Blaine Fan's Character Template

 

Basic Information:

Name: What’s your character called? Pyro the Fox? Saber the Hedgehog? Whatever you want, as long as it’s somewhat original. (Don’t call your fox Zails, for example)
Alias: What’s your character’s nickname? I suggest basing them on your character’s personality, appearance and battle styles. For instance, a character with the ability to control water might be known as Misty to her closest friends.
Age: This one’s obvious. How old is your character? Whatever you do, make sure your fan character’s skills fit his age. Nine-year olds typically aren’t black belts in Karate.
Gender: Male? Female? Genderless? (For robots and the like)
Species: What kind of creature is your character? A hedgehog? A dragon? A human? Or something you made up?
Date of birth: When was your character born? Now, depending on the universe, you most likely won’t have a year. In fact, the only ones that give the years, that I know of, are the Sat-AM and Archie universes. For the rest of the universes, the month and day will suffice for the DOB.
Place of birth: Where was your character born? Keep this one in cannon for whatever universe your fan character comes from. For instance, if you’re making a character for the SegaSonic universe, don’t make his birthplace Mobotropolis. You may also make up a place if you like.
Current residence: Where your character currently lives. The same rules for the current residence can apply for the place of birth.
Occupation: Your character’s job. Does he work for GUN? Is he the CEO of a large business? Basically, how does he/she get spending money?
Alignment: Good, Evil, or Neutral? You decide.

Physical Description:

Image (If Available): Your character’s picture. Please, please, please, do NOT make a recolor. I can almost guarantee that someone’s going to give you a lot of criticism if you do. I understand that not everyone can draw or sprite well, but a recolor is not the way to go.
Height: Make this one reasonable for the species. A hedgehog like Sonic would mostly run between 3’-3’5”, while a crocodile such as Vector might be up to six feet.
Weight: Same as the height-make it reasonable.
Appearance: Tell us what your character looks like. However, make sure you don’t say something like; “Blade has red stripes on his quills like Shadow.” It’s a bad idea to compare your fan character to the official cast.
Attire: Tell us what your character wears. Same as the appearance, don’t compare your character to someone from the official cast.

Personal Information:

Personality: How your character acts. Is he a hothead? Is she sweet and gentle? For this one, I would suggest using a paragraph to describe him/her.
Hobbies/Talents: Tell us what your character does in their spare time. Baseball, cooking, chess-the list goes on, and on.
Likes: This is obvious-what does your character like?
Dislikes: Same as above, but with the dislikes.
Items What kind of objects does your character have? Whatever you do, don’t make your character carry around a Chaos Emerald. There are only seven in existence-and chances are extremely good that your character does not have one.
Vehicles: What does your character drive? Extreme Gear goes in this category, too.
Trivia: Miscellaneous things about your character. Does he chew gum when he’s bored? Is she a night owl? Is he left-handed? The habits and quirks of your character, basically.

Relationships:

Family: Your character’s relatives. Whatever you do, however, don’t relate your character to anyone from the official cast. Bad idea, trust me on this one.
Close Friends:Your character’s best friends. I strongly suggest that you don’t make them best friends of the official cast.
Other Friends: Who your character hangs out with on occasion.
[Romantic Interest:[/b] This one’s obvious. Again, keep the official cast out of this. I have seen way too may fics where the summary includes something like “Sonic x OC.” So I wouldn’t suggest pairing up your character with one from the official cast. (You could also change this one to “Spouse” if your character’s married)
Rivals: Who are your character’s rivals? I know everyone’s tired of me saying this, but keep the official cast out of this.
Enemies: Your character’s enemies. These guys are usually of the opposite alignment.

Battle Information:

Skills: What kind of skills does your character have? Is he fast?(Just don’t make him faster than Sonic) Strong? Able to control electricity?
Techniques: Your character’s different attacks-Homing Attack, Spindash, ect.
Strengths: This one’s obvious. What are your fan character’s strengths? Is she great at dodging attacks? Just a few things that make a battle easier for your character.
Weaknesses: This is one of the most important fields in this template. You must give your character some kind of (reasonable) weakness, or they could very well be classified as a Mary Sue.
Weapons: Swords, guns, staffs-just any sort of weapons your character wields in battle.

History: When doing the history, make it nice and lengthy. Several paragraphs or more will do it. Now, I would strongly suggest that you don’t make your character have a totally angsty past, and/or have him/her created in a lab. I’m not saying you can’t, I’ve seen a few good bios involving the character being created somewhere, but let’s face it-those kinds of bios have been done to death.