Character name: _______________________________ Age: _________________

character portrait • Species: _____________________________ • Language:_____________________

• Sex: ________________________________
• Height: ____________________________
• Weight: ____________________________
• Color of
o Hair: ________________________
o Eyes: _________________________
o Skin: _________________________
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• Appearance: _________________
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• Where is your character from (e.g. home, family)? How has this history
shaped your character?

• What is the best thing that has ever happened to your character? What
is the worst thing that has ever happened to them?

• Does your character have a family? Friends? how does your character
relate to others?

• What kind of environment (landscape, culture) does your character

live in, and how does this environment shape your character? How does
your character shape this environment?

• What are your character’s core beliefs? How do these beliefs motivate
your character’s actions?
• What is the character’s greatest goal or ambition?

• What is your character’s greatest strength? Greatest weakness?

• Does your character have any secrets?

• What is one inconsistency in your character’s personality?

• How do others perceive your character? How does your character perceive him/her/itself?

• What is most relatable about your character? What characteristics might others have trouble
relating to?

• What role will this character play in the story?

• How will the character change over the course of the story?