What was your first character?
A female spotted hyena with a tawny brown pelt and unrealistically dark markings. Her name was Drudge and I made her when I first joined the game sometime in 2015!
Do you still own/have this character?
As of today, yes! As boring as she eventually got, I can't find it in my heart to delete the first real FH character I've ever had.
If you do, have they changed at all? If you don't, where/what/who do you think they are now?
Yep. Less territorial, less misandric, and less of an overall pain in the butt to other characters. She's probably(?) still getting into fights at Bonfire Island, her old home, but I wouldn't know since I haven't played her in ages.
Why did you create this character? Was it on a whim of excitement to get started, or did you plan them out beforehand?
Her creation was on impulse. When I discovered that you could use markings to make different types of animals, I was thrilled and I created a character that was the species of my favorite animal at the time: A spotted hyena! I only ever planned on making her pick fights with other characters, and what little personality she had reflected that.
Who was this character? Did you develop any backstory or personality for them at all?
Drudge was a brash, hotheaded, territorial misandrist that regularly got into fights with other characters simply because I wanted to roleplay fights. Aside from getting her tail permanently burnt off and falling in love with a husky because it didn't attack her on sight, she never had any real character development! Not that my thirteen-year-old self cared.
Looking back, how do you feel about this character? Do you regret creating them, or do you wish to reinvent them?
I guess I'm grateful I don't cringe when I think about her character, but I've lost interest in Drudge completely. Still, I look back on Drudge-driven roleplays with fondness— I had a lot of fun laughing at her fails in fights, especially that one time when she broke her nose on a dragon's tough hide after trying to tackle it.
