Ooh, I just happen to have futuristic French characters already out there. What do you know. =P
Name: Lothaire Voclain
Appearance/race: A French African with a boxy head but an otherwise small and wiry frame, short curly brown hair and grey eyes. He has a warm smile and gives off a cheerful aura. Because of how he was born he doesn't have a bellybutton.
Age: 24
Brief history: The son of scientists, is actually a clone of the real Lothaire who was killed in a machinery accident when he was a child. His parents used their knowledge and leverage in the scientific community to recreate their child, but soon found that the person they cloned didn't have the same personality as their lost son, who was a genius like they where. Instead, he has rather average intelligence and no head for science, growing up to work in a local butcher shop and becoming estranged from his parents because of the stress of the situation.
Traits: A outwardly playful goofball who hides some of his personal problems and old scars under a facade of whimsy and merriment. Kind and friendly, but tends to do more harm then good when he tries to help out and can easily guilt trip himself for messing up. He likes to daydream, and when no one else is around he's usually off in his own world. He can have a temper or become easily stressed out about certain things, and his bad moods tend to linger for a while.