So I actually put a lot of thought into the characters I make-
So every character in the Portalverse has a defining trait/emotion and an ability.
Because of depression, well, I've lost a lot of those! So I killed off my OCs to represent that!

Here's some OCs I kinda killed off or removed:

1. Solstice - caring.
I'm not really the caring and kind girl I used to be.

2. Cinder - confident, impulsive
I have no confidence left in me. And I over think everything I do constantly, but still never make the right decision.

3. Willpower - persistence
I gave up a long time ago. I don't know why I'm still going.

4. Hatchling - childishness, innocence
Need I explain?

Wait- that's all my OCs-

But then I decided that trying to follow my actual emotions in roleplay was too difficult, so yeah, I kinda brought them back in a way. Rena is a lot like me. Her personality fluctuates based off of which Portalverse characters are around her, the way my personality is kind of affected by the people around me and the things I watch and read.

Originally, I made the hermits based off of the voices in my head. Mostly the positive ones. There are the kind voices (Stress) that comfort me, the logical voices (Mumbo, Cub, Iskall, etc) that reason with my irrational thoughts, the brave voices (Grian, Doc, etc) that defend me, and so on. I never made a character for, well, the strongest voices, the negative ones (anxiety and depression) because I couldn't without feeling bad.

Because of this, the hermits' personalities are also a little different to be more similar to mine. If a character of mine is interested in another character and curious of the lore, then I am too. If a character of mine works hard to protect and defend someone, then I would too. Everything is metaphorical in a way.

Of course the Portalverse characters are strong. But I made them incredibly vulnerable to emotional/mental harm because, well, that's me. Even the villains have a soft side because I can't stay angry at anyone for long.

And while the characters have other personality traits as well, the defining traits are the ones that make up me. Any others probably don't make up me, so don't jump to conclusion too quickly.

The names all come from different places that I actually can't explain because that would reveal a lot of things that I shouldn't reveal.

I'm also planning to add a new character by pulling them through the 4th wall Odal-style! That character will be Silentwhisperer, capable of... well, exploiting the mechanics of the world to do things that should be impossible. Defining trait - mischievous.

Anyway I might expand more on this later, but that's it for now.