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
Personal Information
Full Legal Name:
Stage/Preferred Name:
Aliases/Online Personas:
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?:
Nicknames and Titles
Current nicknames:
Who uses them and in what tone:
Nickname they hate but tolerate:
Nickname they miss hearing:
Professional titles or honorific’s:
Age Profile
Chronological age:
Mental age:
Emotional age:
Age they appear:
Age they feel:
Age related feelings
Do they feel behind or ahead of peers?:
How do they relate to others their age?:
Do they lie about their age? Why?:
Gender identity
Assigned at birth:
Current identity:
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:
Sexual Orientation
How they identity:
Are they open about this:
Are any internal conflicts or journeys of discovery:
Current living situations
Where they live:
Type of dwelling:
Who they live with:
How long they’ve been there:
Environmental impact
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:
Dream living situation:
Birthday and celebrations
Birthday:
Zodiac sign:
Do they believe in astrology:
Birthday feelings and traditions
How they celebrate:
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
Internal Srengths
Primary strengths:
How it manifests:
Do they recognise it as a strengths:
External strengths
Primary strengths:
How it manifests:
Has this strengths ever backfired on them? How:
Hidden strengths (ones they don’t recognise in themselves)
Primary weaknesses
What is it:
Is it a flaw or defence mechanism:
How to they hide it:
How their weakness effects others
How their behaviour Echoes in a room:
Are others protective or exploitive of their weaknesses:
Psychological Profile
MBTI Type:
Enneagram type:
Core childhood wound:
How this derived their behaviour:
How it manifests in
Conflict:
Decision-making:
Daily Routine:
Big 5 Personality traits each on a 1-5 scale)
Openness:
Conscientiousness:
Extraversion:
Agreeableness:
Neuroticism:
Do any traits clash with each other?:
Character Archetype
Which archetype do you think they are:
Which archetype would they think they are:
Emotional Landscape
Attatchment style:
How it manifests
In conflict:
When needing others:
Do they test people of cut them off quickly:
Primary fears (physical)
What is it:
Triggers:
Physical responses:
Primary fears (Emotional)
What is it:
Specific triggers:
Physical response:
How they rationalise this fear:
Core memories: Happy
What happened:
Associated textures/smells/songs
Would they share this with others:
Core memories: Sad
What happened:
How it shows up in dreams/habits/reactions today:
Would they rewrite it or cling to is as part of their identity:
Object of significance
What is it:
Condition of the object:
What this condition represents:
Associated memory or person:
Beliefs and philosophy
Core beliefs:
How they justify their morals:
Do they act in line with their beliefs or just speak them:
Do they believe in fate:
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:
Personality anchors
Comfort scent:
Comfort sound:
Fav quote:
Motto they live by (conscious or unconscious):
What others would write in their yearbook:
Section 3: Goals dreams and motivations
Everyday Motivations
What gets them out of bed:
What small things they look forward to:
What they romanticise:
What they procrastinate:
Current goals
Surface level goal:
What it’s really about:
Obstacles in their way:
What they’re willing to sacrifice for it:
Long term dreams
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:
Shame and pride
What they’re embarrassed to tell others:
Why is this shameful to them:
Source of pride:
What accomplishment do they cling to when feeling worthless:
Do they overplay or minimise their accomplishments:
Regrets and pain points
Petty regrets:
Large scale regrets:
Which ones keep them up at night:
Source of misery (the unscratchable itch in their soul)
Admiration and envy
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
Inner world
Do they daydream often? About what:
Do they have recurring dreams/nightmares:
Do they keep journals or internal records:
Mental health
Diagnosed conditions:
Undiagnosed conditions they might have:
How long diagnosed/untreated:
Do they deny it or medicate it:
How it manifests for them specifically:
Coping mechanisms
Healthy coping strategies:
Unhealthy coping strategies:
Crisis response:
Who they call in a crisis:
Intelligence and emotional processing
IQ (estimated):
EQ (estimated):
How they intelligence isolates or connects them:
Do they weaponise their emotional intelligence:
Humour style
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
Quirks and surface tics
Fidgeting habits:
Signature expressions or sayings:
Fav filler words:
DO they doodle, hum or zone out:
Do they talk to themselves:
Any rituals before sleep?:
Daily habits and routines
Morning routine:
Evening routine:
Work/productivity habits:
Self care habits:
Bad habits
Sensory tics:
Toxic coping:
Avoidance ritual:
When do they allow these habits in front of others:
Behavioural tells
When stressed:
When content:
When scared:
Normal state:
Verbal Mannerisms
Do they use rhetorical questions!
Sarcasm level:
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
Truth they always avoid:
What they overstate to distract:
Are they brutally honest or do they sugar coat:
Physical presence
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
How they show love:
Do they know their actions make others feel loved:
What they need to feel loved:
Section 6: Hobbies and Interests
Consumption Habits
Fav genre:
Media they hate:
Guilty pleasures:
Fav video game (if any):
Fav social media platform (if any):
What kind of fan are they (casual, obsessive, nostalgia)
Current hobbies
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 and talents
Natural talents:
Learned skills:
Skills they’re working on:
Skills they’ve abandoned:
Favorites
Favourite Colour:
Comfort colour:
Favourite movie:
Comfort movie:
What movie encapsulated their vibe:
Fav tv show:
Comfort tv show:
Fav book:
Comfort book:
What book encapsulates their vibe:
Fav band/musician:
What song encapsulates their vibe:
Fav season:
Fav holiday:
Fav food:
Fav drink:
Fav place they've ever been:
Place they want to go:
Describe their 'vibe' in 3 words:
Section 7: Physical Appearance
Defining features
What a police sketch would capture:
Parts of their body they highlight:
Parts of their body they hide:
Sensory Identity
Signature smell:
Textures they often wear:
Textures they never wear:
Sound of their voice:
Pace of their speech:
Laugh description:
Facial features
Face shape:
Nose shape:
Eye shape:
Eye colour:
Lip shape:
Eyebrow shape:
Eyelash length/thickness:
Body details
Height:
Weight:
Body type/shape:
Skin tone:
Skin details:
Tattoos:
Piercings:
Facial hair:
Body hair:
Style and presentation
Clothing style:
Signature detail:
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:
How they handle stares:
The vibe they give off
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
Firsts
Fav memory with a friend:
Fav memory with a partner:
Fav memory with family:
Person they wish they could reconcile with:
Person they wish they could forget:
Trust and loyalty
Person they trust most:
Why they trust them:
Was this trust earned or given easily:
How they test trust:
What they wish they could to for this person:
What’s holding them back:
Conflict and animosity
Person they hate the most:
What they wish they could do to them:
How this hatred affects their daily life:
Family dynamics
Biological family structure:
Relationship with parents/guardians
Mother/maternal figure:
Father/paternal figure
Quality of relationship:
Siblings
Number and ages:
Relationship quality:
Birth order effects:
Extended family
Family members they avoid:
Family secrets or dynamics!
Chosen family:
How their chosen family differs from biological:
Friendships
Best friend:
How they met:
What they value in this friendship:
Friend group dynamics
Size of social circle:
Role they play in the group:
Group activities:
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:
Mentors:
People who believe in the
Professional reputation:
Romantic relationships
Current relationship status:
Relationship history:
What they seek in a partner:
What they believe love should look like:
Relationship patterns:
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 belong:
Where they pretend to belong:
Non human bonds
Relationship with animals:
Significant objects:
Connection to places:
Spiritual or supernatural beliefs:
Section 9: Background and history
Childhood and upbringing
Where they grew up:
Type of community:
Socioeconomic background:
Families reputation in the community:
Were they known, invisible, praised or feared:
Childhood environment
Sensory memories:
Neighbourhood dynamics:
Safety level:
Cultural influences:
Defining incidence
Stories they retell:
Stories they never tell:
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
Educational background:
Academic performance:
Favourite subjects:
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:
First crush:
Childhood hero:
Early role models:
Major accomplishment
What they minimise:
What they overplay:
Trauma and loss
How they carry it:
Do they use it as a weapon, warning or wound:
How it’s shaped their worldview:
Life changing moments:
Biggest regrets:
Moments of triumph:
Current life context
How they view their past:
What they’ve learned about themselves:
What they’re still learning:
Section 10: current life and daily reality
Everyday Details
Go to comfort food:
Go to comfort song:
Current fav possession:
Current obsession:
Living situation
Current home:
How they feel about their space:
Personal belonging that matter most:
How they maintain their space:
Financial reality
Current financial situation:
How money shapes their decisions:
How they treat expensive things:
Financial goals or fears:
Relationship with money:
Daily life and routine
Typical structure:
Morning person or night own:
How they spend free time:
Daily stressors:
Daily joys:
Current challenges
Biggest current problem:
What they’re working on improving:
What they’re avoiding dealing with:
Support systems they have:
Support systems they need:
Future outlook
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:
