Thread:Sentry 616/@comment-26463535-20160817051408/@comment-26463535-20160819012239

Motivations need to spring from background as well as the characters' personalities. First thing then would be to figure out backgrounds, matching them up with character elements you already want then allowing the background to fully flesh them up.

The Fire and Brimstone guys can still be brothers. Maybe Fire's owner is the more somber elder brother, having to watch out for his cocksure younger brother? Only make them orphans if that would really be needed to make the characters who you want though. If you have watched Silverado, then Emmit and Jake would be a great allusion to go off of if you go that route. You could also slightly allude to St. James the greater and St. John the evangelist, the sons of thunder who once asked Jesus to call down fire and brimstone on a village that had rejected Jesus, but its just a thought.

Glad you like the idea of Ludgar being a logical intellectual. Now to develop him upto that point. General thought around is that Faunus are probably poorer in general since that tends to happen to perviously surpressed populations during the generations right after being given liberty. Exceptions would include Faunus Hunters, who seem to at least be middle-class based on Ruby and Yang with no logical reason to pay differently based on race since either the mission board system seems to encourage a "you hire whoever accepts the mission" frame of mind. And with the common fannon of scholarships for low income students that meet certain qualifications, a major (if not main) motivation to be a huntsmen for Ludgar then could simply be that, a good pay job that would help his family. You would just need to figure out how he got fighting lessons. But there are other ways to handle him as well, always exceptions to the rules if you want.

No Hiding still gives me the quiet, snarky guy in the corner assesing the situation sort of vib. Even more so with how you describe his weapon since it is the most versatile in use of all the others, meaning he's more adaptable to different situations. Also, seemingly being open while remote firing the gun seems like something a snarky guy would do. Giving a definate backstory to that sort of guy though is hard. Hawkeye, Padden from Silverado, and Halt from Ranger's Apprentice are the sort to come to mind regarding examples of the character type. Maybe someone who took a stint in the army and is now using his pension (and maybe college pay like the GI bill of the US) to "upgrade" his capabilites.

Hope this is helpful. Do you also want help on names or do you want the characters to be more settled before you fully name them?