How to write Supportive Characters? 6 Examples

  • Supportive Characters are meant to be Likeable.
  • Likeable Characters are Helpful, Proficient & Supportive.
  • Their Likeability factor makes them Memorable.
  • Supportive Characters can be Main Characters or 2ndrary ones.

Summary – 7 steps to a Supportive Character

  1. Define her Function in the Story.
  2. Define her Role, if she’s part of a Team.
  3. Decide of her Origins.
  4. From her Origins define her Name & her Goal.
  5. Define her Behavior traits.
  6. Define her Relationships & Alignments.
  7. Give her Quirks.
  • Creating Characters is easier if you make use of an Archetype system.
  • Here are 6 Supportive Profiles you can use:
    • Enticer
    • Manager
    • Builder
    • Protector
    • Supplier
    • Advisor
RolesDoesDoesn’tStrengthWeaknessMotivationAccessories
EnticerMotivateDwellEnthusiasticFervidDiscoveryBag
ManagerOrientDoubtResilientLenientAchievementCase
BuilderStudyDiscardInventiveOutlandishLifeToolbox
ProtectorStandFalterEndurantRoughSecurityArmor
SupplierFunnelWasteReliableSlantingSafetyStock
AdvisorProposesAntagonizeEmpatheticAttachedSatisfactionPendant
Supportive Characters – Template
  • This is a General Table displaying the Advantages of each Role.
  • As well as the Character’s potential Goal – Strengths – Weaknesses.
  • It is a canvas allowing you to develop diverse Evolution paths.

Darynn – The Enticer

  • Identity
  • Origins : Nephelae
  • Name : Darynn – Gift
  • Goal : Try all dishes of the other Worlds
  • Function : Protagonist
  • Behavior
  • Role Trait 1 : Entertaining
  • Role Trait 2 : Confident
  • Individual Strength : Generous
  • Individual Weakness : Needy
  • Relationships
  • Role : Enticer
  • Passion : Food
  • Alignment/Affinity : Enthusiasts & Gourmets
  • Comfort : Eats Ramen
  • Crisis : Release a Shining Blast
  • Quirks
  • Hairstyle : Cloudy Updo
  • Clothing : Toga
  • Tool : Giftbox
  • Phrase : If you need to act, have a meal 1st.

If you want to know more about Enticers.



Jyotis – The Manager

  • Identity
  • Origins : Broken Capital
  • Name : Jyotis – Sunlight
  • Goal : Learn how to Federate
  • Function : Protagonist
  • Behavior
  • Role Trait 1 : Empathetic
  • Role Trait 2 : Individualist
  • Individual Strength : Temperate
  • Individual Weakness : Lenient
  • Relationships
  • Role : Manager
  • Passion : Rhetoric
  • Alignment/Affinity : Relativists & Managers
  • Comfort : Classifies demographic Data
  • Crisis : Use a Deeper Voice
  • Quirks
  • Hairstyle : Shaved
  • Clothing : Fluid Armor & Solid Rings
  • Tool : Spherecase
  • Phrase : There is no such thing as a Leader.

If you want to know more about Managers.



Azzur – The Builder

  • Identity
  • Origins : Neapolis
  • Name : Azzur – Assistant
  • Goal : Retrieve the Wholly movements
  • Function : Antagonist
  • Behavior
  • Role Trait 1 : Learning
  • Role Trait 2 : Curious
  • Individual Strength : Sharing
  • Individual Weakness : Competitive
  • Relationships
  • Role : Builder
  • Passion : Strategy Games
  • Alignment/Affinity : Builders & Strategists
  • Comfort : Plays games & eats Pitta
  • Crisis : Taps Mace
  • Quirks
  • Hairstyle : Short messy & small hat
  • Clothing : Tunic & Belts
  • Tool : Multi-tool Mace.
  • Phrase : I will now imitate the Wholly movements.

If you want to know more about Builders.

Rysc – The Protector

  • Identity
  • Origins : Tribum Vaga Officii
  • Name : Rysc – Rush
  • Goal : Bulk Up
  • Function : Protagonist
  • Behavior
  • Role Trait 1 : Assertive
  • Role Trait 2 : Relentless
  • Individual Strength : Protective
  • Individual Weakness : Reckless
  • Relationships
  • Role : Protector
  • Passion : Handball
  • Alignment/Affinity : Strong People
  • Comfort : Dribbles & Punches
  • Crisis : Shaking Legs
  • Quirks
  • Hairstyle : Medium green Curly
  • Clothing : Fur Jacket/boots & Leather pants/gloves
  • Tool : My Ball
  • Phrase : It’s just my Ball.

If you want to know more about Protectors.

Ezer – The Supplier

  • Identity
  • Origins : Blue Gardens
  • Name : Ezer – Help
  • Goal : Become an Exemplar
  • Function : Antagonist
  • Behavior
  • Role Trait 1 : Dedicated
  • Role Trait 2 :Participative
  • Individual Strength : Providing
  • Individual Weakness : Predictible
  • Relationships
  • Role : Supplier
  • Passion : Fashion
  • Alignment/Affinity : Righteous People
  • Comfort : Designs Accessories
  • Crisis : Shrilled Voice
  • Quirks
  • Hairstyle : Short wavy Cyan
  • Clothing : Robes, Dresses, Jackets, Skirts, various Jewels.
  • Tool : Redstone Pendant
  • Phrase : Sadness is useful.

If you want to know more about Suppliers.



Dae-Hyun – The Advisor

  • Identity
  • Origins : Indigo Feather
  • Name : Daimao Dae-Hyun – Great Evil, Great Honor
  • Goal : Hierarchize Emotions
  • Function : Antagonist
  • Behavior
  • Role Trait 1 : Pondering
  • Role Trait 2 : Self-Aware
  • Individual Strength : Empathetic
  • Individual Weakness : Attached
  • Relationships
  • Role : Advisor
  • Passion : Calligraphy & Fresco
  • Alignment/Affinity : Thinkers & Dignitaries
  • Comfort : Draws (pure comfort), Revises the Hierarchy (post crisis)
  • Crisis : Fan his face
  • Quirks
  • Hairstyle : Long straight Indigo
  • Clothing : Kimono (Kinkou), Hat & pendant (Pakua)
  • Tool : Brush & Ri-Gam Fan
  • Phrase : Sometimes emotions are relevant. Sometimes, they are correct.

If you want to know more about Advisors.

Here’s an application of the aforementioned Template :

RoleNameOriginsGoalPassionAffinityQuirkRole Trait 1Role Trait 2 Individual Strength Individual WeaknessComfortCrisis
EnticerDarynnNephelaeTry all of their dishesFoodEnthusiasts/
Gourmets
GiftboxEntertainingConfidentGenerousNeedyEat RamenShining Blast
ManagerJyotis – SunlightBroken CapitalLearn how to FederateRhetoricRelativists/
Managers
SpherecaseEmpatheticIndividualistTemperate LenientClassify DataDeep Voice
BuilderAzzur – AssistantNeapolisRetrieve the Wholly movementsStrategy
games
Builders/
Strategists
Multi-MaceLearningCuriousSharingCompetitive Play & eat PittaTaps Mace
ProtectorRysc –
Rush
Tribuum Vaga OfficiiBulk UpHandballStrong peopleMy BallAssertiveRelentlessProtectiveRecklessDribble & PunchShaking
Legs
Supplier Ezer – Help Blue GardensBecome an ExemplarFashionRighteous peoplePendantDedicatedParticipativeProvidingPredictableDesign AccessoriesShrilled Voice
AdvisorDae-Hyun – Great HonorIndigo FeatherHierarchize EmotionsCalligraphy & FrescoThinkers/
Dignitaries
Brush & FanPonderingSelf-AwareEmpatheticAttached Revise the HierarchyFan Self
Supportive Characters – Completed Template

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