1. Where does your character come from? Are they born and bred city slickers? Did they come from the countryside? Did they immigrate from somewhere?
Born in North Carolina. He was given a job by the government as a police officer after his time in the war. He moved around a bit every time the flashbacks get to be too much, now working in New York city as a police officer.
1.a)If they did they try to settle in a neighborhood with many other people from their country, or did they try to assimilate? How much money did they have when they came over? What were their plans?
Alfred makes just enough as a cop to be comfortable, it pays the bills and keeps a roof over his head for the most part.
2. Are they magicians or clankers? Even most Americans can be divided. If they are Americans, which do they study? Do they prefer one to the other? If they prefer one, how much do they approve of the other? Do they hate it? Are they ambivalent?
Alfred is a clanker through and through he doesn't understand magic and really doesn't believe in it, he feels that magic is more slight of hand and lies than a real thing.
3. How well educated are they? Where and how did they study?
He quit highschool when he entered the military, he was academy trained for a few months after the war before being put on a police beat. They shuffled him through as a favor to him for his service so while he is educated on paper, he lacks a lot of that education in reality.
4. Do they have family? If so, where do they live?
He has parents but they are angry with him for lying to them and joining the military, or so he thinks. He hasn't gone back to them after the war.
5. Where in the city does your character live? Are they in expensive luxury apartments, or do they live in crowded poor housing? Do they own a shop that they live over? Do they rent from someone? Do they stay in a Dorm, as in are they in school?
Al just moved to the city, he's not much for anything fancy so he lives in a little rent controlled place above a grocery store that's just enough for him. His apartment is a mess though, he barely takes care of himself never mind the old stray cat he found the other day.
6. What are your character's goals? What do they want out of life, and how do they plan to get them?
Al has stalled out in life, he's not sure where to go from here, he just hopes he doesn't screw this last chance up. He still suffers from flashbacks and post-traumatic stress disorder.
7. The game system we use will use the Allignment system. If you are not aware, this means that there are two dichotomies that are used to loosely describe the way the character works. These are:
--Lawful/Neutral/Chaotic, and
--Good/Neutral/Evil.
This system can be a little misleading. Instead of trying to think about it in terms of those words, Think in terms of this instead:
Alfred holds a lot of demons he has yet to contend with. Sometimes that bright eyed child comes through on rare occasions but for the most part he tries to keep to himself. He's afraid to let anyone too close, because there's a very real chance he might hurt them during a flashback.
You can be:
A colonist working with your friends looking to start your own world
A trader ‘privateer’ people looking to make a buck honestly or not you can have crew or ‘find’ crew ( oh look some colonists who are starving to death they’re not doing anything anyway. )
You can work for the federation trying to make sure the law is upheld, federation law.
Or anything really… Have fun with it!
Make a journal so we know what’s going on, gather up some crew. Sure they might not have ASKED to come along but what were they doing that was so important anyway? Need something transported? Hire someone to take you or your beloved belongings someplace else.
(( Oh and the images used here are from NASA, they're offering them for free so go get some look up NASA travel posters))