a bodily description since he's meant to represent the player character, but he's going to be more of a melee fighter with aspects of the other types (range, magic, summon). He's going to be confused about the way of the world until he's beaten the first couple of bosses (which I'm not going to name here to surprise people that don't play the game) - after that, he'll gain some confidence with the flow of events. He'll still have to find advice from Marty, as well as other "civilian" characters I haven't introduced yet, but each is going to have their position in his little world.

I'm not going to apologise for my inactivity, as I feel it'll just happen again later. For now, though, I'm grateful for your patience and hopeful for feedback. If nothing else, at least I actually got myself to write something today. Progress, while slow, remains progress!