Characters - behind the scenes

[Captain Picard]

Coming up with a char for RPG is almost as rewarding as the game itself; it's an inspiring and inspired experience. I was wondering, what inspired your characters in this scenario? How and why did you create your characters?

Mine are inspired by literary archetypes (Kirok), real life criminals (Rykor) and characters from movies and comics (Mitker) - see more in my post in the introduction thread. How about you?

[Mara Jade]

Oh oh oh.. what inspired my characters? Some of them, I'll have to think about, but I can tell you were inspiration for my newest addition to the "family" came from If you look at her name, it should be easy to guess - as least if you've read the Golden Compass. Yes, if a certain blond girl comes to mind that's correct

I loved Lyra in His Dark Materials, I was fascinated by how Pullman seemed to have created a proper child - not like Harry Potter and his friends, who sometimes act too grown up for my taste. No, Lyra is a child, she's curious, she's egocentered at times, she lies and cheats, gets dirty and muddy etc. I wanted to try play a character like that myself, so I'm very eager to get her into play

[Jaina Skywalker]

That's strange, I thought that name sounded familiar, but when you posted her profile yesterday, I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before probably because I was tired. But I think it's brilliant

Well, Naitia came to me rather slowly. She was first a little different, but then she changed. She's been a Jedi Knight from the beginning, because I wanted to play a Jedi Knight in stead of a Padawan, which was my first experience as a Character Master to play, in a different rpg. But Naitia is created for this game, so she's a whole new character.

Where as Ra'ya, I have been playing in another roleplay for some time now. She was originally a Jedi who had left the Order (in a game that takes place around 4000 BBY), but she was changed into the character we know today and is completely the same person, but has just jumped in time a couple of thousand years