CHARACTER FUNCTIONS

• Protagonists

Alakai –  He functions as a leader within the group

Diyo – He functions as the fun loving “crazy” friend

Jo – She functions as the down to earth relaxed person who is always there if you need someone to talk to. She is a great listener but never talks about her self or her own emotions even when she needs to.

Tobias – He functions as the guy who thinks he’s the leader, very cocky but in the end he realizes that he needs to be there for his friends more.

Katia – She functions as the kind, compassionate, and outgoing friend who is always there to make your day better.

• Opponent

Kitsune – He functions as the supposed “evil” being who will do anything to stop the team from escaping their nightmare turned reality. Later in the story he will function as an ally/mentor who will grant the team his knowledge

• Ally

Sargent Ali – He is going to be the kid’s mentor during their first week in training. He will be there to guide them. Yet, once they turn up to the hospital in a Sleep-like trance he believes that he has failed them. Unknowing that his lessons were a crucial part that kept most of them alive. (Mentor/Teacher/Warrior)

• Subplot Character

Diyo’s dad – abusive father who is trying to get better. this sheds the light on why Diyo acts the way he does – He learns more about who is father was from his older brother (Name to be decided)

Alakai’s mother – who passed away. This will shed light on his past, this will affect how he acts once he finds out the truth.

Jo’s birth parents – This sheds light on what truly happened to her parents— does it foreshadow what might happen to her if she continues on the path she is currently on?

Tobias’ fame – This will shed light on how he reacts when he must choose between his fame and his new friends.

Katia’s friends and family – she will leave them behind when she passes away. This shows just how loved and cared for she is. 

CHARACTER ARCHETYPES:

Protagonists:

Alakai: He is a warrior in the sense that he will protect those around him fiercely  but does not know his own limits.   (Physical Warrior)

Actions Taken:

1. He will push Diyo to finally confront his father about what happened. This will cause a ripple effect in Diyo’s personality as he realizes that Alakai is doing this for his own good to help Diyo move on from his past.
2.  Alakai will encourage Jo to speak up more, this sense of confidence that Alakai gives to Jo will help her overcome Katia’s death.

Diyo: He is a warrior in the sense that he will protect those around him unless he does not trust or care for you. (Physical/Mental Warrior/Rebel)

Actions Taken:

1. Diyo will help Katia learn how to care about herself more. He teaches her when she needs to be for selfish for the good of herself.
2. Diyo knocks Tobias down a few pegs in his confidence, that has turned into cockiness, this allows Tobias to learn that other people are more important than himself and that the only way to win some games are to work as a team. This teaches him that he doesn’t have to do everything by himself.

Jo: She is a warrior in the sense that she must learn how to fight with her words in order to voice her opinions that could end up saving someone. (Mental Warrior)

Actions Taken:

1. Jo teaches Alakai that just because he wants to help doesn’t mean he needs to. She helps him learn that sometimes people will take advantage of your kindness and step all over you if your not careful.
2. Jo will help Katia learn how to take care of herself and treat herself right. She will help her understand that she worth the world and that she needs to understand just how much of an impact she has made on people’s lives.

Tobias: He is a warrior in the sense that he fights to be right whether that is what the team needs or not. This need to be right drives him to seek out the personal truth. (Mental Warrior/King)

Actions Taken:

1. Tobias helps Jo by teaching her how to speak up for herself and surprisingly is there to listen to her instead of her always listening to everyone else’s problems.
2. Tobias helps Alakai by teaching him that it is ok to be proud of yourself when you have done something great. Don’t be shy about your pride especially when its well earned.

Katia: She is a warrior in the sense of needing to take care of those around her even if that means she is not taking care of herself. (Mental/Physical Warrior/Mother)

Actions Taken:

1. Katia helps Diyo by showing him how to have compassion for other people. She shows him how to care and trust other people. This will effect their relationship together.
2. Katia helps Tobias by showing him how to relax and learn how to have a good time being happy for other people’s accomplishments.

Sargent Ali: He is going to be the kid’s mentor during their first week in training. He will be there to guide them. Yet, once they turn up to the hospital in a Sleep-like trance he believes that he has failed them. Unknowing that his lessons were a crucial part that kept most of them alive. (Mentor/Teacher/Warrior)

Actions Taken:

1. Ali helps the MCs learn how to survive… they use his knowledge to handle things they find in their hell even if they might use his instructions in other ways than Ali intended.
2. Ali knows of Kitsune and helps teach the MCs about him dispite not knowing they would eventually meet him. This is a sort of side knowledge that Ali has and just happens to share with them on one of the bonding exercises.

Antagonist:

Kitsune: He is a trickster in the sense that in order for him to succeed he needs to be able to successfully trick the MC’s into believing that what they see is true. (Mental and Physical Trickster)

Actions Taken:

1. Kitsune has been expecting the MCs and is finally happy to have company. He tries to seem welcoming at first but he realizes that Diyo does not respect him as he should. This angers Kitsune so he takes his anger out on Diyo by tearing the only other person he cares for in the world besides his mother. Kitsune kills Katia.
2. Kitsune realizes what he has done and characteristically does not seem to care. He can tell how broken this makes the MCs and realizes that this was not how things were supposed to go. Knowing that he messed up the timeline he panics and we really see that he is just as scared and lonely as Diyo deep down.

ARCHETYPE DESCRIPTION

Protagonist: My protagonists are warriors because

1. They are actively trying to protect those around them.
2. When they trust one another it makes their “army” group stronger
3. They are learning to become better people through actions that help each other even if they don’t want to in the beginning.

My protagonists are different because

1. Despite what they think they cannot get out of this “dream” alive without the help of each other
2. They do not want to believe that the only option to solving a solution is violence.
3. Most of my characters do not start out as a warrior, they turn into one throughout the story. Also, each character has one or more different archetypes embedded within their personalities.

Antagonist: My antagonist is a trickster because

1. Kitsune uses their powers to literally trick the MCs into believing the hallucination.
2. Kitsune Lies to protect the secrecy of the dream
3. His confidence in his illusions and the pure confusion on the MC’s faces is one of the things he truly enjoys

My antagonist is different because

1. Despite him showing the MC’s their worst demons he is actually helping them become who they were truly meant to be
2. Despite Kitsune being alone he secretly enjoys the company of the MCs and enjoy seeing their growth. He could kill them all if he wanted to.
3. Once the MC’s figure out what is happening Kitsune helps them escape because they have beaten him without violence which is something he is not used to.

This is important for my story because without the stereotypes of these archetypes I would not be able to build off of them and create my own versions of those stereotypes. This helps to truly form a complete character by blending and mixing the archetypes within each character.