“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
- JRR Tolkien

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Drafting and Planning: Character profile; Senara

Protagonist:

Real name: Senara

Replacement Human name: Marian

Species: Succubus

Age: Either impossibly old like '256' or Immortal



Appearance:
Since succubi are the epitome of seduction, she has an 'other-worldly' sort of beauty. But with blue eyes to suggest innocence and purity; though she's the complete opposite in terms of her demonic background. She has 3 forms. The one she tries to sustain is her 'Human' form, when she has nothing 'demonic' about her appearance, and just looks like a very beautiful woman. Yet, since she was banished from her dark world, she was punished with keeping the deformity of either her 'elf' ears or demonic horns; the ears are more subtle though.
She has her 'Demi-Dark' form, when she begins to grow into her dark 'Aggressive' form. She grows her tail and talons.
But her 'Aggressive' form is when she's completely Succubus, equipped to kill, with a gruesome mouth and piercing eyes, horns, talons, tail and even wings. (obviously, only so much can make it's appearance in the trailer unfortunately.)
In terms of clothing, she wears a variety depending on her mood and stability. She doesn't have a distinct 'style' if anything, she's varied and unique of many characters. Most depictions of succubi have them in extremely risque clothes, but obviously I have to tone down these fantasy ideals, and since she wants to be human, she wouldn't want to dress inappropriately in public.

Refer to this post for her general appearance and nature of her species.

Personality/Past:
She used to be malicious and greedy and selfish in every way possible, only caring for her own requirements and cravings. Though she had a job to do in her demonic society, she did actually enjoy it; whatever the evil, self-centered, hurtful enjoyment is. But, as if she woke up from a dream, and after watching the pain it caused others, as well as herself, she started to question her nature. She admired the love humans are capable of, and wanted it more than anything. Though she learns how to be loving, generous, witty and optimistic, her dark side would frequently challenge her - causing a great amount of mental conflict. In this way she's a very fragile character, yet wise and ambitious with different sorts of strength.

Impact on story:
Obviously she's the main character, but sometimes I wonder if a different character should be followed by the audience instead who meets her and she impacts on HIS life. Then we switch between being an observer of Senara, to understanding whats going on in her mind.
Either that or we follow her all the way. But I always love having a sense of mystery behind her. Or a sense of 'journey' at least.

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