Well I am writing a novel, and I have to have some pretty cool characters in that to make it interesting. So I'll just post about a minor one. It's a short and skinny 11 year old boy named Nathair who is always extremely happy although extremely pessimistic, walks in a kind of zig-zaggy pattern, and is always trying to befriend the protagonist by revealing to him "the truth" (this makes more sense in the context of the story). Also he's secretly the devil.
I'd post about others in the same story that I think are cooler, but I mustn't reveal my secrets...
I'm actually thinking about making a story with a friend. I have a few different ideas in my mind for different characters. Heroes and villains alike.
Working name: Slash
(doesn't really fit him, but I'm terrible with names. I'll try to think up a new one later. Or one of you could make a suggestion.)
Power: Makes weapons out of his own blood
Personality: Borderline insane. He's constantly cutting himself to use his powers or just letting his enemies hit him. It has taken its toll on him.
How I plan to use him: He'll appear during a major battle with a group (1-3 others; haven't worked it all out yet) attacking various allies of my main character. But they are actually after the main character.
I plan to kill him in that fight, making him one of the shortest lived characters in my concept. I thought about letting him live to use further, but it wouldn't work right and would go against my character's nature to let such dangerous foes live.
That sounds... incredibly awesome. Probably one of the coolest characters I've ever heard of. Sounds like he could be a pretty important and meaningful character, though, so killing him off that early isn't such a good idea. Also, for names just use a word from some old, dead language no one really speaks any more.
I have a whole Space Marine chapter who are influienced by chaos yet are not crazy or evil.
Based on olllllld 40k back before any hint of chaos automatically = insane mutants. Back when some Khorne followers were honourable and noble warriors who sought out the best combatants they could pit themselves against instead of this just insane berserker type they now have.
Those were the days. They say some of those still exist in the farthest reaches of the galaxy, far beyond the sight of the Emporer and even the seers of Chaos.
OT:I thought up a completly badass character named Nual.
He's from some where in the Middle East (my alternate reality one, that is) and was born during the time at which primative guns were starting to come into use. Raised on a farm and schooled by his uncle, a philosopher of some renown, Nual slowly took up an Abusurdist view on life. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism)
On his 18th birthday he recieved the traditional blades of his people, called Mavvot Yakom (curved death) and Sacouraaphon(sacrafice), and set out to wander the lands. Over his journies he has become a complete master of the blades and has developed a dextirity so amazing it is said he can grab thrown knives out of the air. He tackles every obstacle headon and often is heard exclaiming "Why in the seven Hells not? Nothing I'll ever do will mean shit so I might as well have fun doing it." As he wandered he built a reputation as a man who didn't tolerate evil or corruption and devoted his entire being to purging any evil or corrupt beings he came across. They say he still wanders the four lands fighting and chrming his way through life.
I plan to write several stories about him and his jouneys
I'm actually thinking about making a story with a friend. I have a few different ideas in my mind for different characters. Heroes and villains alike.
Working name: Slash
(doesn't really fit him, but I'm terrible with names. I'll try to think up a new one later. Or one of you could make a suggestion.)
Power: Makes weapons out of his own blood
Personality: Borderline insane. He's constantly cutting himself to use his powers or just letting his enemies hit him. It has taken its toll on him.
How I plan to use him: He'll appear during a major battle with a group (1-3 others; haven't worked it all out yet) attacking various allies of my main character. But they are actually after the main character.
I plan to kill him in that fight, making him one of the shortest lived characters in my concept. I thought about letting him live to use further, but it wouldn't work right and would go against my character's nature to let such dangerous foes live.
That sounds... incredibly awesome. Probably one of the coolest characters I've ever heard of. Sounds like he could be a pretty important and meaningful character, though, so killing him off that early isn't such a good idea. Also, for names just use a word from some old, dead language no one really speaks any more.
I agree. Make it so your protagonist barely escapes with his life and maybe have one of the companions die? Just a suggestion. That way you could use him longer, maybe integrate him more into the plot. How does Daamshal Hashvatoym sound for a name? Nice and foreign and mysterious.
I'm actually thinking about making a story with a friend. I have a few different ideas in my mind for different characters. Heroes and villains alike.
Working name: Slash
(doesn't really fit him, but I'm terrible with names. I'll try to think up a new one later. Or one of you could make a suggestion.)
Power: Makes weapons out of his own blood
Personality: Borderline insane. He's constantly cutting himself to use his powers or just letting his enemies hit him. It has taken its toll on him.
How I plan to use him: He'll appear during a major battle with a group (1-3 others; haven't worked it all out yet) attacking various allies of my main character. But they are actually after the main character.
I plan to kill him in that fight, making him one of the shortest lived characters in my concept. I thought about letting him live to use further, but it wouldn't work right and would go against my character's nature to let such dangerous foes live.
That sounds... incredibly awesome. Probably one of the coolest characters I've ever heard of. Sounds like he could be a pretty important and meaningful character, though, so killing him off that early isn't such a good idea. Also, for names just use a word from some old, dead language no one really speaks any more.
I agree. Make it so your protagonist barely escapes with his life and maybe have one of the companions die? Just a suggestion. That way you could use him longer, maybe integrate him more into the plot. How does Daamshal Hashvatoym sound for a name? Nice and foreign and mysterious.
Well does Daamshal Hashvatoym having any meaning? When I pick a character name I usually pick a word from an old language that at least kind of describes the character or has a meaning in the story. For example, the character that I mentioned from my story had the name "Nathair", the old Gaelic word for snake (alluding to the devil/snake in the Garden of Eden).
I made three.
First is can opener man I guess I can't that since it's really lame
The second is more of a regular persona with some alterations to their......pinkeys. I already developed a villian that I call THE TEACHER.
The last is more of a side project I had during summer. I stopped after a while and lost the notebook of it I had. Hopefully I can get restarted on it again.
I've written a few characters. An up-and-coming boxer for an unproduced radio play, a killer robot for a space show (that I named my computer after), a communications officer for that same show who I voice acted as a combination Japanese samurai and the Cookie Monster (and the listeners thought it was hilarious)...
I'd love to do it for a living, creating and developing characters for theatrical productions, but there's no money in it unless you've got the devil's luck.
I'm actually thinking about making a story with a friend. I have a few different ideas in my mind for different characters. Heroes and villains alike.
Working name: Slash
(doesn't really fit him, but I'm terrible with names. I'll try to think up a new one later. Or one of you could make a suggestion.)
Power: Makes weapons out of his own blood
Personality: Borderline insane. He's constantly cutting himself to use his powers or just letting his enemies hit him. It has taken its toll on him.
How I plan to use him: He'll appear during a major battle with a group (1-3 others; haven't worked it all out yet) attacking various allies of my main character. But they are actually after the main character.
I plan to kill him in that fight, making him one of the shortest lived characters in my concept. I thought about letting him live to use further, but it wouldn't work right and would go against my character's nature to let such dangerous foes live.
That sounds... incredibly awesome. Probably one of the coolest characters I've ever heard of. Sounds like he could be a pretty important and meaningful character, though, so killing him off that early isn't such a good idea. Also, for names just use a word from some old, dead language no one really speaks any more.
Oh yeah, he has an awesome power. You should see how I imagine him fighting.
Opponent hits Slash in the hip. He pulls a sword out of the wound and attacks. Opponent dodges and counters, but Slash changes the sword into a shield. Opponent backs off and Slash tears off a piece of the shield and throws a shuriken at the oppenent.
That's a quick, poorly described and written example.
I have other character concepts, too. He was just an example. I like the originality of his power, though. Honestly, I need to look up a lot of ideas for names.
I'm actually thinking about making a story with a friend. I have a few different ideas in my mind for different characters. Heroes and villains alike.
Working name: Slash
(doesn't really fit him, but I'm terrible with names. I'll try to think up a new one later. Or one of you could make a suggestion.)
Power: Makes weapons out of his own blood
Personality: Borderline insane. He's constantly cutting himself to use his powers or just letting his enemies hit him. It has taken its toll on him.
How I plan to use him: He'll appear during a major battle with a group (1-3 others; haven't worked it all out yet) attacking various allies of my main character. But they are actually after the main character.
I plan to kill him in that fight, making him one of the shortest lived characters in my concept. I thought about letting him live to use further, but it wouldn't work right and would go against my character's nature to let such dangerous foes live.
That sounds... incredibly awesome. Probably one of the coolest characters I've ever heard of. Sounds like he could be a pretty important and meaningful character, though, so killing him off that early isn't such a good idea. Also, for names just use a word from some old, dead language no one really speaks any more.
Oh yeah, he has an awesome power. You should see how I imagine him fighting.
Opponent hits Slash in the hip. He pulls a sword out of the wound and attacks. Opponent dodges and counters, but Slash changes the sword into a shield. Opponent backs off and Slash tears off a piece of the shield and throws a shuriken at the oppenent.
That's a quick, poorly described and written example.
I have other character concepts, too. He was just an example. I like the originality of his power, though. Honestly, I need to look up a lot of ideas for names.
Well as suggested before, just look for words in old languages, for example the Latin words "Sanguinis Gladius" literally translate to "Blade of Blood". Old, dead languages are your friend...
Scientist, Dr. Bruce Bonner, who was bitten by a genetically altered Daddy Long Legs, now possesses the power to leap tall shrubs in a single bound and decimate his enemies with tin claws that grow from his knuckles. But dont make him frustrated. You wouldnt like him when he's frustrated.
I've been thumbing around for a while now with this Super Hero story I've been working on. The hero in question, unfortunately isn't all that interesting, I'm trying to think of more ways for him to be.
He's not the character that I think is cool, though. That honor goes to one of the villains I made, his name's Werewolf.
He basically has control over all the hair on his body, as well as his fingernails. He can grow and recede his hair, he can make it incredbily strong, durable and sharp to form armor and weapons. He can extend it to latch on to buildings and swing around like Spider-Man. He can grow out his facial hair and change the color of it (not just hs facial hair, but all of his hair) for disguise purposes. He can also extend and harden his nails to form claws. Making him deadly at any range. His favorite method of attack is to sneak up behind his opponent and stab them through the head or neck using his claws or one of his "hair weapons"
I initially thought of him to be part of a group of less powerful, with somewhat stupid powers, but still fairly dangerous villains. This was mainly because I thought his powers of "hair control" was pretty stupid and weak on its own.
Then I began to think about it more in depth and realized all of the potential it had. That's where I came up with all of the stuff he was able to do.
He was also supposed to be a more sympathetic villain, but then I thought that I'd like him better as a sort of maverick who does what he wants, which is most often evil or illegal, putting him at odds with the hero.
Hell, I liked him so much I actually had him replace another villain as the hero's arch enemy.
I have created a multitude of characters that at least I think are cool. An example would be this young lad right here:
His name is Kato. He is twenty six years old, unceasingly upbeat, genuinely kindhearted, loving and caring, and he is the most talented and successful gigolo in the city in which he resides. He is also a half-demon, the child of an exceedingly powerful Succubus and the human with whom she fell in love. Unfortunately, his parents were brutally murdered when he was six years old and he believes he is the one who killed them.
At the age of nine, he was adopted by and apprenticed to a kindly blind chef who taught him the finer points of cooking, sciences, and an advanced ninjitsu only known to the deadliest clan of ninja in the world, which Kato mastered in less than a week. As he grew into a man, he discovered his love of women and his innate sexual talents, both of which he used to become the greatest male prostitute in the land, bound to no pimp or madame. Occasionally, he will take an off day from whoring and don his tights to play superhero (these endeavors are a running gag in the story and not actually the center of it).
One day he is attacked by a ninja using the very same form of ninjitsu he learned years ago. From that point onward he is pulled into a series of misadventures in which he meets a multitude of strange individuals, experiences mind-shattering personal tragedies, comes to terms with his demonic nature, learns about his past, and saves the world from the forces of evil.
I suppose I should make it clear that the story in which he resides has its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. Neither he nor the other characters in the story are meant to be taken seriously most of the time.
Ive made 5 awesome characters. the 5th one is for a different series, but when i tell my friends about them they find them awesome. I wont go into detail because i would be here all day.
I've written a few characters. An up-and-coming boxer for an unproduced radio play, a killer robot for a space show (that I named my computer after), a communications officer for that same show who I voice acted as a combination Japanese samurai and the Cookie Monster (and the listeners thought it was hilarious)...
I'd love to do it for a living, creating and developing characters for theatrical productions, but there's no money in it unless you've got the devil's luck.
I lost the rights to the character in a copyright dispute with the other principal member of my writing team, and my backup copy of the show got eaten by the virus monster on my computer. I'm sure someone's got it lying around somewhere---maybe even someone I'm still on speaking terms with.
Means "Blood of the Tribes." I was playing around with a translator last night. Figured that greatset warrior=center of tribal life. Plus it sounds badass.
Kinda. My last D&D game had a throwaway character that was a transdimensional, tea-drinking, Celestial-speaking T-rex with a blue and orange mentality (instead of the boring old black and white morality)
I was bored yesterday, so I tried to draw a cute, colorful gecko thing.
Moral of the story?
I fail at cute.
[small]I am also easily bored with digital art, so I'm prolly going to never finish the damn thing. Imagine it with scales, a saddle, and better inking. Possibly a very silly looking man on the saddle.)[/small]
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