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Which sibling is your favorite?
  Dais
  Annabelle
  Kyne
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Scythe de Zaran

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:52 pm


So, I have a trio of siblings in the Balderon family, who I am trying to develop. There are two brothers and a sister with the sister as the middle child. I'm already worked roleplayed with the brothers before, but not so much the sister, so I'm trying to figure out how she is.

Dais >>> Annabelle >>> Kyne

I'm going to make this interactive, if you don't mind. Feel free to ask my characters questions, and I'll try to respond as them. I think it'll be the best way for me to figure out their character, and of course, I'm open to suggestions.

Here's a brief overview of the three. If you think I should provide more background information on them, I can (and will...but Annabelle's info will be much shorter). Disregard how the hair colors in a family defy genetics, and obviously the reference pictures aren't necessarily accurate in ages.

1. Dais stands at 6' 1'' and has black hair. He's the oldest of the three and the most detached. He is characteristic of the silent strong type, but he is emotionless. He has no sense of humor. In pretty much all instances I've used him in roleplays, he hasn't really kept in contact with his family because he's gone underground for his job or something like that. He sometimes has a slight sadist side to him and has no qualms about torture and fighting.
Elements: I've used him with shadow and earth powers in roleplays that have those.
Reference Pictures: 1 2 3
Most likely occupations: Assassin, spy, bodyguard, military advisor, martial arts instructor, librarian

2. Annabelle stands at 5'8'' and has blonde hair. I'm picturing her as the mediator between her two brothers, who don't talk. I picture her as very talkative and a social butterfly, who isn't afraid to embarrass her brothers a.k.a threaten to tell the whole world that Dais sucks at karaoke.
Reference Pictures: 1 2 3
Most likely occupations: Musician, Artist, Fashion Designer, Performer/Dancer, Linguist, Non profit, Global outreach, human rights activist

3. Kyne stands at 6' with orange or auburn hair. Like Dais, he is very calm, but he does have a sense of humor. He's the type that doesn't like to see people oppressed, and he will organize rallies and fights to help them. He's the passionate caring leader type who knows that sacrifice is necessary. He's usually wondering what happened to his brother Dais, since he hasn't seen him in over 10 years.
Reference Picture: 1 2
Most likely occupations: Military officer, political advisor, scientist/engineer, intelligence agent, teacher

Edit: Yes, I tend to tweak my characters and reuse them in different roleplays to work on their character development.
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:46 am


Right then. Questions for all of them.

1) What would you say is your favourite genre of music?

2) Wha do you think of your other siblings?

3) Where do you spend the most of your spare time?

4) What animal do you think you represent and why?

5) What is your favourite colour?

Questions for Dias

1) How did you get into your line of work?

2) How easy is it to keep news away from your family?

Questions for Annabelle

1) Is there any profession that you wish you had tried for instead of your current one? Why?

2) What are your plans for having a family?

Questions for Kyne

1) What do you think your brother is doing?

2) What is the most difficult decision you have ever had to make?


Hope this helps with your thoughts.

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Scythe de Zaran

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:18 pm


Scythe: I feel like I'm cheating for Dais's responses. I guess I'll assume they're at least in their 20s-30s for the responses. sweatdrop Good questions. Here's what I came up with. Still trying to get a grasp on Annie.

Articx-Frost
Right then. Questions for all of them.

1) What would you say is your favourite genre of music?
Dais: . . .
Annie: I like a lot of different types of music, but pop and classical are on top. ...oh, I just rhymed.
Kyne: Well, I'm all over the place.

2) Wha do you think of your other siblings?
Dais: ...
Annie: My brothers? They're both adorable, and I love them. Oh, well, Dais is too quiet for his own good. He needs to lighten up, and he and Kyne definitely need to get together more often. Poor Kyne probably thinks he's dead. Little brother's also too serious sometimes, but he's good at what he does. Oh... I think I'm going to plan a secret karaoke get together without them knowing...
Kyne: Annie's a good sister, but she overreacts sometimes and worries too much.

3) Where do you spend the most of your spare time?
Dais: . . .
Annie: Out in public!
Kyne: Spare time? Time is of essence in my line of work, but I do try to hang out with my friends or "friends" when I'm undercover and hang out with them. You know...get a drink every now and then, sports, reading....

4) What animal do you think you represent and why?
Dais: . . .
Annie: Butterfly. I might not be the largest person, but I can stand out, fly with the wind, and make a change. Butterflies pollinate, and spread life, and I'm all for it.
Kyne: I'm never really thought about that.

5) What is your favourite colour?
Dais: . . .
Annie: Blue for the sky and our dreams of peace and synergy!
Kyne:I'll go with red.

Questions for Dias

1) How did you get into your line of work?
Dais: . . .

2) How easy is it to keep news away from your family?
Dais: . . .

Questions for Annabelle

1) Is there any profession that you wish you had tried for instead of your current one? Why?
Annie: No, not really. I guess if there was another option, I could try being a doctor, but there's a lot of blood there, and I'd rather not work with it too much. I'm happy with what I do, and how I can make others happy and work for better lives. People don't always have the courage to speak out, but in my profession, I can express their words in different ways and spread the message.

2) What are your plans for having a family?
Scythe: I never got around to making up a character for her husband. What sort of husband do you guys think she would have?
Annie: Ah... family. Well, marriage. Kids. I'll settle down once the baby comes out. Too much travel isn't good for the children and their schooling. I'd like at least one boy and a girl. Oh, family is such an important bond! I'll have Kyne and Dais come visit and play with the children!
Kyne: She wants children to dote on. Lucky me. She has another target to harass then, and I guarantee you she'll want to play "dress up" with her daughter.


Questions for Kyne

1) What do you think your brother is doing?
Kyne: I really don't know. It has been a long time since I've seen or heard from him, but I'm sure he's alive somewhere... *looks away and smiles softly* Yeah...wonder why he left.

2) What is the most difficult decision you have ever had to make?
Kyne: There was a time when I had to hurt my team members in order to protect them. I didn't like it, but it had to be done. It took some time for them to get over it since, to them, it was the worst sort of betrayal.
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:03 pm



I'm sort of wondering how they each got the way they are while being siblings? Is it just because of natural personalities, or did something happen to make them have somewhat varying personalities?

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:07 pm


I'm wondering the same things as pythonesque. Also, reference pic #2 for Dais is a reference pic you're using for Annabelle.
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:01 pm


Ah, I went and edited that link. It should have a guy now. Haha.

A mix of both. Their histories vary depending on the roleplay setting and so on. I'm going to go with the modern Earth setting for now, and these histories aren't completely set. I'm open to thoughts and ideas.

Dais and Annie are closer in age than Kyne and the other two. Dais was always a quiet person. In one roleplay, I had him and Annie in high school together. He was a drummer for an all guy band, and they always had issues with fan girls. There, he was protective of Annie. The emotionless part probably kicked in there to get rid of fangirls, and even more so when he ended up in the underground. It probably developed with his efficiency ideals. Stuff that needs to get done needs to get done. Also, his parents pushed him to work hard and get high grades, and they really didn't like that he was a member of a rock band. He probably learned how to tune them out and become indifferent there too.

Annie just ended up being super loud and social (well, as I'm developing her anyway). She wasn't the firstborn, so she didn't carry as much of a burden as Dais...though Dais disappearing isn't really something a good brother would do. Annie's background is still up in the air. I'm just theorizing here. While she was in college, their parents passed away, so she ended up taking care of Kyne and going to school at the same time. It's possible Dais went deeper underground to earn more money to support Annie and Kyne. Annie went with her passion and became pretty good at it, earning enough to make a living. She will marry before any of her brothers do. Dais might not get married at all. Dais and Annie keep in contact minimally, and it's usually Annie who keeps track of it. I'm not sure how she tracks Dais down, considering his occupations. Kyne has no idea.

Kyne used to spar with Dais as a child and he never gave up, despite the age and strength difference. Being the youngest, Kyne didn't always know what was going on, but he matured pretty quickly because of Dais disappearing, then Annie leaving for college, and then his parents dying. To get through college, he got funding from the military and that's how he ended up in the military after school.

I could write more, but I'll leave it at that for now. Does that make sense?

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:10 pm



Yes, that clears things up a bit more. (: I think that helped me to get a better understanding of the characters.

I think what you really need to do is flesh out the characters more, whether it's through role playing or through writing stories based on random prompts or whatever.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:22 am


Thanks. Yeah, I'll be working on that, but it'll probably be more in roleplaying if I can find one that fits due to time.

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