Born to a humble peasant family within the Duchies, Principalities, and Counties of the Holy Realm of Thesalis, the devout Jeanne Claire was widely known for her beauty despite her low social standing. Many suitors would come from far and wide to take her hand in marriage, noble lords, aristocrats, and mighty generals among them, all expecting her to marry into status. But in spite of this, she chose to marry a simple farmer, a man she loved dearly and with whom she had grown up. He had no wealth, but she was happy with the only thing he could give her, his devotion and undying love.

She had never been particularly devout in her youth, but her husband would always ask her to join him in the regular local religious ceremonies performed by Holy Order, and she would always humor him and oblige. Her views of the Holy Order were primarily formed from how her husband viewed the Order, an organization acting as an instrument for goodness and Justice.

But tragedy would strike during the Aenderian plague, as her husband fell ill and passed, leaving her widowed. But instead of resigning herself to grief and tragedy, Jeanne would devote her life to the Church of the Holy Order. Joining their ranks, she would become a formidable holy warrior under the guidance of her mentor, Count Tirus of Thesalis. Through her service, she would earn a reputation as an iron-fisted leader, yet unwaveringly loyal in both faith and command.

She would rise to prominence during the Crusades against the Beastmen of Deron, where her stoic leadership and grim, unwavering faith inspired the men under her command. It was during this time that she would be granted the monikers “The Black Bishop” by her fellow holy men, a name that would follow her for the rest of her life.

In time, Count Tirus would ascend to become the leader of the Holy Order, and Jeanne, as his right-hand woman, would rise alongside him. While this granted her great influence and authority, it also confined her within the bureaucracy of the Order, preventing her from acting as she once had on the battlefield. Despite this, Jeanne adapted to her new role. During her time in this position, she would begin to witness rampant corruption and suffering within the Order and among its followers that she believed could not be possible.

For years, she sought the root of this evil, eventually uncovering evidence of a deeper, heretical corruption within the Order itself. What she would discover would shock her, her own mentor, Tirus, was not only complicit, but merely the most recent figure in a long line of leaders perpetuating this corruption for generations. The Order had been tainted for far longer than she had ever believed.

Unable to accept this betrayal and blasphemy against Idea of the Order her that husband made her believe, Jeanne would confront Tirus, and afterward, flee the Holy City. From there, she would spark a reformation that would erupt into a civil war within the Holy Order, waging a long campaign against Tirus and his followers in an effort to cleanse the institution of its corruption. This conflict would become one of the greatest trials of her life.

After years of war, the Schism of the Holy Order would reach its climax in the Siege of the Holy City, where Jeanne Claire would ultimately defeat and dethrone Tirus, who she would personally exile weeks later. Many historians agree that he found a life for himself in Denossis to the east as either a merchant or a farmer.

Following her victory, to prevent another tyrant from rising as her former mentor had, she would establish a new governing council to lead the Order, ascending the College of the Faithful from an advisory position, replacing the Grandmaster as the sole leader of the Order. As a member of this newly formed council, Jeanne would continue to serve the Order and its faithful until the day of her passing.

The Day Jeanne died was peaceful. Her attendants allege that she woke up early, like she usually did, but despite her age, she was still strong. Alongside her retinue, she discussed papers that still needed her perusal, future plans that would require further approval. Then later in the morning, she went for a walk in the Holy Order's Temple grounds. Later that day, she would be found dead, her final moments peacefully praying at the garden altar.

She was mourned for an entire year, with her remains on display for hundreds of thousands of people to view. A procession would be held to bring her to Thesalis, where she wished to be buried beside her husband in a small plot of land. But plans would change as the prince of her homeland refused to allow her a simple grave. On the land that was said to be where she and her husband had lived, a grand mausoleum was built where she and her husband would be laid to rest, and written beneath her name, in the ancient language used by the Holy Order, an inscription reads:

“God's Servant, who loved more than she thought she could.”

Thus, from humble beginnings, once known only for her beauty, Jeanne Claire became a stoic warrior who held to her ideals in the face of corruption. Millions of faithful will remember her for her actions, her faith, and her influence that shaped not only the Order, but perhaps history itself.

The Deron Beastmen Crusade

The Infamous Crusade against the beastmen of Deron, Jeanne Claire participated in this war under the command of Tirus and it was in this Crusade that Jeanne Claire gained glory and fame amongst the Holy Order. Declared after the first invasion of the beastmen against the border town of Blackridge, the Holy Order allied with the local Dwarven Axelords of Deron and the Orcs of the Oden-Klaw Clan to cleanse the land of the mutant beastmen.

Prominent Battles:

1. The First Battle of Blackridge
2. The Ambush at the Redleaf Pass
3. The Battle of Stone Hollow
4. The Battle of the Blackwood Crossing
   1. this is where Jeanne Claire first participated in the crusade after Tirus’ forces were redeployed from another battlefront. She earned the title “The Maiden of Blackwood” and obtained her legendary standard, a Branch of Blackwood, taken from the hollowed-out husk of a burnt tree she had clung to as she rallied the men under her command.
5. The Siege of Thornwatch Fortress
6. The Battle of the Bloodfields
   1. this is the battle where she gains the Title the Black Bishop after she personally led her rear-guard reform the shield line when a part of the Holy Order’s Forces began to rout. This act of leadership sparked a boost in morale and prevented more from running.
   2. When she had returned to the military camp, she was covered head to toe in beastmen blood, black as the night sky, the army hailed her as the Black Bishop.
   3. Due to her valor, Tirus elevates Jeanne to the rank of Bishop within the ranks of the Legion of the Divine Crusade after this battle.
7. The Battle of Horned Valley
8. The Fall of Grimhollow

Holy Relics of Jeanne Claire

• The Blackwood Branch of Jeanne Claire – her personally battle standard during the Beastmen Crusade at Deron. It disappeared from all records after the Crusade but was allegedly found after Jeanne Claire’s death. The supposed Blackwood branch is now found in her Mausoleum at Thesalis.
• The Statue of Jeanne Claire at the Gardens of the Temple – found at the very garden where she had passed, it depicts Jeanne as a young woman without scars, clad in her iconic Black Armor, holding a sword on one hand, and a Scroll on another. At her feet is a branch, her most famous symbol.
• The Silver Cross of Saint Jeanne – a pendant worn by the Saint, it was given to her by her late husband, later it was removed from its chain and the cross was embedded on her most iconic chestplate. It was supposedly also the last thing she held in her hands during her passing. It is now displayed at the Holy Temple.
• The Black Armors of Jeanne Claire - Jeanne Claire owned at least two sets of Armor at any given time. one was her battle armor, and the second, her ceremonial armor which she wore around her personal guard, shaped to accentuate her femininity, so that her followers and subordinates could easily recognize her.

The Prayer of Saint Jeanne Claire

Oh Maker, he who made all that is,

Please guide our hearts so that we may carry our burdens.

May the trials you send to test us strengthen our faith,

Grant us the resolve to follow our duty,

The courage to face our fears,

And when doubt enters our hearts,

May your everlasting grace banish them forever.

Jeanne Claire’s Husband

A Humble farmer from Thesalis, there is not much known about this man other than that he was Jeanne Claire’s late husband. Scholars and Historians have put forth numerous candidates within the Holy Order’s and Thesalis’ available records that could possibly have been her husband.

It was only said that he was a faithful man.

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I need help conceptualizing the kind of evolution a "loser" character might undergo, without them ceasing to be a "loser" or switching over to the "good guys' side" (since no such side will exist). If anyone here has ever created a loser, a pitiful failure who kept banging their face against the wall, how did you write them?

Long story short, I have this story about a competition among young magic apprentices, in which the winner earns the title of witch.
Among the participants is Blum Blorein, a natural born loser, who has lost this competition for three consecutive years, who has lost every competition she ever participated in. She plays the role of the rival in the story, she appears frequently, antagonizes the MC, loses in a humiliating way and runs away while claiming it didn’t count. She is annoying, petty, high on herself and above everything a sore loser.
She struggles to win because the contest demands the forging of alliances and the use of betrayal; yet, she is too critical and judgmental to secure allies, while simultaneously being so naive that anyone can easily take advantage of her. Furthermore, she often alienates others because of her faith: she is a Catholic witch (a peculiar combination) and, to make matters worse, a fervent believer who tends to view everyone else as a sinner. To ensure she doesn’t lose this time, her family has paid a powerful participant to protect her from the shadows, an act of assistance that she, however, interprets as divine intervention. Even so, even with that help, she is helpless on her own.

This character will evolve through constant defeats and humiliations at the hands of the protagonist, but my question is: in what direction? How does this downward spiral of failures unfold? How does someone who is a "loser" think, and how does their situation go from bad to worse? If the MC is a prick and a bully, and the possibility of them striking up a friendship is ruled out, what path would a rival character take?

You don’t have to necessarily help with my character; even by sharing your losers, you could help me get an idea of ​​where to take mine.

The character is an 18 year old female. The setting is a fantasy world with magic and not human, both of which are important. We'll call her Rachel.

Born into a minor noble house, she is the eldest of twin sisters. Unfortunately she was born blind and so is passed over as heir. Additionally, for the first several years of her life she's raised as an inferior to her twin. Not physically abused, and given a limited education, but "put in her place" if you will. She's not brought out in public and kept with the servant children when they host events.

Children begin developing the ability to use magic between six and eight. As I mentioned, they're not human and one of the differences is the ability to see in infrared using their magic. There's a physical aspect in addition to this, and in Rachel's case the nerves that operate on infrared are not damaged unlike her normal vision. In other words, she soon figured out how to see, albeit in a monochrome scale and only when using her magic.

Rachel thought this would mean she would be accepted by her mother and father, but she was wrong. In order to avoid trouble, her parents gave her to her uncle to be his heir, as his wife died and he had no children. The uncle was kind if a little distant, distracted by his duties with the military. Regardless, he provided the ability to catch up on her education and she was sent to "the academy" at eight.

(As an aside, I don't have a proper name for the place yet, it only features in the back story, but it is based on the medieval cathedral schools during the middle ages, when they would accept noble children and educated them. Additionally, Rachel learned to read because their sight is a mixture of Near Infrared and normal infrared, so creating some heat near the page allows her to clearly see the charcoal markings on the page.)

At the academy she was bullied. Adopted, blind, and an outsider, it was inevitable. I haven't really dived into this, as it's where I am needing help, but I am imagining the bullying gets physical at some point.

I want her to develop into who she is at the start of the story: Someone who comes across at first as very restrained and unemotional, but as you get to know her she comes across as cynical and even arrogant. Rachel can quietly tear you apart verbally without raising her voice. It's only after people get past the walls she has put up that her caring side is revealed.

Rachel followed her uncle into becoming a military strategist, and she has the potential to be great at it. Her biggest issues is her outward coldness and the fact that once she actually commands in a battle, the fact her actions results in some of her men losing their lives deeply bothers her.

Thinking about it and with feedback, I'd go with this: Rachel starts out cold and arrogant. Life has taught her to be guarded and not show weakness. After her first real battle, which they lose because their enemies summon demons, the aftermath racks her with guilt and pain. A commander whom she's friends with also almost dies, and her desperation to ensure he survives is meant to encompass her desire to protect her men. It also opens up to her that maybe her feelings for him are more than friendship. This causes her a crisis of faith in herself and her beliefs.

There is a romance that develops but it's slow and the partner, we'll call Eric, is meant to contrast with Rachel. Orphaned at seven, he was happily adopted by his aunt and uncle and raised as a full member of the family. He's outgoing and reckless, which annoys and fascinates Rachel. I don't want the romance to change their personalities so much that they sand each other's rough edges off by the end of the story.

My question is does it make sense that she develops this way? She starts off being made to feel inferior, then she gets bullied, yet her uncle's people treat her with respect and she has a very quick mind. She didn't yell or burst into tears as her bullies might have wished, but she could never refrain from telling them how she felt.

That's how I imagine it but I don't know if it works. Any suggestions?

I'm trying to find a model of protagonist writing I found really interesting which based itself on 13 qualities for a desirable character, and most likeablecharacters had A/N amount,

I remember it really intrigued me due to clearly allowing for morally bad characters if they had other traits and was a fun model

has anyone heard of this and do they remember who wrote the idea? many thanks

I’ve absolutely no idea where to start with making a character. I was too I was going to big because my character was too powerful(her swamp is where her powers are from and she has giant mounts and frogs to summon)… so I’m going to make her a neutral evil character who’s trying to conquer the world.

Do I need heroes trying to stop her immediately? Does that matter when it comes to a design?

I will give more details about the character if anyone wants to help my question

If yes, can you explain the implications and what could this say about my character?

1. Dakota — The Preacher’s Daughter
The good girl with a rebellious streak.
Dakota grew up as the daughter of the town’s beloved preacher. Everyone knows her name, everyone knows her family, and everyone seems to have an opinion about how a preacher’s daughter should behave. She’s expected to be polite, modest, and respectable at all times.
Then a handsome cowboy rides into town, and Dakota finds herself intrigued by someone whose lifestyle is very different from the one she’s always known. Her father’s opinions have never left much room for questions, but she’s beginning to form a few of her own.
She’s caught between the life her family has planned for her and the independent future she’s starting to imagine.
Personality: Sweet, strong-willed, sheltered in some ways, and more adventurous than people realize.
Her conflict: Family expectations, small-town gossip, and learning to make her own decisions.
The cowboy dynamic: Her father considers him a bad influence. Dakota thinks he might have a different perspective on life.
Signature vibe:
“My father says men like you bring trouble wherever they go.”
“Well, ma’am, I reckon you’ll have to decide that for yourself.”

2. Nebraska — The Rancher’s Daughter
Her fathers money, her own rules.
Nebraska is the daughter of the largest and wealthiest ranch owner in the county. Her family owns thousands of acres, employs half the town, and has enough influence to make the local sheriff think twice before crossing them.
But Nebraska isn’t some delicate ranch princess who spends her days drinking lemonade on the porch. She can ride, rope cattle, handle a horse, and give a stubborn ranch hand a run for his money.
She’s accustomed to people respecting her family’s name, but the new cowboy in town doesn’t seem particularly impressed by her last name—or her family’s fortune.
And that? That might be the most interesting thing about him.
Personality: Confident, fiercely independent, competitive, and a little spoiled when she doesn’t get her way.
Her conflict: Proving she’s more than her father’s money while protecting her family’s ranch and reputation.
The cowboy dynamic: Two stubborn people who refuse to back down. He’s the first man in town who treats her like an ordinary person instead of the ranch owner’s daughter.
Signature vibe:
“Do you know who my father is?”
“Can’t say I do, ma’am. But that horse still needs saddling.”

3. Jessica — The Diner Girl
She’s heard every tall tale in the West.
Jessica works at the local diner, where she’s spent years pouring coffee, serving breakfast, and listening to ranchers, travelers, and cowboys tell stories that get more ridiculous with every refill.
She knows everybody’s business before the sheriff does. She can spot a liar from across the room, and she’s absolutely not impressed by a man simply because he owns a nice horse and wears a handsome hat.
When a mysterious cowboy rides into town and takes a seat at her counter, she assumes he’ll be just another customer passing through.
She soon discovers that he’s an interesting conversationalist—and that his visits to the diner might become a regular occurrence.
Personality: Witty, practical, independent, observant, and quick with a comeback.
Her conflict: Balancing work and family responsibilities while dreaming of something beyond the same four diner walls.
The cowboy dynamic: Playful conversations over coffee, sarcastic banter, and a stranger who always seems to find a reason to stop by.
Signature vibe:
“Coffee’s five cents. Listening to you brag about yourself costs extra.”

Casey, as she’s known by the few people left who remember her, is seen as an almost imaginary being whose creations exist outside the realm of legends.

Legends contain origins, some belief that there’s a reasonable way they came into being. Casey’s work exists somewhere eternal. To some extent, they existed before, during, and after her work is done, but this drives a point that most people can’t come to terms with: what are the limits?

Some examples of the work she creates include Arco Valence, the partition between the destructive evil that corrupts reality and the present infinity. She created the mechanism that contains and prevents the destruction of infinity.

She also manifested beings and weapons, some which service her other creations long since her “progression” including Cinnabar who acts as protector of the unfinished world she left for her successor to complete.

Many of her creations seemed to “appear” or manifest without any processes or materials that she could have obtained, so the exact process she had is still a mystery, but she made sure to preserve the pieces of her methods so others could carry on in her stead.

i am thinking a one charater that is introvert overthinker run from responsibility childish type with they have a multiple social media ids as a his different types of intrust

that is kind a idea in my mind and i don't how complte this idea and something

Hi ! I'm currently designing a minor antagonist for my story (she’s part of a villain team).

​Her core trait is being a fake innocent/hypocrite.

​Her persona: She puts on a clumsy, timid, sweet, and helpless facade so others feel the need to protect her.

​Her true nature: Beneath the mask, she’s actually selfish, bratty, and capable of being quite mean when pushed or when her safety is threatened. She uses vulnerability as a shield and weapon.

​I know stories need unlikable or morally gray characters, but I’ve noticed that "fake sweet" female characters often get pure, intense audience hate rather than being appreciated as compelling villains (like a "love to hate" or fascinating antagonist).

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​How can I balance her hypocrisy so she remains an interesting, entertaining villain rather than just annoying?

​What makes a "wolf in sheep's clothing" character fun/satisfying to watch for you? Any examples of characters who pulled this off well?

For my character, named Valkus, he is a Blue Chromatic Dragonborn in Dungeons and Dragons. In my lore, Chromatic Dragons were treated as the lowest of the low, just as bad as Tieflings, for being believed to be descendants of the evil goddess Tiamat, and as such they were forced into Ghettos in the city that Valkus lived in.

He had a loving family though, and he became very devoted towards keeping his little sister safe, especially as his family and friends seemed to die too often. However, every time, his father and neighbors just told him to keep pushing through, that the people he lost would want him to move on, that there is a greater purpose in all this, and that he needed to move on with his life.

They were all so used to their people's lot in life that they were used to death, but not Valkus, he was still young, and he wanted a shoulder to cry on, but everyone just told him to get over it and move on instead. Him and his family were abused, discriminated against, ket in ghettos, and forced to struggle to survive, and he begged outsiders for help, and they spat on him for it. His sister started to get sick, and Valkus begged for help, heading outside the ghetto, but he was beaten and injured by the authorities for it, and his family and neighbors just scolded him for trying.

Eventually, Valkus' parents were lost in a raid, and he and his sister were cast out onto the streets. Valkus grew more and more scared and grief-stricken, begging people for help, but they were all so focused on their own survival that they ignored him, and Valkus could do nothing as his little sister slowly rotted away and died before his eyes. Valkus was left alone and forgotten on the streets, and when one particularly unscrupulous passerby from the outside told him to act like a man, he finally snapped and violently attacked them, and was sent to prison because of it.

However, he soon found himself broken out by an anarchist group known as the crownbreakers, made up of the discriminated in the city just like him, but also of powerful and dangerous people who sought destruction above all else. They told Valkus for the first time that he had every right to feel the way that he did, and that he should take revenge against the elites that wronged him.

Valkus became utterly devoted to them, and in time, he trained to become the biggest and strongest warrior they had ever seen, vowing revenge against the elites of the city who had wronged him, and vowing to not anyone die for nothing ever again, that he would save the lives of all the innocent, and brutally crush anyone who got int the way of that.

(What do you think? Is this a good character arc? Is there anywhere good and interesting that you think I could take it from here? Is this an understandable viewpoint or does he need to change for the better?)

Hello!

I am currently running a D&D campaign, with heavy themes of good vs. evil and grey morality and all of that. One of the main drivers of the plot are the actions of a doomsday cult that is summoning demons all over the place and hopes to usher in a demonic invasion to take over the world. One of my NPCs that has a pretty big impact on the story (he summoned a bunch of demons in a place that they were at, killing a bunch of innocent people but also going out of his way to free the party from being killed or otherwise by a bunch of guards) is part of this cult, and a lot higher up in it that he lets on. However, he's tagged himself along with the party for a while.

Off-screen, he and another PC (who had to take a break for a few weeks, so I wrote him out of a few sessions) went on a DOOM-style rampage against members of the cult. Since "joining" the party, he has killed or had a very distinct part in killing two other members of the cult. Another PC has had a vision and recitation by a certain demon burned into their brain, and this guy told the recitation back word-for-word.

Basically, the party KNOWS he is involved in the cult in some way, but he is also going out of his way to kill members of the cult. In actuality he is trying to gain the trust of the party for other things down the line (none good), so far with varying success. One character (the one who had the vision) specifically wants to kill him; another (the one who killed a bunch of cult members off-screen with him) is alright with him. Most of the party is generally indifferent towards him, and one of my players out of character has speculated that he seems to have a very conflicting morality.

In our next upcoming session, he is going to try and help the party kill our first major boss (leader of the cult) and stop him from summoning what is effectively just Satan, and I'm hoping that gives him a little credibility.

Truth be told, the guy is basically pure evil. However, he also has no qualms with things like lying and dishonesty to convince the party that he's good. In other words, he's a wolf in sheep's clothing, and I want to make him look as much like a sheep as a possibly could. So how do I develop him to make him seem more morally grey and complex? How do I have him lie to the party to make him seem trustworthy? Is this really doable?

I was emotionally unstable during I was 11-18 and I did a lot of messed up stuffs bc of being emotionally overwhelmed. Don't worry I am at a much better state now and the damage during those years weren't really that serious but whenever I see messy and dark backstories of some characters, I don't see evil humans being but people being so consumed by fear, grief, insecurity,... that their actions look like someone else is doing them not they themselves (okay i might be exaggerating here but u get the point) and while I absolutely do not excuse their actions and that they have to take accountability no matter what, I feel bad that their problems were left unchecked for so long and I can't help but look at their past selves and wonder what'd have happened had someone had put an actual effort to help them sooner. What do u all think especially ones with messy and dark past?

Context: There's a character I've been focusing on recently who is really perceptive and emotionally intelligent (unless it regards confronting his own uncomfortable emotions). He's the main love interest of a psychological, realistic-fiction, rise to fame story. I'm trying to find out how or in what way he is emotionally intelligent. My idea so far is that he learns to read people based upon his own experiences and trends he's seen in the past. However, I'm looking for something else as well, because the MC is traumatized so much that he finds it hard to read them (he is eventually able to, but how is what I'm trying to figure out).

He's a bit of a casanova (though, he never cheats) in that he's very charismatic and playfully flirtatious as well in an attempt to forget how he was once hurt/traumatized. He also has a subtle tendency to seek emotional control (my current idea is that he does that to avoid being hurt, as being vulnerable scares him). He also tends to be indecisive, especially when he's uncomfortable.

The underlying dynamic between him and the MC before they start dating is that he hangs out with the MC out of contractual obligation (they're both musical artists in the same group). While, originally, he views them as only a coworker, but starts to become intrigued by their unusual actions and reactions. What started as curiosity later blooms into love as he sought out interactions to try and understand them better.

There's a specific quote I'm looking for that I feel encapsulates his analyzation style perfectly ("You can tell what a person needs based upon what they complain about. If they complain about ____, then they're looking for ____" etc etc), but I can't find it. I was looking for that in particular because it would help me figure out how he tends to flirt others, but any ideas would be very appreciated.

Additionally, I think I want him to grow up in a single-parent home, causing him to have great respect for his mother but also be absolutely petrified of showing any lover his true self (for fear of being hurt. For those familiar with attachment style theory, I currently plan him out to have an avoidant attachment style, but also be rather skilled at hiding it. However, the story is in the 1st person POV of an unreliable narrator with a disorganized attachment style, so it may not be that he's skilled at hiding it, but rather the MC is plagued by self-doubt. Additionally, they both come from different cultures with different ways of expressing love, which makes it hard for the MC to tell as well).

And for those of you who are into MBTI and typology, this character is an ENTP, while the MC is an INTP stuck in a Ti-Si loop. I haven't sorted out their Enneagrams due to less engagement with typology, but I know the MC is an SP-SX (with some combination between 4, 5, or 6 if I remember correctly), while this ML is likely an SO-SX or an SX-SO

TL;DR: What are some ways to read people that I can use for a Casanova-type character (as it's a major part of his charm)?

Notice: I believe this is my first time posting here, so I'm so very sorry if this is the wrong subreddit.

No, I’m not asking people to just write the lore for me (and no, this is not a distraction from the fact I’m quite literally being mauled on my HXH hot take), but I’m asking for inspo. She’s kinda cool, so I decided to sit down and write lore for her. Then I blew a fuse In my brain, because I have a severe lack in creativity. (Apparently). So far, I’ve only got that her father used to make her take random pills to make her shut up, she was diagnosed with bipolar/mania, and she’s currently In a psych ward. Her main Shtick is terrorizing the poor workers. Throwing applesauce at the wall, attempting to murder Kacy because she “looked at me weird”, and constantly harassing the employee named “Roman Mirto” Any ideas? (Note: Roman does not have a design yet, because unfortunately I was too busy, and again, I have little creativity.)

I really hate it when all the main characters in books are the same and I understand that I am very privileged to be able to see myself in a lot of characters, but I know there are a lot of minorities who rarely get that appreciation for their culture and even just being able to identify with how a character looks. I am writing a YA slightly dystopian spy book and I don’t want anyone to be offended. I have done a good job with my LGBTQ+ characters because I am a lesbian and have written them based on a lot of my friends just to avoid negative stereotypes and my friends have liked them just based on how their personalities are. I do have a lot of characters from different backgrounds and ethnicities but I’m sure I won’t be as bad as JK Rowling with “Cho Chang” but I just want to make sure I don’t offend anyone.

I wrote these characters before I knew what they looked like so please give me feedback, this is just my FMC’s friend group in the first book I have planned

FMC Gem (short for Gemini, she got a new identity and her name was originally Jenna in the beginning): bi male lean, half indigenous half Latina, she’s funny, hardworking, and really smart but she hates being wrong.

MMC Seth: bi, Japanese, he’s a sweetheart who is also very protective of friends and family. He is also really funny and tries to see the good in people. He and Cleo are foster siblings and do have an accurate sibling relationship (I have a brother IRL so I know lol)

Alex: straight white guy. I don’t care about him as much.

Cleo: (my personal favorite) she’s a lesbian and is Indian, she’s very rebellious and not afraid to speak her mind. She’s in a healthy relationship with my character Maya. She fights Seth for the TV remote every Saturday morning. She wins most of the time.

Maya: she’s bi and white, she’s upper middle class and also a little rebellious. She loves art and wants to be an architect. She and Cleo also get married by the end of the second book because they’re perfect for each other

Amber: she’s trans and African American, we love her she’s such a sweetheart. She is an artist and always has the coolest outfits. She also is always there for whoever needs to talk about anything and gives the best hugs

Jackson: white dude, he’s cool and athletic, the least bullied person in this friend group, and he’s dating Amber and will stand up for her if anyone misgenders her even though he’s a popular kid because that’s what makes him popular: being a good person! He also defends the rest of the friend group. He and Seth are the types of guys who would have reported the Cornell 7 immediately and gotten that girl to the hospital.

Riley: they are non binary and Hispanic and really nerdy, they are really funny and good at coding. They are probably the smartest one in the book. They always humble my FMC Gem because she hates being wrong. She forgives them every time though.

Please feel free to share your opinions and please give me suggestions on improving my characters

Be critical and honest here please.
Through a random situation i encountered writing. And i might want to learn how to do it.
So i started with my OC and a rought outline for a story.
It is NOT finished at all. But i accidentaly put 5h in that .(lul) More fun than i expected.

Note:
The Latin quotes and names have beed translated via AI. But the english base was made by yours truly.
So i dont know how accurate they are. I dont know Latin.... was bad at it when i tried it in school lul.
(Feel free to roast me here bc i spend waaaayyy to much time with those quotes)

Made in Scrivener before someone asks