Kore was running from her abusive ex-husband (Ryka) for the longest time and she eventually wound up being Tāne's wife. But unfortunately, Ryka found her. Ryka brutally butchered Kore; carving words into her, chopping off her fingers, slitting her tongue and neck, etc. Ryka also noticed she had a little baby bump. In anger, he dug up her fetus using a steaming hot blade. Ryka then chopped up the fetus and ate it because he's a sicko. All of this made Kore bleed out and die. But we don't just stop there. Oh no, that would be too nice. Ryka was suddenly regretting his actions. And, when they were married, he would always apologize to Kore by having sex with her. So, he violated her corpse, hoping she would forgive him in the afterlife. Ryka eventually left. However, Tyler (Kore and Tāne's son) was watching all of that. So, he's scarred for life. The one thing that can be taken from that is that I'm not nice to my characters, even if they're dead.
Can I do another? (I hope so because I am) Next up is my favorite homicidal princess, Kanisha. She does not have a good relationship with her citizens. One day, the king left to settle business on another planet. Kani and her brother were left in charge of the kingdom. However, the citizens saw this as an opportunity. They thought if they attacked the king's children while he was gone, he would be nicer to them when he got back (they were wrong). They stormed the castle and tied down Kani and her brother. Kani watched helplessly as her own subjects carved words and evil sigils into her little brother. They then tossed him into a nearby lake of lava (the royal family can survive that, but it's still extremely painful) and dragged him out again, to watch what they would do to Kani. 20 random men decided to rape her. Some even violated her for a second time. She would later find out that she was impregnated by this. They continued to sexually and emotionally torture her and her brother for 3 days straight (so everyone had a chance to hurt them). When the king returned, they all left. The king was only more brutal towards his kids, hitting and yelling at them constantly for not protecting the family's honor. Only a month into her pregnancy, Kani lost her child due to violent attacks from her subjects and father.
I have a lot more but I'm hungry and wanna eat lmao
Danny's father died the moment he turned 12 and attained his powers because that's what happens to the descendants of Death.
Lori. Wtaf. GRIMDARK much?
Lori. Wtaf. GRIMDARK much?
"See this kitten? Isn't it cute? Don't you looOOoove it? BAM! It's dead now! You should feel bad!"
Lori. Wtaf. GRIMDARK much?
"See this kitten? Isn't it cute? Don't you looOOoove it? BAM! It's dead now! You should feel bad!"
(Terrible Writing Advice!)
But yeah, Grimdark. Much Grimdark. Do your characters have any redeeming qualities?
Daniel had an abortion as a result of his occupation as a prostitute.
Can't remember if I mentioned him on here, but Huxley was manipulated and abused for 10 years and has PTSD from watching his father's slow, painful hanging at the ripe old age of 9.
Lori. Wtaf. GRIMDARK much?
Lmao what can I say? To see what your characters are truly made out of, you must break them.
Lori. Wtaf. GRIMDARK much?
"See this kitten? Isn't it cute? Don't you looOOoove it? BAM! It's dead now! You should feel bad!"
(Terrible Writing Advice!)
But yeah, Grimdark. Much Grimdark. Do your characters have any redeeming qualities?
Oh yeah, definitely. I'd go into detail but my space bar is still broken and it's a major pain in the arse copying and pasting all these spaces lol
LMAO WTF @lori
even those horrible back stories beat mine on my Jakey
LMAO WTF @lori
even those horrible back stories beat mine on my Jakey
uwu
I have even more, should I share those too?
Lori. Wtaf. GRIMDARK much?
Lmao what can I say? To see what your characters are truly made out of, you must break them.
Yeah but that’s like teaching a child to swim by chucking em over Niagara Falls.
I mean, if the child is truly strong, it'll figure it out.. Otherwise..
I once had one of my characters burn to death in an apocolypse-type-thing. yay
I have a character that had a goal and he was so close to reaching that goal and it was the sweetest noblest everyone wanted him to reach that goal. And he was so close to achieving it, and I kill him.
btw, how do you do that thing where it shows what someone else said? I'm kinda new at this.
three dots in the upper right hand corner then quote. or just put a '>' in front of a line.
Zuri's mom is a powerful Siren Blood but she has no powers and all her friends are very powerful.
Alright bet so i got another another here-
Abarat: my lil stuck up princey here is a jerk for a reason. He technically never had parents? He was actually born from water (it was a science experiment don't ask). The royal family, yea, they took him in, but?? They never actually treated him as kin. They only took him in bc he was going to grow up to be very powerful. My poor baby here, his brain was messed up bc something went wrong with the experiment. The royal family gave zero (0) fucks. So, Abarat suffered mentally for most of his childhood (that doesn't sound bad but it actually is and it can really damage someone long-term, so shush) and he grew to never truly love anyone bc they probably didn't love him anyway.
In his "teenage years", he was cold and distant until he met a certain woman (who was a just an ordinary traveler). He knew she was different cause she always spoke her mind. So, he began to open up to her and trust her. She tried to do the same. Abarat was finally starting to heal mentally (and physically) and beginning to learn about trust and love. But not for long. His dear friend, who impacted him so greatly, killed herself. She left a letter to him, and him alone. When Abarat walked into her room and saw her hanging at first he was confused and in some serious denial. When he cut the rope and checked for signs of life, however, he lost all hope and his heart shattered into a million pieces. Poor baby found the letter too, and he's vowed to never read it (spoiler: he does-) bc he doesn't wanna relive that. He has vowed to never get close to anyone so he doesn't suffer again.
His is not as bad as Tyler/ Kore's and Kani's backstories but hey. It's still bad.
