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meridian_rose) wrote2012-09-02 04:39 pm
meridian_rose) wrote2012-09-02 04:39 pm
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Character Brainstorming
Character brainstorming/mapping, for a ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
writerverse challenge.
For the mindmap challenge I decided to map out everything I know about a new male character who will appear in Kat's world and be an important part of much of the latter half of the story.
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edit: 'wordly' in the personality section should read 'worldly'.
I also think in Myers-Briggs terms (brief assessment done) he is an ESFP.
ESFP Credo: "Where's the party?"
ESFP Keywords: Friendly, Chatterbox, Easy-going, People-centric, Harmonious, Flexible, Goes with the flow, Sociable, Caring, Supportive/Practical, Relational
He's the sort of man who'll try and talk his way out of trouble, but if it comes to it, he'll throw the second punch.
The hardest thing is naming him. I've been through websites and generators, Welsh and Cornish names books, general names books and the New Age (some more obscure) name book. Excluding names I have or plan to use else where (eg Laurie appears in a WIP) and avoiding R names (of which I have many already in this verse) these are the names I'm leaning towards.
Delainey – Irish/Old French or Old English. Variant spellings: Delaney, Delaney. Meaning 'from the alder grove' or 'black defiance'. Delainey also used for females.
Donovan – Irish/Gaelic. Variant spellings: Donavan. Meaning 'dark; or 'brown haired chieftan/warrior'
Sulley – Gaelic/Old English. Variant spelling: Sully. Short form of Sullivan. In this form can mean 'south meadow'. Sullivan means 'dark eyed' or 'hawk eyed'. Gwaine/Gawain means 'white hawk/falcon' so I like the link
Eilian – Welsh, maybe also Cornish. Unisex. A St Eilian well exists in Anglesey. Meaning is uncertain, possibly 'second' or 'a moment in time'. Pronounced Ee-lian/Eye-lee-ann but I'm leaning to the pronunciation Ell-ian. Maybe have to spell it Ellian. Elyan is another Arthurian knight included in BBC's Merlin, so a 'nod' to Gwaine.
Eirian – Welsh. Means 'splendid, bright'. Again, I'm leaning towards Er-ian rather than Ee-rian but I'm not keen on the spelling Erian.
Gayle – Irish/Gaelic/Old English. Variant spelling: Gale, Gaile. Although often associated with a girl's name this is a unisex name meaning 'foreigner', 'cheerful/happy' or if thought to be from Abigail, 'father rejoicing'.
Cayde- Scottish/Old English/Celtic. Variants include Kaide, Kayde, Cade, Caden. Can be linked to Cadell. Means 'from the wetlands', 'round/cask', 'companion', 'fighter'
There's a poll here if you'd like to give your opinion on the names :D
writerverse challenge.For the mindmap challenge I decided to map out everything I know about a new male character who will appear in Kat's world and be an important part of much of the latter half of the story.
Click for full size
edit: 'wordly' in the personality section should read 'worldly'.
I also think in Myers-Briggs terms (brief assessment done) he is an ESFP.
ESFP Credo: "Where's the party?"
ESFP Keywords: Friendly, Chatterbox, Easy-going, People-centric, Harmonious, Flexible, Goes with the flow, Sociable, Caring, Supportive/Practical, Relational
He's the sort of man who'll try and talk his way out of trouble, but if it comes to it, he'll throw the second punch.
The hardest thing is naming him. I've been through websites and generators, Welsh and Cornish names books, general names books and the New Age (some more obscure) name book. Excluding names I have or plan to use else where (eg Laurie appears in a WIP) and avoiding R names (of which I have many already in this verse) these are the names I'm leaning towards.
Delainey – Irish/Old French or Old English. Variant spellings: Delaney, Delaney. Meaning 'from the alder grove' or 'black defiance'. Delainey also used for females.
Donovan – Irish/Gaelic. Variant spellings: Donavan. Meaning 'dark; or 'brown haired chieftan/warrior'
Sulley – Gaelic/Old English. Variant spelling: Sully. Short form of Sullivan. In this form can mean 'south meadow'. Sullivan means 'dark eyed' or 'hawk eyed'. Gwaine/Gawain means 'white hawk/falcon' so I like the link
Eilian – Welsh, maybe also Cornish. Unisex. A St Eilian well exists in Anglesey. Meaning is uncertain, possibly 'second' or 'a moment in time'. Pronounced Ee-lian/Eye-lee-ann but I'm leaning to the pronunciation Ell-ian. Maybe have to spell it Ellian. Elyan is another Arthurian knight included in BBC's Merlin, so a 'nod' to Gwaine.
Eirian – Welsh. Means 'splendid, bright'. Again, I'm leaning towards Er-ian rather than Ee-rian but I'm not keen on the spelling Erian.
Gayle – Irish/Gaelic/Old English. Variant spelling: Gale, Gaile. Although often associated with a girl's name this is a unisex name meaning 'foreigner', 'cheerful/happy' or if thought to be from Abigail, 'father rejoicing'.
Cayde- Scottish/Old English/Celtic. Variants include Kaide, Kayde, Cade, Caden. Can be linked to Cadell. Means 'from the wetlands', 'round/cask', 'companion', 'fighter'
There's a poll here if you'd like to give your opinion on the names :D
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BTW, you gave me a really good link for character sheets, which had a Myers-Brigg link as part of the details you could fill in for the characters. I've looked in my email, bookmarks, delicious and To Read and to my shame I can't find it anywhere. Could you please give it to me again?
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http://www.panix.com/~felicia/character/character.php
Also there was this link that I believe I stole from Riona...
http://www.heretocreate.com/2007/11/01/resources-for-fiction-writing/
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