Well…I write fanfiction, and my characters are mostly related to canon characters but..
- ( dead character really only refereed to in passing)
The three musketeers: 4
Élise, Hammond and Emmeline*
Casper: 5
Elizabeth O'Connell. Margaret O'Connell, *Alistor McFadden, *Catrina Mcfadden, Dr.Charles Rawlston
Encanto: 3
Ramona Álvarez, Francisco Álvarez and Casandra Álvarez
Once Upon a Time: 1
unnamed Cassidy-Swan
Pirates of the Caribbean: 1
Katherine Norrington
Percy Jackson: 1
Andromeda Mercedes Jackson
Top Gun: 6
Delilah Mitchell
Good Omens: 2
Lilith
Eden
I have embarrassingly little :/
In total: 15
First book: + 8
~ Three protagonists
~ One antagonist
~ Two parental figures
~ Two side characters
Second book: + 3
~ Another protagonist
~ Two side characters
Third book: + 0
Prequel: + 4
~ Two protagonists
~ Two more side characters
Someone tell me how to write with more characters I can't find ways to introduce new people!
Honestly I'm just curious about the number and how that breaks down for everyone. So here is mine!
Total: 116 characters (all one universe)
How it breaks down with some overlap of categories:
5 main characters
23 knights (one of which is a main character)
30 royals total
18 of those are Guardians royalty
12 are Vampire royalty
15 Deities
10 are the main Elements
4 are secondary deities
1 is a primordial deity
19 demons
9 are Immortal demons
9 are Immortal demon heirs
1 of those are half demon (main character)
9 characters are dead/die very early on
3 of those were dragon knights
5 of those are royalty
1 is a dead lover to a main character
There are a couple of background characters too, I'm not mentioning everyone's family here but there are still more
Thats all the ways it breaks down.
Is 116 still way too many characters? Yes, yes it is.
Am I going insane from it all and even focusing on characters that are briefly mentioned because one of my pet peeves is half-assed characters? Yes, yes I am.
How do y’all have so many characters?
I have embarrassingly little :/
In total: 15
First book: + 8
~ Three protagonists
~ One antagonist
~ Two parental figures
~ Two side characters
Second book: + 3
~ Another protagonist
~ Two side characters
Third book: + 0
Prequel: + 4
~ Two protagonists
~ Two more side characters
Someone tell me how to write with more characters I can't find ways to introduce new people!
Embarrassingly little? I only have 4.
How do y’all have so many characters?
I'm left alone for too long and start to think too much about lore and ideas
i currently have 42 named main characters, and a few lesser characters for each one.
In one universe, broken down by book (using abbreviations not the full titles), I have:
Eyes: 3 main, 6 parents, 4 siblings, 8? other, and around 5 more unnamed-as-of-yet-characters
Scars: 49 named and described characters cause I felt compelled to make a warriors-style allegiances
Monsters: 5 definite characters
Pegasi: 10? 1 main, 3 family members, 2 support, 4 predicted extra
Fight or Flight: 8? 9 if the butler ends up being a character
The Bitter Below: 13 not including the overlap characters
so 112 roughly for the Cloud Lands but probably much more once I flesh out most of it
I have around 20 stories I'm working on and 50ish I've thought of in total so that's a lot of characters if I tried to count every one of them
I started a week ago and only have 19 total characters at the moment but I'm adding more by the day.
Now to be fair, I've also not fully laid out all of the details for each character, but I have general outlines in my head, where they fit into the plot, etc.
I think it's probably way more effective to get things added to my Universe and then begin adding framework to the skeleton afterwards.
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