Josiah

One of the people with the black rook sign in the chess series

Name: Josiah

Age: Around 26 in the chess world- actual age is around 19

Height/Weight: In chess form he's 5'11", 157 lbs

Scent: Cedar

Texture (i.e. of hands, skin, etc.): Calloused hands, rough skin

Clothing style/frequently worn clothes: Anything that's easy to move in. The scarf stays, though

Eye color: Violet in the chess world. Brown in the normal world

Hair color and style: Blond and combed down in the front, black and parted on the side in the back. It's completely blonde in the normal world, however

Other distinguishing physical traits: He has a scar on his neck that followed him from the normal world to this new body in the chess world. He keeps it covered because if others noticed it in the chess world they may recognize him in the normal world, as well, because it it. The scar is one straight, thin line along the side of his neck, about 10 cm long and 2 cm wide.

Action tags (i.e.scratching head, nail biting, etc.): He purses his lips a lot

Verbal tags (i.e. “My, my,” “Huh?” etc.) (also list speaking style: talkative, soft-spoken, loud, formal, accent, fast,etc.): Usually doesn't speak, but when he does his voice is loud and deep. Grunts in response to a lot of things.

Characteristic tags (i.e. timidity, drunkenness, arrogance, etc.): Quiet, intellectual, apathetic

Physical imperfections or something would most like to change: He is fine with himself, but it would be helpful if the scar on his neck weren't there.

Race/Ethnic group: In the chess world all that one can tell is that he is a darker-skinned individual, but in his normal world body Josiah is Caucasian American

Religion: Catholic Years of schooling: 12 yrs (he has only recently graduated)

Occupation: In the normal world, Josiah works in the agricultural department at the local college

Past Occupations: He worked at the public library about a year before quitting Skills, Abilities, and Talents: Good at planning things out and thinking ahead

Personality Type: ISTJ (introvert, sensing, thinking, judging)

Admirable personality traits (strengths): Direct, responsible, calm and practical

Negative personality traits (weaknesses): Insensitive, judgmental, lacks in creativity, and is stubborn

Quirks or eccentricities (off beat manner of behavior, dress, or speech that is peculiar to a person and distinguishes them from others): He usually has that "lone wolf" atmosphere about him and avoids crowds, but other than that there usually isn't anything particular about him

Things that make angry: He doesn't like it when things don't go as planned

Method of handling anger: Just e alone some more. He already was alone, but let's walk farther away from the group, now. Yep. He's a talker

Things that embarrass: Messing up

Method of handling embarrassment: Being alone

Fears: Losing

Method of handling fear: being alone (how predictable)

Bad habits or vices: being alone

Prejudices: He finds more sociable people seemingly less competent, somehow. He's wrong, of course, but he's just weird like that

Pet peeves or gripes: When people try to talk to him but it's obvious he doesn't want to be spoken to

Sense of Humor: Incompetence

Physical illness or affliction: none

Hobbies/Interests: Science, martial arts and, ironically, chess

Favorite Foods: Gyro

Favorite Books: Lord of the Flies

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Place: The woods

Item(s) special to character: In the chess world, his weapon and scarf. In the normal world he doesn't have one

Person/friend close to character: The bishop on his team, Avery

Description of home, home life, and economic status: Small apartment where he lives alone. Middle class.

Brief family history: Parents divorced while he was only around 9 yrs old. He usually stayed at his dad's and visited his mom for the holidays. All his relatives are alive save his dad's parents.

Most painful experiences in character’s past: His parents' divorce

Character’s goals (What they want)(Their biggest dream): To be the very best that no one ever wa- jkjk. He doesn't have much motivation to do things. In truth, Josiah actually enjoys being stuck in the chess world since it gives him something interesting to do

Character’s motivation (Why they want the above goal): I just said he doesn't have much of any motivation

Character’s conflict (What is keeping them from their goal): Nothing because there's not much of a goal

Summarize character’s Fatal Flaw (the main problem to work through): His lack of empathy

Story Premise: Josiah will probably be one of the main characters in the chess series (though it is still being debated) and he will be viewed as one of the more cold-hearted ones as he seems pretty chill about the situation with people dying.