A Complete Character Development Profile (redo)
- When filling out my own character template for my oc, I realised there was so much I missed, so I did a redo
Section 1: Basic Identity
Name Origins and feelings
Did they choose or inherit their name:
Meaning (linguistically, cultural, familial):
Do they feel like fit their name:
Any resentment or pride around their name?
Do they hesitate before introducing themselves? Why?:
Who uses them and in what tone:
Nickname they hate but tolerate:
Nickname they miss hearing:
Professional titles or honorific’s:
Do they feel behind or ahead of peers?:
How do they relate to others their age?:
Do they lie about their age? Why?:
How they embody their gender:
Have they explored or questioned it?:
Do they surprise aspects of their gender:
Do they correct misperceptions? How:
How do others perceive their gender:
Are they open about this:
Are any internal conflicts or journeys of discovery:
Current living situations
How long they’ve been there:
What their space smells like:
Soundscape of their area:
How the environment has shaped them:
Do they know the shortcuts and hidden sports:
Do they feel connected or displaced:
Birthday and celebrations
Do they believe in astrology:
Birthday feelings and traditions
Do they dread or enjoy birthdays?
first birthday they remember:
Worst birthday experience:
Do they tell people hen their birthday is?
How they feel about surprise celebrations:
Section 2: Personality Deep Dive
Do they recognise it as a strengths:
Has this strengths ever backfired on them? How:
Hidden strengths (ones they don’t recognise in themselves)
Is it a flaw or defence mechanism:
How their weakness effects others
How their behaviour Echoes in a room:
Are others protective or exploitive of their weaknesses:
How this derived their behaviour:
Big 5 Personality traits each on a 1-5 scale)
Do any traits clash with each other?:
Which archetype do you think they are:
Which archetype would they think they are:
Do they test people of cut them off quickly:
Primary fears (Emotional)
How they rationalise this fear:
Associated textures/smells/songs
Would they share this with others:
How it shows up in dreams/habits/reactions today:
Would they rewrite it or cling to is as part of their identity:
What this condition represents:
Associated memory or person:
How they justify their morals:
Do they act in line with their beliefs or just speak them:
If not, how do they explain the unexplainable:
Confidence and self perfection
Where their confidence is real:
Where their confidence is armour:
Do they crumble when unseen or rejected:
How they see themselves vs how others see them:
Motto they live by (conscious or unconscious):
What others would write in their yearbook:
Section 3: Goals dreams and motivations
What gets them out of bed:
What small things they look forward to:
What they’re willing to sacrifice for it:
Big dream they’ve never spoken aloud:What haven’t they shared it:
Is this dream inherited or self born:
What would achieving it mean to them:
What they’re embarrassed to tell others:
Why is this shameful to them:
What accomplishment do they cling to when feeling worthless:
Do they overplay or minimise their accomplishments:
Which ones keep them up at night:
Source of misery (the unscratchable itch in their soul)
What they admire above all else:
Person who embodies their unmet potential:
Trait they mock in others but secretly envy:
Section 4: Mental Health and coping
Do they daydream often? About what:
Do they have recurring dreams/nightmares:
Do they keep journals or internal records:
Undiagnosed conditions they might have:
How long diagnosed/untreated:
Do they deny it or medicate it:
How it manifests for them specifically:
Healthy coping strategies:
Unhealthy coping strategies:
Who they call in a crisis:
Intelligence and emotional processing
How they intelligence isolates or connects them:
Do they weaponise their emotional intelligence:
What makes them laugh when no one else does:
What humour makes them uncomfortable:
Do they use humour as a defense mechanism:
Section 5: Behavioural Patterns and Habits
Signature expressions or sayings:
DO they doodle, hum or zone out:
Do they talk to themselves:
Any rituals before sleep?:
Daily habits and routines
Work/productivity habits:
When do they allow these habits in front of others:
Do they use rhetorical questions!
Do they complete sentence or often drift off in thought:
Precise or vague in speech:
Do they often mirror others:
What they say vs what they don’t
What they overstate to distract:
Are they brutally honest or do they sugar coat:
How they move across a room:
How much space they take up:
Are they aware of their physical presence:
Posture and body language:
Expressions of love and care
Do they know their actions make others feel loved:
What they need to feel loved:
Section 6: Hobbies and Interests
Fav social media platform (if any):
What kind of fan are they (casual, obsessive, nostalgia)
Public hobbies (ones they don’t hide):
Secret hobbies (tell few to no people):
Hobbies they wish they had more time for:
How they feel whilst doing hobbies:
Skills they’re working on:
Skills they’ve abandoned:
What movie encapsulated their vibe:
What book encapsulates their vibe:
What song encapsulates their vibe:
Fav place they've ever been:
Describe their 'vibe' in 3 words:
Section 7: Physical Appearance
What a police sketch would capture:
Parts of their body they highlight:
Parts of their body they hide:
Textures they often wear:
Textures they never wear:
Eyelash length/thickness:
How much effort they put into their appearance:
What’s habit vs performance:
Personal preference vs societal pressure:
Self perception and others reactions
Why do they dress (to disappear, seduce, intimidate etc)
Their opinion of their appearance:
Their most attractive feature in their opinion:
Body part the obsess over:
Are they conventionally attractive:
How they handle compliments:
What music would play when they’re introduced in a movie:
What do people assume about them based on looks:
Are those assumptions correct:
What type of people are drawn to their vibe:
How do they react to that attention:
Section 8: Relationships and social connections
Fav memory with a friend:
Fav memory with a partner:
Person they wish they could reconcile with:
Person they wish they could forget:
Was this trust earned or given easily:
What they wish they could to for this person:
What’s holding them back:
Person they hate the most:
What they wish they could do to them:
How this hatred affects their daily life:
Biological family structure:
Relationship with parents/guardians
Family members they avoid:
Family secrets or dynamics!
How their chosen family differs from biological:
What they value in this friendship:
Role they play in the group:
Childhood friends still in their life:
Friends they’ve lost and why:
How they make new friends:
What they need from friendships:
Professional relationships
Work/school relationships:
People who believe in the
Current relationship status:
What they seek in a partner:
What they believe love should look like:
How they behave when in love:
How they handle breakups:
Deal breakers in relationships:
Social expectations and roles
What others expect of them:
Roles they’ve earned vs inherited vs resent:
Where they pretend to belong:
Relationship with animals:
Spiritual or supernatural beliefs:
Section 9: Background and history
Socioeconomic background:
Families reputation in the community:
Were they known, invisible, praised or feared:
Pivotal childhood moments
When they realised something was wrong in the world:
When they realised there is good in the world:
First time they felt truly seen:
First major disappointment:
Education and development
Teachers who influenced them:
Extracurricular activities:
Notable people from their past
Person who made them feel they could become something:
Person who made them feel small:
Do they use it as a weapon, warning or wound:
How it’s shaped their worldview:
How they view their past:
What they’ve learned about themselves:
What they’re still learning:
Section 10: current life and daily reality
How they feel about their space:
Personal belonging that matter most:
How they maintain their space:
Current financial situation:
How money shapes their decisions:
How they treat expensive things:
Financial goals or fears:
Morning person or night own:
How they spend free time:
What they’re working on improving:
What they’re avoiding dealing with:
Support systems they have:
Support systems they need:
Where they see themselves in 5 years:
What they’re most excited about:
What they’re most worried about:
Changed they want to make:
What’s holding them back from change:
