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camwynI'm tired. I was up way too late last night. If I write anything narrative tonight it won't be even a little bit properly coherent. Tonight's work on Roger is reference material instead. I'm using Aetherial's Character Development Worksheet from http://camwyn.tumblr.com/image/101679019096. I realize that this is technically just more of the background stuff I've been doing for ages rather than actually putting the story down on paper but Lord help me I had no brain today for anything.
Name: Roger Maxson, on his birth certificate. Ugly Pony, from his clan uncle. Eventually, First-of-Steel, but there's no other Crow except his son alive to know that by then.
Nicknames: Chief (this is really not one he likes, but it was amazingly common for Native Americans in the US armed forces to wind up with people calling them Chief, or Red, or both), Hoss (bestowed by a white guy who was unaware of any relation to his actual name)
Gender: Male
Righty/Lefty: Righty
Age: 31
Height: 5'8”
Weight: 167 pounds (BMI says this is overweight. BMI is bullshit. The starting lineup of any professional football team would be rated as overweight to morbidly obese by BMI standards. Roger's weight is muscle.)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black, although he's had individual grey hairs showing up since he was fourteen- never more than two or three at a time, though
Distinguishing marks: Nothing of great note; a faded burn scar on one arm from the time he used a heat gun and forgot the nozzle didn't cool down as soon as it was switched off
Describe physical traits in one passage: Very erect posture, blocky build, thick but amazingly nimble fingers, cheekbones that would make Angelina Jolie go 'wait, are those mine', slightly off-kilter nose from repeated sports accidents, eyebrows that will be the last thing to go grey; it would not be hard to mistake him for an especially sun-baked southern Italian unless you actually knew southern Italians, in which case his color wouldn't be quite right and his eyes would be all wrong
Parents: Peter Maxson and Margaret Maxson, formerly Margaret Little Light (it's a surname)
Siblings: One sister, Alice
Marital status: Married
Significant other(s): Yvonne Arliss, from La Crosse, Wisconsin; either they met when he was at college or there was some USO function involved
Children: One, Roger Jr., at Yvonne's insistence; he's thirteen or fourteen and probably has an Indian name but I don't know what it is
Other relatives: Clan uncle- an older relative from his father's mother's clan, who gave him the Ugly Pony name after the single toughest living creature he had ever known in order to help him survive being a sickly jaundiced baby (it worked)
Pets: No, unless his son has a pet rabbit or something. They've got a robot, though, and its name is Oswald; it's a Mr. Handy
Friends: Still working on this; gets along well with Sgt. Platner in his current squad, though, for all that Platner's a noncom. (Platner is a black man from Atlanta known for being the biggest, roughest-looking son of a bitch ever to play the violin, and did not much like being drafted into the Army but has made the most of it so far.)
Enemies: Sgt. Phil Robinson, who was formerly part of his squad, and Col. Ryan Lucas, who he never met; Robinson was an MP who liked being a shit to Canadian prisoners of war and Roger intervened to stop him getting out of hand. Col. Lucas was Robinson's uncle and deliberately torpedoed several of Roger's personnel records to punish him for making his nephew look bad. More later, maybe.
Relationships (other): Probably a good few others including the non-prisoner-abusing former members of his squad and other Army buddies; friends from back in college; haven't really decided yet
Ethnicity: Apsaalooke (Crow)
Religion: Catholic and Crow spirituality (this is common; Joseph Medicine Crow, last traditional war chief of the Crow, was both a Baptist and a member of the Tobacco Society religion, and if you asked him about it he mostly just said that he preferred to speak to the First Maker in church)
Beliefs:
Superstitions:
Diction, Accent, Etc.:
Education (highest):
Degrees:
Vocation/Occupation:
Employment History:
Salary:
Status and Money:
Own or Rent:
Living space (describe):
Work space (describe):
Main mode of transportation:
Fears:
Secrets:
IQ:
Eating habits:
Food preferences:
Sleeping habits:
Book preferences:
Music preferences:
Groups or alone?:
Leader or follower?
Planned out or spontaneous?
Journal- do they keep one?
Hobbies/recreation?
How do they relax?
What excites them?
Pet peeves?
Prejudices?
Attitudes:
Stressors:
Obsessions:
Addictions:
Ambitions:
As seen by others:
As seen by self:
Birth date:
Time of birth:
Western astrological sign:
Traits associated therewith:
Chinese zodiac sign:
Traits associated therewith:
Handwriting:
Sexual history:
General health:
Medical history:
Allergies:
Chronic illnesses:
Handicaps:
WHAT DOES IT HAVE IN ITS:
Purse/bag?
Wallet?
Fridge?
Medicine cabinet?
Glove compartment?
Junk drawer?
Bedroom hiding place?
Kitchen cabinets?
Closets?
Backpack?
Locker?
Desk?
Pocketses?
Favored Halloween costumes:
Tricks:
Talents:
Politics:
Flaws:
Strengths:
Drugs/alcohol:
Passwords:
Email address or equivalent:
Prized possessions:
Time and place:
Special places:
Special memories:
Name: Roger Maxson, on his birth certificate. Ugly Pony, from his clan uncle. Eventually, First-of-Steel, but there's no other Crow except his son alive to know that by then.
Nicknames: Chief (this is really not one he likes, but it was amazingly common for Native Americans in the US armed forces to wind up with people calling them Chief, or Red, or both), Hoss (bestowed by a white guy who was unaware of any relation to his actual name)
Gender: Male
Righty/Lefty: Righty
Age: 31
Height: 5'8”
Weight: 167 pounds (BMI says this is overweight. BMI is bullshit. The starting lineup of any professional football team would be rated as overweight to morbidly obese by BMI standards. Roger's weight is muscle.)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black, although he's had individual grey hairs showing up since he was fourteen- never more than two or three at a time, though
Distinguishing marks: Nothing of great note; a faded burn scar on one arm from the time he used a heat gun and forgot the nozzle didn't cool down as soon as it was switched off
Describe physical traits in one passage: Very erect posture, blocky build, thick but amazingly nimble fingers, cheekbones that would make Angelina Jolie go 'wait, are those mine', slightly off-kilter nose from repeated sports accidents, eyebrows that will be the last thing to go grey; it would not be hard to mistake him for an especially sun-baked southern Italian unless you actually knew southern Italians, in which case his color wouldn't be quite right and his eyes would be all wrong
Parents: Peter Maxson and Margaret Maxson, formerly Margaret Little Light (it's a surname)
Siblings: One sister, Alice
Marital status: Married
Significant other(s): Yvonne Arliss, from La Crosse, Wisconsin; either they met when he was at college or there was some USO function involved
Children: One, Roger Jr., at Yvonne's insistence; he's thirteen or fourteen and probably has an Indian name but I don't know what it is
Other relatives: Clan uncle- an older relative from his father's mother's clan, who gave him the Ugly Pony name after the single toughest living creature he had ever known in order to help him survive being a sickly jaundiced baby (it worked)
Pets: No, unless his son has a pet rabbit or something. They've got a robot, though, and its name is Oswald; it's a Mr. Handy
Friends: Still working on this; gets along well with Sgt. Platner in his current squad, though, for all that Platner's a noncom. (Platner is a black man from Atlanta known for being the biggest, roughest-looking son of a bitch ever to play the violin, and did not much like being drafted into the Army but has made the most of it so far.)
Enemies: Sgt. Phil Robinson, who was formerly part of his squad, and Col. Ryan Lucas, who he never met; Robinson was an MP who liked being a shit to Canadian prisoners of war and Roger intervened to stop him getting out of hand. Col. Lucas was Robinson's uncle and deliberately torpedoed several of Roger's personnel records to punish him for making his nephew look bad. More later, maybe.
Relationships (other): Probably a good few others including the non-prisoner-abusing former members of his squad and other Army buddies; friends from back in college; haven't really decided yet
Ethnicity: Apsaalooke (Crow)
Religion: Catholic and Crow spirituality (this is common; Joseph Medicine Crow, last traditional war chief of the Crow, was both a Baptist and a member of the Tobacco Society religion, and if you asked him about it he mostly just said that he preferred to speak to the First Maker in church)
Beliefs:
Superstitions:
Diction, Accent, Etc.:
Education (highest):
Degrees:
Vocation/Occupation:
Employment History:
Salary:
Status and Money:
Own or Rent:
Living space (describe):
Work space (describe):
Main mode of transportation:
Fears:
Secrets:
IQ:
Eating habits:
Food preferences:
Sleeping habits:
Book preferences:
Music preferences:
Groups or alone?:
Leader or follower?
Planned out or spontaneous?
Journal- do they keep one?
Hobbies/recreation?
How do they relax?
What excites them?
Pet peeves?
Prejudices?
Attitudes:
Stressors:
Obsessions:
Addictions:
Ambitions:
As seen by others:
As seen by self:
Birth date:
Time of birth:
Western astrological sign:
Traits associated therewith:
Chinese zodiac sign:
Traits associated therewith:
Handwriting:
Sexual history:
General health:
Medical history:
Allergies:
Chronic illnesses:
Handicaps:
WHAT DOES IT HAVE IN ITS:
Purse/bag?
Wallet?
Fridge?
Medicine cabinet?
Glove compartment?
Junk drawer?
Bedroom hiding place?
Kitchen cabinets?
Closets?
Backpack?
Locker?
Desk?
Pocketses?
Favored Halloween costumes:
Tricks:
Talents:
Politics:
Flaws:
Strengths:
Drugs/alcohol:
Passwords:
Email address or equivalent:
Prized possessions:
Time and place:
Special places:
Special memories:
