Basics

• Name Normally Given:
• Story: (or otherwise, what you use them in)
• Full Name:
• Nicknames:
• Date of birth:
• Actual Age:
• Age they appear to be:
• Sex:
• Gender:
• Race: (whether they're human, or something else)

Physical

• Eye color:
• If changed, natural color:
• Hair color:
• If dyed, natural color:
• Hair length/style:
• Height:
• Weight:
• General build:
• In shape?
• Overall healthiness:
• Diseases or health problems: (physical)
• Scars, birthmarks, etc:
• Abnormal features, if any:
• Body mod:
• Glasses/contacts?
• General style:
• Specific styles they might be categorized as following:
• Favorite clothing items:
• Bonus: Make a Tektek of the character.

Mental

• Intelligence:
• Mental/psychological problems:
• Self-esteem:
• Fears:
• Goals/dreams:
• Pet peeves:
• Superstitious?
• Introvert or extrovert:
• Optimist or pessimist:
• Willingness to help others:
• Ease of trusting others:
• Regard for the rules:
• Willpower:
• Tendency to show emotions:
• Overall happiness:
• Thing that makes them the happiest:
• Thing they most hate:
• Overall, how they feel about life/the world:

Other Traits

• Strengths:
• Weaknesses:
• Likes:
• Dislikes:
• Talents/abilities:
• Quirks/idiosyncrasies:
• Mannerisms:
• Other habits:
• Guilty pleasures:
• Secrets:
• Does anyone know?
• Resemblances: (appearance or personality)

Relations

• Parents:
• Siblings:
• Children:
• Other family:
• Romantic partner:
• Sexual orientation:
• Closest companions:
• Other friends:
• Enemies:
• Person they care for most:
• Person they dislike most:
• Confidant/person they trust most:
• Groups they belong to:
• Qualities they admire in others:

Lifestyle

• Where they live:
• Small town, big city, or other?
• Home:
• Who they live with:
• Pets:
• Religion:
• Personal/life philosophies:
• Occupation:
• Side jobs:
• Hobbies:
• Obsessions:
• Drinking?
• Smoking?
• Drugs?
• Promiscuousness:
• Subcultures, or labels they might be given: (whether they openly claim to be a member of it, or others just identify them with it)

History

• Ethnicity:
• Country of birth:
• Where they grew up:
• Small town, big city, or other?
• Parenting, or how they were raised:
• Happy childhood?
• Greatest influence:
• Significant past events:
• Other people who have influenced them:
• Events or things that have influenced them:
• Education:
• Accomplishments:
• Regrets:
• Ex-lovers:
• Other past relationships (childhood friends, family they don't see anymore, etc):
• People they knew that have died:
• Things they miss most:
• Crimes committed:

Favorites

• Color:
• Food:
• Place:
• Time of day:
• Time of year:
• Type of weather:
• Possession:
• Type of music:
• School subject:
• Memory:
• Activity:
• Way to spend a rainy day:
• Holiday:
• Book/story:
• Word:

Real-life Things

• Creator:
• Approximate date created:
• Reasons for creation:
• Inspiration:
• Still in use?
• How much do you like them?
• Are you happy with their development, depth, etc. as a character?

Bonus questions

• If there have been multiple incarnations of this characters (different stories you've used them in, major shifts in personality, AUs they've been stuck in, even different points in time during the same story works, I guess), which is your favorite?
• List/describe their different incarnations.
• Let's say that all of the characters you've ever created live and frolic together in this giant happy land of doom. Yes, even the anthropomorphic rabbit from when you were seven.
  • Among all the other characters, what would this one be known for? What are they the "most" out of all the others? (smartest, creepiest, etc?)
  • Is there someone from another story (or someone from their own story who they never actually meet) they would get along amazingly with?
  • Someone they would not get along with at all?
• Pretend this character was a Sim in The Sims 2. What would their aspiration be-- Family, Popularity, Romance, Knowledge, Fortune, or Pleasure?
• Personality points-- Sloppy/Neat, Shy/Outgoing, Lazy/Active, Serious/Playful and Grouchy/Nice (1-10 in each, 25 total)?
• Where do they stand on Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
• Who are their sources of unconditional positive regard, if any?
• Tarot cards?
  • Which of the major arcana do you most identify them with?
  • Of the kings, queens, knights, and pages?
  • Number cards?
  • Overall, which suit do you identify them with?
• If they were a Wraeththu, to which tribe would they belong?
• Would they be eager to get incepted?