Self Directed Writing #4

Writing Character Profiles - Additional Questions

If your character has a job, is he or she good at it? Does he or she like it?

What are your character's bad habits?
Magnus has a tendancy to overthink a situation which may cost him valuable time. He also has a deep rooted sense of justice that can sometimes lend itself to coldness judging in black and white rather than seeing the gray areas. Due to Magnus's need to evaluate, weigh, and measure every situation and person he meets he can sometimes come off as distant, cold, and arrogant though nothing could be farther from the truth.

If you asked about his or her greatest dream, what would your character tell you?
Magnus's greatest dream is to follow in his fathers footsteps and become head of the Praetorian Guards. He dreams of being a brilliant military strategist with the ability to be a confidant leader.

What's a secret dream that he or she wouldn't tell you about?
Secretly Magnus wishes to find his soulmate. A woman who completes and compliments him in every way. A woman who is strong where he is weak and who has the humility to allow him to be strong where she is weak.

What kind of person does your character wish he or she could be? What is stopping him or her?
Magnus wishes he could be more spontaneous and lighthearted like his older brother Gavin, he is slightly jealous of Gavin's ease and confidence around other people and wishes he could make friends as easily as Gavin.
What stops Magnus from being as extrobverted as Gavin is his need to have all the information before he acts. Magnus is driven by his own inner compass and is at most times a slave to it.

What is your character afraid of? What keeps him or her up at night?
Magnus's biggest fear is failure or not doing the right thing because he made a bad judgement call.

What does your character think is his or her worst quality?
Magnus believes his worst quality is his inablity to "let go". he has a tendancy to overthing a situation or read too much into what someone or something is.

What do other people think your character's worst quality is?
Other people see his worst quality as being his percieved cold, dispassionate demenour when making a judgement call.

What is a talent your character thinks he or she has but is very wrong about?
Magnus thinks he is good at blending into any given situation but he doesn't he stands out no matter what because his eyes always give him away.

What did his or her childhood home look like?

Who was his or her first love?
Magnus hasn't had a first love yet. I'm toying with the idea of it being the character Kindyl. that however is subject to change. :D

What's the most terrible thing that ever happened to him/her?
The most terrible thing to happen to Magnus is the abduction of his mother and older sister Andrea.

What was his/her dream growing up?Magnus is 15 years old at this current moment his greatest ambition in life is to become a strong leader like his father.
Did he/she achieve this dream? Not yet. If so, in what ways was it not what the character expected?
If your character never achieved the dream, why not?Magnus is in the process of becoming a leader and fulfilling the power of his name.

In what situation would your character become violent?
Only in a situation that demanded it. Such a battle, or if one of his loved ones were physically threatened with death.

In what situation would your character act heroic?
Magnus is the reluctant hero. He would only act heroic if he was driven to it or if he truly felt as if he were the only one capable of doing what needed to be done.