Character Name:
Mi'ilarah
Basic Character Information:
Female. ~25 Years old. Human with amnesia. Force Sensitive with a fiery temper when provoked.
Brief Idea for Role Play:
Set in Star Wars universe. (During Old Republic).
Mi'ilarah wakes up near a small Twi'lek farming village on Alderaan with no memory of who she is or how she got there. The village take her in, giving her somewhere to live in return for her help around the village with farm work. Your character would be a bounty hunter (whether they are force sensitive or not is up to you) in search of a fugitive with a price on their head. During the fight to capture the fugitive, your character recognizes Mi'ilarah as the missing daughter of a powerful Sith lord. Seeing a bigger pay day in returning her to her family, your character then decides to go after her instead. Once she's captured, your character and Mi'ilarah start growing close and your character begins having seconds thoughts about handing her over. Resulting in arguments with your ships crew and possible conflict with the Sith and/or Jedi further down the line.
I can be flexible on the plot and am a huge fan of unseen twists as long as it makes sense to the story. More characters can be added by either of us during rp to suit the story.
Personal Boundaries to Adhere to:
* No sex. I'm perfectly happy to write romance and 'steamy' situations but will not be happy to go any further than that. Sexual scenes can be skipped ahead of by writing in brackets 'Skip ahead' or 'Private Time'. I generally tend to steer clear of sexual rps as I have a stronger preference for story driven rps instead.
* Try not to God Mod or Auto Hit. If it makes sense to the story, or I've rp-ed with you for a while, then I don't mind so much. I prefer it if I have a heads up beforehand though. I will always give you the same courtesy.
Character Biography or Link to Character Biography:
I am a fan of improvised characters. If you have a biography ready to go then that's great. If not, don't be afraid to make up a character on the spot and write whatever feels right for that character. Biographies can always be filled out as we go along.
Now that having been said, I've written up a basic bio for Mi'ilarah to get things started;
Character Name:
Mi'ilarah (Amnesia Alias)
Saphyre Synge (Real Name)
Race:
Human
Age:
25 Years Old
Gender:
Female
Sexual Orientation:
Bisexual
Physical Description:
Blond, shoulder length hair. Blue eyes. Slender with small muscles. Around 5'6.
Personality:
(While Amnesiac) Untrusting of strangers but a little gullible when it comes to people claiming to know her. Wants to know who she really is, why she ended up where she was and why she lost her memory. Suspicious & paranoid of everyone. Easy to anger.
Skills:
* Novice at hand to hand combat skills
* Intermediate skill with small blades and light sabers.
* Novice marksman
Allegiance:
(While an amnesiac) No one.
(Before Amnesia) The Empire.
Enemies:
(While an amnesiac) No one.
(Before Amnesia) The Republic & The Jedi
History:
Saphyre is the daughter of a powerful Sith lord who is a member of the dark council. In a bid to quell tensions between Saphyre's family and a rival Sith family, her father arranged for her to marry the other Sith Lord's son. Unhappy to be sold off to their enemies, Saphyre fled Dromund Kaas in a small cruiser. Unfortunately, while passing through Nar Shaddaa, a Jedi picked up on her presence and began tracking her. Saphyre attempted to flee the planet by stealing a Starfighter, resulting in the Jedi giving chase. Just as she thought she'd lost him, she needed to make an emergency landing on Alderaan. Her starship was then struck down as it entered enemy territory. She ejected from the ship before it crashed and by a pure miracle, she survived...but she lost all of her memories. She has since been taken in by the Twi'lek that found her and nursed her back to health.
Overcoming writers block in role play. (Or working on making your role play posts longer.)
A few things you could bear in mind when writing out responses to role plays;
What do they hear?
What do they see?
What do they taste? (if eating or on the air)
What do they smell?
What do certain things feel like?
This is a good way to beef up your posts and gives your character an opportunity to react or have thoughts to certain things mentioned in the previous post, no matter how small they may seem.
For example, your partner might have mentioned in their post that their character was fidgeting with something as they were talking. Does your character take notice of this? If so, what do they think about it? Do they merely notice and choose to ignore it or do they find it a little annoying? Or do they notice that the thing they're fidgeting with is unique in some way, such as a coin with special markings?
How does your character feel about certain things that happened as they happened? Angry? Upset? Terrified? Happy?
How did they express these emotions? Shaking out of fear? Lip quivering because they're about to cry? Cheeks turning red out of embarrassment? etc.
What are they thinking when each event occurs? Do certain events trigger memories that they could relive in that moment?
These are just a few ideas to help you out. They sound basic but you'd be surprised how easy it is to let a few of these slip when you start to feel creatively burned out. Hope they help
For those new to making characters this is a little something that you might find useful for planning out your characters. Whether they be for role play purposes or general creative writing. You could use as much or as little of this template as you need. Whatever fits your personal writing style.
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Age: (Looks vs Actual)
Date of Birth:
Gender: (If any)
Sexual Orientation:
Physical Description:
Likes:
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Strengths:
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Personality:
Hobbies:
Skills:
Allegiance:
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Main Goal:
Motivations:
Work:
Conflicts:
Character Development Plan: (If Any)
History:
Some members might prefer to role play via inbox so having the inbox split itself into pages might make it easier to keep up with the story without having to continuously scroll to get to the bottom of the page in order to read the latest role play post.
Just a thought, but I don't know how making a website works so if it's something that can't be done or at least can't be done easily then it's not the end of the world.