Character Chart
Character’s full name: Wallace Ferdinand Vainglory III
Reason or meaning of name:
Wallace - From a Scottish surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French.
Ferdinand - From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements farði "journey" and nanð "daring, brave".
Vainglory - Inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity.
Character’s nicknames: None.
Reason for nickname: N/A
Birth date: November 30
Physical appearance
Age: 21
How old does he/she appear: 10-ish
Weight: 164
Height: 5’
Body build: Meo/Endo
Shape of face: Round.
Eye color: Slate gray.
Glasses or contacts: None
Skin tone: Caucasian
Distinguishing marks: Rosy cheeks/nose. A few freckles under his eyes.
Predominant features: Greek nose. Canine teeth. Peculiar dull eyes.
Hair color: Golden-blonde
Type of hair: Curly (if it's long enough)
Hairstyle: Just starting to grow out from a buzz cut.
Overall attractiveness: THEY’RE KIIIIIIDS
Physical disabilities: Nothing critical. He's quite out of shape.
Usual fashion of dress: T-shirts and jeans.
Jewelry or accessories: Nope.
Magical stuff
Blood Status: Halfblood/Being
Wand: Birch, 10 in., core of unicorn hair, flexible.
Boggart: A wolf.
Patronus: Canadian Goose
Broom: Nimbus 1700
House: Gryffindor
Personality
Good personality traits: VERY upbeat. Sense of self-confidence, great sense of humour.
Bad personality traits:
Mood character is most often in: Cheerful.
Character’s greatest joy in life: Laughter, watching the life drain from a helpless animal.
Character’s greatest fear: Being revealed.
Why? Duh.
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? Being revealed.
Character is most at ease when: Full-up and fuckin’ around with his friends.
Most ill at ease when: He hasn’t fed.
Enraged when: Picked on.
Depressed or sad when: Around people who’re sad.
Priorities: Socializing, schoolwork, self-preservation.
Life philosophy: Dance, because the world is ending.
If granted one wish, it would be: Humanity.
Why?
Character’s soft spot: What isn’t muscle.
Is this soft spot obvious to others? Yes.
Greatest strength: Advanced intelligence. Also, he’s rather muscular for a boy of his physical age.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Isolation for long amounts of time.
Biggest regret: Being born.
Minor regret: Bad days.
Biggest accomplishment: First lone kill.
Minor accomplishment: Good days!
Character’s darkest secret: His status as a being.
Does anyone else know? No one.
Goals
Drives and motivations: possibly passing age 11
Immediate goals: live
Long term goals: grow the fuck up
How the character plans to accomplish these goals: healthy diet!!
How other characters will be affected: well…
Past
Hometown: Appleby
Type of childhood: Long, tedious, Edwardian.
Pets: He once had a pet deer for like a week. He was about three years old and had it chained to his wrist at all times.
First memory: Most everything is a blur.
Most important childhood memory: Losing his pet deer.
Why: Establishing his true nature.
Childhood hero: His father.
Dream job: Forest Ranger
Education: He’s been homeschooled for approximately 17 years. Finally reached the physical age of 11, and likely will advance at a normal pace from here on out. Parents persuaded administration to take him on to Hogwarts.
Religion: None
Finances: Old money. Old as balls. Literally centuries old. Bye.
Present
Current location: Appleby
Currently living with: Parents, younger sister.
Pets: None
Religion: None
Occupation: Student yay.
Finances: See above.
Family
Mother: Emily Vainglory (nee Amon)
Relationship with her: They don’t speak much. But when they do it’s like oh my god really fucking cute please kill me.
Father: Wallace Ferdinand Vainglory II
Relationship with him: Formerly a mentor figure. Now that he’s discovered OTHER PEOPLE, however, he kind of resents him for keeping him so sheltered.
Siblings: Mildred (physically 8, actually 12)
Relationship with them: They don’t speak.
Favorites
Color: Sea blue.
Least favorite color: White.
Music: Mostly what’s popular.
Food: Meat. Rare.
Literature: Most.
Form of entertainment: Television, magazines.
Expressions: Occasionally slips into more archaic speech patterns. Otherwise he speaks like any other 11 year old boy.
Mode of transportation: Horseback y’all don’t h8. Foot, broom, train, etc
Most prized possession: Family pocketwatch. It’s actually a compass. There is no reason for this. (It’s… north-east o’ clock.)
Habits
Hobbies: Exercising, watching game shows, bow-hunting.
Plays a musical instrument? Many. Like a fucking pro.
Plays a sport? Not really any like legitimate sports.
How he/she would spend a rainy day: However he wants.
Spending habits: He doesn’t really think about it.
Smokes: No.
Drinks: Yes. Like a fucking pro.
Other drugs: No.
What does he/she do too much of?
What does he/she do too little of?
Extremely skilled at: Being patient.
Extremely unskilled at: Containing his emotions.
Nervous tics: Loses coordination. Dizzy spells.
Usual body posture: Like a fucking pro.
Mannerisms: Gets pretty punchy with people he’s on really good terms with. This is not really a good thing.
Peculiarities: Well
Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Desperate optimist.
Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert.
Daredevil or cautious? Midway.
Logical or emotional? Emotional.
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Messy.
Prefers working or relaxing? Relaxing.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Desperately confident.
Animal lover? Errrrrr….. yes? Yes. He cries a lot.
Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: They’re there.
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? No.
Person character most hates: No one really.
Best friend(s): Clyde
Love interest(s): No one in particular.
Person character goes to for advice: Clyde, usually. Or his father.
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Clyde, when it comes to physical fights. Otherwise nooope.
Person character feels shy or awkward around: No one.
Person character openly admires: Everybody.
Person character secretly admires: Nobody. At all.
Most important person in character’s life before story starts: His father.
After story starts: Clyde.
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