u/Reintroductionplans

So I am just about finished with the planning phase of my fangan, Danganronpa: Wilting Despair, and am preparing to begin the writing process. Before that however, I want to get this subs opinions for my plans on the characters. I currently don’t have names, so I can only provide them by their ultimates, but I have most of the other parts of their personalities finalized. I would love some other opinions however on the cast, and what you think I should change. Also, it's important to note that basically every character will go through some sort of arc that will result in some sort of personality change, so what you see here might not be the same personality they have by the end of their story. Furthermore, I should note that they are all college students, so if anyones descriptions mention their high school years that is why. Finally, this takes place in the United States, so certain things such as the legal age for some of these talents will be based on that. On that note, let's get started.

Starting with our protagonist we have the Ultimate Botanist. A brilliant scientist, she has been fortunate enough to go on multiple expeditions deep into the Amazon to record new plant species, with her successfully describing over 20 species of flowering plants before Highschool. She then spent most of her high school career studying medicinal plants for therapeutic use, especially for helping patients struggling with PTSD. This has been enough to earn her the title of Ultimate Botanist. She is an overall cheery person, always wanting to bring up the moods of those around her. She constantly tries to bring up the people around her, even if it's sometimes at her own expense, although she is by no means a pushover. She has a somewhat short temper, and will fight if she feels that she’s being disrespected. She may be helpful, but she isn’t necessarily the nicest person, and can actually be somewhat rude at times, although she is much meaner in her head than how she would ever actually act. She will also hold some long grudges. She also seems to have a strange fear of water, but I doubt that's important. 

Moving on we have the Ultimate Fisherman. He set the record for the largest fish caught in the entire 21st century, a nearly 3,000 pound great white shark, which he finally reeled in after an 8 hour battle. Using his fame from this, he managed to create a television show called “River Beasts”, where he traveled the world catching the world's largest and most aggressive fish. He understands fish behavior more than the average marine biologist, with some even saying he can speak to them. This gained him the Ultimate Fisherman talent, one he isn’t that proud of. He actually wanted the title of Ultimate Ichtyologist due to his understanding of fish behavior, although he was not going to refuse the title he was offered. He is a sly and popular guy, always being the center of attention. He is the life of the party, and can always bring up the moods of the people around him. This has led to him having a pretty large ego, with him thinking pretty high of himself. Despite this, he doesn’t look down on anyone, seeing himself as above them but not seeing them as below him. He believes that it is his duty to protect everyone there, although as a way to stroke his own ego as opposed to real concern for their safety, something another student I’ll mention later is not a fan of. Despite his physical talent, he prefers to hang around the people with more academic talents, and is actually one of the smarter people there. Although it is somewhat clear that he only helps people to make himself look good, he is largely appreciated within the cast. 

Next up is the Ultimate Hero. Although his talent may seem somewhat weird, he truly deserves it. His first heroic action was saving his friend from drowning in a river at only 5 years old. His famous heroic action happened later in life however. When he was 12, he was home alone and realized that his neighbors house was on fire. Without thinking, he rushed in saving all three people in the house before it collapsed, at the expense of suffering major burn wounds to his legs, back, and right arm, forcing him to spend 2 months in the hospital. This story of a 12 year old saving a famly went viral, with him gaining large amounts of fame. He then used this fame to establish a charity, which over his middle and high school careers raised over 20 million dollars for charity, with him using that money to build schools and hospitals in underprivelaged areas around the world. This was enough for him to be recognized as the Ultimate Hero. He is a boisterous and loud guy, always being seen with a smile on his face. He is as nice as someone could possibly be, seeing it as his mission to help as many people as possible. He believes it is up to him to protect everyone, and has a slight distaste for the Ultimate Fisherman who he sees as a fake, self centered leader. Unfortunately for him, the fishermans more casual, suave personality is much more popular with the group than his own near toxic positivity. He refuses to believe anyone would actually kill, and he refuses to let it happen, despite the group not supporting him. He truly doesn’t care what happens to himself as long as the others are happy and safe. 

Next up is the Ultimate Linguist. Speaking over 20 languages fluently, and being conversational in another 30, she is one of the most accomplished polyglots in the world. She spent her entire high school career piecing together a previously undiscovered language family, earning her global fame in anthropological circles. These two achievements earned her the talent of Ultimate Linguist. Despite being able to speak to almost anyone, she speaks to no one. She is incredibly shy, with her even leaving her room to be with the others being a special event. She almost never talks, and when she does it's usually only a few words, and only too few specific people. She will only really interact with people if it's one on one, and again, only with a few specific people. Despite this, she is incredibly intelligent, one of the smartest people in the cast, she just never really shows it. When she does talk, she is pretty sweet, never saying anything that would hurt someone. Despite this, she is seen as kind of rude by the others, who see her avoidance of the others as something to be offended by. 

Next up is the Ultimate Chemist. An eccentric woman, she is incredibly accomplished within her field. She has been interested in chemistry since a very young age, when she would mix kitchen materials with eachother to see what happened. Although her parents died when she was very young, and she lived most of her life at an orphanage, she never gave up her hope, continuing to focus on chemistry. In high school, she proved herself as an incredibly talented chemist. She qualified for the National Chemistry Olympiad study camp four times, winning the gold medal in her senior year, the qualifying moment in her career, earning her the Ultimate Chemist title. Despite her incredibly academic talent, she is one of the goofiest characters in the cast. She believes the biggest issue in STEM is the lack of fun, and has made it her life mission to make STEM more fun and less serious. She is incredibly jovial, and rarely takes anything seriously. She loves a good laugh and can always raise the spirits of those around her. Although she is incredibly smart academically, she is kind of dumb in everything else, often being somewhat lost on what was going on. She gives off mad scientist vibes, but in an endearing way that doesn’t seem threatening. She is always there to bring up people's spirits, but she doesn’t do too much besides that.

Moving on is the Ultimate Vlogger. A “bubbly” girl, she has an incredibly popular social media account with well over 30 million followers. She vlogs every part of her life, from vacations to all three of her daily meals. While she has been critiqued by many for setting unrealistic standards of teenage life to young girls, her channel is still incredibly popular amongst tweens and young teenagers, earning her the Ultimate Vlogger talent. While she puts up a bubbly, social and sweet persona, it's very clear to anyone who actually talks to her for more than 5 minutes that this is fake. In reality, she is a bratty, selfish person who looks down and judges everyone around her. She sees herself as a queen with over 30 million subjects, and expects to be treated as such. She only cares about herself and her own survival, and makes it clear that she is willing to sacrifice everyone else there for her own survival, leading her to take an antagonistic role amongst the cast. Despite her internal feelings, and everyone knowing it is fake, she keeps her persona up most of the time, only letting it down occasionally to berate or mock people. She is the kind of person to tell you to kill yourself with a smile on her face, and is one of the least popular people within the cast because of this. Despite this, some of the less intelligent people in the cast believe her act, and some others think that she isn’t really that bad, meaning she is often with the rest of the group, despite her not really wanting to be. 

Next is the Ultimate Wildlife Rehabilitator. An incredibly kind young man, he has more than earned his title. Living in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, he grew up surrounded by wildlife. When he was 7, he found an injured fawn which he took in and raised to adulthood, begining his career in wildlife rehabilitation. He soon got a volunteer position at a local wildlife rescue center, where he managed to successfully nurse and release over 200 animals, including cougars, wolves, owls, eagles, raccoons, seals, and even a grizzly bear, who he raised from a cub. This has been enough to earn him his talent as the Ultimate Wildlife Rehabilitator. He has a way with animals, and prefers to be around them over people. Despite this, he is very kind and is nice to everyone he meets. He is incredibly hopeful, and believes more than anyone else that everyone can escape without any violence. He believes in others to a nearly unrealistic and almost toxic degree, with him often thinking higher about people than they think about themselves. Despite this, his supportive attitude and joyful personality has made him pretty popular amongst the group, with most appreciating his attempts to raise the mood, and his beliefs that hope will always triumph despair.

Moving on, we have the Ultimate Librarian. A strange boy, he is incredibly accomplished within his field. His journey as a Librarian started when he was only 5, when he began to help out at his kindergarten library. By 8, he began to volunteer at his local public library, and he became an actual employee at only 12. At 16 he got an internship at the Library of Congress, and proved himself to the point that he got a permanent job there at only 17. He has a photographic memory, and amazing research skills, which was a core part of his success as a librarian. This has earned him the talent of Ultimate Librarian, something he is very proud of. He almost exclusively speaks in Shakespearean English, something that makes him very difficult to understand. He sees life as one big fantasy book, and treats everything as a storybook, even serious situations. He is incredibly eccentric, and will often go on long tangents about somewhat non important topics. Despite this, his photographic memory makes him incredibly helpful, when the others can understand him. He will occasionally drop his persona, although this is incredibly rare, and only seems to make others more upset that he doesn’t just act like that normally. He usually is on his own due to the semi-language barrier between him and the other students, although he is by no means anti-social, if anything, he is overly social, and the others just dont want to be around him. 

Next is the Ultimate Lawyer. A stoic woman, she is an incredibly accomplished lawyer. At only 14 years old, she was forced to represent herself in court, shocking everyone by winning her case and proving her innocence. Unfortunetly for her, she had to do this 5 more times, as she kept being falsely accused of crimes by some unknown entity. Her constantly beating qualified lawyers got her noticed, and a famous lawyer in DC ended up adopting her and training her in law. By 17, she was defending clients in court (and herself 2 more times as that same entity was still out to get her), and only ended up losing two cases in her entire career. This was more than enough for her to be recognized as the Ultimate Lawyer. She is an incredibly cold person, rarely showing any emotion. She seems perpetually bored, and rarely interacts with the others, preferring her own company to socializing. She isn’t rude when she does socialize, she just simply prefers being away from others. Despite this, her incredibly useful talent makes it so most of the cast loves her, despite her wanting nothing to do with them. Despite this, she will always help when she needs to, and is more than happy to put her talent to use.

Going from one of the most competent students to one of the least, we have the Ultimate Beekeeper. A kind girl, she is the face of the “save the bees” program, something she is pretty proud of. Coming from a long family line of beekeepers, she had been exposed to the industry since she was very little. She successfully manages over 100 hives, maintaining a large wildflower meadow for her bees, and the honey she produces is in most grocery stores in the country. At 11, she began campaigning on the importance of preserving bees, and managed to create a full movement around it, which eventually earned her the talent of Ultimate Beekeeper. Unfortunately for her, she is not the brightest, and is often pretty clueless on what is going on. She is also pretty cowardly, almost always freaking out about something, including bugs despite her talent. Despite this, she is usually pretty positive, and is always trying her best, even when she struggles to understand what is going on. She may not be the most helpful, but she is always there when you need someone to talk to.

Next is the Ultimate Fencer. A rude and self centered man, he is incredibly accomplished in his field despite his personality. He comes from a family of famous fencers, and was born with big shoes to fill, something he not only did but surpassed. He is undefeated when it comes to fencing, having won over 300 matches over his career. He is the most accomplished in a very accomplished family, something he is overly proud of. He is by far the meanest in the cast, making his disdain for the others very clear. He looks down on everyone, but especially the people who have in his mind “fake talents” like vlogging or beekeeping. While he does have a level of respect for those with what he sees as real talent, such as chemistry or astronomy, he still will find some reason to hate them, and still sees himself above them. He rarely, if ever is willing to work with the group, not wanting to associate with those lesser than himself. His outright rudeness makes him pretty hated by the others, although he does not care about any of their opinions.

Moving on we have the Ultimate Woodcarver. A joyous girl, she is incredibly skilled within her discipline. She began carving at a very young age, with her grandfather being a somewhat famous Tlingit woodcarver. She began to work with him at only 5, and grew to be incredibly skilled in the practice. As he aged and lost fine motor skills, she took up his carving, something he couldn’t be prouder of. She carves both traditional items and modern sculptures, being able to make basically anything out of a raw log. Her pieces have been put in museums across the world, giving her a level of fame which she uses to promote her culture to the global community. While she is incredibly talented in carving, she isn’t the brightest, and often finds herself lost during the events of the story. She is a very unserious person, always making some sort of joke with a smile on her face. She is the most cheerful person in the cast, even when she really shouldn’t be. Although she may be somewhat clueless, she can be helpful when needed, although she will rarely realize information she has is useful on her own.

Moving on we have two Ultimates, the Ultimate Pilot and the Ultimate Racer. These two are twins who are eachothers best friends. Let's start with the Ultimate Pilot. An incredibly rambunctious boy, he is almost never quiet. He first got interested in flying when he was only 12, when both twins broke into their local airport. Once there, he snuck onto a small propeller plane, and shocked everyone by successfully flying it for over 100 feet before successfully landing. While he got in a lot of trouble for this, no one could deny his skills as a pilot. The day of his 16th birthday he applied for his liscense, and got it incredibly fast. By 17, his skills got noticed by his local airport, and he managed to get a commercial liscense a year early, piloting cross country flights across the nation, earning him the title of Ultimate Pilot. He is a true adrenaline junky, always trying to do the craziest things he can. He is very energetic, and loves to talk. He can be somewhat rude, but he isn’t neccesarily mean, and genuinly feels bad when his actions hurt someone, although he never really learns from his mistakes. He is very rambunctious, and is always in good spirits, completely lacking the concept of an inside voice. This is the complete opposite of his brother, the Ultimate Racer. He began his career very young, karting from the age of 5. By 13, he was driving in Formula 4, and went nearly undefeated over the next 3 years. At 16, he graduated into professional racing, where he went nearly undefeated over the course of 15 races, earning him the talent of Ultimate Racer. He is much more subdued than his brother, rarely raising his voice and preferring peace and quiet. While he is personally not a fan of adreneline hunting, he will always go along with his brother's plans, as he cares more about spending time with him than his own fears. While this has gotten them both in a lot of trouble, he looks back on those moments as the best moments of his life. He is always there to fix his brother's mistakes, something he is happy to do. He is by no means shy, loving to socialize, but he often needs his brother's push to actually interact with others. He is not loud, but he also isn’t quite, just kind of being an average dude in most regards. Despite being so different, they are eachothers best friends, and help make eachother better. The racers' calmer personality and the pilot's more eccentric one matches perfectly, with them forcing each other out of their confort zones and making eachother better people. They also have a somewhat popular channel where they do crazy tricks and challenges involving cars and planes.

Next up is the Ultimate Astronomer. A true child genius, she is the youngest in the class at only 16 years old. She was exposed to astronomy from a very young age, with her mother being a prominent scientist at the Mauna Kea Observatory. Her mother home schooled her from the observatory, and she accelerated rapidly due to her intellect. By 11, she was helping the scientists at the observatory with their work, and by 14 her mom managed to get her an internship there, with her soon becoming respected by the other American astronomers as an equal part of the team. Her crowning moment was discovering a new exoplanet around a distant star which she named after her mother. This was enough for the school to offer her a spot within the class despite being below college age. She is very mature, even when compared to the other members of the cast, due to spending most of her life around adults. This has caused her to take a somewhat motherly role amongst the cast, despite being the youngest, even though she doesn’t really want to be. Growing up with little exposure to others her age, combined with her rapid acceleration has made her pretty socially awkward, with her struggling to fit into the group. This is why she accepted the leadership role the others forced her into, despite not wanting to, with her believing it's the only way to get closer to the others. Despite this, she is by far the smartest in the cast, and is incredibly helpful. Although she sometimes may miss some social cues from the others, she is still pretty popular due to her maturity being seen as a sign of stability within the chaos of a killing game. She also has a secret, childlike dream to discover aliens she can befriend, although she hides this from everyone out of embarrassment, despite most of them finding it more endearing than anything. 

Finishing off our cast we have the Ultimate Falconer. A laidback boy, he has an unbreakable bond with his partner Harris’s hawk creatively named Bird. He found Bird as an orphaned chick and raised it into adulthood, with them building an unbreakable bond. He is able to command Bird without words, and understand the numerous gestures it makes, spurring rumors that they can secretly talk to eachother. He is a cheery guy with a laidback personality who always loves a good laugh. He is willing to admit he isn’t the smartest person there, but he is actually more helpful than he thinks. He loves to socialize and play games with others, although he will be serious when he needs to be. He is somewhat cowardly, and will often panic when things go wrong. Despite this, and his self admitted lower intelligence, he is usually one of the first people to speak up when the group is in deadlock.

So what do you all think? Are there any changes I should make? Also remember that most characters will have personality changes over the course of the story. Feel free to speculate on what you think will happen. Thanks for reading.