Characters From Colossus

Hi and welcome back to my blog! I recently wrote short descriptions for each of the twenty-six characters in Colossus. That’s 25 Scouts (including the Main Character) and Noah, the villain.

Here they are:

Iris/Sparrow: Iris or Sparrow is your main character that you play as. His or her or their class is called a Jack, after Jack-of-all-trades, and is the only character with this class. The background of this character can be whatever you like to account for all of the amazing skills you can learn. This character can be named Iris or Sparrow to your liking and can be any gender.

Violet: Violet is a Cyborg bent on taking down Noah. She is stern and determined but has a temper. She does not laugh very often. She keeps her mind focused on the job at hand. It's possible she and Noah were once lovers. That might be why she desires to capture him so badly now that he's turned traitor.

Rose: Rose is a semi-famous Bard known for her joyous nature and sassy dance moves. She has a bit of a rivalry with Violet and Ivy. They trained together as children and are competitive with each other. Rose is fun-loving and sarcastic, but knows when it's time to jump into the fray.

Ivy: Ivy is a Nymph whose former lover was a Child of the Brier who died on a mission. She has taken her lover's death hard and has sworn to protect the new Clover, her lover’s daughter, from such a fate. She has a rivalry with Rose and Violet that spans their entire childhood. Ivy is quiet, contemplative, and always gets the job done no matter how large or how diminutive the reward is.

Clover: This Clover is a new Scout, and the daughter of the former Clover. Ivy is her stepmother and although she loves her dearly, Clover feels the need to strike out on her own and prove herself as a Scout. She is best friends with Raven and Dove. They have made a pact to always look out for each other.

Tulip: Tulip is a Psychic Elf from the Strange Lands who is mated to Hummingbird. They go nowhere without one another. They can read each other's minds and are bonded for life. If one dies, so too does the other. Tulip is quiet and does not speak unless something needs to be said. She keeps her judgements to herself but deep down she has a snarky inner voice.

Daisy: Daisy is a Blade, and known as the Lady in White by those she has rescued from bloodthirsty raiders, feral Mutants, and greedy bandits. Daisy is not one for idle chatter and gets the job done no matter the cost. Scouting is her life, her only passion. She has no other hobbies or loves. Her one true friend is her mentor, Swan. She does not trust Crow even though he is a fellow Blade.

Nightshade: Nightshade is a Survivor and the sister of Raven and Crow. She worries about her brothers for two very different reasons. She worries about Raven’s fragile nature, and about Crow’s violent one. She is the level-headed one of the three. She is a pragmatic problem-solver who always tries to do the right thing if it's possible. She is considered a great beauty with her black hair and blue eyes. 

Lily: Lily is a Medic who is professionally trained by Lotus. For a time she wanted to be a Lotus scientist instead of a doctor, but surprised even herself when she volunteered to be dipped in the miasma and emerged as Chosen. She still retains her book smarts even though her sheltered life hasn't really prepared her for the wasteland of the Spire.

Petunia: Petunia is a Mutant raised by feral Mutants in North Spire. From the time she was a little girl she would raid farms and caravans with her parents. A scientist from Lotus watched her perform a Miracle one day and took her away from her hungry, desperate life and did his best to “civilize” her in Crystal Heights. This mostly worked but every now and then a savage side of Petunia rears its ugly head.

Jasmine: Jasmine is a self-taught Gunner and the daughter of farmers who were killed by raiders. She became a Scout to acquire the skills to avenge her family. And she did. Now she travels the lands of the Spire protecting the smallfolk. She has a distaste for the wealthy and the powerful.

Lavender: Lavender is a Red Rivers Native with a wolf companion named Howler. She grew up in Red Rivers and has a great deal of respect for the land, its people, and its customs. Even as a Scout she is slow to embrace technology and would rather walk than trust riding on a motorcycle or in an airship. Wherever she goes, Howler goes. 

Marigold: Marigold is an Android from the Great War, though not quite as old as Swan. Marigold appreciates life greatly and enjoys the little things, like the taste of food or the smell of gasoline. They take great care in keeping their friends safe. They know that being human, the others aren't as tough as them. They also enjoy small animals and cute babies.

Phoenix: Phoenix is a Red Rivers Native with a pet dog named Sparky who follows him around. He would die for Sparky, and Sparky would die for him. Unlike most other Red Rivers Natives, Phoenix drives a motorcycle. This motorcycle has a little sidecar for Sparky. Phoenix is a little goofy and somewhat under-prepared for the amount of trauma that the wasteland has waiting for him and Sparky. He is determined to take down Noah, who was his mentor.

Hawk: Hawk is a Mutant, and anyone with eyes can see that. That's why he wears a mask and trench coat all the time. He is slightly ashamed of his appearance but fiercely proud of his abilities and his role as a Scout. He is older than one would guess and has been Scouting for over twenty-five years. He travels a lot with Violet and is one of the few people who can withstand her fierce temper.

Eagle: Eagle is a Gunner who was actually born in Red Rivers but left as a young man because he believes that the future will be better with technology. Eagle is a dependable Scout who never complains about the task at hand. He is a skilled gunslinger who has sworn several times that he will never return to Red Rivers where he now faces rejection from his former friends and family, and yet he often finds himself pulled right back into the troubles plaguing Red Rivers.

Hummingbird: Hummingbird is a Psychic Elf from the Strange Lands who is bonded for life to Tulip. He adores her and would do anything for her. He does not show this romantic side in the presence of others and rarely speaks unless spoken to. He and Tulip can read each other's minds and hold entire wordless conversations in that way.

Raven: Raven is a Medic and the newest Scout and a reluctant one at that. His brother is Crow and his sister is Nightshade. Raven’s best friends are Clover and Dove. He seeks to protect his friends and family but the truth is he is more than a little frightened about what the wasteland might have in store for them. He is a quiet, thoughtful young man who can sense distress. He always does his best to help.

Crow: Crow is a Blade and an almost-madman who is slowly succumbing to miasma sickness, a condition that affects some Chosen by deteriorating their sanity. Crow is unpredictable and hard to work with. He is sarcastic to hide the fact he is losing control. He laughs wildly at random times. His brother is Raven and his sister is Nightshade. His father was the former Crow and his mother was the former Violet, which might explain his unhealthy obsession with the current Violet.

Swan: Swan is an Android and the oldest of all the Scouts. They still have memories of the Great War. These memories haunt their dreams at night. They have promised themselves that they will die before they lose any more friends and will put themselves in harm’s way to protect those they care about.

Dove: Dove is a Child of the Brier, though he was not raised in the Brier. Rather, he was raised by Lotus and trained from childhood to become a Scout by Swan, who he considers his “true” parent. Dove’s best friends are fellow Brier Child Clover and Raven. Dove has a good, kind heart and loves the feeling he gets from helping those in need. Make no mistake, though: He will get his hands bloody if he has to. 

Canary: One of the newest Scouts after Noah killed the last Canary breaking into Lotus’s lab, this Canary won't die so easily. Because he has a secret: He's actually a robot invented by Lotus as a new kind of Scout. This is a secret even Canary doesn't completely understand about himself. He knows he's different, but not why. His programming is stuck in his subconscious, just where Lotus wants it to be…for now. Canary is a reliable Survivor and he can easily learn new skills of survival just by experience.

Rooster: When the former Rooster died on a mission with Crow, this new Rooster, a Nymph from the Brier, took his place. His brother was the former Rooster, and this Rooster suspects something is strange about Crow and became a Scout to investigate the circumstances of his forebear's untimely death. Rooster is loud and boisterous, but keeps his intentions close to the vest.

Owl: Owl is a Cyborg who grew up in a raider camp as a slave. He was thrown in a pool of miasma as a young boy and not expected to survive, but survive he did. He crawled out of that pit and unleashed a huge Miracle upon the raider camp, destroying it and freeing the other slaves. Word got around and Owl is now the hero other slaves captured by raiders pray for, and the man that raiders have nightmares about.

Robin: Robin is a Bard whose parents had big dreams for him as a performer, before he fell in a pool of miasma as a teenager and mutated. Though he is still handsome on the outside, he feels twisted on the inside. His dreams of stardom are dashed as he is relegated to a life of danger in the wasteland. He still enjoys singing and performing whenever he gets the chance, and he still talks and walks with a flourish, but deep down, as the deaths he's caused keep piling up, he wonders if when he fell into that miasma he didn't crawl back out as a monster.

Noah: Noah is the former Phoenix and a traitor to Lotus. He has stolen the skyship, The Chariot, as well as a few other of Lotus’s important experiments. He is to be captured or killed at any cost. No one knows his motives or where he's gone with the experiments and the skyship.

 

So that’s the characters I have so far in Colossus. I was thinking of just keeping these characters in case others find new characters all on their own while playing Colossus. After all, my game won’t look exactly like anyone else’s game. I’ll add everyone’s stats in an upcoming article.