The Cobalt Killer
Secondhand Wonderland
Hi guys,
Here I shall post character profiles and hot seating extracts related to the characters in my current novel series. All I hope is that you enjoy experiencing these characters and give you thoughts and feedback in the comments. I'll be sure to keep it updated as regularly as I can. So first up, here's our protagonist;
Adam McCarthy
Basic Statistics
Name: Adam James Sebastian McCarthy
Age: 12-14 (During his trilogy)
Birth Date: 02/08/2000
Nationality: Irish-English
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Middle Class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: N/A
Hometown: London
Current Residence: Grove Park Orphanage
Occupation: Student
Income: N/A
Talents/Skills: Can act spontaneously on impulse, has good reactions. He is quite intelligent and sociable, making his life at school easy. His athletic and marksman abilities are also very impressive.
Siblings: Deceased younger sister, Lily McCarthy.
Spouse: N/A
Children: N/A
Parents: James and Alice McCarthy (Both Deceased).
Grandparents: James and Elisabeth McCarthy, David and Alexis Holloway.
Grandchildren: N/A
Significant Others: N/A
Relationship skills: Quite sociable, humorous and charming.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5’10” – 6’
Weight: 9st 6lbs – 10st
Race: Caucasian
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown, fairly dark
Glasses or contact lenses: N/A
Skin Colour: Olive
How he dresses: Generally quite smart, preferring to wear shirts rather than a casual t-shirt or jersey.
Mannerisms: Isn’t a stranger to placing his hands on his hips/belt. Tends to sometimes use his hands in pointing demonstration when angered.
Habits: Run his fingers backwards through his hair, and twiddles with the hair above his right temple.
Health: Well-fed, athletic.
Hobbies: He enjoys playing both sport and video games. His favourite sports include football, softball and sprints, while his favourite video games are tactical, stealth-oriented and/or shooters.
Style: Quite elegant, smart.
Greatest flaw: Can sometimes be arrogant, controlling and indecisive
Best quality: Charming
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: Studies at Grove Park College, courtesy of his orphanage
IQ: 144
Character's short-term goals in life: Protect those that he loves.
Character's long-term goals in life: Settle down in the perfect house with his future family.
How the character sees himself: Passionate, intelligent, funny and determined.
How the character believes he is perceived by others: He understands that people recognise his assets but fear that they judge his flaws.
How self-confident the character is: Very, but he can get nervous or become indecisive in certain situations, social or otherwise.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: He is both logical and loving, never letting the two overlap.
That which would most embarrass this character: If people could know his feelings without understanding them.
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths/Weaknesses: Determined, but can be rash. Logical, but sometimes arrogant. Charming, but a bit indecisive.
How the character deals;
With anger: When angered, things may transpire into an argument. When angered by the villain, Adam likes to blow off steam by doing some shooting. What helps most, however, is revenge.
With sadness: When sad, Adam likes to find comfort in the company of his loved ones.
With conflict: When torn between two decision, Adam’s best friend is logic; more easily visited in solitude.
With change: If it’s a good change, then Adam won’t complain much. If it is bad, however, Adam will make it ‘right’.
With loss: Revenge.
What the character wants out of life: Adam wants to enjoy his time with the people he calls his friends and family.
What the character would like to change in his life: Adam would like to return to his life before he met Hiroki Akiyama.
What motivates this character: Adam is motivated by the wish to protect his loved ones.
What frightens this character: Adam is afraid of being alone, more so than of losing.
What makes this character happy: Adam loves passing the time with friends and family.
Is the character judgmental of others: Sometimes, Adam is a bit judgemental, but only with good reason and his deductions are often right. He certainly isn’t afraid to resent others based on his first impressions of them.
Is the character generous or stingy: Adam is quite generous, but will refrain from giving to people whom he heavily dislikes.
Is the character generally polite or rude: He is polite to those who he believes deserve it and not to those he does not. Therefore, he can come across as both charming and arrogant.
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in God: No, but he respects other people’s beliefs.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs: He is entirely agnostic and believes only in the scientific anatomy of living beings.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life: Not personally, but at school he is surrounded by religious people.
What role it plays: He merely stands by and respects others.
How the Character is Involved in the Story
Character's role in the novel: Protagonist
Scene where character first appears: The first scene.
Relationships with other characters:
1.Hiroki Akiyama: -- Hiroki is Adam’s colleague and ally in their endeavours. Hiroki later becomes Adam’s vice when the IISSE is formed.
2.Jamie Fisher: -- Although they are best friends, Adam resents Jamie. He finds him to be annoying and foolish, but likes something about him; acknowledging that Jamie couldn’t live without him.
3.Finn E. Jones: -- Adam goes to school with him. Although there is a two year age gap, the two are close friends, and Adam finds himself looking out for Finn quite often.
4.Kiernan Miller: -- Kiernan helps out at the orphanage as her parents run it. She and Adam grow very close throughout the story.
Here I shall post character profiles and hot seating extracts related to the characters in my current novel series. All I hope is that you enjoy experiencing these characters and give you thoughts and feedback in the comments. I'll be sure to keep it updated as regularly as I can. So first up, here's our protagonist;
Adam McCarthy
Basic Statistics
Name: Adam James Sebastian McCarthy
Age: 12-14 (During his trilogy)
Birth Date: 02/08/2000
Nationality: Irish-English
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Middle Class
Socioeconomic Level as an adult: N/A
Hometown: London
Current Residence: Grove Park Orphanage
Occupation: Student
Income: N/A
Talents/Skills: Can act spontaneously on impulse, has good reactions. He is quite intelligent and sociable, making his life at school easy. His athletic and marksman abilities are also very impressive.
Siblings: Deceased younger sister, Lily McCarthy.
Spouse: N/A
Children: N/A
Parents: James and Alice McCarthy (Both Deceased).
Grandparents: James and Elisabeth McCarthy, David and Alexis Holloway.
Grandchildren: N/A
Significant Others: N/A
Relationship skills: Quite sociable, humorous and charming.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5’10” – 6’
Weight: 9st 6lbs – 10st
Race: Caucasian
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown, fairly dark
Glasses or contact lenses: N/A
Skin Colour: Olive
How he dresses: Generally quite smart, preferring to wear shirts rather than a casual t-shirt or jersey.
Mannerisms: Isn’t a stranger to placing his hands on his hips/belt. Tends to sometimes use his hands in pointing demonstration when angered.
Habits: Run his fingers backwards through his hair, and twiddles with the hair above his right temple.
Health: Well-fed, athletic.
Hobbies: He enjoys playing both sport and video games. His favourite sports include football, softball and sprints, while his favourite video games are tactical, stealth-oriented and/or shooters.
Style: Quite elegant, smart.
Greatest flaw: Can sometimes be arrogant, controlling and indecisive
Best quality: Charming
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background: Studies at Grove Park College, courtesy of his orphanage
IQ: 144
Character's short-term goals in life: Protect those that he loves.
Character's long-term goals in life: Settle down in the perfect house with his future family.
How the character sees himself: Passionate, intelligent, funny and determined.
How the character believes he is perceived by others: He understands that people recognise his assets but fear that they judge his flaws.
How self-confident the character is: Very, but he can get nervous or become indecisive in certain situations, social or otherwise.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof: He is both logical and loving, never letting the two overlap.
That which would most embarrass this character: If people could know his feelings without understanding them.
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths/Weaknesses: Determined, but can be rash. Logical, but sometimes arrogant. Charming, but a bit indecisive.
How the character deals;
With anger: When angered, things may transpire into an argument. When angered by the villain, Adam likes to blow off steam by doing some shooting. What helps most, however, is revenge.
With sadness: When sad, Adam likes to find comfort in the company of his loved ones.
With conflict: When torn between two decision, Adam’s best friend is logic; more easily visited in solitude.
With change: If it’s a good change, then Adam won’t complain much. If it is bad, however, Adam will make it ‘right’.
With loss: Revenge.
What the character wants out of life: Adam wants to enjoy his time with the people he calls his friends and family.
What the character would like to change in his life: Adam would like to return to his life before he met Hiroki Akiyama.
What motivates this character: Adam is motivated by the wish to protect his loved ones.
What frightens this character: Adam is afraid of being alone, more so than of losing.
What makes this character happy: Adam loves passing the time with friends and family.
Is the character judgmental of others: Sometimes, Adam is a bit judgemental, but only with good reason and his deductions are often right. He certainly isn’t afraid to resent others based on his first impressions of them.
Is the character generous or stingy: Adam is quite generous, but will refrain from giving to people whom he heavily dislikes.
Is the character generally polite or rude: He is polite to those who he believes deserve it and not to those he does not. Therefore, he can come across as both charming and arrogant.
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in God: No, but he respects other people’s beliefs.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs: He is entirely agnostic and believes only in the scientific anatomy of living beings.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life: Not personally, but at school he is surrounded by religious people.
What role it plays: He merely stands by and respects others.
How the Character is Involved in the Story
Character's role in the novel: Protagonist
Scene where character first appears: The first scene.
Relationships with other characters:
1.Hiroki Akiyama: -- Hiroki is Adam’s colleague and ally in their endeavours. Hiroki later becomes Adam’s vice when the IISSE is formed.
2.Jamie Fisher: -- Although they are best friends, Adam resents Jamie. He finds him to be annoying and foolish, but likes something about him; acknowledging that Jamie couldn’t live without him.
3.Finn E. Jones: -- Adam goes to school with him. Although there is a two year age gap, the two are close friends, and Adam finds himself looking out for Finn quite often.
4.Kiernan Miller: -- Kiernan helps out at the orphanage as her parents run it. She and Adam grow very close throughout the story.
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