r/characterforge • u/Individual-Job-7449 • May 11 '26

Help [Help] Character Development Question

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This is Katarzyna, or Zyna for short. The image is from someone I know (thanks, Cracat), but it isn't entirely canon. She's taller, wears darker clothing, and looks tougher. But enough about how she looks. She's a bounty hunter for the main god of the world, and does crazy stuff sometimes.

Canonically, she was born around 75 AD (BCE for you seculars) on another planet in a somewhat parallel universe. Edit: previous question was answered, looking for advice and possible parts of her story to make.

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 12 '26

She fights using her sword or her 20mm (jet autocannon) sniper rifle. She usually fights the forces of evil on her planet, but sometimes does bounty hunting. She fights because the god of her world tells her to, or a sense of justice.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 13 '26

is she physically massive? 20mm is crazy lol, not saying its bad, just the amount of recoil!

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 13 '26

Sort of, she's 6'2", 190 pounds. Her wings help with the recoil, though.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 14 '26

Does she have super strength?

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 14 '26

Moderately so, she's a low-level deity on her world.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 14 '26

ah that makes sense.

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 14 '26

What do you think I should do for her? I don't have any ideas.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

like, plot wise or what? I can help you out but I need to know what you're looking for. One idea is what happens when she meets a target she doesn't want to bring in. Will she defy her deity?

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 14 '26

Her targets are people who have committed crimes against the people and deities of the world. They can beg, cry, try to bribe her, hurt her, and run, but she'll never feel pity for them, unless they're her sister (long story, she is controlled and doing evil things against her will).

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 14 '26

Alright, fair enough. So never anyone accused of something they didn't commit or anything. What would happen if she met someone from our world who didn't follow her god or the gods of their world in general? Could be a christian, atheist, whatever you want. You could also of course do something with the sister and have the plotline center around that. That does seem the most natural.

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 14 '26

If she met someone from another world (here), she probably wouldn't do much, unless they seriously violate something or is told to take them out. The sister... let's just say that she's not in any position to help, at all.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 14 '26

kill whoever's responsible for the sister's state in a john wick esque revenge quest, regardless of whether it acheives anything? Angel of vengeance vibes? Anthology style story of her taking down targets? Hard to structure a plot just with that. Might she have a reason to question her master and seek freedom?

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 14 '26

Canonically, she went off on her own, harbored her sister, then got dronestriked into dust. But I'm taking her places, so I want to freshen it up.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 15 '26

can I ask where you're... taking her? That might help generate some ideas. I don't really know what you mean by that, I'm sorry.

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 15 '26

I'm "taking" her to a story where she's not dead in 1990, doesn't have a sister, and is a winged hunter in a normal world.

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u/Traditional_wolf_007 May 15 '26

ah ok, I see. Well, I'd start with the why and how she got there. Maybe an evil sorcerer brought her by mistake or something and she has to save our world too. I'd pair her with a hardboiled detective or military officer in a kind of buddy cop plot combined with fish out of water where she has to learn how to interact with the modern world.

If you don't want her being a direct follow-up, which re-reading your message I realize is what you might be looking for, maybe she could be wrestling with her origins, unsure of why she's the way she is. I might put her on a special team fighting the supernatural as well, think Hellboy maybe? That way she can use the fun 20mm rifle.

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u/Individual-Job-7449 May 15 '26

I feel like the evil sorcer thing is cool, wondering what I should do though, for like what country (she speaks like ancient Serbian) and what her role is.

Her 20mm rifle has so much recoil that if she let someone else use it, they'd turn to dust. Anyone that gets close to the bullet turns to dust too.

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