What are Archetypes?

Archetypes : Characters Templates

• Characters belong to an Archetype.
• Archetypes are Character Categories.
• The Archetypal system is a classification system.
• What Archetypes will you use?
• What Archetypes define your Characters?
• What Archetypes do you feel less comfortable with?

• Characters can be grouped by Interests, Skills, Behavioral & Physical traits.
• What are your Character’s Interests?
• How do they relate to her Goal?
• Skills define the Character’s role in a team as well as the activities she can practice.
• Behavioral traits define the Character’s reaction in Crisis & Comfort situations.
• Does your Character possess Physical peculiarities?
• What Physical peculiarities?

• Archetypes allow fast & prolific Character generation.
• How many Characters do you want to create?
• How many Characters do you need?
• How similar are these Characters?
• Do you have difficulties to visualize Characters?
• Can you transpose yourself in them?

• Archetypes will compel you to write a story.
• What compels you?
• Who are your Favorite Characters?
• Why did you get attached to them?
• How will you turn their Life into a Story?

How to create Avatars

• Archetypes allows you to create Avatars.
• Avatars of yourself.
• Avatars of people you’d like to become.
• Avatars of people that antagonize you.

Relationships

• Affinity
• Why would 2 Characters be Friends?
• Why would 2 Characters be Allies?
• Why would 2 Characters be Enemies?
• Why would 2 Characters be Foes?
• What gathers a Leader & a Solver?
• Do their Motivation converge?
• Do their Motivation diverge?
• Are their Behavior Compatible?
• Are their Actions Compatible?

• Shifts
• Do you change your Archetype if your Leader is incompetent?
• Does your Archetype change after a Crisis?
• After the Death of another team member?
• Can you adopt the Behavior of another Archetype in a specific situation?

• Team
• Do Archetype correlate with Roles?
• How do they correlate?
• Can 1 Archetype occupy multiple Roles?
• Is a Leader necessary?
• Is every Archetype necessary in the same Team?
• What Skills for which Archetype?
• What Archetypes combination enhance team Synergy?
• What Archetypes combination is potentially Conflictual?

Numbers

• How many Characters do you need?
• Can you start a story with less than 1?
• Can you write a story with less than 3?
• Can you end a story with less than 1?
• How many Characters do you need per chapter?
• How many Characters do you need per scene?
• How do you display Relationships through Numbers?
• Who interacts with who?

• How many groups can you create?
• Between 2 & 4 groups.
• 6 Antagonists / 6 Protagonists
• 4 Antagonists / 4 Protagonists / 4 Neutral
• 3 Antagonists / 3 Protagonists / 3 Deuteragonist / 3 Neutral

Re-Use & Readapt

• Behavior, Goals & Diversity
• The Table Below displays the 2 main Behavior traits of each Archetypes.
• You’ll need to add 2 other traits to create different characters.
• Each Character may have an unique Goal.
• Goals differ from Motivations and are Character specific.
• Whereas Motivations are linked to the Archetype.

2 Examples of Protectors:

• Archetypes display Diversity.
• Archetypes define your characters reaction in a due situation.
• Archetypes refine your writing by limiting you to specific phrases.
• How will you create Complete characters?
• How you display Diversity?

• Archetype Combinations
• When should you combine Archetypes?
• What new Pattern do you create?
• Are they new Archetypes?
• How does it serve your Story?
• How does it affect relationship dynamics?
• How does this new Pattern integrate your groups?

Archetypes Table

Archetypes	Does	Doesn’t	Strength	Weakness	Motivation	Accessories
Leader	Orient	Doubt	Devoted	Sacrificial	Achievement	Crown
Rival	Catalyze	Inhibit	Relentless	Reckless	Change	Sword
Solver	Search	(only searches)	Focused	Covert	Process	Notebook/Pen
Builder	Study	Discard	Inventive	Outlandish	Life	Toolbox
Protector	Stand	Falter	Endurant	Rough	Security	Armor
Sponsor	Secure	Wait	Resilient	N/A	Legacy	Account
Supplier	Funnel	Waste	Reliable	Slanting	Safety	Stock
Advisor	Proposes	Antagonize	Empathetic	Attached	Satisfaction	Pendant
Arbiter	Deal	Waver	Equitable	Detached	Closure	Rings
Enticer	Motivate	Dwell	Enthusiastic	Fervid	Discovery	Bag
Soul	Observe	Discriminate	Immersed	Entranced	Experience	Instrument
Guide	Show	Impose	Patient	Cryptic	Comprehension	Map