His Dark Materials Profiles

[Valsharen]

Try to avoid using the characters in the book. Look at this as a sort of modern-roleplay except set in the His Dark Materials world (Lyra's world).

Profile Requirements:

Name:
Race:
Gender:
Age:
Dæmon Name: (If you have a same-sex Dæmon, please say so... although they are rare and weird. Only Humans and Witches have Dæmons aswell...)
Appearence:
Personality: (This will be shared with your Dæmon)
History:

There are several races of people.

Humans (Gyptians, Normal City Folk, Tartars
Angels
Witches (Eastern Witches, Western Witches)
Galivespians (small people)
Panserbjorne (bears)

If you are really eager, the positions of Lyra Belacque and Serafina Pekkala and several other Lyra's World Characters are available, but try to be as original as you can.

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Here's my profile as an example:

Name:- Edwin Phaedia
Gender:- Male
Age:- Fifteen
Race:- Human
Dæmon:- Naia (unsettled)
Appearence:- Rough brown hair which covers one eye if he isn't constantly pushing it away. His eyes are a dull grey and his skin pale. Built rather typically as a street-boy, Edwin usually wears his blue woolen jumper as a reminder of his parents, but occasionally relies on random clothes lying around. He wears black trousers and around his left wrist is a red cloth bandana. Naia, his Dæmon, is usually a cat by his side, attempting to comfort and give him protection which she is very good at. Her favority forms are: Arctic Foxes, Siamese cats, Panthers, Black Moths, Golden Retriever and a phoenix.
Personality:- Rather withdrawn. Edwin occasionally makes rash decisions but more often does he observe rather than act
History:- Born in Oxford, Edwin was raised by his parents until Thirteen when they died of Luibody disease. He found himself alone and on the Streets of oxford but took solstace among those other "townies". Occasionally joining in the wars between the Collages and the Gyptians. He was thirteen when the "Gobblers" first came to Oxford and stole the Gyptian boy, son of the Costa woman.

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Detailed Description of the Races Which you may not be familiar with:

Gallivespians[/u]
A race of very small people who are employed by Lord Asriel as spies. They have spurs on their heels which contain a very powerful poison. After they use their spurs, the spurs have to recharge. The gallivespian are one of two conscious and intelligent species that inhibit their world, together with a race of men obedient to God that hunt the gallivespian (and thus eventually comparable to the pre-intelligent tulapi).

Panserbjørne
Armored bears who live in the northern region of Svalbard. They do not posses a dæmon, the panserbjorne make special armor that they liken to their own souls instead.


Angels[/u]
Also known as Watchers or bene elim, are large winged creatures, human-like in form but whose bodies are made of light not flesh. Angels are ancient beings whose true form is composed of intelligence and feeling. They are able to see and pass through the invisible windows between the worlds.


Witches[/u]
The Witches are very "Clan Concious". Capable of flying using pine sticks, their Dæmons are usually birds so that they can fly with their other half. At a young age, Witches go through a ritual where the witch has to leave the dæmon behind and venture out on a trial. Doing this injures both the witch and the dæmon however, it enables them to seperate further than is natural. They can live to a collosal age. (Maximum age aprox 1000)

Background on Dæmons
Soul-like companion to each individual human being. Dæmons are generally of the opposite gender to their human counterparts. In childhood, a dæmon can alter its form to reflect the emotions and concerns of its human. However, in adulthood, a dæmon loses the power to change, and it assumes a permanent form that best reflects the inner nature of its human.

"What would my dæmon be? Well, you can't choose, as Lyra learns in her conversation with the old sailor on the way to the north. You have to make the best of what it turns out to be. So I don't know; but I sometimes say that she might well be a magpie, or a jackdaw, or one of those birds that pick up bright shiny things and take them back to their nests. That's what I do as a storyteller - pick up little shiny ideas or bits of experiences, and steal them.

Rules about touching dæmons, etc. I didn't think them all out in advance; I discovered them as I wrote. The richness of the dæmon idea was such that after 1200 pages I was still finding new things to do with it - for example, when Serafina Pekkala explains to the two dæmons that witches do something similar to what Will and Lyra had to do in the land of the dead, and that was why their daemons can range far away, and that Will and Lyra had thus unwittingly gained a new power... I didn't know about that till I got there. But setting up the relationship allowed that sort of revelation to occur.

How could Will see Pan right away, if you need to learn how to see daemons? That is a very good question. That's one of the best questions I've heard for a long time. In fact it's such a good question that any answer I could give would be insufficient to match the profundity and complexity of the issues you raise. I shall have to confess my ignorance and tiptoe away...

Same-sex dæmons: it was clear to me from the beginning that occasionally someone might acquire a dæmon of the same sex. What might that mean? I don't know everything it might mean; it could mean something about their own sexuality, or it might mean something quite different. It's one of the many things I don't know fully about my world. Similarly with how daemons are born. There wasn't actually any part of the story that depended on studying my dæmonic gynecology, so I didn't go into it."

[Curiosity]

Name: Ariel Ranallo
Race: Human (Town)
Gender: Female
Age: Fifteen
Dæmon Name: Ebet
Appearence: Straight black hair that falls down to mid-back. Warm brown eyes and a slightly honey tanned skin. A stringy young girl, Ariel wears a grey knit cap pulled down to almost cover her ears and too-big leather work boots, along with an oversized patched coat over whatever she happens to be wearing. Ebet's favorite forms are: A young reddish-brown wolf, cats, and owls.

Personality: Kind and gentle, compassionate, spunky, sometimes attitude, friendly but doesn't generally let people get close, stubborn, curious
History: She is currently living on the edge of poverty along with her father. They can just make ends meet. Ariel hardly sees the man in a day because of his many small jobs. Ariel does what she can for one so young to help her father and can often be found roaming the streets. Her friendly nature makes her well liked, even though she is poor. Ebet is her only good friend and she trusts him completely.

((Tell me what to fix so I may "fit in"-to your world. ))

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Nice Guen ^^ Cept ur Dæmon is more of Half of your soul ^^ *grins* Friendly is an understatement ^^

But Perfect ^^

[Leia and Luke]

Name: Aracia
Race: Weastern Witch
Gender: Female
Age: 239
Dæmon Name: Elehand
Appearence: She is very beutiful.She has long brown hair always in a braid.Electrifying green eyes.A thin,curvy frame.She is dressed in a navy knee length skirt,grey knee socks,white button up shirt,and mary-janes. Elehand is commonly a hawk sometimes switching to an eagle.
Personality: She is edgy,doesn't talk to alot of people,isn't trustworthy of most,she is kind to the people she knows though.
History: She was raised by her five older brothers.So basicly she could kill you if she felt like it.Her parents died when she was really young.So she has lived with Darius,Delerond,Elihoir, Elijah, and Anathor ever since.