Monday, July 13, 2009

Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game

Asher and Josh are trying to get together a Mouse Guard Roleplaying game.  Asher is making his first character for this and is really trying hard to get it right.  He has to develop some narrative around this character.  It is really his first foray into creative writing.  Up until now, he has written mostly non-fiction when I've been able to get him to write anything at all.  He's really taking this new game very seriously.  Here is what he has so far on his character, Caesar:

The Mice:


Caesar - 19 - Caesar is a mouse who is quick witted, nimble, sharp eyed, tough and likes weather.


Augustus - 14 - Caesar's younger brother likes to bug Caesar.


Romeo - 45 Caesar’s father  Romeo taught Caesar and Augustus the art of sword craft which built up Caesar’s toughness.


Julia - 42 Caesar’s mother taught him correct cooking skills for his journey when he became a guard.


Saxon - 28 - Caesar’s mentor and uncle.  Saxon is Romeo’s brother. Saxon taught him more sword craft after entering the guard.


Lieam - Caesar’s best friend in the guard.  Caesar and Lieam met during the defense of Ferndale in the Weasel War 2 years ago and have been friends since.  Lieam and Caesar are both being mentored by Saxon.


The Weasels:  


Brutus - 32 - The Weasel Overlord - He had a quick rise to power after he assassinated the previous overlord, Julius.  During the Weasel Wars he ambushed Julius and stabbed him through the back into his heart.


Cicero - 25 - Cassius’ mentor - Weasel Captain - Fought at the battle of Ferndale in the great Weasel War 2 years ago.


Cassius - 19 - Weasel Soldier - Mentored by Cicero.  Fought at the battle of Ferndale in the great Weasel War 2 years ago.  He battled Caesar & Lieam and killed their friend and a great warrior Mark.   Because of this he is Caesar and Lieam’s Arch Enemy.  


Tomorrow, he will be working on a story about all of these characters.  Really, a story about Caesar's life.  I thought his usage of Roman history was very clever!!    Two of the characters, Lieam and Saxon are from the Mouse Guard book.  He used them as inspiration for the Battles and part of Caesar's history.  

This is really such a new way of thinking for him and I'm so pleased to see this side of his brain developing!!

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