Wooo-hooo, first actual thread started on the forums!
So, this is something I've actually been pondering lately. Since the RP has been forcefully changed to its new location, and the IC reason given behind it, I've felt at a huge loss as to what to do to get myself interested in RPing in Lismore more actively. I haven't shown up frequently at all recently because I didn't know what to do - there are no major plots going on and I have a very tough time with wanting to carry out(or take part in other's) personal plots. Though for the past couple of days, I've been going through some thoughts in my head about my characters and my part in Lismore, and it's risen some questions, which I'll pose to everyone.
What are my character's immediate desires, their long-term goals, and their final ambitions?
There are clear differences between all of these. An immediate desire would be to defend one's family, or to study a particular art or language. A long-term goal would be, for example, to set up a shop, or make a living from a known and well practiced trade like smithing or pottery. Final ambition would be what I'd define as the one thing that would give the character complete peace with their life. The one thing that would make them truly say, "now I can die happy".
When thinking about these questions, I realized that many of my characters have many immediate desires, but few well-defined long term plans, and even fewer final ambitions, and when I started to think about all of this, it's re-ignited some of my spark to RP again, with my characters having well defined goals and things to strive for.
So what's this thread for? Well, for anyone wanting to post their opinion, but also to - if anyone wants, of course - share their own character's ambitions. I will for mine.
Louise
Immediate desires: To help secure what's left of the city/island using her connections to weed out threats that may still be around.
Long-term plans: Establish a web of contacts that will reliably keep her up to date with events in and outside of the city/island so she can be quickly react to new occurrences.
Final ambitions: Legally own a home to live with someone she cares for, without worrying about anything past "what to cook tonight".
Daniel
Immediate desires: Work as best he can, work as hard as he can for his owner, protect his owner at all costs.
Long-term plans: Discover what the Hell those weird dreams and flashes in his head mean and why he keeps getting them more and more vividly.
Final Ambitions: To depart from the living with the knowledge that he has squeezed every ounce of strength from his body to do everything he can for others.
Vim
Immediate desires: Get a steady supply of vodka and then find a way to work with the Zenko to investigate magical matters.
Long-term plans: One, to investigate the old events of the "Mana Vortex" and what kind of magic is keeping the city in its current state. Two, to explore the limits of Tass and Magic, elemental or not, particularly with the more magic-attuned creatures. Three, investigate the limits and potential applications for "forbidden" schools of magic and their practical uses.
Four, discover how to get drunk without a hangover.
Final ambitions: Obtain omniscience.
Marianna
Immediate Desires: Ensure the city is protected from potential threats both inside and outside and make sure people, particularly those close to her, are staying on the road of virtue.
Long-term plans: Attempt to convince the city to implement more strict control laws to cut down crime rates, particularly to restrict the possibility of civilians of the "unholy" persuasion from becoming out of control.
Final ambitions: To "pave the road" for a better world, one hinging on justice and control of oneself and others, one city at a time.
Nadya
Immediate desires: Slowly develop her magical abilities while laying her already well-practiced skills to their fullest use, to aid the city in recovery to normality.
Long-term plans: Secure a good, stable, healthy life for her and the people she's quickly becoming closer to.
Final ambitions: Go through with the desires of her late mate to obtain the state of "perfect enlightenment", whatever that might mean.
Leonardo
Immediate desires: One, experiment with a bunch of worldly pleasures. Two, hone and sharpen his own skills with archery and in particular, trapping. Three, learn how to catch, tame and train his own snake.
Long-term plans: Familiarize himself with nature and to prove himself to be a natural predator on the top of the food chain.
Final ambitions: Open other people's eyes to the beautiful reality of complete and total freedom, freedom from social dependencies and materialistic needs and greed.
Edits done were only typo corrections, sorry guys I typed this up at 4 in the morning.
