Questions for Hanako & Hachirou
Here are a list of questions for or pertaining to Hanako and Hachirou that their Charahub profiles does not list/ask.
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LIST OF QUESTIONS
Does the Queen they work for have a name?
Do they meet directly with the Queen or does she have her servants deliver messages to her soldiers for her?
Do they or either have any magical abilities or are they just physically and mentally advanced?
What counts as money or currency in their world?
Or is it a barter/trade system?
Do they live only in the forest?
Does their territory extend to other types of land (deserts, mountains, valleys, etc.)
Do all their names, of their species, start with H?
Are there any rivals species, like people with other animal parts, like, say, a monkey tail or perhaps fins/gills?
What is their backstory and what are their external conflicts/motivations?
For certain assignments/missions, would they work with someone else?
- Does the Queen they work for have a name?
- Do they meet directly with the Queen or does she have her servants deliver messages to her soldiers for her?
- Do they or either have any magical abilities or are they just physically and mentally advanced?
- What counts as money or currency in their world? Or is it a barter/trade system?
- Do they only live in the forest? Does their territory extend to other types of land (deserts, mountains, valleys, etc.)
- Do all their names, of their species, start with H? Are there any rival species, like people with other animal parts, like, say, a monkey tail or perhaps fins/gills?
- What is their backstory and what are their external conflicts/motivations?
- For certain assignments/missions, would they work with someone else?
Does the Queen they work for have a name?
- I did not give her a name. I still can't think of one even after all of this time. Feel free to give her one if needed/wanted, or keep it 'mysterious' by them calling her Milady or some other term that is used to formally speak to/address a Queen.
- Remember though, while they do work for the Queen, it does not mean that she is the only one that can hire them. If the right price is offered to them, they will take the job...or mostly Hachirou will anyway. Since he is the one that is 'in charge' of the money and knows how much they should be offered. Since Hanako on the other hand does not care for it and doesn't like violence in general.
Do they meet directly with the Queen or does she have her servants deliver messages to her soldiers for her?
- They meet directly with the Queen mostly, in secluded areas mostly or after others have left in the area. So they can meet her anywhere within her fortress/castle etc., as long as they are not seen (besides by her guards/goons that don't care either way anyway). Remember Hanako and Hachirou are assassins, they are like a 'nasty stain' or the 'embarrassing/ugly cousin' that nobody wants to be involved with. The Queen represents 'purity', and her being involved with such 'people' could/would put a negative view on her. She is more of the type to be seen as someone that will negotiate with someone on fair terms, not hire someone to kill. They are like a 'dark secret'. I suppose just think of politics, if that would make it easier.
Do they or either have any magical abilities or are they just physically and mentally advanced?
- This is a hard question to answer. To make it simple, it's 'No'. To be a little more complicated, there is a very small possibility that Hanako has some 'magical' abilities. This is due to her staff. To eliminate any confusion, her staff is this one, as shown in this image, which should also be her profile image on charahub. As I wrote under her profile in charahub in the questions tab:
- Any others seen were altered by the artist at their discretion, because they mostly thought it would be cool etc., and I don't complain, sometimes I allow freedom. I haven't thought further about what other things she can do with it that is connected to magic in some form. I didn't want to make her too powerful or magical (like magical girl stuff type of thing, I personally do not like it at all, AKA, Sailor Moon and other magical girl like shows/books/media etc). I honestly wouldn't mind it if the magic is just re-framed to the staff, er, coming from it that is. Although, if one would like to add other magic abilities, feel free to. As long as it doesn't seem to make her too powerful.
- Hachirou on the other hand, does not have any magical abilities at all, as far as I know/can think of. There is little chance this will change, as his weapon of choice is knives. Maybe in the future he will wield a knife that is 'magical', or highly advanced in technology that can do a variety of things (which seems to be a cool idea actually). For instance, maybe he'll be able to throw his knife, and 'call it back' to him with some other technology, possibility a bracelet, and it'll return to his hand. Or, maybe it will be dangerous if another touches his knife, it could kill them. The possibilities are endless.
- However, there are others of their species that can do or use it, but in this case, Hanako and Hachirou do not, at least not on their own.
What counts as money or currency in their world?
Or is it a barter/trade system?
- Currency in their world is pretty much coins. Gold, silver, and bronze are the main three. Suppose you could lower the amount depending on what it is for really low terms, and I guess at least 100 silver = 1 gold coin. Then again, using real life history of the coin system wouldn't bother me either. But that is pretty much where my thoughts are going concerning that. A trading system still exists somewhat, but that is more among those that are borderline poverty and lower, trading this for that etc. Those of higher status are more likely to not do it, unless it is literally the only way to get an item/whatever it is they want. If you are curious about their payment from the Queen, they usually get paid half before they do the job, and the other half afterwards. I think depending on the situation, they can be paid in money value, or something else of equal value (maybe something like land etc. if they want/need it). If they do not want the item in question (be land or something else of value), they will always take money in its place, which can range from their 'normal' currency or jewels even.
Do they live only in the forest?
Does their territory extend to other types of land (deserts, mountains, valleys, etc.)
- Yes they do live in the forest, mostly, unless they are traveling for an 'assignment' or something. They may have temporarily living arrangements depending on their mission(s)/assignment(s). As for the territories, I guess that depends if they, as in their whole nation/species in general, 'won' the area from a war or something. I will say that they defiantly have a few valleys they 'own' or live in etc., going no with deserts because I don't think they would survive in such a area/state, so there would be no point with them having one.
Do all their names, of their species, start with H?
Are there any rivals species, like people with other animal parts, like, say, a monkey tail or perhaps fins/gills?
- No. Not all creatures of their species start with H. I did that purposely for Hanako and Hachirou because they are partners and all. I just wanted them to match honestly. Nothing more to that really. No deeper meaning.
- As for rivals, I'll be honest and say that I haven't thought that far ahead, excluding maybe werewolves, since they are technically 'rabbits', I guess they can be considered as 'food'. It kind of scares me a little.... The typical 'humans destroys forests' would make some humans as enemies, or many, depends on your view I guess. Others can be added/thought of, if wanted/needed, won't bother me at all.
What is their backstory and what are their external conflicts/motivations?
- I will be truthful and say that I have not thought of a backstory for them, or for any of my characters really. Maybe bits and pieces here or there, but not much. It can be made up based on some of the info provided on their charahub profiles, it will not bother me at all.
- As for conflicts and motivations, I can answer this, mostly. For Hanako, I believe her's would involve mostly her personality. Since she is naive quite a bit, which clashes with Hachriou's personality, there will be times she will think about being 'different'. Sometimes, I guess depending on his mood, Hachirou will criticize her personality. While it may 'fall off' of her most of the time, there will be a few times she will think about it. To be more like Hachirou, being more 'mature' and all, and to not feel like she is being 'left behind' in the world due to her naive nature. So depression may strike her once or more. Since she is not really into romance, I'm sure she'll think about it still though, especially when Hachirou is away during 'mating season'; having a family and all, and there will be times she will meet or at least see other 'typical' females discuss such topics, which will make her think about it and wonder. Something she can't help. Her motivation is a little 'tougher' to describe. I don't want to say that it entirely focuses on Hachirou, since that sounds wrong, but it is connected. Since her 'goal' while traveling with him is to make him smile more often, and possibly have a more positive outlook in life, that will hopefully cause him to quit being a assassin, and she will be right behind him too. Since she does not like violence a lot, her wanting to quit this 'career' I guess is obvious for the near future (and can be problematic too), and they can 'both' look for a better career. Guess she is motivated to 'change him' overall, which I guess can be connected to a backstory on how they met or how she ended up in such a 'career' based on her personality.
- Hachirou's internal conflict will be most likely connected to his motivation, which I guess would have a few bits of his undeveloped backstory too. Since his name means '8th son' and I have implied that he was deemed as a failure to his family, his motivation is to be the best at his job (since he 'fails' at everything else compared to his still non-existent brothers) and to have the highest position as possible (since he secretly works for their Queen). Maybe then he will be acknowledged by his family/brothers. Additionally, he sometimes think from time to time about 'settling down', a big maybe on marriage, though he is not interested in having kids/a family (although, this could change, depending on how things change for him I guess). One idea I have, though not fully developed, concerning one of his brothers will be that his is a 'general' or something, basically forced to hunt Hachirou down, and that brother will not be bothered to throw him in jail- since he'll be doing his duty/job. So that's one type of conflict he may have to deal with.
For certain assignments/missions, would they work with someone else?
- If a assignment requires magic, they would work with these two:
- There is no images for them because they are very detailed and I do not think images for them are required, as they are not really important characters. For more info about these two, feel free to go here (it is a hidden webpage).
- Like Hanako and Hachirou, they are very expensive (maybe a little more so since they do magic). If they are required for a mission/assignment, Hanako and Hachirou would have to discuss the issue with the contractor to see if they will pay extra for their services, be the Queen or someone else. If the contractor refuses to pay for their services, and Hanako and Hachirou really need them, Hanako and Hachirou will pay them out of their own pocket if they have to. This is only if they have no choice and/or they are really needed for the assignment/mission.