Saturday, August 29, 2015

Kaylin Olivia Oswald

This character sketch is for the main character of my book. In the book, I call her Olivia, not Kaylin. The fact that she is a middle name person is a recent addition.

Kaylin Olivia Oswald is an alien from the planet Cirdavi, a people that relies heavily on their telepathic abilities. They are called Cirdian. They are also a warrior based species, a culture made almost entirely up of women. (there is a back story on that, but it would take a long time, and spoil part of my book) They do not use modern weapon, for they are not soldiers. They can use bows, swords, daggers, and spears with precision to make the most advanced army tremble.

Physical

> She is very tall, because her planet is much smaller than ours. It is unusual to be under 5' 10” (she is 6' 3”)

> She is slender, with straight brown hair that is often in a ponytail. She has a heart shaped face, small, pointy ears, full, very red lips, a straight, narrow nose, and deep brown eyes.

> Her fingers and hands are very long and slender, like the rest of her.

> She plays a variety of instruments. (Piano, most strings, most woodwinds and brass, and a Cirdavi instrument called a Liltal)

> She is very athletic, and enjoys things like gymnastics, martial arts, and fencing.

> She (because of her warrior upbringing) is excellent with swords and daggers, for they are her weapons of preference, though she can work many other weapons with accuracy.

Personality

> She is a very sweet person, but if you threaten her or her people, she will get angry.

> She loves dogs, and has a beautiful German Shepherd named Kaeleb that follows her everywhere.

> She is impulsive, which becomes troublesome when she is older.

> She is a natural leader, and other people in control, especially in something that she thinks she can do, bothers her, and gets in the way of her doing her best.

> She loves her sword, which she names Lürung. It is her most prized possession, and if you want to convince her that you are on her side, don't try to make her take it off. (Note: They wear their swords on their back to make traveling long distances easier)

> She has a brother named Mordecai, and two cousins named Walter and Neloki. (Their mothers were twins.

> She is incredibly stubborn, and does not give up easily.

> Her biggest fault is pride. It does not help that she is told to be proud of herself, because her telepathic powers are stronger than anything the Cirdian have encountered in several thousand years. She has to overcome that pride to win an eon-long battle her people have been fighting.

> She is friendly to everyone she comes in contact with, but she has always been lonely. A telepathic bond, which is how Cirdian who understand each other interact, is hard to create, and few understand her enough to make one.

> Her favorite colors are wood brown, royal blue, forest green, and gold.

> She was born on Muyari 35, neroura 00043, galactic time. Muyari is kind of like May, except it has more days.

> She does not like dresses, but when she wears them, she makes sure they are floor length, and she wears pants under them.

> She is a middle name person, and is almost always called Olivia. Kaylin is really more of a formal thing.

> She hates talking in front of people. It scares her, but she does it anyway. (She and her cousin, Walter are kind of representatives for Cirdavi, so they both do a lot of public speaking)