Story Characters!
Character Profiles
Within this assignment, I have been given the task of developing multiple types of characters following the stages of either: simple, complex and/or environmental. Shall we begin!
First of all, the protagonists! My plot is going to have two protagonists, a wife and a husband, both of them are quite complex characters, as the saying goes, ladies first.
Name: Harper Law.
Age: 33.
Place of Birth: Earth 2, Year 2280.
Marital Status: Married, has a 15 year old daughter.
Goals In Life: Before her daughter disappeared, she wanted to own a successful business with her Husband, rebuilding the poor sector of the city.
Strength's/Weaknesses: Wealthy enough to own their own ship, Great Mother, loving wife, knows how to handle herself in combat but prefers diplomacy.
Always acts on her feelings instead of thinking situations out, known to be quite fickle.
Emotional Responses: Very protective in what she stands for so can come across as brash but is just passionate, cares about others just as herself.
Fears:
Not finding her daughter
Losing her husband
Not saving the lost
Losing herself
Beliefs:
The Law family are firm believers of God.
Physical Attributes:
Harper is curvy, strong and sophisticated. She dresses in conservative clothing;such as dresses and shirts and with her luscious raven hair, she doesn’t look a day over 21. Harper is renowned for her raven like hair, that extends just further than her shoulders, in addition she has a sharp jaw and a button noise with pale blue eyes. Fit to her modest fashion sense, Harper is polite and well versed in space etiquette, being well versed in the art of diplomacy. She is of white complexion and is skinny as far as health.
Character History: Harper was raised in the wealthy district of the city where all of the privileged folk habited, being raised in this environment has given Harper a remarkable education and great privileges, though she would never boast about it. Growing up she was a firm believer in helping others, people who lived in the poorer districts. She decided that she wanted to become a cop and work within the lesser districts making the world a safer place. When the career never worked out, she met Justin, her husband who worked as a freelancer,, the two bought a ship and took small contracts on bounty’s, it was then Harper joined the galactic council and became an agent of the government. Whilst Justin would take on contracts on his ship, Harper would be looking after their newly daughter Elisabeth. The two decided to settle on Earth 2 for the raising up of their child.
Birth 0 - 4:
Harper was born in Huey Lewis Hospital, being raised by Richard and Kelley Jewel, they originally wanted their daughter to endorse the idea of politics, just like them. They put Harper into the finest of education from the age of 4.
5 - 9 Years:
When Harper was seven, she always dreamed of discovering clusters of the galaxy and exploring ancient artefacts, but with her legalistic parents, her seven year old wanting would mean nothing.
10 - 14 Years:
Harper was home schooled after the age of 9, her parents didn't agree with what she was learning. She was taught: etiquette, diplomacy, gun tactics, survival instincts, etc.
15 Years:
After being hone schooled for 7 years, Harper joined a academical college, specialising in criminology, it was then she decided she wanted a job in Law/ policing.
16 - 19 Years:
After graduating, Harper went for a job in the police work, she was rejected due to the realism of being raised in the privileged sector, walking through the city headed home, some punk stole her purse, it was there she met Justin who pursued the punk and returned the purse. Harper married at the age of 18, and fell pregnant at 19.
20 -24 Years:
Happily married Harper found a job working in a small clothing outlet on the privileged sector, the couple had a home on the outskirts of the privileged sector with there 4 year old daughter: Elisabeth.
25 – 29 Years:
When Harper turned 25, she received an invitation from the galactic council asking her to become an agent, tasked with receiving vital Intel and rescuing VIPs. Thanks to the spouse's ship, Harper could earn quite a fortune. Her husband would also join her on her law bringing and sometimes little Lizzy would come but only on small voyages such as delivering cargo.
30 – 33 Years:
The family moved into a fine manor in the privileged sector, across the dock and market street, the two often find themselves with enough money, so don't need to undertake many missions these days. Thier days are filled by being parents and Justin owns a local bar, so is quite pre-occupied. Elisabeth attends the privileged school was about to graduate, until she mysteriously disappeared in the year: 2313.
ConceptComplex:
Name: Justin Law.
Age: 33.
Place of birth: Earth 2 Slums, Year 2280.
Marital Status: Married, has a 15 year old daughter.
Goals in Life: Justin has also dreamed of being a freelancer, getting his own ship and being paid for what he loves. He also dreamed of love that is why he has such a lovely family that he wants to maintain.
Strength’s/Weaknesses: Strong character, Loving and caring, well at his job, wealthy.
Can come across as cocky, arrogant, and proud. Has an undying passion for family.
Emotional Response: Uses humour has a defuses, but with that luster removed he is worried and scared for his family in this world.
Fears:
His family being harmed.
Losing wealth.
Never finding his daughter.
Being come across as antagonistic.
Beliefs: The Law family are firm believers of God.
Physical attributes:
Justin is of a typical build, he is modest within his appearance, wearing tucked in shirts and high trousers. In addition, he has mousey brown hair that is styled sharply. Being raised within the middle of the poor a rich sector of the city; he has gained the mannerisms of both communities and knows how to talk to practically anyone. Justin is of white complexion.
Character History: Justin has been raised between the poor and wealthy district, through his life he has been classified as not rich but not poor. He lived with his parents until the age of 17, when he bought his own small shuttle. Due to being raised between both districts he has gained both communities as an asset for his freelancing career.
Starting at a young age, Justin become somewhat of a Law-bringer with help from the local sheriff. At the age of 19, he meet the love of his life; Harper. The two bought a ship together and proceeded into a shared career of law bringing and bounty hunting. As a family man, Justin and Harper conceived a lovely daughter.
At the age of 25, the spouse decided to buy a manor within the high district to raise their young daughter, as a ship would be a terrible place for a child. With enough wealth and reputation, the couple retired for a few years to focus on family goals and building a small bar for Justin to work in.
It was at the age of 33, the family had achieved a successful business, but suddenly one day their daughter Elisabeth disappeared.
Birth: Justin being rasied by both parents within the middle sector of town, has had a decent upbringing, even with smuggler parents.
5-9: When Justin was a young boy, he'd dream about the stars and leaving the putrid state of Earth Two, he would look up to the rainbow and always wonder what lied across, he dreamt of coming across a sacred city, being the forst person alive to venture over the rainbow.
10 - 14: Growing up in a surburban area, Justin was always the odd one out in his area, the kids would play on thier E-phones and stay indoors, whereas Justin was always outside, haggling buyers/ climbing trees/ walking around the lake. He was his own best friend, well apart from Dusty his Boxer dog.
15 - 19: Justin left school at the age of 16, his father taught him the smuggler's life. E.g, how to haggle, use guns, fly ships. Still striving to achieve his childlike dreams, Justin decided to help his small sector by helping tje sheriff with exports. It was on this path he met Harper, in which he married.
20- 24: In these happy years, Justin would take on bountys whilst Harper had a small job with the government, at this time they had a daughter they called Elisabeth. Living on a ship, life was quite rough.
25- 29: In these small years, Harper landed a great job as a Lawbringer, Justin and her would take on large bountys and such, when there daughter turned 7, they moved into a manor within the high district to raise their daughter.
30- 33: The Law Family retired for a few years to take on the bar business, with a teen daughter, they decided it'd be best to stay put. Harper would occasionally act as a courier for work and Justin owned a bar. Life was really good, until Elisabeth dissapeared.
Name: Elisabeth Law.
Age: 15.
Place of birth: Earth 2, Year 2298.
Marital Status: Single
Goals in Life: Elisabeth dreams of saving the lowly people of Earth 2, ever since her father has shown her the putrid markets when she was five. As far as an occupation, she’d love a job in journalism.
Strength’s/Weaknesses: Elisabeth is shy at heart, but is full of lovable attributes; she cares about other people’s needs and deems to save the poor people. She has minor social anxiety.
Fears:Small talk.Not achieving a good career for what she wants to do.Spiders.
Beliefs: The Law family are firm believers of God.
Physical attributes: Elisabeth is 15; she is nimble, petit and smart. She has benevolent brown hair and sometimes wears a newsboy cap; she often wears a shirt with slack trousers or a fancy dress. In addition, she has pale blue eyes like her mother and thick eyebrows like her father. She is baby faced with a rosey nose and thin firm cheeks and has a small birthmark on her back neck. Lizzy is well mannered, shy and of white complexion.
Character Backstory: Elisabeth has been raised on board her parents ship “The Raven”, being educated from home until the family moved into the high sector of Earth 2, it was there she was educated in school, she has always been sceptical and quite shy around new people, but often finds her comfort zone.
0-4: Elisabeth was born on “The Raven”; the Law’s personal ship, Justin showed her how to walk, crawl, run and basic trade etiquette whilst Harper taught her basic skills like cooking and salvaging.
5-9: Growing up, her father landed a great job and as Elisabeth was growing, they decided to settle in a small manor within the high district on Earth 2. During this time, Elisabeth realised the economy of the world she’s growing up in. She decided that when she grows up, she is going to be a Journalist.
10-14: Elisabeth created a small newspaper in her spare time, hanging flyers in her father’s bar, spreading news of the poor and such. She often spend time in the bar using a typewriter after school, working close to her father. Elisabeth was not the most popular girl in school; she was her own best friend.
15: It was when she was fifteen that Elisabeth disappeared.
ConceptComplex:
ConceptComplex:
Concept Enviroment:
Emotional Side-kick
Protagonist
The Child
Rainbow City is aphenomenal place that lies across the wall called the rainbow; its existence has been a complete rumour, the folk on Earth 2 know nothing of the cities belonging. It was created by a sentient machine that has been on the planet for 1000 years; only select amounts of the collective know about the being, these rare few are actually a reason for its existence. In addition, the cities aesthetics are all due to the sentient being, the synthetic irradiates beautiful colours within its inhabitants; the colour has filled the sky and spread. This reason alone is why the folk on earth 2 call the wall covering the city, the rainbow. The city has stood adamant for hundreds of years; protecting the synthetic inside, few people live within the city, the people that do are escaped experiments or people who have ran from the grasp of being enslaved by the ancient being. Even still the city is under control from a synth, one would not coexist with such a being... or could they? The goal of the city is to feed on organic life so it can function and become what it should’ve been thousands of years ago, a machine of annihilation. Rainbow city, the name is unknown, just spurious rumour spread as gossip, the actual establishment is a beautiful location; with in awe skylines and curvy buildings and a natural energy source, concealing its lies from deep within. Upon first glance anyone would fall in to the cities trap.
Antagonist
Deceiving beautiful, Proud, Sly, Charm
Narrative Progression
Themes:
Moral and Ethical Themes – Advancement of technology, Harnessing High-Tec weapons, Government corruption.
Plot Themes- Kidnapping, Synthetic life, Harvesting civilisation, Sci-Fi.
Genre: 3rd Person Adventure Game.
Concept Simple:
Mrs Wright works at High Sector Secondary School, She is Eliasbeth's main teacher,
The tutor has been known to be quite flamboyant due to her fashion sense and personalility. In addition she is very optimistic about her occupation as a tutor.She wears bright coloured dresses and is often looking voluptuous.
Mrs Wright is 28 years old and has grown up wihin the high district in which she works of present time. Mrs Wright follows just a narrative approach, she would tell the player what is going on with Lizzy.
Concept Simple:
Jasmine Swallow is Elisabeth's most trusted friend, she is 16 and attends the High Sector Secondary School just as Lizzy. Jas was raised within the high sector and lives across the street from the Law family. In addition she has been known to be quite naive in a prudent manor. Jasmine would follow a narrative approach to the story as she would just appear in dialogue gameplay.
The World: “Set on a Futuristic Planet in which it has been divided by a wall the folk call “The Rainbow”, due to its colours and intensity, once in a while the poor/under-privileged of the city are taken, no one knows where and no one knows why, In honesty no one cares, as-long as they themselves survive another day. Well that all changes for Justin and his wife, when their daughter suddenly disappears.” (Drama, Love, Mystery)”The Planet is called Earth 2; it is set in the year 2280. Earth 2 has been separated by a wall; this was done by the government agency within the world called “The Collective”. They quote “The wall was built due to inhospitable areas and crude wildlife”.
Emotional Themes: Love – Justin and Harper are on their journey to finding their daughter in this urban world out of love, because they love her no matter what consequence and will give it all their best to find Elisabeth just out of the purity of their hearts. After all, Love conquers all.
Compassion – The Law family are very passionate people when it comes to family, they want to save the poor people of Earth 2 especially Justin who can sympathize having lived in the rough areas, it’s that compassion that makes the Law family want to do good and save the folk of Earth 2.
Shame- When Elisabeth is found missing, Justin and his wife will be torn apart; blaming each other but intentionally blaming themselves causing shame upon the spouse.
Desperation- Harper and Justin love their child, it’s that love that also creates desperation, and they want nothing more than to find their daughter. They will find themselves in tight situations and it is because of the love created for this daughter. .
Key Plot Devices: My main plot device is enigma, the act of a person/thing/object etc. to be not clearly understood or hard to comprehend. You can see that my plot has followed the device quite well, with the mystery of the world, why the world is separated and what is beyond the segregated wall within the world.Deus Ex Machina will be used as a means for my characters; the device will be used to determine how the characters will get across the wall, explaining how other people would not be able to manage such a feat.
A red herring would be key in my story, whilst the plot thickens and revelations are revealed, a lead is wrong placing our protagonist in danger. This would be used for Justin’s occupation, being a Lawbringer, he could find a lead that is the key to finding his daughter, and only that it was not the person he was chasing down.
The climax of the story is a twist itself, finding Elisabeth within the centre of Rainbow City she is being prepared for processing. When Justin and Harper reunite with their daughter, the sentient machine wakes up from its slumber and sees the family reuniting. The creature uplifts from the ground, crashing down buildings and causing only cause to Rainbow City. Aware of the government’s involvement, Justin grabs Elisabeth and Harper’s hand and sprints back to towards the entrance of the city.
The Synthetic arises on its feet and stands to chase the Law family, Sprinting back home to Kansas, Justin grabs Elisabeth’s hand and Harper holds her other, the two activate their jet packs and jumps over the wall with the shield generator deactivated, they successfully get back to town. Activating the shield, the synthetic cannot enter Kansas. Justin charges to the Agency, bursts the doors down at gunpoint and uncovers the project: Designation Icarus: the plan for the city to fly. Having the agency tell him the plan, we hear the synth attacking the shields. He must activate the jet generators and fuel supply in order for the town to blast off.
The town enters lockdown, in which a metallic dome covers the town, protecting the shields. Justin tells Harper to get Elisabeth to safety and for her to activate her comm-radio, whilst Justin heads towards the power station. Talking to Harper and Elisabeth on his comm, Justin gets to the power station to activate a giant jet engine prototype, the propellers enter flying mode and pull out from the rainbow, whilst one is stuck in the middle of town. With the other propellers starting to spin, Justin charges to the centre of the town as a jet appears from the ground through an electronic machine. The town starts to fly, with the Synth preparing to enter combat mode, the town is now reliant on the jet to work. Justin takes a look at the jet and realises that he needs some cables and tools to fix the wire and circuitry.
Talking to Harper as he realises, Elisabeth appears from nowhere and gives him the toolkit, as he begins fixing the cable. The Syth shoots a harpoon at the floor of the town, creating a massive breech in the town’s road. The town swerves around, out of balance, as Elisabeth falls on the floor and starts rolling towards the massive hole on the ground. At this point, Justin has an option.
Option 1: Justin jumps towards Elisabeth, slides across the path and grabs Elisabeth just as she’s about to fall. Picking her up, Justin commands Elisabeth to activate the fixed jet engine. The Synth shoots at Justin, as he falls into the sentient machines mouth and lets of a Electro-magnetic greande into the heart of the being. Henceforth, the Synth shuts down. With the sacrifice of Justin, the town is saved, eventually Kansas lands back on Earth 2 to rebuild what was lost and fixes up Rainbow City, with the sacrifice of Justin, the city is renamed Lawtown. The paralysed Synth is within the city as a memorial as a reminder of who was at fault.
Option 2: Elisabeth falls from the city, Justin smacks the jet engine repeatively as it starts to activate, he sees Elisabeth falling down and the synth grabs her, as this happens the town accends to the sky within a few seconds. Justin returns home to Harper as the two grieve. Kansas lives on as a space city, everyone remembers the sacrifice Justin made for the city and is granted the positiion of mayor of Elisabeth town. Eventually the Law family accept that lawless day and focus on the cities political agency, Hoping one day that when tough desicions need to be made, they can be there to help decide the fate of the city.
Concept Enviroment:
Kansas is home to my protagonists, the town has been built on fiction, during its creation, Earth 2 has always been a scavenger haven, therefore it was built following stories from the original Earth. The Wizard of Oz is the most popular audio tape folk listened to with the cultivation of the town. The folk had a fasicination with these stories that they implicated them into their town. Following the creation of the town, secrets were revealed of a sacred city across the town, the town created a large wall across the town to "protect" it. The secrets still to this date have not been revealed. To the date of 2280, the town stands proud with 3 sectors, high, middle and low. At a first glance, the town is a working class town, the higher sectors are furthest away from the wall, away from the working class, with the middle sector connecting the two.
Contagonist
Justin and Harper have a decent life with their daughter Elisabeth, owning a bar and retiring early provides the family with a lot of free time.
Elisabeth has not returned home last night, Justin looks everywhere, the bar the house. school, But cannot find her, he returns to his bar for rumours. Aware that he cannot contact the corupt police.
Returning to his Bar, he goes to his office and talks to his wife and finds a lead, Vartox, a smuggler who sells people. He lives in the low sector at the "Jarbar's Hut". They head out to meet him.
As as skeptical and evasive Vartox is, He does not have Elisabeth not know where she is. However he heard of a meet, the Collective a government agency that Vartox used to sell people to lay off his back and stay in bussiness. The meet was overnight at Lowly Alleys.
The spouse heard for the alleys but find nothing, but a black smudge on the floor with a logo on. The logo appears on the "Rainbow". It seems that there destination lies across more danger.
As they leave the alleyway, they realise that they know nothing of the Rainbow, walking through, they hear a voice telling them to come over here, Making there way, they are greated by a synthetic, who apparently encountered the meet, He tells them of how to get across the rainbow and of the organisisation that threatens the world: "You don't find the Collective, the Collective finds you"!.
Discovering the revelations from the synth, it turns out that it used to be a collector, someone who would collect people for the collective, though it would never know what for, just that he would drop them at the Rainbow. In order for them to get across they need to disable the shield.
They cross the Rainbow and enter Rainbow City, (See the Climax for final front^)
Re-Equilibrium!