Your First Character!

[Luxanna Viera]

So, a lot of us have entire hordes of characters, a lot of us only have one or a few. Some of us have retired some and made new ones. So basically, here's where you tell people who the first character you made for Hammel was!

Mine was, of course Luxanna. She's also the character I've worked the most on when it comes to character development. She's definitely my favorite out of all of my characters. She's my baby. Always will be.

[Bobby Castellano]

Mine was Riley. The big cuddly bear.

He had been agonising to make for sure but he's also the only one of mine that has stood the test of time. No retirements for him ^^

Character development wise, he's gone through some, no leaps or bounds but I think because he was already developed when I made him, I think I can excuse him of this ^^;

I love him to bits and hopefully it shows ^^

[Roger Vandelay]

My darling Tanner! He started out as an amalgamation of my pre-Hammel characters and has grown up quite a bit since I made him. He started out as very introverted and nerdy, and now he's graduated from Hammel, performing at the House, going on dates... I'm so proud of him! I see bits of myself in him and, in a lot of ways, his growth has been similar to mine. Now if only I had his abs...

He's changed a lot over the years, though, and has proven to be a lot more 'versatile' (yuk yuk) than I ever would have thought: he's been gay, bi, put through apocalyptic A/U's, matched with all sorts of weirdos, made into a model dragon... the works. It's been really exciting to watch him grow and change as a character as I grow and change as a writer. That dragon!tanner sits on my desk right next to my computer year-round, even when I'm breaking from Hammel, is a testament to how much he has meant to me.

Here's to two good years next month, baby - and many more to come!

[Layla Harlow]

My first character on Hammel was named Serenity Knyght, she was a thirteen year old bubbly mess of fluff and cuteness with a knack for making people fall asleep at random times. I ended up retiring her because I left Hammel for a month or so and then came back to make the character I consider to be my first character: Lucah.

That all being said, neither of those two are my baby. My baby came after Lucah - Adrianna Carstyn and she is the one that I've never retired and that has had the most development. She's been my main reason for staying on Hammel because I love her and the plots she's been through. I've literally thrown it all at her and she's come out so different than what I expected, but she's perfect and I adore her.

And then my horde just grew from there as you all know >.>

[Savvy Bishop]

I haven't been here all that long, I suppose, but since my first charrie was recently retired, I suppose I could share. Her name was Astley, she was totally different from how I'd initially thought of her when writing her profile, since her power came with some baggage I'd never really worked with before, at least not to that degree.

Since she'd had a rather traumatic manifestation (severely burning her pre-Hammel-boyfriend's face), she became a very different person before she even arrived at Hammel. I was lucky enough to start Astley during a Time Warp, and got to play out a plot I really hadn't expected to happen: Brookley.

It was fun to play with Astley, the two sides of her mind that bickered frequently, her mousy reserve, her mothering side toward Brooke, her giddy flirtation with Carter, and best of all the flashback to the night Brooke kissed her. Astley dealing with drunk Brooke was one of my favorite threads to write.

But, alas, she is now retired, and I don't think she'll be coming back unless Brooke makes a remergence, since they ended up so tied together.