#character development chart

Favorite foods.

Edit: Now with 3 other variants, featuring a mug (for those who prefer fluids), an apple (for those who favor non-drumstick foods), and a generic heart. Feel free to draw your own rating icons too.

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Basics

Character’s full name

Date of birth

Nickname if applicable

Place of birth

Background

Place of residence

Schooling/degrees

Do they live alone?

Do they own a pet?

What kind of pets?

Income level

Education level

Marital status

Children?

Quality of relationship with child

Appearance

Weight

Body type

Eye color

Do they need glasses?

Skin tone

Prominent features

Any other distinguishing marks?

Face shape

Who does she look like? (Mom or dad)

Any chronic health conditions

Do they live a healthy lifestyle?

Style of dress

Hair style

Do they wear jewelry?

Natural hair color

Speech and Language

Accent or dialect

Pace

Favorite words

Speech pattern

Mannerism

Common gestures

Habits

Describe personal habits

Is he or she prudent?

What is their morning routine?

Describe the workday

Do they enjoy their job?

What do they have for lunch?

What do their evenings look like?

How do they spend their free time?

Do they usually sleep alone?

Any recurring dreams?

What are they really bad at doing?

Hobbies

Their Past

Home town

Was the childhood a pleasant one?

Earliest memory

Notable sad moments

Happiest memory

Amount of school attended

Significant childhood events

Past jobs

First sexual experience

Trauma

Family origin

Parents marital status – together? Divorced? Remarried?

Mother’s name

Mother’s occupation

Father’s name

Occupation of the father

Is the character adopted?

Siblings

Relationship with siblings

In-laws (if married)

Relationships

Best friend

Other close friends

How do they react to friends, strangers, lovers, and spouse?

Are they successful in their career?

Are they jealous of other’s success?

Enemies

Do they have a mentor?

Do they tend to judge?

Are they understanding?

Who can the character rely on?

Beliefs

Is the character a pessimist or optimist?

What’s the characters personality type?

Describe their long term goals

Short term goals

Who inspires them?

How does the character react to change?

Favorite Things

Favorite food

Do they drink?

Do they like to read?

Favorite movie

Favorite show

Do they like to go on social outings?

Favorite music

Do they play any sports?

My own additions:

Favorite color:

Favorite flowers:

Favorite animals:

▌ 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 :  Arabella.

▌𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐍 : Single (depends on the verse), but has had a few lovers in the past.

▌𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 : Aura manipulation and sensing, high physical strength and endurance.

▌𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑 : Orangish-red.

▌𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑 :  Blue, grey, cream-yellow.

▌𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 : Parents, both Lucarios: Maera, (mother) and Roland (father). Lucarios. Darcey (younger brother, Lucario), Lydia (sister-in-law, Primarina), and Cameron (niece, Riolu).

▌𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒 : None so far.

▌𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 : Cruel and needlessly violent people, loud noises, tight spaces, things being done to eyes.

▌𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒 / 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 : Training, traveling and casual exploration, trying out different cuisine.

▌𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 :  Yes.

▌𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 : No.

▌ 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 : Jackal.

▌𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒 : Impulsiveness and short temper, jumping to the wrong conclusion, taking risky dares, shutting out others.

▌𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐒 : Her parents and family, and certain former lovers from her past.

▌𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 : Pansexual.

▌𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄 / 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 : Adores kids, and finds the idea of marriage/long-lasting romantic relationships intriguing, but doesn’t feel ready to settle down yet.

▌𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 : Usually anything that’s “awesome,” flashy and cool looking in a tomboyish way, but, depending on the verse, is open to trying out other styles.

▌𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 : Family and friends.

▌𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 : Openly friendly and bubbly to those she comes to know, but wary of strangers.

▌𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊 : Doesn’t have a single favorite, per say, but enjoys sweet drinks with interesting additional flavor-textures the most.

▌𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐓 : Anywhere that has a view of water.

▌𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍 : Lake.

▌𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄 : Fairly open-minded, but seems to find mammalian and/or bipedal Pokemon the most attractive at default.

▌𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐒 : Both.

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