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Name: |
Maxwell Jonah Carter |
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Gender: |
Male |
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Species: |
Human |
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Height: |
6’1” |
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Weight: |
190 lb. |
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Skin: |
Lightly tanned |
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Hair: |
Short, black and curly |
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Eyes: |
Brown |
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DOB/Age:
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Age: 19 | Birthday: ???? | Astrological
sign: ??????? |
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Birthplace:
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Hometown is Mosquito Creek, AR (a town that is completely
haunted.) |
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Stats: (10 is human max, 4 is human avg.
5 is physical avg. for males) |
Strength: 6.5 |
Intelligence: 6 |
Presence: 4 |
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General Appearance: |
A clean cut, athletic young
man usually wearing khakis and loud shirts. A likable guy who would
do anything for you and you would gladly do a few favors for in return. |
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Married: |
No |
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Children: |
None |
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Father: |
Henry James Carter |
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Mother: |
Mabel Laura Majors-Carter |
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Other Kin:
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Sibling: younger sister, Alicia
Uncle & Aunt: George Marcus Peach & Louisa Ann Majors-Peach
Cousin: Amelia Peach
Grandmother: Nellie Rose Majors
Grandfathers: Ralph Norman “Fuzz” Majors & Dr. Jonah Carter (deceased)
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Current Vocation: |
College Student with an Archeology Major. Also, is
a workstudy at the campus library. |
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Previous Vocations: |
Baby, Kid, High School Student |
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Education: |
General: high school. Starting college Combat: |
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Skills (10 is human max): |
Seeing Ghosts: 5 (this is automatic for any native of Mosquito Creek,) Skipping Classes: 4, Driving: 4, Research: 4, Cooking: -2 (but he thinks it’s a 4,) Basic Sports (football, baseball, etc.): 5, Languages (English): 5 |
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Knowledge: |
Mosquito
Creek history: 4, Family History: 3, Basic High School Stuff: 4, Tales of Dr.
Carter’s adventures: 6, Library Card Catalog: 5, |
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Advantages: |
Athletic,
likeable, charming, |
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Flaws: |
Can’t
cook to save his life, has bad habit of saying wrong thing at wrong
time when on the phone, |
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Traits: |
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Goals: |
To graduate college, to continue in studying
archeology & maybe getting a doctorate in it, finding out what the relics
from his grandfather Jonah are & what they do, to find more relics &
protect them, |
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Why Current Vocation? |
Admires his famous archeologist grandfather &
wants to be an archeologist, too. The workstudy job is to help pay tuition
& is good for research on the relics. |
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Motivation: |
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Moral Code: |
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Interests: |
Cooking, Archeology, Intermural Sports (library
workstudies have a team), |
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Likes: |
Cooking for others, driving his Camaro, Loud
Hawaiian type shirts, researching for info on the “relics”, old Dr. Jonah,
The Dean of the Library, teasing Amelia, Playing jokes on his sister, |
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Dislikes: |
Spaghetti, tomatoes, acting as a chauffeur to friends & acquaintances who can’t drive,
when people complain about his cooking, when his sister plays a joke on him,
roaches, |
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Fears: |
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Favorite Foods: |
Anything spicy, Canadian bacon pizza, ethnic
foods (ex. Chinese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, etc.,) |
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Political Views: |
Not concerned with politics at this time. |
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Religion:
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Undetermined Christian |
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Obvious Persona: Facade
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A “guy-next-door,” clean-cut type of guy. |
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Internal Issues: |
•Should he report the items that his grandfather
found or should he follow his gut feeling and keep them secret? • |
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Major life Events (time-line): |
First day of school & making friends with
Miles, he & Miles teasing little Amelia about her “imaginary friend,” visits
with Dr. Carter, Granny trying to teach him to cook, making the athletic
teams in high school, getting driver’s license, funeral of Dr. Carter,
getting the 2 bags his grandfather left him, graduating high school, going to
college, getting a car, |
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Detailed History: |
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Possessions: |
2 duffel bags given to him by his late grandfather,
Dr. Jonah Carter: One is a faded, beat-up red leather bag c. 1918, with
old buckles & latches, the other is a dust-covered green canvas
with a sneaker company logo on the side. Neither bag looks like something
anyone would want to steal. Inside are several “relics & treasures”
that Dr. Carter “plundered” from various site all over the globe but
never reported. Most of these items will be determined later. For now,
we know of a bracelet with a mysterious stone set in silver & matching
amulet strung on a fine gold chain. Also: Basic dorm stuff (sheets, comforter, alarm
clock, toiletries, etc.,) everyday clothes and shoes, textbooks, backpack,
paper, pencils & pens, two 3.5 floppy disks for school computers,
textbooks, library workstudy badge, wallet with student i.d., driver’s
license & a little bit of money, key to dorm room, a beat-up gray 1971
Chevy Camaro SS, various loud Hawaiian shirts, several t-shirts & khaki
pants, sneakers, an illegal (for the dorm, anyway,) hotplate, a frying pan, a
2 qt. Saucepan, various other cooking supplies & spices, an apron that
reads “stud king,” a cookbook, mini fridge, old tv, VCR & tapes, cd player
& cds, |
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Hooks: |
•No matter how burnt, scorched or inedible his cooking turns out, Max still persists in the thought that he can cook. •Doesn’t know that “Fred” is Ferdinand in human form. |
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Other Notes: |
•Feels as
compelled as his grandfather did to find certain forgotten places & take
the “treasures” from them for safe keeping. Considers himself a guardian of
the “relics” as his grandfather did. •Max is
in constant sibling rivalry war with his sister, Alicia. They are constantly
playing practical jokes and such to get back at each other. It’s unclear how
this “war” started. Their mother is aware of this battle but her efforts to
put a stop to it are always thwarted. •Max
isn’t one of those guys who go nuts over cars, but he sure loves this one.
Sure, it’s beat up, gets lousy gas mileage and he’s constantly under the hood
fixing something, but c’mon! ’71 was the last year of the super sport! He can
rattle of every stat for this model of Camaro. |
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What Max thinks about the other characters: |
Odile: “I try not to think about Odile. It keeps me
from having nightmares.” Amelia: “She’s a sweet girl, but I wonder when she’s
ever gonna grow up.” Ferdinand: “Sometimes he’s scary, mostly he’s annoying.” Miles: “Dude, I’m your best bud. Got your back, but we
gotta get you away from that Playstation and get you a chick.” Alicia,
his sister: “I’m gonna get her back for
that whipped cream & Preparation-H stunt she pulled on me last summer!” Ms.
Vry: “So our hall director sucks
blood. I thought all people who worked for the University did that
eventually.” Grandfather
von Creepenstein: “ Silas: “He’s an ok guy.” Nikki: “If she touches me again, I’m gonna stake her.” Moth: “And I thought Odile was strange…” “Fred,”
(Ferdinand in human form): “Not a bad guy. Weird
hair, though.” Cockroach
Liberation Army: “Where’s the Raid?” Rash
Ember: “Just keep him from teaching
Miles how to pick up chicks & we’ll be alright.” Helen
Pfender, Library Dean: “She’s pretty cool
for an old lady.” Mom: “ Dad: “ Grandmother
Majors: “Sure, Granny, I’d love to
stay for dinner! Can I have the recipe?” Grandfather
Majors: “ Grandfather
Carter: “I miss that old cuss. No
one told dirty jokes quite like him.” Aunt
Louisa & Uncle George: “ |
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Revised 2.16.2004
Blue Canary, Odile von Creepenstein & all relating characters,
unless otherwise stated, are © 2004 Kathryn White.