Sol Duga Character Sheets

[ladyfiaran22]

Tim asked me to create a character sheet for my original Sol Duga characters so here it is.

Original Sol Duga characters from My Favorite Things and I Found a Whistle.


Lacroix clan and Members:

The Lacroix clan are first among equals in Sol Duga since the head of the organization Hugo is a Lacroix. The family originated in Wallonia is southern Belgium and part of the clan now lives in Manchester, England and have British citizenship.

Pierre Lacroix

Birthdate: 11/17/30
Residence: Didsbury, Manchester, UK
Job: Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Manchester
Status: Widower, late wife was Marina Angelakos from Cyprus and has a young daughter named Nicole.
Appearance: Six feet tall, curly black hair, purplish-blue eyes, olive complexion
Favorite music: Jazz, especially bebop from the late 40's and his favorite artist is Charlie Parker
Current partner: Maria
Languages spoken: English, standard and Belgian French, Spanish, Italian, both ancient and modern Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Polish, and Serbian
Religion: Catholic

Jack Lacroix

Birthdate: 10/03/33
Residence: Didsbury, Manchester, UK
Job: Bestselling novelist of the Rose and Sword series of novels set in Tokugawa era Japan
Status: Divorced from Minako Kasagano and has custody of their daughter Mollie Sakura
Appearance: similar to his older brother Pierre except for his tattoos, has a tattoo of a red phoenix on his left arm and a chrysanthemum and red rose on his right arm
Favorite music: Also loves jazz but is a big Coltrane and free jazz fan, more avant garde jazz compared to his brother
Current partner: Tatiana
Languages spoken: English, standard and Belgian French, Spanish, Japanese, Polish and some Cantonese Chinese
Religion: Catholic

Nicole Lacroix

Birthdate: 5/12/56
Residence: Same as above
Appearance: has the same dark looks as her father but her hair is curlier and her skin a touch darker from her Greek mother
Favorite music: Beatles
Languages spoken: English, French and Greek.
Religion: Catholic
School: Our Lady of the Victories, an all-girl fee-paying Catholic primary school

Mollie Lacroix

Birthdate: 3/11/56
Residence: Same as above
Appearance: straight black hair, pale skin, almond-shaped purplish blue eyes
Favorite music: Beatles
Languages spoken: English, French, Japanese
Religion: Catholic
School: Same as her cousin Nicole

Constantine Lacroix

Birthdate: 11/13/87
Residence: Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Appearance: Tall, black wavy hair, olive complexion, purplish-blue eyes
Job: Professor of Anglo-Saxon Studies at the University of East Anglia
Partner: Tamsyn, the daughter of King Athelred of Northumbria.
Favorite Music: indie rock, Medieval music
Religion: Catholic



Nika Lacroix
Birthdate: 12/09/91
Residence: Hollywood Hills, California with her father
Job: student at USC majoring in Classics
Status: in a relationship with Josh, her father’s best friend and music partner
Appearance: 5’9 and slim with curly dark brown hair and the Lacroix purplish-blue eyes
Favorite music: jazz and classical, her father’s eccentric solo music
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, Ancient Greek and Latin
Religion: irreligious but her father is Buddhist

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The Sutherland clan originated in northern Scotland but a branch of the family came down to England with James I and settled around Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Ian Sutherland

Birthdate: 03/10/31
Residence: born in Scarborough, Yorkshire but lives in Manchester
Appearance: tall, dark blond wavy hair, green eyes
Job: Professor of Hellenistic Studies at the University of Manchester and author of nonfiction books on Alexander the Great
Favorite music: West Coast Jazz, ie, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker and Indian classical music
Current Partner: Olga
Languages Spoken: English, French, Polish, Russian, both Ancient and Modern Greek, Farsi, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi and Punjabi
Religion: Born Catholic but converted to Hinduism

Skye Sutherland

Birthdate: 09/07/38
Residence: same as her brother Ian
Appearance: about 5'9 with straight dark blond hair and hazel eyes
Job: School nurse at Our Lady of Victories primary Catholic school
Favorite music: Folk music, especially traditional English music and Bob Dylan
Current Partner: Single
Languages Spoken: English, French, and Polish
Religion: Catholic and is also a Sunday school teacher

Philip Sutherland

Birthdate: 10/09/89
Residence: Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Appearance: Tall, dark blond wavy hair and green eyes
Job: Professor of Near Eastern Studies at East Anglia University
Current Partner: Single
Languages spoken: English, French, Turkish, Farsi, Greek, Russian, Polish
Religion: Catholic

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The Torres clan originated in Andalucía in Southern Spain with another branch in Jalisco, Mexico

Juan Torres

Birthdate: 08/14/37
Residence: Manchester and the summers in Blackpool
Job: Owns the Wagon Wheel club in Manchester and the Wagon Wheel North in Blackpool which opens during the summer
Current Partner: Camille Martin
Appearance: Medium height, olive complexion, curly dark brown hair and almond-shaped amber eyes
Favorite music: Motown, Soul, Beatles
Languages spoken: Standard and Mexican Spanish, French and English with a Mancunian accent


If more Torres characters make an appearance, I'll add to this list

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The Jarvinen clan is from Kainuu in north-central Finland with a branch in Lithuania

Veteema Jarvinen

Birthdate: 01/02/40
Residence: Kajaani, Finland
Job: Housewife and mother
Current Partner: Married to Lonny McLaughlin
Appearance: Petite with wavy reddish-gold hair, very fair skin and turquoise blue eyes
Languages spoken: Finnish, Russian, Swedish, and English
Religion: Finnish pagan

Valeria Johnson

Birthdate: 07/06/94
Residence: Bayonne, NJ, USA
Job: College professor of Medieval History at St. Peter's University
Current Partner: Single
Appearance: short, slim with wavy reddish-gold hair, very pale skin and turquoise eyes
Languages spoken: English, Anglo-Saxon, French, and German
Religion: Wicca

Andrew Wilson

Birthdate: 02/11/93
Residence: born in rural Pennsylvania but now lives in Bayonne, NJ, USA
Job: music producer who has done hit dance remixes for many famous indie and alternative bands
Current partner: Merryn, the king's daughter
Appearance: Tall, skinny arms and legs but a slight belly, very pale, natural hair color dark brown but dyed black, blue eyes
Languages spoken: English
Favorite music: Indie rock, alternative, psychedelic music from the 60's, electronic music
Religion: Raised Presbyterian but non-religious now

Ben Gordon

Birthdate: 05/07/93
Residence: Same as Andrew above
Job: Best selling mystery novelist of the Detective Walker series
Current partner: single but has a crush on Valeria
Appearance: medium height, 20lbs overweight, curly black hair and beard turning gray, olive complexion with a slight yellow tinge, brown eyes and wears glasses
Favorite music: jazz, especially Coltrane
Languages spoken: English
Religion: non-religious, but has a Jewish father and a Christian mother

[Tim]

Where did you get the name "Valeria" from?  It sounds Latin.

[ladyfiaran22]

Jun 22, 2019 17:05:37 GMT -5 Tim said:

Where did you get the name "Valeria" from?  It sounds Latin.

It's actually a Russian name, I was going to use a Finnish name but none sounded right. Plus Russian names are common in Finland, her family's original name was Jarvinen but her ancestors changed it to Johnson so they sounded American. That was common back then.

[Tim]

Plus Russian names are common in Finland

Well, Finland was an autonomous part of the former Russian Empire (the Tsar had a different title there).

her family's original name was Jarvinen but her ancestors changed it to Johnson so they sounded American. That was common back then.

Yeah, if you wanted to get anywhere, you had to have an American sounding name.  Especially in Hollywood, back in the 1930's and 40's, a name like Mayim Bialik would not get one very far.  The studios (that had absolute power back then) probably would have changed it to something like "Mary Baker".

[ladyfiaran22]

I know that about the Hollywood studios, they also would force the actresses to get abortions if it interfered with the shooting schedule and all sort of ugly stuff. They would also change the names of actresses who had dull names or very ethnic names, or even make up completely fictitious stuff about the actresses to hide if they were poor or came from another country. Thanks to the internet, they can't do that anymore.

[Tim]

Actually, that changed when the studios were overthrown, decades ago. 

Getting back to Sol Duga, have you considered trying to get these stories professionally published?  You have the makings of a franchise here.