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For the heck of it I’ll do this for Karayan and Þorunn and then hopefully the castle will actually start again 😛

Character Name: Karayan
Age: He’s not sure; his personal memories and world history have merged at this point.
Occupation: Reclusive bookworm
Family Members and Significant Others: Daughter named Chaaya (bit of a trouble maker, almost constantly in jail for murdering cattle).  No other lived ones really.
Personality traits: Flippant, sarcastic, sesquipedalian, deeply principled, half his weight is attitude
How do people perceive him/her: After about 5 minutes talking with him it’s really obvious he’s a pretty chill bibliophile rather than a horrifying monster.  Commonly people seek him for exposition or as a source for their history project.
Character history/origins: Not to get too far into spoiler territory but basically he made a deal to get a soul and then once he got the soul he realized the consequences of his deal and has been trying to mitigate it as much as possible.  (It’s his fault Brendin even has a syne actually)
Highest level of education: He’s been slowly reading the entire Library of Alexandria, basically, so probably higher than the is a name for.
Physical traits: Feline humanoid, as previously explained.
Mannerisms: Combine Tony Stark and Hermione Granger and you’re pretty close.  Lots of gesticulation, quirky facial expressions and sassy body language.
Childhood dreams: If he had any he’s forgotten them by this point seeing as his childhood was a couple centuries ago and he remembers nothing of it.
Childhood fears: Again, does not remember
Biggest motivator: Atonement
Biggest fear: He’ll fail to mitigate the problems he caused and the natural order will be horrifically twisted as a result.
Things he/she likes: Books, candles, reading, organization, cats (especially kittens), tea, cellars/catacombs/dungeons/underground areas.
Things he/she dislikes: Sunlight, noise, windows, birds, dogs, coffee, society in general
Where does he/she live?  In the catacombs beneath the University
What kind of music does he/she listen to?  The crinkling of old pages and the crackle of a small hearth fire.
What does he/she like about him/herself? Dislike?  Likes his charisma and knowledge.  Hates his impulsive tendencies.
What is his/her favorite childhood memory?  Doesn’t remember so…
What is his/her most traumatic life event?  Gaining a soul.  Spontaneously growing a moral compass stings a bit.
What is his/her most prized possession?  Powdered gemstones.  Their significance is rather spoiler heavy, but they’re very important.
What kind of transportation does he/she use?  He walks around either in his humanoid form or his cat form, or his human friend Amillia carries him (as a cat) around in her bag.
What is his/her favorite food?  Calf blood.  (He is a vampire after all)
What is the most interesting thing about this character?  Probably his history, or more accurately his impact on history.  If it weren’t for him things would be extremely different.
What does this character’s voice sound like?  Tom Hiddleston’s Loki.
What five words best describe this character?  Chaotic feline vampiric historian bibliophile
What does my character want most in the world?  To fix his mistake.
What obstacles, events or people will stand in the way of my character getting what he wants?  A villain from most of the prequel stories (Through the Eyes of Stone and A Broken Crown Upon a Broken Throne specifically) put a lot of things in place to stop Karayan.  That and the fact that if he isn’t careful he’ll be immediately killed, so he can’t do anything too obviously opposed to Cassius’s wishes.

Character Name:  Þorunn
Age: Late teens-mid twenties
Occupation: Viking
Family Members and Significant Others: Father Ragnvald and three brothers, Ulfrik, Sten, and Torfi.  Þorunn is the second oldest.
Personality traits: Definitely a psychopath.  Pragmatic and calculating.
How do people perceive him/her: A capable warrioress, a true shield maiden.  Perhaps a little overly ambitious.
Character history/origins: Her family still holds the old ways and wants to depose Oberjarl Thrand and his family because of their conversion to Christianity.
Highest level of education: Viking
Physical traits: Previously stated
Mannerisms: Very confident and audacious in her movements; seems to fear nothing.
Childhood dreams: Becoming a shield maiden.
Childhood fears: Her family dying.
Biggest motivator: Religious beliefs.
Biggest fear: The old ways will be forgotten and her family will be dishonored
Things he/she likes: Combat, scheming, lying.
Things he/she dislikes: Pacifism, diplomacy, politics.
Where does he/she live?  With her father
What kind of music does he/she listen to?  She doesn’t
What does he/she like about him/herself? Dislike?  Likes her combat prowess and capabilities.  Dislikes that she was born a daughter.
What is his/her favorite childhood memory?  Being taught to fight by her father and older brothers.
What is his/her most traumatic life event?  Presumably her mother’s death but I’m still not sure what happened yet.
What is his/her most prized possession?  The first knife her father gave her, which has a lock of her mother’s hair braided and wrapped around the grip.
What kind of transportation does he/she use?  Foot or longship.
What is his/her favorite food? Need to research this more before I can answer (sorry)
What is the most interesting thing about this character?  How scheming she can be.
What does this character’s voice sound like?  Cate Blanchett’s Hela but Viking
What five words best describe this character?  Viking warlord in woman’s body
What does my character want most in the world?  Become Oberjarl herself if possible.
What obstacles, events or people will stand in the way of my character getting what he wants?  The protagonists 🙂