Okay, I’ve got my basic plot. I’ve got my setting. I’ve got my minor characters. I’ve got my villain (almost). I’m starting to work out some sub-plots. I can’t find my main character anywhere.
Okay, quick recap of my story:
My MC lives in today’s time, somehow comes across an anceint artifact that sends him/her to South America to find a “lost treasure”. Once he gets to South America though, he/she gets lost and ends up in an “ancient city”, that has been cut off from the rest of the world for thousands of years, they are unaware of the outside world and the outside world is unaware of them. This lost city is so isolated that it is as if time has stood still for them, and for my MC it is like he/she has stepped back in time into ancient Mesoamerica. (and yes, I’ve even come up with an explaination as to how they were never found, not even by satelight… that question was already ardessed on another thread.) Unlike real life however, my tribe has real gods that do punish them if they disobey. And it’s kind-of going to be Conan the Barbarian type sword and sorcery, only my tribe has swords made of wood embedded with obsidian, (as they did in real history) because metal wasn’t invented yet; and my wizards are going to take the form of a tribal shaman boardering on Voodoo mambas/hougans. My modern day MC has been thrown into an ancient world.
My story is an adventure/fantasy/historical fiction mish-mash. Okay, so here’s where my question comes in, and why I’m starting this thread:
Who is my main character?
Has anyone got any ideas?
When reading my plot summary what type of “hero” did you see in your mind?
What did he/she look like in your mind?
Did you see a male or female main character?
How old did you imagin him/her?
What type of person would go on a quest like this?
Should my MC be a profesional type person or just your average Joe/Jane seeking a thrill?
Did you see him/her going on this quest alone or as part of a group?
Should he/she be an archeologist?
If you had my plot/story line what type of MC would you use?
I’m looking for any ideas at all. You know, anything that might giove me some ideas as to who my MC is, so that I can write about him/her.
Thanks millions!
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