Character Worksheet

1) Character's Name:

2) Where is this Character from?

3) Age:

4) Economic/Social standing:

5) Magical Standing (if any):

6) How is this character's relationship with his or her parents, or how was it before they died?

7) Does this characters have siblings? How many? Where does this character fall in birth order and how has that influenced his or her life? How does he or she get along with each sibling? How about other family members?

8) What does this character look like? Body type? Height? Hair color and texture? Skin complexion? Eye color? Any tattoos, scars, piercings, or other identifying markings?

9) What types of clothing does he/she favor?

10) What does this character carry in his/her pockets and bags?

11) How does this character move when he/she is waiting? Bored? Angry? Embarrassed? Pleased? Scared?

12) How does this character speak? Loudly, quickly, eloquently, do they use a lot of slang, etc?

13) How does he/she smell?

14) If he/she were a BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) perfume, what would it smell like?

15) What is most important to this character, what does he/she want more than anything else in the world?

16) Who are this character's friends? How good of friends are they? And how many are they?

17) How does this character display love and affection? Gifts? Services? Physical displays? Words?

18) What is his/her guilty pleasure?

19) How does this character act around someone he or she dislikes?

20) Does this character prefer things neat and tidy, or does he/she prefer to use the floor as a very large shelf?

21) Of what is he/she most proud about his/herself?

22) Does this character think he/she knows what's best, or does he/she feel entirely lost?

23) What are this character's flaws? Preoccupation with self? A tendency toward procrastination? Self-delusion, darkness, jealousy, groveling, greediness, addictiveness, a short temper, frequent failures at foresight, clumsiness?

24) What are this character's strong points? Generosity? Kindness? Slow to anger, good sense of humor, trusting, sensible, intelligent, graceful, thoughtful?

25) How does he/she feel about his/her future?

26) What are this character's goals?

27) What did his or her goals used to be before this story began, if they were different?

28) How would this character describe his/her current circumstances to a close friend, before and then after a few drinks?

29) How self-aware is this character—or, at least, how self-aware does he/she think he/she is?

30) How easily does this character cry? Does it take crushing his/her foot with a hammer or does it just take one sad ballad?

31) After a long day what would this character prefer to do as a means of unwinding?

32) If this character came across a beggar what would he/she do and why?

33) When this character is having a bad day, to what extent does he/she take it out on others?

34) Does this character enjoy life, even when nothing very enjoyable is happening? Or does he/she see the cup as half empty even when it's obviously flowing over? Or is he/she more like a rollercoaster: when he/she's up, he/she's up, and when he/she's down, he/she's down?

35) How does this character feel about doctors/healers? How about other authority figures?

36) How does this character feel about the God/the gods?

37) How does this character feel about new experiences?

38) Are there any experiences from childhood that have influenced your character enough to make it into their overall personality and into the story? Briefly describe them.