# Protagonist Work

Let's look at how we can compare the 4 protagonists!   
  
Personality traits:   
[Veezal](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/notable-characters/page/veezal): Assertive, Zealous, Rebellious   
[Kaiyara](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/notable-characters/page/kaiyara): Gentle, Resilient, Beleaguered   
[Zelrik](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/notable-characters/page/zelrik): Passionate, Witty, Bitter   
[Tawnette](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/notable-characters/page/tawnette): Exuberant, Creative, Struggling  
  
Ages:   
Zelrik: 29 \[what did he do from now 'til then?\]   
Kaiyara: 26  
Veezal: 27  
Tawnette: 33

All 3 of the party members besides Veezal struggle with acceptance, self-worth, and past trauma \[maybe Veezal too...?\]  
 Zelrik is struggling to hold his grasp on reality (he suffers from hallucination) \[past trauma: kicked out of his family, also the entire left side of his family has been marked by The Other Side {which is why his sprite is purple}   
 Kaiyara is struggling to feel (she suffers from feeling deadened) \[past trauma: overworked in her attempt to be a good little cog for her family, she's burned out and depressed\]   
 Tawnette is struggling to adjust to her new life (she suffers from moping) \[past trauma: a literal stroke which has crippled her artistic abilities\]

 For our resource-trinity system:   
Lucidity is obviously Zelrik's bane {hallucinations}   
Serenity is the bane of Tawnette   
Hope is is the bane of Kaiyara

  
  
Why Are You Here?   
Why is anyone in Cordann? Why does anyone take a job?   
Background:   
Socioeconomic status:   
  
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS:   
Veezal: good-bad relationship with family (cheerfully oblivious to his family's disappointment in him)   
Kaiyara: bad-good relationship with family (subconsciously resents family, family blissfully unaware of the damage they've done to her)   
Zelrik: bad-bad relationship with family (they each blame each other The Accident)  
Tawnette: good-good relationship with family, can't do art anymore, figures this was the best option left available to her.   
  
TRAINING LEVELS:   
Veezal: informal no, formal no (hoping to get trained on the job)   
Kaiyara: informal no, formal yes (dutifully went to a crash course after finishing university)  
Zelrik: informal yes, formal no (self-taught)   
Tawnette: informal yes, formal yes (went to school after stroke)