How to Make Your Character

## How To Develop Your Arilyan Characters

So lately there’s been some confusion regarding the new species outlines, particularly with people wondering “If this is what my character is based off of, does this mean all characters will now be identical?”.

And if you’re someone who asked about this, this is NOT a call out <3. Quite a few of you were concerned, so we wanted to address those concerns. Or you know… I wanted to make an entire thing on how to develop your characters if you’re stuck in the plotting stage, cause I like to over explain stuff.

Regardless! Hope it helps!

## Working Within The Species Layout

First thing’s first! Your character doesn’t have to be identical to the species layouts. Those are more like guidelines than anything. It’s like how we say “dogs are loyal”, “cats are independent”, “dolphins are smart”. This doesn’t mean that all dogs are loyal, that cats never need attention, or that dolphins don’t have their own personalities outside of their species. This is just how we identify them as humans.

For example, take two completely different grans, Amirah and Janelle. Grans are described as loyal, protective, and loving, but these traits manifest in different ways in each gran. Amirah is loyal to the Shifa pack, Janelle is loyal to herself. Amirah is protective over her patients, Janelle is protective over herself. And Amirah loves her pack so much she has a hard time making time for herself, while Janelle is so in love with herself, she has a hard time making time for anything else.

So think outside the box! Take the traits provided and do something unique with them!

## Explain The Differences

Okay so let’s say you want to go COMPLETELY against the species information. Well you’ll need explain how and why they got so different.

One quick way is to look at the character’s parents. If you have a character with a kube mother and a thrax father, for example, they might look like one parent but act like the species of the other. Super easy quick fix!

Now let’s say you want to ignore any and all species involved. Tell the admin why this is happening. Were they raised by a different species? Were they taken by human when they were a cub? Did they fall and hit their head and for some reason now they can’t feel aggression? It doesn’t have to be anything outlandish, but we have to have a reason.

You might also consider, do these actions somehow line up with the species original behavior? If you have a panthrow who doesn’t like to physically fight, but is super argumentative, maybe that’s how they get out that aggression their species is known for? Maybe arguing is their only outlet because they’re not physically strong enough to fight?

Again, think outside the box!!

## This That Are 100% Out Of The Question For Arilyan Species

So these are things that we won’t allow for characters, regardless of if there’s an explanation or not:

**Royalty** - The only royalty in Arilyan are the ones found in the Alma pack. A pack wouldn’t be considered royal or run like they’re the highest pack in Arilyan, because all packs know who’s in charge. Not even an NPC pack would be bold enough to challenge them, as almost every single pack sides with the Alma in battle.

**Official Packs** - The only official packs in the world of Arilyan are the ones run by the staff. While members can have their own smaller packs, they are considered unoffical packs, generally between extended family and close friends. They will not be able to host server-wide events, as such.

## How Many Stat Points Does My Character Have?

It all depends on the traits:

* All C = 12
* 2 UC Traits = 20 points
* 3 R Traits = 30 points
* 3 L Traits = 40 points
* 1 UC + All C = 12
* 1 R = 20
* 2 R + 1 L = 30
* 1 R + 2 L = 30
* 1 L + 1 R + 1 UC = 30
* 2 L + 1 E = 40
* 1 L + 2 E = 40
* 1 E + 1 L + 1 R + 1 UC = 40
* 3 E = 40

## More Resources For Building Your Character

### Name Resources ::

* Fantasy Name Generator - https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/
* Behind the Name - https://www.behindthename.com/
* Name Generator - https://www.name-generator.org.uk/

### Personality Resources ::

* Personality Generator :: https://www.rangen.co.uk/chars/pergen.php
* List of positive and negative traits :: http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2015/03/positive-negative-trait-tables/
* Myers-Briggs Personality Traits :: https://www.16personalities.com/
* 3 Trait Personality Generator :: https://writingexercises.co.uk/random-character-traits-generator.php