Character Study: Cullum Katara

First off, thank you to my husband for helping me figure out Cullum’s last name!! Thanks, Hon!!

Now, on to the rest. Questions are from No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days.

1. How old is he?
   He is over the age of 30 but under the age of 100. He can pass for 25 without a problem.
2. What is his gender?
   He has a penis, so I guess that makes him male. At least that’s how he would answer the question.
3. What does he do for work?
   Since he is a Magickal, Cullum works for the Spirits, the body of Magickals that guards the humanoids. He gets paid by them. He also has money he inherited upon the death of his parents, who were killed by a clan of rogue faeries.
4. Who are his friends, family, and love interests?
   Cullum has no surviving family, that he knows of. What he doesn’t know is that his sister survived the attack by the faeries that killed their parents. She never contacted him because she received a head injury that caused semi-permanent amnesia.
   He knows lots of people, and a few claim to be friends with him, but he only reciprocates that friendship with a select few:
   Temper Firebrand (a male faery)
   Ariandra Colorns (female Elven human)
   Jamerly Mackonal (male human Magickal)
   His love interest will be Alestra Silvergust, if things work out the way they are supposed to.
5. What is his living space like?
   Because he’s rarely at his primary place of residence, the one in which is “mail” and stuff is usually sent, Cullum’s apartment is very plain and basic. The walls have no decorations, and there are hardly anything that marks the place as his. There are a few knick knacks that most would overlook but are very significant to him:
   A square-ish rock, in a pale grey, with what looks like quartz going through it. It was found by his brother, Tessar, when Tessar was 6 and Cullum was 8. Tessar died a year later. He was killed by Trevalar assassins, assassins for the Dark Faeries.
   A little horn, with a faded tattered red bow. It was his sister’s horn. It was one of the few things he found after the faery attack that killed the rest of his family.
   Those two items are found in the apartment and not on the ship because few know about the apartment, and he believes that to be the safest place to keep his most valued possessions.
   His ship is a different story.  It’s flashy, and while clean, is perceived as cluttered and messy. It’s where he spends a majority of his time, so it bears the stamp of his personality. The dark colors of the interior of the ship suit him perfectly.
6. What are his hobbies?
   He plays skyball, which is basically football but played in minimal gravity. It requires a lot of concentration and strength to be able to play it.
   He’ll never admit to it, but he also plays the treylym, which is a type of flute.
7. What was he doing a year ago? Five years ago?
   One year ago, he was giving up on the search for his sister. He was still hoping to find her safe, and alive, but the lack of evidence in proving so was wearing on him.
   Five years ago, he was pulling himself out of a dangerous spiral that he fell into after the brutal murder of his family. He only came out of it with the help of his few true friends.