Step 1: Write 5 background and concept elements that you feel are important to your image of the character. These can be a concept overview, a list of important life events, a physical description, a personality profile...whatever you need to get an image in your mind.
1. An friend of Khonnir Baine, he's done some protection work for the man when he's doing research around the town.
2. A local for a couple of years now, he wandered in one day in a duster and hat, and hasn't left since.
3. Used to smoke. Stopped, because he realized running was hard.
4. Grizzled, with the attitude of a veteran.
5. Refers to himself as a 'stealth operative.'His gun begs to differ.
Step 2: List at least two goals for the character.
1. Find Baine.
2. Get money.
Step 3: List at least two secrets about your character. One is a secret the character knows, one is a secret that involves him but that he is not actually aware of yet.
1. He blames himself for Baine's disappearance. He wanted to go with him, but Khonnir thought it was too dangerous.
2. He doesn't know it, but he has a brother in the Technic League who also likes guns.
Step 4: Describe at least three people that are tied to the character. Two of them are friendly to the character, one is hostile.
1. Khonnir Baine. They hang out on occasion, and more than a few times David has been a hired gun for his research.
2. The Junkmaster. David is of the opinion that you just can't hate the guy, he's the junkmaster.
3. David just can't deal with the head of the chapel of the wanderer. He thinks the guy is creepy, and the feeling is mutual.
Step 5: Describe three memories, mannerisms, or quirks that your character has.
1. He frequently rephrases a key word from the last sentence someone tells him as a question, in order to wheedle more information out of them.
2. He wishes he was cool enough to wear an eyepatch all the time.
3. He will geek out about guns. He will geek out about guns. He will geek out about guns.