The Character Sheet:
The Characters/The Chosen One's
(General Info):
(General Info):
- Age: 10 to 24 for the chosen ones, and 25 to 30 for the guides.
- Physically: These people are healthy, fertile and have no predispositions for any types of diseases, illnesses, allergies, or any sort of disability when they reach a certain age or state. If these characters live a healthy, viceless, and safe lifestyle, they will die of old age. Genetically speaking they are perfect. They will most likely have a good if not better eyesight hearing, hearing, hair, skin complexion, teeth, height, weight, metabolism, etc. and will pass down those good genes to their young.
- Mentally: These characters will not be stupid, and that is a fact. They have an average IQ grade, if not downright superior without having any sort of disorder. They are perfectly capable of solving simple to complex problems as long as they have the chance to do so. They will, by no means, have any sort of disability when it comes to learning, which means that they will continue to become better, smarter, and be more capable if they choose to pursue it.
- Personality: Specific personality aside these people will be “good” people in that they will do the morally right choice six out of ten times, the four times they will not do the right thing is going to be because of heightened emotions, and morally ambiguous cases.
- Skills: These characters were specifically chosen because they have a or a set of skills that can contribute to their survival and the eventual reconstruction of society. These skills, no matter how they were acquired are things that they are capable of applying to most real world situations. These “skills” can range from having an in depth scientific knowledge of botany, anatomy, chemistry, or professional training in the fields of medicine, geology, astronomy, meteorology, etc. They could be talented in performing in arts like dance, music or even theater, or maybe their field is in sports like swimming, archery, baseball, chess, etc. or extreme sports like sailing, paragliding, scuba diving, etc. They could also be more occupational skills like political knowledge, farming, business, architecture, or something more cultural like fashion, cuisine, religion, and entertainment. They also are just skilled in something due to a hobby like rock climbing, pottery, hunting, etc. They’ll include any sort of field that a person can excel at, except for skills that are specifically geared to things that won’t be available to them in a world without energy, but they’ll include people who understand said things and will be able to recreate them. These skills are things that the government would assume are things that should be preserved when it comes to American society and surviving in general. However no matter how skilled they are in this field they are still fairly young so there are still some things they lack, but they are good enough in this field that they can apply it to the new world, and teach it to someone else.
- Diversity: America is a diverse country and this will show in the teams in the group. The first criterion for someone to be chosen is that person must be an American citizen born and raised in America. For the purposes of this RP we will go under the belief that the government isn’t racist, sexist, and inclusive to all kinds of people. Essentially they just picked those that are qualified which means that the candidates will be composed of racially, ethnically, and culturally different people with different ideologies, religions, and even philosophies.
- Opinions: A big part of the story is drama, introspection, and character development so things like their personal ideas, opinions and thoughts are a primary part of the story and the secondary cause of conflict right behind physical survival. These opinions they have on whatever sort of topic will be the secondary plot motivator. A lot of the times the characters will be subjected to things that deal with subjects such as loss, change, nature, evolution, government, death, religion, humanity, morality, sex, romance, friendship, family, nepotism, growing up, pregnancy, etc. so the characters are bound to, and should come into conflict with other people in certain areas.
- Sex and Sexuality: For the purpose of this story, the characters will mostly be heterosexual, but this is not to dismiss gender and sexual fluidity, homosexuality, bisexuality, etc. This is so because the idea behind the project is that these people were chosen so that they may repopulate the earth. I am however open to the idea that there will be characters that are open to having non heterosexual and monogamous relationships, since it would be more fun and realistic that way. Other cultures have done it before, are doing so now, and it will be kind of fun to have a group that is more open to a different kind of lifestyle than the traditionally viewed American man, woman and child combination. This also opens up the possibility of having someone who begins discovering his or her non-heterosexual lifestyle.
The Elites:
- Appearance: They are good looking people. Good looking in that they will have fair unblemished skin complexion, perfect set of teeth that, will have no predisposition for things such as body odor, bad breath, or even dandruff. They are most likely photogenic, and can be models for some kind of company and will probably do well. They are attractive people who can be considered to be good looking by a lot of people. Chances are they also sport a clean and fit body in that they won’t have any or a lot of tattoos, won’t have any piercing other than the socially accepted ones, and wear clothing that will look good on them and will attract a lot of attention in the good way.
- Background: These people will most likely come from good, wealthy, and rich backgrounds that have nurtured them and all their abilities since they were born. They come from a good family that gave them the best type of lifestyle they could afford. Their family members may have also been influential and powerful in their chosen fields and in a way were probably famous. Ideally, they lived peaceful lives surrounded by nothing but good things and have never experienced any sort of serious life hardships like starvation, homelessness, etc. There’s also a possibility that some of the group’s families are well connected to certain people in the government that they made sure that their lineage is to survive, and made it so that even the people they are associated with are there as well (nepotism you know.). This does not mean that their family life is perfect as there is bound to be troubles in all families regardless of the prestige.
- Personality: These people are most likely go getting A types that are deeply involved in whatever sort of craft they are in. They are going to be the type of people who will do what they want and will most likely get it through hard work and determination. These people are not going to be elitist bastards who only think of themselves, but it is not to say that they won’t be a little too proud of their status before. Not everyone is going to be some sort of saint who gives all their money to charity, but if they were billionaires, they will probably give a million or two to some kind of charity without having any serious issues with it. Overall, they’re just normal people in terms of personality. They are normal people though so they will still have issues. A big point however is that these people have the personality that in spite of the fact that they no longer live in a world of luxury they are, with some development be able to cope with their new life.
- Skills: Their skills are something that a nation can be proud of to call as something they helped nurture. It is something that they actively chose to develop, and are/were formally trained in which would have likely lead them to a life wherein this skill plays an important part in what would probably be successful lives. An academic based skill such as chemistry or biology will probably lead them to working in a pharmaceutical company that will one day develop a cure for a life threatening illness. An athletic skill like Baseball will probably get them to a national game. A performing skill such as Ballet dancing will probably make them accomplished, famous ballet that are knowledgeable the things related to that field such as the dance itself to even physical therapy. A job related skill like Business will probably make them accomplished business owners who can turn it into some kind of empire in a few short years if given the opportunities. Simply put, in the field they’re in they are nothing if not exceptional that even those much older than them recognizes their skill. These skills are bound to them in a certain so it may limit their life choices so someone who is an accomplished athlete will never be able to become some sort of scientist in the short lives they have lived. Gifted, is the term that is often associated with them in their field. Naturally they have probably dedicated a lot of time and effort in knowing what they know so there are certain things that they have lost or given up while gaining these skills.
- Flaws: NO matter how good these people are, they are human and they will have flaws. Their flaws can range, but are most likely related to their pride because they are capable people who were often in the right and will try their hardest to keep that pride and dignity. They may have Inexperience with the darkness of the world and the cruelty of humankind because they have lived peaceful and blessed lives (not always because those who are in the political world understand the darker aspects of the world). Thick headedness (not close mindedness) because they are the types of people who have strong opinions on certain things and view the world in a certain way so chances are they will not bend to another person’s will easily. Vanity because this world is cruel to them in an aesthetic way that anything from facial creams, combs, to even a variety of clothing will not be available to them anymore. In addition, inexperience in basic survival because they’ve lived such comfortable lives in the modern world that things like hunting, manual labor,farming, and construction is something they have never really done before.
- Essentially: These guys are the conventionally and traditionally good looking, skilled, and comes from a nice family.
The Failures:
- Appearance: They are still good looking people, but not as formally accepted good looking as the “Elite”. Unlike the elites that are conventionally and traditionally good looking, the rejects are not. The rejects don’t really have a set appearance because they don’t follow a singular identity. They do what they wish and they look however, they want. Their looks and lifestyle can range from being simple and carefree to the point wherein they let their hair grow and barely get it cut in years, or maybe they have a multicolored or bleached hair styled in a mohawk. They may not even care much about their clothing at all and just go for tee shirts and jeans, or on the other hand maybe they do care and do their best to express themselves through their looks so they give themselves tattoos, piercings (nothing too excessive though) and style and color their hair to make them feel good. What their style is who they are as people. They can either look just like everybody else you see on the street like a nobody or look like some kind of punk rock star who wears tattered leather jackets and steel toed boots.
- Background: They’re not privileged or rich, and maybe they’ve been living a life poverty and hardships or just something simple. The lives they’ve lived is what who makes them as people and maybe that’s why they’re considered as failures because of where they come from and what kind of history they have. Maybe their parents are drunks and junkies, or maybe the parents are just normal people, but they take out their problems on their kids which lead to a lot of problems for them. They could have lived a life that was just simple, but unfortunate in some ways or lived a life that was hard, but otherwise manageable and nothing too cruel. Maybe their family life is great and peaceful, the problems lie in the misfortunes surrounding that family, or maybe the problem is the family itself, and that’s what needs correcting. There is a chance that they were the types who ran away, or maybe they did a minor crime that could forever be associated to them, maybe they are the black sheep of a prestigious family, or maybe they were just the types of people that weren’t so fortunate and nothing ever went right. In any which way you spin it whatever kind of background they have it’s going to be what makes them as people because they don’t really have a lot going for them other than their past.
- Personality: They’re the type of people who have seen the bottom of the barrel and have lived there for some time and are probably still living there. They always know that they are being judged and treated a bit unfairly and they do whatever they want with it. Maybe they decided toughen themselves up and decide to rebel against society by actively being delinquents, maybe they just accepted it and don’t put much into making an effort of anything else and gave up their dreams, or maybe they didn’t deal with their horrible lives and hid away in their shells and became recluses who just rot away. They know the world is a cruel and unforgiving place because they’ve been called rejects and failures and outcasts their whole lives and maybe it’s because of this that they can be cruel and cold or maybe it’s the reason why they are idealistic and optimistic. They may be seen as the future criminals or wastes of space, but they’re good people at heart who make the morally right choices, whatever that may be. If given a two door option chances are they’ll just make third door if those two options don’t sit well with them.
- Skill: In spite of what people may say they’re quite skilled people and can still contribute said skills in a new world, but maybe not in the modern world where the elites have them beat. What makes their skill a bit different from those in the elite is that they’re probably not as formally trained or maybe they don’t even have any form of training or studies in that field. Chances are the majority of them gained their skill because of where they grew up, through self-teaching, or maybe they learned it unconsciously. Their skill may be things that they’re actively or passively good at, but it’s not something that their future was entirely dependent on. Chances are their skill was just something of a hobby, a past time that they indulged in, or something they just rather learned, but whatever this skill maybe it was something they never really counted on for their lives as it was just something they had. There’s also a chance that they didn’t have a skill that they knew of in the modern world, but now that they live in such prehistoric times maybe they realized their potential for some sort of skill that can contribute to their survival and society. Skills that are considered to be more useless in the modern world may also be placed in here.
- Essentially: They are the non traditional and eccentric types who come from a dysfunctional background and possess odd skills.
