Name: William Crackmore
Age: 26
Species: Wiggler
William is called Willy by his Family, and Crack by his friends. One ex called him Craggles; the relationship didn't last very long.
His parents are pretty wealthy, but not super rich. Think upper middle-class. When he was growing up, they didn't have much time for him, but he's smart and figured most things out by himself. Except one thing: He has serious anger issues. [A Wiggler with anger issues isn't creative, but the character started with this thought process: 'I wonder how the behaviour of a Wiggler in SMW would translate to an RPG.'] The tinyest provocation will have him flip the fuck out. However, he never gets physical. First, he's a shitty fighter and second (this his probably his biggest flaw), he isn't aware of his anger. Every time everyone around him sees and hears William screaming into someone's face, in his head he just has this calm and rational discussion with this nice fellow who just made an inappropriate comment. Or looked at him wrong. Or wears the wrong shoes.
Of course, a lot of people have tried to make him see it, but all they get is him getting angry as hell and denying everything. ('I DON'T HAVE ANGER ISSUES! WHEN WILL YOU GOD DAMN IDIOTS LEARN THAT?!' in reality vs. 'Oh no, my friend. I rarely get angry, and only when it's appropriate. New friends often make that mistake and I have no idea why. Just ask someone who knows me well and they'll tell you I'm the calmest dude around. It's really nice of you to worry, though. Thanks, buddy!' in his head.) They quickly learn to adapt, and he's a really great person when he's not currently in a rage fit. That's why most people at least try to make the effort of having him around.
So his defining character traits are this: His rage, obviously, but other than that he's smart, and a good talker. He's also good at sneaking around, and generally not being suspicious. Other than that, he has no sense of humour when it comes to words. All he laughs about is slapstick. Something like this:
https://youtu.be/s_tf5mQJneA
His overarching motivation can be summed up to: He just wants everyone to, like, get along, you know? He's convinced that talking in a calm and rational manner can solve anything. His experiences have never contradicted that, after all.
Three short-term motivations:
1. Being financially independent. He can't hold any job for long, for obvious reasons, and has to rely on his parents now and then. They don't mind. Everything for their little Willy-Nilly.
2. Learning to fight. Somehow, his reasonable manner makes some people violent, and he wants to defend himself.
3. Having a stable relationship that eventually leads to kids. Not much to add here, except that he's bisexual.
His contacts:
1. His parents: As implied earlier, they don't have a deep relationship with Willy, but they do love him. They help him out whenever he asks, but mostly stay out of his life. They feel that he should have the control over how much contact they have. He calls at least once a week to talk about riveting matters such as a blocked drain or those damn Monty Moles ruining his father's garden. (Regarding the parents' species: Is it canon that Wigglers evolve into Flutters at some point, or are they different species?)
2. His best friend Chuck: A Shy-Guy who's annoyed that everyone expects a football player when they hear his name. Chuck is the only one who can say anything to William without making him mad. No one knows how he does it, not even himself. They know each other since childhood, went to school together and all that stuff. Chuck is a bodybuilder [the mental picture of a muscular Shy-Guy is hilarious, if you ask me] and works as a personal coach in a fitness studio.
3. His "career agent" Miranda: Willy asked his parents once if they could maybe use their connections to get him a job. They took it a step further and hired a career agent for him. Miranda is a Thwimp. After one meeting she knew that Willy is pretty much an impossible client and told him that as softly as she could. To keep the illusion for his parents, they still meet from time to time for a coffee, and they've become good friends (in fact, Miranda has a crush on William).
So, that's his basic character. His motivations are pretty boring, but the specifics depend on the campaign anyway, no? Is it even possible to make a character without a campaign? My whole experience with RPGs is from Let's Cortex, so I have no idea how this works.
I'd love to get into the whole thing more, but I have only one friend who'd be interested. Maybe I'll find people here. *wink wink nudge nudge*