Character Interviews., Real World Interaction with your FanFic Chars! Options

[Black Hand]

I realize this has been done to death in several other forums, but I was reading one on SyriaSays.com and just felt like doing one more. Besides, for you authors with 47+ pages already, this can give us cool synopsis of them!

You can use the questions I used as a template, or create your own. Be dramatic, silly, whatever. Let's just be creative!

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I decided to flesh this part out a bit more! EDIT: 8/5/11


Character: Sethyas Velas
Genre/Setting: Morrowind, Nerevarine MQ/Walkthrough

PLEASE GIVE US A QUICK INTRODUCTION?
Certainly, I am Sethyas Velas, a Dunmer by birth, raised in the Imperial Province of Cyrodiil. I am an Assassin by trade, though more of a Adventurer by vocation. After my arrest and subsequent 'release' to the Island of Vvardenfell, I began and completed my destiny as the Nerevarine.

YOU'RE AN ASSASSIN?
Heh, one of many titles that could be placed upon me. It was more of a metamorphosis of roles throughout my life I suppose. As a youth, I worked on a vineyard in the Monastery where I was raised. This gave me a bit of knowledge of alchemical processes. Later I learned a little bit of illusion magics. Much later, on Vvardenfel, I became a capable Thief within the Guild, as well as earning a bit more of proper pay and fighting skills within the Fighters Guild. Due too politics and an...incident...that included both Guilds and my role in solving the problem, I more or less retired from both, with competent heads leading both now.

Not too long after the retirement, I joined with the Morag Tong for my...potential. I quickly adapted too, and eventually became Grandmaster of the Guild. The Alchemy gave me a proper knowledge of poisons, the illusion advantage is obvious, nighteye, invisibility and the like. Plus being a fair hand with a bow, and very decent knack with blades, long and short, my talents were applied very well.

However, while I do trade blood for gold within the confines of the Guild, I do not take life at a request of any individual with coin, I am not that type of Assassin. That would be the Dark Brotherhood.

As of late, I much less involved in such affairs, and more or less oversee the whole operation, whilst leaving the day to day to my lieutenants. I have many pokers in the fire, so that is one aspect, one thing that makes me easy to define. I also am the Landlord of Bal Isra, a as of late small but thriving settlement due northwest of Ald-Ruhn, where the Redoran Council resides, of which I am also a member.

As I said, I have many pokers in the fire, so to call me Assassin, is one of many things I could be called.

HOW DID YOU FIRST MEET YOUR WRITER?
Hmm, that's an interesting question. I suppose we met about five or six years ago in the Census and Excise Office of Seyda Neen on his XBox. I was to be a Mash-up between a warrior and assassin, based on Helseth who resided at Velas Manor in Mournhold. I ended up with the manor's surname, and a variation on HelSETH.

Since than we've just taken the Assassin class and ran with it, originally he was just a powergamer, but than he started really getting into the story, and I fit perfectly in his mind.


DID YOU EVER THINK THAT YOUR LIFE WOULD END UP BEING IN A BOOK?
Honestly, no! I don't think he did either. When he started writing, he had about fifteen characters to choose from, most don't even exist anymore. I think he chose me as I was his 'primary' character, and most personally developed in his head. I am honored in retrospect.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SCENES IN YOUR BOOK: ACTION, DIALOGUE, ROMANCE?
Hmmm. It's hard to say. I admit I ironically shy from conflict, despite having more than my fair share of it. In the stories I'm portrayed between being sinister and a stalwart friend, but I do enjoy a good conversation, so I suppose it would be conversation. I also appear to be unlucky in love and a talented killer, so I suppose I do have a bad reputation outside looking in, despite my genuine good nature.

YOU HAVE A GENUINE GOOD NATURE? WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
I treat others as I would have them treat me. I have never spoken ill to another, unless it was called upon. I expect no less from others than what I am willing to do.

That includes duty. Yes, it is my duty to take life at times. What makes a mage that has no regard for life, that is capable of ending one with a flick of a finger and a fireball, or a Soldier facing his enemy bravely on the battlefield and being the victor, any different than I? Opinions. Perspectives. Merely thus.

I will say that any kills I have had to do, I attempt to make as quickly and painless as possible. I do not relish suffering, indeed, I loathe it. Even enemies deserve a clean death. There has been exceptions, of course. But these weren't mere enemies, these were....nemeses.

DID YOU HAVE A HARD TIME CONVINCING YOUR AUTHOR TO WRITE ANY PARTICULAR SCENES FOR YOU?
Actually, I don't have too. We have a mutual respect, he lets me be who I am in spite of sometimes by knack for going off script sometimes, he says I've actually surprised him a couple of times. But I think thats the secret of any good relationship, accepting and respecting who the person is, not trying to change them too what you want them to be.

For that reason, I don't like his 'retcon' a couple of years ago, when he essentially tried to make me "Altair" from "Assassin's Creed." I'm still embarrassed. I existed prior to that games release, and was just fine as was. Despite the similarities in our characters, I am not Altair.

DO YOU INFILTRATE YOUR AUTHORS DREAMS?
No, we each have our time and space in which to exist, even a yearlong pause on his part is merely an instant to me.

ARE YOU CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A RELATIONSHIP?
Hmmm. Not 'currently,' no. Though he tells me there is something cooking up in my future. I've been widowed and just had a bad breakup with a girlfriend however. I also have a Daedra Seducer companion, but there is nothing physical or emotional about our partnership, though it is the cause of a few raised eyebrows. One woman in particular...

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE GENRE YOUR WRITER HAS PLACED YOU IN?
Indeed. I would be alien in anything else. He says if I existed in real life, I'd likely be a Special Operations Commando in Belize.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN A SEQUEL IF YOUR WRITER IS SO INCLINED?
I've already been in one, with a third in the works. Provided another author hurries herself up with her story! But I am more or less happy with the progress that has been made so far, he doesn't like his earliest works in comparison to now as it's been a learning experience for both of us.

IF YOU COULD GIVE YOURSELF A SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
I think the powers which I already possess are adequate. I can make myself invisible, use 'Command' to influence weak-minded individuals for a short time, and in theory will never die from age or disease. Supposedly I am quite intelligent, according to my author, and have a inborn talent for my trade.

This post has been edited by Black Hand: Aug 7 2011, 08:52 AM

[Colonel Mustard]

Character(s): Michael Anston and Brutus Caecilius Martius Corialanus
Genre/Setting: New Vegas, Fallout: New Vegas alternate storyline
Story: Once Upon a Time in New Vegas

PLEASE GIVE US A QUICK INTRODUCTION
Michael: Sure thing; Michael Anston, CEO of Anston and Co private military contractors, finest mercenary company in the Mojave Wasteland.
Brutus: I'm Brutus; I'm Michael's number two, and the company's muscle. Something needs to be broken, I break it.

WHEN DID YOU MEET YOUR AUTHOR?
Michael: October 2011, the guy saw Casino, a crime movie with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci. He'd been playing one hell of a lot of New Vegas at the time, and something about that movie and the idea of these two guys rising in power through the Las Vegas mob to run a city just clicked with him.
Brutus: Of course, he twigged that what he liked about it was that there was two of 'em, in the sort of classic 'big guy, small guy' duo, y'see. So he thought of this fast-talking guy who couldn't fight for crap but could talk his way out of any corner, and a big guy who wasn't quite as smart or charismatic as the other one but was able to swing a punch. That's how things started out.

SO WHO'S JOE PESCI AND WHO'S ROBERT DENIRO?
Michael: I'm Robert DeNiro, definitely.
Brutus: No you're not.
Michal: But I'm the smart one and you're the violent one! Hell, Joe Pesci murders a guy with a pen in that film! A frickin' pen! I've never hurt another person in my life.
Brutus: Yeah, but Joe Pesci's the hyperactive and dynamic one with the Italian-American accent, like you, while I'm the more quiet, considerate and introspective type like Robert DeNiro's character.
Michael: Y'know, for somebody who's main role is in my company is to break heads, you sure do think a lot.
Brutus: Eh, I can work with that just fine.

DID YOU EVER THINK YOUR LIFE WOULD END UP IN A BOOK?
Michael: Yeah, I reckoned I was an interesting enough guy for it to happen. Pity I got shafted on the royalties for this thing.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SCENES IN YOUR BOOK: ACTION, DIALOGUE, ROMANCE?
Michael: Dialogue, definitely. I'm a people person, I love talking. Negotiating a deal and stuff like that, that's exciting, y'know. Just cause you ain't fighting with weapons it doesn't mean that you don't fight as hard or that the battle isn't as desperate or high-stakes.
Brutus: For me it's a good fight scene, something I can really sink my teeth into, so to speak. Michael's the type who'll just cower in cover-
Michael: Oh ha ha ha.
Brutus: But I'm the kind who likes to get stuck into things. That fight scene in the Thorn was a lot of fun.
Michael: Seriously? You found that fun? You crushed a guy's skull with that big robot claw of yours!
Brutus: Yeah, that's why it was fun. That was badass.
Michael: You scare me sometimes, pal.

DID YOU HAVE A HARD TIME CONVINCING YOUR AUTHOR TO WRITE ANY PARTICULAR SCENES FOR YOU?
Michael: Not that I can think of, really; guy has a rule he took from Chekhov; "Write without judgement." Whatever myself, Brutus or any other member of my company do is what we do. The guy just writes it down, that's all, doesn't judge, doesn't flinch.
Brutus: It's about truth for him, y'see. Even if it's nasty in the story, for him it's gotta be true. Making things nicer just because they're nicer, that idea don't sit right with the guy, not at all.

DO YOU INFILTRATE YOUR AUTHORS DREAMS?
Michael: Hell no. That's guy has some wierd stuff going on in that head of his, no way I'm getting involved in that.

ARE YOU CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A RELATIONSHIP?
Michael: Been going about six months with Doris, my current girlfriend. Going pretty good, really; probably helps that she's one of the founding members of Anston and Co and pretty damn with repairs and demolitions.
Brutus: Not at the minute, no. I'm sure I'll find a nice guy to keep me warm at night soon enough, though; muscles like mine it's not exactly as if I don't stand a chance.

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE GENRE YOUR WRITER HAS PLACED YOU IN?
Michael: Yeah, I'd say I am; I probably wouldn't last five minutes out in the DC Wasteland, and anywhere in Tamriel? No thank you! Of course, I ended up on Earth, I reckon I could do pretty good in a bank or a stock market, maybe in organised crime too. Somewhere where there's a lot of money flowing and you need to be able think and talk quick, that's where I'd do best.
Brutus: Same with Michael, though if I was out in DC I'd probably do pretty well. I could probably fit into Tamriel pretty cosily seeing as they've got lots of Roman types out there already and I can swing a machete pretty good. If I was on Earth though, I reckon I'd either be in the army somewhere or doing a sport like heavyweight boxing or wrestling.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN A SEQUEL IF YOUR WRITER IS SO INCLINED?
Michael: A sequel means that I survive Once Upon a Time in New Vegas. I like that idea.
Brutus: Seconded. I've seen a glimpse of the guy's plans for the finale of that thing, though, so I'm not sure how he'd top it in a sequel.

IF YOU COULD GIVE YOURSELF A SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Michael: Uh, probably being bullet proof. When there's there's lead flying I generally just have to hunker down, wait for the noise to stop and hope I don't get hit in the meantime.
Brutus: Tricky, tricky. I'd say flying. Being able to fly always looks like fun.

BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS INTERVIEW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?
Michael: Just one thing; if you ever find yourself in the Mojave area and you're in need of people hurt or things broken, just contact Anston and Co. Our Headquarters are on Freeside, right by the Strip gate; you can't miss us!