Fantasy Role Playing Game Character Creation Worksheet
by Gérald Beaudoin.
Modified for Hârn by R. Downey
Character name: Uriel Weijik Player name: Olivier Dufault
Step 1: Concept.
What is the basic concept for your character?: a historian/writer trailblazer. A troubadour legionnaire.
Name an example for this character from a book, movie or T.V.: The main character from Blade Runner, but more of a book worm and less active.
Does this represent your character at the start of the campaign or the goal to be reached?: XStart o Goal
What goal(s) does the character have?: X Knowledge X Others (Specify) To write the oral traditions of the Jarin, to travel, to learn and to explore..
How will your character achieve this?: No clue.
What other concepts make your character unique?: X Family X Other(s) Raised by the Jarins (ages 9-15), Intellectual, Thinker.
Step 2: Birth Attributes
Race: X Human Sex: X Male
Birth Date: 19 Azura, 702. Sunsign: Hirin (the Eagle)
Place: Shiran, Thardic Republic above the toymaker's shop.(#60, Uther of Rabail Master)
Location: In the family home
Unusual Events None.
Culture: Feudal Imperial/Jarnic feudal Native Of: X Urban X Rural
Skill Name OML Social Class Citizen
Riding 4 Social Status : [G] Comfortable
Weapon 3 Literacy : Native 100%, Lakeese and Runic.
Survival 4 Starting Money: 75% chance of owning a horse
SW: Shiran 6 125% regular starting money + 1d3 pieces of jewlery
SW: Lerial 6 Family weapon or tools (special items) - toymakers tools?
Parent/Guardian : Father/Mother, Rodyn (in Leriel).
Mother: Evardia Weijik [ N ] Noble [ 50
% ] Equestrian
Trained as a scholar, does not practice. Niece to Tobir Weijik (clan head).
No guild status. Trained for four years as a Manus in the legion.
Father : : Arven of Tumel [ F ] Toymaker [ 75
% ] Journeyman to Uther of Rabail (#60 in Shiran) Citizen
Trained as a Toymaker by Rodyn of Caryw (of Leriel). Not in a guilded profession.
Did not serve in the legion.
Sibling Rank: Offspring Status: Divorced at the start of the game.
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Illegitimate: o Yes X No
Estrangement: Favorite
Clan Head: Maternal Uncle .Title: Senator, Prefect of Coranan Land Holdings: Resides in Coranan, owns no land personally.
Medical : None.
Step 3. Youth. (Ages 1-10)
Child-Hood Events:
( R) Reroll.
Rival forces Uriel's family to a new location by setting their house aflame. Evardia's clan (Weijik) solved the difficulty by having the rival force destroyed. Evardia was married after she became pregnant.
( L ) +2 Social Ranks - Uriel is now officially an Equestrian who is well-off..
( R ) Character is betrothed in a polical marriage to be consumated upon reaching the age of majoirty (16). He is neither consulted, nor told of this until he reached the age of 16.
How was your character's youth spent?: Studying
What event most marked your character's youth?: When the house burned down and his sibling died rescuing him from the flames.
Why?: Uriel nearly died and lost his brother in the same day. The fact that his older sibling still blames him for the death does not help.
What person most influenced your character during youth?: X Parent Specifically his Mother, Evardia.
Did your character fall in love during youth? o Yes X No
What was the main emotion your character remembers feeling during youth?: X Happiness
Why?: His mother was his constant companion, teaching him all she could about Tharda, its ways and the clan. Because she knew the boy would eventually leave her (to train with Rodyn in Orbaal) she tried to impress upon him everything to make him a perfect Thardian. Uriel saw the time spent together as proof of her love and trust; his sibling was often jealous.
How did your character's parents treat your character?: X Love
Why?: Uriel is the youngest; Evardia can have no more children and Uriel's brother is too old to pamper.
How did your character's siblings treat your character?: Rivalry
Appearance
Hair: X Dark Brown Hair Type: Curley Eyes: Brown Complexion: Dark Comeliness: 11 Average
Height: 64" Frame: Average Weight: 137lbs.
Other Distinguishing Features/Description: None.
Step 4: Apprenticeship.
Profession: Toymaker. Training given by: by Rodyn of Caryw (of Leriel).
Apprenticeship Events (ages 10-16)
( 9 ) Leaves for Orbaal by boat (down the Thard and then around the island). 1 month of travel time in close proximity with his father. There is no leaving the river barge durring the trip down the Thard. His father will not hear of it. In Golotha he buys two scrolls for 10d before his father rushes him onboard. He tries to be friendly to his travelling companions; but few but the cook are willing to talk to the star-struck boy. He meets Rodywn when the boat docks in Orbaal and the three of them travel to Leriel - it is Uriel's first adventure in the wilderness.
( 10 ) Saves a man's life (Mark was falsly accused of murder). By talking to the townfolk and getting people to bear witness he proves that Mark could not have done it. Becomes very popular after that. He meets Brynce the Jarin Black-Pearl who urges him through this adventure.
( 14 ) Learns how to make cabinet doors, and realizes his love for Brynce. Learn runic and illumination from Jamys of Ryse, Leriel's lexigrapher.
( 15 ) Travels overland with 6 companions and a guide from Leriel to the shores of Lake Benath. Sees two hru and avoids the various tribal migrations.
How did your Master treat your character?: X Well
Did your character do anything else other during apprenticeship?: Learned how to speak Orbaaleese, Jarinees and write Runic. He also picked up some illumination skills.
Pregame Events (ages 16 to current)
( 16 ) Live in his mother's house in Shiran. Father has a gambling habit which make him indebted. Discover the truth about murders of three courtesans form the Crimson Palace of Shiran. End up with his 100d and nobody, except Merele (and perhaps Lerele) knows that he discovered the killers. Got jumped by the creditors of Arven. Since he's Weijick, Shiran is not safe for him and he goes to Coranan to do his militia.
(16-19 ) Has a hard time as a trainee in the Coranan barracks under the name of Uriel of Weijick He is a looner and thence does not have a good reputation with the Coranan trainees. Rediscover&reaffirm a hatred of autority
( 20 ) He's dispatched in Fobin, near the Rethemi border as a Fabrica. He gladly take the opportunity to be paid in respect to his competence and to leave the Coranan barracks.
Step 5: Finalizing and Customizing.
Your character is now:
20 years old.
How would your character have spent these pre-game years?: o Adventuring o At War XGarrison Duty o Helping Others o Hiding Out o In Prison o Jobless o Militia Duty X Odd Jobs o On the Run o Socializing o Steady Work o Studying o Traveling
Total years spent in pre-game experience: 4. Present age of character: 20.
Answer the Following Questions:
At the start of the campaign / game:
is your character married?: o Yes X No _________________________________________________________.
does your character have children?: o Yes _________________________________________________________.
Does your character live with this family?: o Yes X No
If yes, where is their home? If no, why not?: His life was endangered in Shiran,in any case he had to do his militia duty so he went to Coranan instead.
What are your character's religious beliefs: o Agrikan o Navehian o Morgathian o Peonian o Sarajinian o Save-Knorian XHalean o Ilvirian o Laranian XOther (Specify) He recognize Siem as equal and necessary to his Halean worship..
What is your character's favorite color?: o Red o Blue o
Green o Yellow o Brown o Black o Gold o Silver o
Purple
XOther: He never had a favourite colour 8 Þ
What is your character's favorite season?: o Spring o Summer XFall o Winter o any holiday o Birthday
What is your character's favorite time of day?: o Morning XEvening o Afternoon o Day o Night o Sunrise o Sunset o Other: ________________.
What is your character's favorite activity?: o Performing o Spending time with family o Playing a sport: ____________ XOther:Reading and listening poetry/stories.
What is your character's favorite cloth?: o Fur o Leather o Buckram XCotton o Other __________________________.
What is your character's view on money? As a necessary evil.
What is your character's view on friendship? Can be fun, but most not be central.
What does your character think of Society? Same as money.
What does your character think of religion: He intellectualize it. Intellectual beauty comes only form Siem and is the only way to go through the up and down of the Fortune given to each of us by Halea.
What does your character think of loyalty? It's an important ability to have for long time relations.
Who are you? An unfortunaltely conscient being who tries to catch all joys in life.
Whom do you serve? Myself before anyone, since in the legion, the manus took this part but my egoistic tendency make surface from time to time.
What do you want? not much: no pain.
Whom do you trust? My mother Evardia, Rodin of Caryw, Brynce, Siem's dreams above anything.
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