Profile Guide - Suggested Read

[Nuriko Elsywth]

Alrighty! Welcome to Riko’s handy-dandy profile guide!

Let’s get started! We’ll start with the beginning and work our way through, shall we?

Name: Seems pretty easy, yes? Fill in your character’s full name; now’s also a good time to add any titles, nicknames or aliases.
Age: Also easy. Be sure to remember what time of year your character was born, and perhaps check the month the site is on. An added touch is a character who hasn’t yet passed their birthday showing that here.
Birthdate/Place: Fairly easy, yes? Please use the format provided! And do not forget where Jane or John was born!
Gender: Female or male
Family: Here’s a good place to list family members. Some people list ages and occupations as well. You could do a short family history, even. Be sure to put in your blood status! If a character is a squib, put down your family’s blood status.

Appearance:
Build/height- Is your character short and squat? Tall and lean? Tall and built like a brick wall? Short and way too thin? Average? Twisted? Crooked? This can be just a few words, later we will do the more extensive description.
General Description- Your character is unique. Give a more in-depth description. If you’re stuck think of your character’s personality. This will affect how they dress, how they carry themselves. How will I recognize your character if I walk in the room? Will they be in the corner? In the middle of the group?

Remember, a person’s background may affect how they dress. Purebloods may wear robes, while a Muggleborn might be more comfortable in jeans. You never know. Remember things like hair color, eye color, and scars or birthmarks.
Possessions- You needn’t list everything down to the W.C., but do go for the basics (Owns a dog, has a favourite book or broom…)

Personality:
Temperament/Mental Attributes- How does your character think? Are they prejudiced? Accepting? Do they hate to cook? Are they lazy? How easily they get upset? There are so many possibilities here. Have fun with it, but try to write concisely. Also consider how events in their life has effected them. Strong emotional events show in the personality.
Alliance- Loyalty. Who is your character loyal to? What group of people? Do they only care for themselves?
Alignment- See post below.


Strengths/Weaknesses- Separate them somehow, so the reader can tell which is which easily. This is a defining part of your character. This will reflect your character’s personality, give a little more information on character flaws or virtues.

Employment&Education:
-Students-
House- You can pick it, or you may ask a staff member to chose for you.
Year- Well, what year is your student in? Remember, if they were born after Sept. 1st, they would start school as an almost-twelve year old.
OWLs/NEWTs- This is optional, but really fun. You needn’t list them all, or even name classes. You could merely say “Jane got four E’s” if you wish.

-Adults-
Former House- Did they attend Hogwarts? What was their house?
Job- There are many jobs available in the Wizarding world. Think like Jane or John. What type of job would fit them?
Employer- Who employs your character?
OWLs/NEWTs- This is optional, but really fun. You needn’t list them all, or even name classes. You could merely say “Jane got four E’s” if you wish.

Other:
Magical Skills- This is optional, you may wish to note any specific skills here.
Patronus- Only if applicable. DO NOT post an animal here ‘just because’ its cool. It MUST represent your character. Try to remember that some can’t cast this spell, or can only cast a ‘shield’ form.
Wand- Typical wands are between 9” and 12”. Very few are longer or shorter. For the cores, there are many different cores available. Try an ordinary core, try a rarer core. They usually reflect your character.
Goals/Aspirations- Optional. What motivates your character?
Other Information- Optional. Anything you’d like us to know about Jane or John?

History- This is a big part of your character. The past defines them, makes them who they are. It starts at birth and goes all the way to the present. I like to update my bios after a few months, but you don’t have to. Try to include the current plot. What does your character think about it?

How was school for them? How is work? How is school, how was their childhood? Go ahead, they’re in your control!

[Nuriko Elsywth]

Lawful Good

Lawful Good is known as the "Saintly" or "Crusader" alignment. A Lawful Good character typically acts with compassion, and always with honor and a sense of duty. A Lawful Good nation would consist of a well-organized government that works for the benefit of its citizens.

Lawful Good characters, may sometimes find themselves faced with the dilemma of whether to obey law or good when the two conflict - for example, upholding a sworn oath when it would lead innocents to come to harm - or conflicts between two orders, such as between their religious law and the law of the local ruler.

Neutral Good

Neutral Good is known as the "Benefactor" alignment. A Neutral Good character is guided by his conscience and typically acts altruistically, without regard for or against Lawful precepts such as rules or tradition. A Neutral Good character has no problems with co-operating with lawful officials, but does not feel beholden to them. In the event that doing the right thing requires the bending or breaking of rules, they do not suffer the same inner conflict that a Lawful Good character would.

Chaotic Good

A Chaotic Good character favors change for a greater good, disdains bureaucratic organizations that get in the way of social improvement, and places a high value on personal freedom, not only for oneself, but for others as well. They always intend to do the right thing, but their methods are generally disorganised and often out of alignment with the rest of society.

They may create conflict in a team if they feel they are being pushed around, and often view extensive organisation and planning as pointless, preferring to improvise. While they do not have evil intentions, they may do bad things (even though they will not enjoy doing these things) to people who are, in their opinion, bad people, if it benefits the greater good.

Lawful Neutral

A Lawful Neutral character typically believes strongly in Lawful concepts such as honor, order, rules and tradition, and often follows a personal code. A Lawful Neutral society would typically enforce strict laws to maintain social order, and place a high value on traditions and historical precedent. Examples of Lawful Neutral characters might include a soldier who always follows orders, a judge or enforcer that adheres mercilessly to the word of the law, and a disciplined monk.

Characters of this alignment are neutral with regard to good and evil. This does not mean that Lawful Neutral characters are amoral or immoral, or do not have a moral compass; but simply that their moral considerations come a distant second to what their code, tradition or law dictates. They typically have a strong ethical code, but it is primarily guided by their system of belief, not by a commitment to good or evil.

Neutral

Neutral alignment, also referred to as True Neutral or Neutral Neutral, is called the "Undecided" or "Nature's" alignment. This alignment represents Neutral on both axes, and tends not to feel strongly towards any alignment. A farmer whose primary overriding concern is to feed his family is of this alignment. Most animals, lacking the capacity for moral judgment, are of this alignment. Many roguish characters who play all sides to suit themselves are also of this alignment.

Some Neutral characters, rather than feeling undecided, are committed to a balance between the alignments. They may see good, evil, law and chaos as simply prejudices and dangerous extremes.

Chaotic Neutral

A character of this alignment is an individualist who follows his or her own heart, and generally shirks rules and traditions. Although they promote the ideals of freedom, it is their own freedom that comes first. Good and Evil come second to their need to be free, and the only reliable thing about them is how totally unreliable they are. Chaotic Neutral characters are free-spirited and do not enjoy the unnecessary suffering of others, but if they join a team, it is because that team's goals coincide with their own.

They invariably resent taking orders and can be very selfish in their pursuit of personal goals. A Chaotic Neutral character does not have to be an aimless wanderer; they may have a specific goal in mind, but their methods of achieving that goal are often disorganised, unorthodox, or entirely unpredictable.

An unusual subset of Chaotic Neutral is "strongly Chaotic Neutral", describing a character who behaves chaotically to the point of appearing insane. Characters of this type may regularly change their appearance and attitudes for the sake of change, and intentionally disrupt organizations for the sole reason of disrupting a lawful construct.

Lawful Evil

Characters of this alignment see a well-ordered system as being easier to exploit, and show a combination of desirable and undesirable traits; while they usually obey their superiors and keep their word, they care nothing for the rights and freedoms of other individuals and are not averse to twisting the rules to work in their favor. Examples of this alignment include tyrants, devils, undiscriminating mercenary types who have a strict code of conduct, and loyal soldiers who enjoy the act of killing.

Like Lawful Good Paladins, Lawful Evil characters may sometimes find themselves faced with the dilemma of whether to obey law or evil when the two conflict - however their issues with Law versus Evil are more concerned with "Will I get caught?" vs "How does this benefit me?"

Neutral Evil

Characters of this alignment are typically selfish and have no qualms about turning on their allies-of-the-moment. They have no compunctions about harming others to get what they want, but neither will they go out of their way to cause carnage or mayhem when they see no direct benefit to it.

They abide by laws for only as long as it is convenient for them. A villain of this alignment can be more dangerous than either Lawful or Chaotic Evil characters, since he is neither bound by any sort of honor or tradition nor disorganized and pointlessly violent.

Examples are an assassin who has little regard for formal laws but does not needlessly kill, a henchman who plots behind his superior's back, or a mercenary who switches sides if made a better offer.

Chaotic Evil

Characters of this alignment tend to have no respect for rules, other people's lives, or anything but their own desires, which are typically selfish and cruel. They set a high value on personal freedom, but do not have any regard for the lives or freedom of other people. They do not work well in a group, as they resent being given orders, and usually behave themselves only out of fear of punishment.

It is not compulsory for a Chaotic Evil character to be constantly performing sadistic acts just for the sake of being evil, or constantly disobeying orders just for the sake of causing chaos. They do however enjoy the suffering of others, and view honor and self-discipline as weaknesses. Serial killers and monsters of limited intelligence are typically Chaotic Evil.

_{Thank you Wikipedia!}

[Nuriko Elsywth]

Here are some threads and things I suggest you read (None are obligatory)

Adopt-a-Character - You don't have to adopt a character, but this board has a list of fun character ideas you might want to use to get an idea of your own -- or steal one from the list!
F.A.Q. - Here are some common questions. (Your question not on the list? Ask!)
Positions Roster - Many of these positions are open for the taking. And even if not, you may want to know who's who! This list tells you that very thing.