(11-13-2013, 10:35 AM)SteveDavids Said: Your character. Why is your character the way that they are?

What inspired you?

Do you love writing for your character?

What atmosphere are you trying to get across?

I just like discussing characters with people and want to know more about all of your characters

Sebastian Duke

Sebastian Duke is the way he is due to the manipulative and bass ackwards upbringing from his father, Asmodeus. A lot of Asmodeus' back story has yet to be told, but will be soon enough. What makes Asmodeus tick, is the same thing that makes Duke tick.

He's indirectly inspired by Dan Brown's novels. Illuminatus at war with the Vatican and the Catholic Church.

I absolutely LOVE writing for Sebastian Duke.

The atmosphere that I think I try to set is that he's an extremely powerful man, not only physically, but he has friends in high places in various locations throughout the world which enables him to get out of any jam he is in. The question is, how?

He's obviously a dark character. He has his Illuminatus Brotherhood that bow to him and serve his every purpose, whether XWF related or otherwise. In a normal setting, Sebastian Duke would be the kind of guy you would fear crossing paths with. This isn't a normal setting, this is the XWF. Many of us are too nuts to fear anything.

His name is relevant to his character. I forget how I actually went about figuring it out, but Sebastian Duke translates to Venerable Leader, or Respected Leader. Duke is the English translation of the Latin word Dux (leader.)


Paul Heyman


Heyman is the way he is, cocky, ego maniacal, and so on, because of how he brought Madness from the abyss of failure to the premier (in his mind) wrestling show of the XWF and the world.

Believe it or not, Heyman is only loosely inspired by the real Paul Heyman. To be completely honest, he's way more inspired by the 'Dallas' character JR Ewing. He does whatever it takes to succeed. Bribery, setting up others to take falls so he can rise, making back room deals with others that are beneficial to both parties but mostly himself, and so on.

Side note: In the original Dallas series, JR Ewing had a secretary named Sylvia. He called her Sly, for short. Paul Heyman's Sly is directly taken from that.

Seeing as I don't roleplay as Heyman, I do love getting into the Paul Heyman mindset. When I run Madness, I love to just screw anybody over in any way possible. It's part of what is so fun about being Paul Heyman.

As far as the atmosphere... Madness. Absolute Madness. That's all I can say. The show has carried my vision through his eyes throughout much of my tenure. I can honestly say that it's kind of a cross between ECW and Attitude Era Raw, except probably better in most ways.