arrefmak was asking what's your thing? when it comes to roleplaying characters.

I don't think I have a 'thing' in the sense off a need to play a particular role or be motivated in a certain way.

I do have certain types that I love to play.

1) The kind-hearted ditzy young females who spreads chaos and confusion whereever she goes - Emilia in a game that is no more, and Phoebe in Ill Met in Amber.

2) The witty, urbane, polished male - sometimes an alpha male (Delan Anderon in GalRen and Nickolai Odelenski in a game that is no more), sometimes standing apart from the system as a malcontent (Lucas de St Cyr in House of Cards).

3) The determined woman of action - as good with a gun as she is with the smartass remarks and the wisecracking (Kat Levin in Gal Ren, Patricia)

4) The unusual female villainness - whether the monstrous Maub in aryb, or the sweet-as-can-be Nira Lagoran (Gal Ren) or Celia Hardy (Winter Chills)

5) The obsessed artist (of many kinds) such as the poet Adolphus Finchley ( a Regency game) or Gwalachmai the Welsh dragon (Castle Falkenstein), with his fascination with leather goods to add to his collection; "It has little compartments, look you."

I'd be interested if anyone can see any link between them!

All right ... Emilia is now on the loose and up to mischief ..

Emilia now has a White Rose (couldn't have her thought a Lancastrian!).

http://uk.geocities.com/goldfired/ga/emilia.htm

There are lots of these shields - I love 'em!

I've now updated the web pages to include the shields ....

I got a lovely map of all the castles of the Czech Republic (hundreds) and also all the noble shields ... They're super - and I intend to make full use of them :-)


They just needed a little work in Photoshop ...

New pages up for A Grand Affair:

Web page for Begma - http://uk.geocities.com/goldfired/ga/begma.htm

Nickolai - http://uk.geocities.com/goldfired/ga/nickolai.htm
(with the Nickolai and Francesca story heavily edited)

and Emilia - http://uk.geocities.com/goldfired/ga/emilia.htm

And I'm looking forward to it as much as Theresa, I think ...