Queshire
Istar
This is pretty much just make-work but I figure I'd just write out all that I've figured out for my story so far, using you fine folks as a sounding board. Again, questions, comments, and suggestions are appreciated!
CHARACTERS:
-Arthur Jones: An average high school student destined to live a life as an extra in someone else's story. That changed when he was chosen as a Champion and forced to fight to save the world. He signed up for the whole champion gig in what he thought was a dream, but since he's already signed up he's decided to do the best that he can. His power is Barriers, often considered a useless and lame power by other Champions, he likes it for it's nonviolent nature and how it requires him to use his head to fight. Attitude-wise he's a good natured, somewhat of a trickster type character, just accepting whatever comes his way with a simple smile, which some find creepy. I'm trying for sort of a Doctor from Doctor Who type feel with him but I dunno....
-The Void Princess: Arthur's sponsoring Arcana, who as the name suggests rules over the void. She's still pretty new and inexperienced at her job, and is considered something of a laughing stock by the other Arcana. She's pretty naive at times, thinking that the Enemy Arcana are completely horrible while the Arcana on her side can do no evil, while it's really pretty grey. For a near god like being she has a number of self-esteem issues.
-Bob the Blob: Arthur's vaguely cryptic and ultimately useless sidekick as well as the narrator of the story. Arthur jokingly requested him when chosen instead of just being told about his powers, much to his regret. He's rather snarky and sarcastic. I'm still not sure whether to include him or not, he doesn't serve much of a point... I could give all Champions some kind of guide but I dunno, I'm worried that he'd just end up as the scrappy...
-Sera White: Another Champion and Arthur's main love intrest / rival. She was given healing and buffing powers to act as a typical staff chick, but instead she just uses them to give herself superstrength and regeneration and fight the monsters mano-a-womano. She's stubborn, energetic, a bit of a show off, and a wee bit crazy. She's actually pretty smart, especially with how she uses her powers, but mostly she just prefers to use a brute force approach to all her problems.
-Michael Bel: Multi-billioniare CEO of the Mega Coorperation Bel Corp which in the last ten years advanced all areas of human technology by decades. The success of Bel Corp actually resulted from technology derived from the powers of the Champions and the Monsters they fight. Michael himself is actually a Champion himself with the power of Light, though he's since retired due to a nasty wound he got slaying a dragon. He acts as the head of what is essentially a support organization for Champions which the main characters. He's a classic knight in shining armor type character, and I'm considering making Sera have a crush on him, however in the end he's planning to kill the existing Arcana, an action that has equal chance of giving him and his followers the Arcana's power or destroying all existence. He's the series' big bad.
-Galatea: Not a living person, but a golem brought to life by the power of her "father" an old man Champion who's power let's him bring inanimate objects to life. Galatea is her father's prized creation in which he imbued most of his power. She's not as purely strong as Sera, but has a better grasp of tatics and a suit of inbuilt weaponry to suit her needs. Where as Sera would be a Barbarian, she's a more classical Fighter. She's rather stern, and at times seems emotionless but beneath her stony exterior has a rather... interesting sense of humor. Her subplot includes dealing with the fact that she veiws herself as just a doll, and the fact that as a creation of her father's power she thinks she'll die when he does. (Hint, hint: she doesn't)
-"Honya" (temporary name): A shy bookworm, whose power is naturally enough Books. This primarily means she can access the Arkaishic Records, allowing her to find just about whatever information she needs if she can ask the right questions and physically enter the Records which acts like L-space in the Discworld series. More offensively, she can "rewrite" the story by editing the Akaishic Records, in the form of taking over narrating duties for a sort time.
-"Mama Bear" (temporary name): A semi-retired Champion, after her husband and fellow Champion dies she retires to a quiet life running a resturant, (her dead husband's life long dream) in Arthur's town. She comes out of retirement a ways into the series to lead Arthur's squad in the search for the macguffins. Her power is Destruction, which as the name suggests is very, very destructive, but can also be used for healing by somehow destroying destruction (don't think about it too hard.) She's still pretty broken from the death of her husband, spending a lot of time drinking or sleeping. She has a reputation as something of a crotchy old lady (despite only being in her thirties)
-"The Accountant" (temporary name): One of Bel's assitants, He's a champion though he's not that interested in fighting. His power is Money and he can do just about anything provided he's given enough money.
-"The Jester" (temporary name): Another member of Arthur's squad. I'm still working on this guy, so far I've thought that he's either a comedian or wants to be a comedian but ironically his power is specifically geared for stealth not quite invisibilty but more of a someone-else's-problem field. I'm thinking he'd start out as a spy for Bel, but sides with the heros.
-"The Penguin" (temporary name): I kind of feeling like I'm including this guy for no particular reason, but oh well, he's an actual Penguin as the Champions don't have to be human, part of becoming a Champion let's him talk. His power allows him to control temperatures, freezing or baking whatever he needs to.
-The Devil: Not the true devil, but an Arcana, I'm considering changing the name but I don't know to what. He was a champion who killed his own Arcana and took the Arcana's place, thus inspiring Michael Bel's master plan. As the only one to become an Arcana by this method, he's considered something of a Black Sheep among both sides of the Arcana, a postion he uses to play both sides off each other. I'm not quite sure what his ultimate role in the story will be, he'll certainly show up a couple of times to offer advice to the heros. If I don't have Bob be the narrator this guy will be it.
-The Arcana: God-like beings that ensure that the world keeps spining, they empower mortals as Champions. Sortly after time began they split into two groups and began fighting, they consider it a fight of good vs evil and order vs chaos, in a chess motif, but deep down they're all the same shades of gray.
CHARACTERS:
-Arthur Jones: An average high school student destined to live a life as an extra in someone else's story. That changed when he was chosen as a Champion and forced to fight to save the world. He signed up for the whole champion gig in what he thought was a dream, but since he's already signed up he's decided to do the best that he can. His power is Barriers, often considered a useless and lame power by other Champions, he likes it for it's nonviolent nature and how it requires him to use his head to fight. Attitude-wise he's a good natured, somewhat of a trickster type character, just accepting whatever comes his way with a simple smile, which some find creepy. I'm trying for sort of a Doctor from Doctor Who type feel with him but I dunno....
-The Void Princess: Arthur's sponsoring Arcana, who as the name suggests rules over the void. She's still pretty new and inexperienced at her job, and is considered something of a laughing stock by the other Arcana. She's pretty naive at times, thinking that the Enemy Arcana are completely horrible while the Arcana on her side can do no evil, while it's really pretty grey. For a near god like being she has a number of self-esteem issues.
-Bob the Blob: Arthur's vaguely cryptic and ultimately useless sidekick as well as the narrator of the story. Arthur jokingly requested him when chosen instead of just being told about his powers, much to his regret. He's rather snarky and sarcastic. I'm still not sure whether to include him or not, he doesn't serve much of a point... I could give all Champions some kind of guide but I dunno, I'm worried that he'd just end up as the scrappy...
-Sera White: Another Champion and Arthur's main love intrest / rival. She was given healing and buffing powers to act as a typical staff chick, but instead she just uses them to give herself superstrength and regeneration and fight the monsters mano-a-womano. She's stubborn, energetic, a bit of a show off, and a wee bit crazy. She's actually pretty smart, especially with how she uses her powers, but mostly she just prefers to use a brute force approach to all her problems.
-Michael Bel: Multi-billioniare CEO of the Mega Coorperation Bel Corp which in the last ten years advanced all areas of human technology by decades. The success of Bel Corp actually resulted from technology derived from the powers of the Champions and the Monsters they fight. Michael himself is actually a Champion himself with the power of Light, though he's since retired due to a nasty wound he got slaying a dragon. He acts as the head of what is essentially a support organization for Champions which the main characters. He's a classic knight in shining armor type character, and I'm considering making Sera have a crush on him, however in the end he's planning to kill the existing Arcana, an action that has equal chance of giving him and his followers the Arcana's power or destroying all existence. He's the series' big bad.
-Galatea: Not a living person, but a golem brought to life by the power of her "father" an old man Champion who's power let's him bring inanimate objects to life. Galatea is her father's prized creation in which he imbued most of his power. She's not as purely strong as Sera, but has a better grasp of tatics and a suit of inbuilt weaponry to suit her needs. Where as Sera would be a Barbarian, she's a more classical Fighter. She's rather stern, and at times seems emotionless but beneath her stony exterior has a rather... interesting sense of humor. Her subplot includes dealing with the fact that she veiws herself as just a doll, and the fact that as a creation of her father's power she thinks she'll die when he does. (Hint, hint: she doesn't)
-"Honya" (temporary name): A shy bookworm, whose power is naturally enough Books. This primarily means she can access the Arkaishic Records, allowing her to find just about whatever information she needs if she can ask the right questions and physically enter the Records which acts like L-space in the Discworld series. More offensively, she can "rewrite" the story by editing the Akaishic Records, in the form of taking over narrating duties for a sort time.
-"Mama Bear" (temporary name): A semi-retired Champion, after her husband and fellow Champion dies she retires to a quiet life running a resturant, (her dead husband's life long dream) in Arthur's town. She comes out of retirement a ways into the series to lead Arthur's squad in the search for the macguffins. Her power is Destruction, which as the name suggests is very, very destructive, but can also be used for healing by somehow destroying destruction (don't think about it too hard.) She's still pretty broken from the death of her husband, spending a lot of time drinking or sleeping. She has a reputation as something of a crotchy old lady (despite only being in her thirties)
-"The Accountant" (temporary name): One of Bel's assitants, He's a champion though he's not that interested in fighting. His power is Money and he can do just about anything provided he's given enough money.
-"The Jester" (temporary name): Another member of Arthur's squad. I'm still working on this guy, so far I've thought that he's either a comedian or wants to be a comedian but ironically his power is specifically geared for stealth not quite invisibilty but more of a someone-else's-problem field. I'm thinking he'd start out as a spy for Bel, but sides with the heros.
-"The Penguin" (temporary name): I kind of feeling like I'm including this guy for no particular reason, but oh well, he's an actual Penguin as the Champions don't have to be human, part of becoming a Champion let's him talk. His power allows him to control temperatures, freezing or baking whatever he needs to.
-The Devil: Not the true devil, but an Arcana, I'm considering changing the name but I don't know to what. He was a champion who killed his own Arcana and took the Arcana's place, thus inspiring Michael Bel's master plan. As the only one to become an Arcana by this method, he's considered something of a Black Sheep among both sides of the Arcana, a postion he uses to play both sides off each other. I'm not quite sure what his ultimate role in the story will be, he'll certainly show up a couple of times to offer advice to the heros. If I don't have Bob be the narrator this guy will be it.
-The Arcana: God-like beings that ensure that the world keeps spining, they empower mortals as Champions. Sortly after time began they split into two groups and began fighting, they consider it a fight of good vs evil and order vs chaos, in a chess motif, but deep down they're all the same shades of gray.
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