[quote=Gareth]
 I recently read a guide on creating characters and it had five steps to it. One of the sentences in the guide was about keeping the idea of the character simple, because the complicated stuff about the character comes from how they interact with the world and make relationships with other characters. So, back to your trouble. I would suggest forgetting about how other people see characters in the world/book and just worry about who your character is and what they are about. Also, I'd like to mention that the guide was written by Brovo on this site and I found it to be very helpful.
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Hmm. That is a good point- is there a link so I can read this guide?

Also- I rather like the first idea of someone absorbing furies. It just makes me think of so many awesome ideas. But could we limit it to saying that they can only absorb one kind of fury? Otherwise we might have something unbeatable on our hands.