[quote=@Crimson Raven]
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I start by laying out what I want the character to be. Powerful mage? Wimpering coward? Kind? Mean? Lazy? Mysterious? [s]Mechanical Arm[/s] From that I imagine how, with in in the world of the RP, they might turn out that way. 

From there I start where everyone starts: birth. Then I hammer out the details, piece by piece.
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The turning out that way is where I'm hung up.