Writing the Characters

I’ve talked before about how before I start any character design I’d like to have the characters’ personalities fleshed out in my head first, so in this weeks post I’m going to put up the character charts for the two main characters of Milo’s Many Nightmaeres, Milo and The Head of Nightmares.

Milo

Description

Milo is a young boy who lives with his mother in a small apartment in a large city. Milo is afraid of everything, and every night Milo is kept awake by the nightmares he has. Milo had gotten quite good at avoiding the problems in his life during the day so they haunt him at night. That mixed with his own vivid imagination means that Milo has some pretty impressive nightmares.

Identity

Name: Milo

Milo Age: 13

13 Gender: Male

Male Nationality / Ethnicity: Caucasian

Caucasian Parents: Single mother, father deceased

Single mother, father deceased Siblings: None

None Location: Small apartment in a large unnamed fictional city

Small apartment in a large unnamed fictional city Religion: N/A

N/A Class: Middle lower class

Middle lower class Marital Status: Single

Single Education: Grade School

Physical

Fat / Skinny: Skinny

Skinny Tall / Short: Short

Short Strong / Weak: Weak

Weak Hair Color/Style: Black Hair

Black Hair Style of Dress: Blue Striped Pajamas

Blue Striped Pajamas Attractive / Repulsive: Neither

Neither Unusual Characteristics / Markings / Disabilities: Over-sized head and eyes. Large bags under red tired eyes.

Behavior

Speech (Accent / Pitch / dialog tags): Soft frail voice

Soft frail voice Temperament ( Cheerful / grumpy): Neither, mostly fearful

Neither, mostly fearful Social Skills: Weak social skills. A very quiet child.

Weak social skills. A very quiet child. Ambitions / Desires: Wants to sleep freely

Wants to sleep freely Hobbies / Obsessions: Enjoys reading

Enjoys reading Special Talents: Vivid imagination

Vivid imagination Self Image: Weak self image

Weak self image Emotional Baggage: Some emotional baggage from his father’s death

Some emotional baggage from his father’s death Secrets: Many. But they may never be revealed!

Many. But they may never be revealed! Smoke / Drink: Neither

Neither Self Destructive / Defeating: Neither

Neither Mannerisms: Occasional stutter. Never makes eye contact.

Occasional stutter. Never makes eye contact. Intelligence: Average level of intelligence

Average level of intelligence Strong / Weak: Weak personality type

Weak personality type Leader / Follower: Follower

Follower Mean / Kind: Kind

Kind Right / Left Brained: Left Brained

Left Brained Brave / Fearful: Very Fearful

Very Fearful Graceful / Clumsy: Clumsy

Clumsy Seeks Attention / Isolation: Seeks Isolation

Seeks Isolation Funny / Serious: Occasionally funny

Occasionally funny Mellow / Energetic: Mellow

Mellow Humble / Arrogant: Humble

Humble Obedient / Rebellious: Obedient

Obedient Favorite Music: Lullabies

Inspirational Sources:

The Head of Nightmares

Description

The head of nightmares isn’t really a man. He has no age, no real name, no family, no beginning and no end. He only has one task and that’s to keep the nightmares running. Despite his evil job and ghoulish nature, he has no real bad will toward anyone. He only want to do his job. It’s due to this that he plays the dual roles of both Milo’s antagonist and his only friend.

Identity

Name: Unknown

Unknown Age: N/A

N/A Gender: Male

Male Nationality / Ethnicity: Caucasian, kind of

Caucasian, kind of Parents: None – he was not born

None – he was not born Siblings: None

None Location: The nightmare lobby

The nightmare lobby Religion: N/A

N/A Class: N/A

N/A Marital Status: Single

Single Education: Omnipotent

Physical

Fat / Skinny: Skinny

Skinny Tall / Short: Tall

Tall Strong / Weak: Appears weak but appearances are deceiving.

Appears weak but appearances are deceiving. Hair Color/Style: None

None Style of Dress: Black suit with red power tie

Black suit with red power tie Attractive / Repulsive: Repulsive

Repulsive Unusual Characteristics / Markings / Disabilities: Appears to be made of a crumbling sort of clay. Never moves just appears in different places and different posses instantly. Have no voice. Talks through a tape recorder that he caries with him everywhere.

Behavior

Speech (Accent / Pitch / dialog tags): Distorted low pitched voice played from a tape recorder

Distorted low pitched voice played from a tape recorder Temperament ( Cheerful / grumpy): Both and quickly fluctuates between the extremes.

Both and quickly fluctuates between the extremes. Social Skills: Decent, but unnecessary in his line of work.

Decent, but unnecessary in his line of work. Ambitions / Desires: Wishes to keep the nightmares on track. Enjoys everything going according to plan.

Wishes to keep the nightmares on track. Enjoys everything going according to plan. Hobbies / Obsessions: None, too preoccupied with work.

None, too preoccupied with work. Special Talents: Can teleport and can be in multiple places at the same time.

Can teleport and can be in multiple places at the same time. Self Image: Strong self image. Very confident

Strong self image. Very confident Emotional Baggage: None

None Secrets: Knows all of the worlds fears.

Knows all of the worlds fears. Smoke / Drink: Neither

Neither Self Destructive / Defeating: Neither

Neither Mannerisms: Highly expressive face. Holds poses for a while.

Highly expressive face. Holds poses for a while. Intelligence: Genius

Genius Strong / Weak: Strong

Strong Leader / Follower: Leader

Leader Mean / Kind: More kind than mean

More kind than mean Right / Left Brained: Neither

Neither Brave / Fearful: Brave, but only because there is nothing for him to fear

Brave, but only because there is nothing for him to fear Graceful / Clumsy: Neither

Neither Seeks Attention / Isolation: Seeks Isolation. Does not care for humans.

Seeks Isolation. Does not care for humans. Funny / Serious: Serious

Serious Mellow / Energetic: Neither. Middle of the road

Neither. Middle of the road Humble / Arrogant: Arrogant

Arrogant Obedient / Rebellious: Obedient

Obedient Favorite Music: Screams

Inspirational Sources:

Well that’s it for this week. I’m getting close to a playable prototype for this game and as soon as I do you’ll be able to get it here. Keep an eye on the blog for more!

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