Meet the Characters - In Which the Night is Dark and Stormy

Considering the fact I only just came up with this story yesterday, it's developing surprisingly fast. <.<


Xethrin - the Hero

Xethrin, nicknamed Xeth, is supposed to be the typical male hero of Fantasy. Humble background, his village gone, with considerable magical power (so he discovers). He’s rather quiet and often questiones the strangeness of the highly cliché and inconstant plot of his story. He is known to use large words and fancy phrasing. Women, when they meet him, tend to fall instantly ‘in wuv’ with him. Of course. (‘B cuz he‘s, liek, totally cute!!!!1 <3 <3 <3)



Jethphroth  - the Wizard

Jethphroth is an extremely powerful wizard who appoints (or at least tries to) Xethrin on his quest - to find the Beautiful Princess of Andora, who holds the only key to saving the world from the Evil Power of the Ancient Dark Lord. He is supposed to be old, wise, and mysterious. However, much to the dismay of the Narrator, he is extremely forgetful and he can’t keep a secret to save his life. He even admits at one point that his shocking age of 1,406 is actually quite young to some of the old mysterious wizards/mages/mentors he’s met. He collects mittens and stamps.


Quenarie - The Princess’s Rival.

Quenarie is the daughter of the evil Dark Lord, whom Xethrin and Jethphroth meet somewhere on their journey to find the Princess. She was evil just like her father at one point, but after Xethrin (whom she only knew for a day, but fell hopelessly in wuv with him anyway) gives her a one paragraph speech of inspiration, she becomes one of the heroic good guys in about two seconds. When exited or upset she has a tendency to fall into text speech, but when she is sad or angry she uses large, elegant words.

Kvytrlpetlk - the Dashing Thief Who Has Never Stolen Anything

Yes - his name is impossible to pronounce. When he introduced himself, the other three try for the sake of mutual peace to call him by that name - but much to his horror they finally give up and start calling him “Pet”, the only pronounceable part of his name. He is supposed to be a dashing young Thief of the story, but he can’t actually bring himself to steal anything. When asked about this, he explains that he is a “Thief by Name Only.”

Bethy - The Princess

Her name is not really Bethy, but her real one is so long it takes up two whole paragraphs. As the first part of it is “Bethanne”, they call her Bethy for short. She is well known for her beauty throughout the land, often referred to as “The Fairest of Them All.” She tries her very best to be a Mary Su. Unfortunately for her, she can’t. For one thing, she is torn between two major Mary Su personalities - the beautiful delicate Damsel in Distress, and the rough-and-tumble-tom-boy-I-

need-no-one-Warrior-Princess, who can fell full armored men three times her size with ease. On top of that, she doesn’t like most animals, and most animals don’t like her. She does have a furry companion, though, but it’s not the kind one would expect.

Ueeb - The Furry Companion.

Ueeb is everything a Furry Companion should be - magical, smart, and loyal. Bethy first came across him at a tavern when the innkeeper’s wife was mistreating him horribly. She instantly fell in love with him and made him her pet, cooing over how incredibly cute he was.

He doesn't actually look like an Oreo on a cupcake, but all the other pictures were creepy.

And last, but not least:

The Narrator PhD - The…er…Narrator.

The Narrator, who has a PhD in Narration, is a sarcastic individual who often scoffs at the plot's extreme cliche and unbelievability. However, he believes it is his job to uphold the way the story is ‘supposed’ to go, putting his personal opinions aside. He often appears when the above characters are being particularly rebellious (sometimes intentional, but sometimes the poor dears can’t help it) and makes things ‘right’ again. As he is only the Narrator, he explains, he has no physical power over the story, and can only interfere when the plot is inconveniently altered. He can, however, choose not to interfere. He knows everything about the story, the characters, and the plot, but can only reveal so much to them. He is the only character that is fully aware that he, and the others, are just a story living between the pages of a notebook.