Thursday, December 22, 2005

Character Spotlight: Casey Straton (Rozanne)

Background

  1. Where was your character born? Casey was born and raised in Kahoor.
  2. Who raised her? Casey's parents, Duke Chandos and Duchess Courtney Straton, of the Kahooran nobility.
  3. Does your character have any relatives? Casey has three brothers and numerous cousins and sundry other family members. She is also betrothed to a minor noble of Kahoor who is a royal pain in the ass.

Motivation

  1. What are your character’s immediate goals? Casey wants to run away and od what no woman would do . . . be a bounty-hunter.
  2. What would she like to do in the coming year? Casey seeks to establish a life as a woman who can live as free as a man, free to do whatever she pleases just as a man can.
  3. What are her long-term goals? Casey wants to convince her father that she can do everything a man can do and that is it's not necessary to marry just because she's a woman.
  4. What type of person would be her ideal mate? Casey would like to find a handsome, loving, caring man who knows who she is and that she's not just some pretty face.
  5. Who is his patron deity? Is he a devout worshiper? Casey follows the family god, Hombel. She is not particularly devout.
  6. Is there any race, creed, alignment, etc. against which she is strongly prejudiced? Casey doesn't particularly like elves.
  7. What is her greatest fear? Casey fears that her father will find her before she has proven herself.
  8. What is the one task she absolutely refuses to do? Casey will never give up.

Idiosyncrasies

  1. What is your character's motto or favorite saying? Hmph, try me!
  2. What is her favorite color? Blue.
  3. Describe what she would wear if money were no object: Money is no object; she wears whatever she feels like at the moment.
  4. What is her farovrite food and drink? Casey like fresh fruits, cheeses, stewed cabbage, fish spiced with garlic and pepper and bread.
  5. What is her favorite animal? Casey likes horses.

Traits

Courtesy: 10 Valor: 10 Self-sacrifice: 7 Generosity: 8
Sobriety: 10 Calm Temper: 1 Optimism: 5 Curiosity: 8
Forgiveness: 7 Cheerfulness: 4 Patience: 8 Honesty: 10
Helpfulness: 8 Loyalty: 10    

Miscellaneous

  1. What would be her theme song? R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Aretha Franklin
  2. If her friends write her epitaph, what will it be? Illegitimati non carborundum.
  3. What would be her job in modern society? Casey would be a rancher.

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