The Development of a Custom Character
Posted June 25th, 2008 at 11:22 AM by Finrod
One of my earlier customs was an elf wizard named Gavin Sacrens (anagram for... someone). With the release of Wave 8 and all the new elf wizards, I've been re-working his stats a bit. Here's the card as it stands now:
Then I started on the bio. I already knew from the figure design that he was wearing the skin of an Anubian Wolf, so that gave me a little to go on. At first, I was imagining him as sort of impressive, a warrior who risks himself too much.
But then I started thinking about his powers. I like for personality to flow from powers (and vice versa). Here's a guy whose major power is to enhance other powers. From a personality point of view that makes him either an extremely generous person, or... an arrogant jerk who takes credit for others' successes.
Once I had that figured out, everything flowed together. I may reword parts of this, but I'm pretty happy with it:
Gavin Sacrens brings arrogance to a new level. A powerful wizard in his own right, his strongest ability is the power to enhance other wizards who fight with him. While this is a major benefit in battle, the other elves have long since grown tired of Gavin claiming credit for everything they accomplish. In his mind, Gavin Sacrens is the supreme force in the entire Valkyrie conflict. Once, so the story goes, he even dared to contradict Ullar in the midst of a council of war. King Charos himself escorted the hubristic elf out of the room and reproved him. The reproof has done little to mollify Gavin’s innate and overinflated ego. Vain to the point of nausea, he wears a cloak made from the skin of slain Anubian Wolf... and he brushes it carefully several times a day!
Then I started on the bio. I already knew from the figure design that he was wearing the skin of an Anubian Wolf, so that gave me a little to go on. At first, I was imagining him as sort of impressive, a warrior who risks himself too much.
But then I started thinking about his powers. I like for personality to flow from powers (and vice versa). Here's a guy whose major power is to enhance other powers. From a personality point of view that makes him either an extremely generous person, or... an arrogant jerk who takes credit for others' successes.
Once I had that figured out, everything flowed together. I may reword parts of this, but I'm pretty happy with it:
Gavin Sacrens brings arrogance to a new level. A powerful wizard in his own right, his strongest ability is the power to enhance other wizards who fight with him. While this is a major benefit in battle, the other elves have long since grown tired of Gavin claiming credit for everything they accomplish. In his mind, Gavin Sacrens is the supreme force in the entire Valkyrie conflict. Once, so the story goes, he even dared to contradict Ullar in the midst of a council of war. King Charos himself escorted the hubristic elf out of the room and reproved him. The reproof has done little to mollify Gavin’s innate and overinflated ego. Vain to the point of nausea, he wears a cloak made from the skin of slain Anubian Wolf... and he brushes it carefully several times a day!
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The Bio's Hilarious! Great work!
I like how well he works with all of the other new elves. I'd give you a +rep but I don't think I can yet (again). |
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Posted August 1st, 2008 at 04:52 PM by Was Abi |
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