Edit: It has been extended to May 22, 2023 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time. ayyy thank you for 600+ followers Wow, finally I released this. Click the names/buttons to see the information and to go forwards. Click the "a" key to escape. Granite's backstory was formatted weird, so it's here instead of in the project so you don't have to squint at the text (Warning; it's long but PLEASE read it if you're going to do Granite). Granite was born on April 1, 1946 in Hellston, Druik. He had two siblings, Maple and Cedar. Being poor, his family lived in the slums of town. His father, Basalt, worked as a taxidermist, but he wasn't getting much money from it. His mother, Alma, resented her children as she didn't want three kids; Alma only wanted one, her daughter, Maple. She also began to resent her husband as well and they’d fight occasionally. Granite didn’t have much parental attention as a kid; his dad was usually at work or he’d leave for days, and his mom didn’t like him. From a young age, Granite killed small animals for food due to malnutrition and a lack of discipline; this animal slaughter made him desensitized to violence and blood. Granite was envious of his sister as she received, what he thought, was his mother's affection which was something he rarely, if ever, received; this turned to Granite simply wanting his mother’s attention. Eventually, when Granite is 9, his mother locks him into a small cupboard as punishment for biting a child and for all the animal slaughter. This event ends up traumatizing Granite and gives him claustrophobia (as an adult, he ends up getting over his claustrophobia) and cleithtrophobia; it also makes him quiet and reserved. His father gets a higher paying job, so they're able to move south to a different neighborhood and get a better house. As a teenager, he was bitter and angry at his parents. When he is 15, a plague sweeps through their town and his mother dies. At 16, he gets a girlfriend, but they break up after 6 months. At 17, he meets his future wife, Bumblebee, at school when she moves to their town. Granite, being in a relationship, starts to attempt to better himself and he actually succeeds (although, he has been wanting to do that for a while now, but with encouragement from Bumblebee he genuinely starts trying). At 22, they get married and have their son, Asphalt. Everyone is fairly normal from when he's 22 - 31. He has a job as an actor and Bumblebee is a substitute teacher; they live an almost sitcom-like happy life. Although, his father dies when he is 25 due to complications from years of smoking; Granite and his father sort of reconcile, but he still doesn’t forgive him for the childhood neglect he caused. At 31, Bumblebee is murdered outside of their house. This leaves Granite in a state of complete misery. The murder ends up being unsolved. Granite attempts to live life normally for two years, but he can't take it; he decides to take vengeance against her murderer by killing them. In about a year, he tracks down and finds out Bumblebee's killer who is (pink woman) (note: pink woman is NOT her official name. I don't have one yet.). He breaks into (pink woman)'s house and crushes her neck, killing her. Her house then is burnt down, destroying it and the evidence. Granite's job as an actor starts failing due to multiple reasons. After several transgressions and being fired unfairly by his boss, Turaco, he kills him as well. He also ends up quitting his acting career, and, instead, he gets a different, more average job. In 1979, Asphalt ran away and was never found, leaving Granite devastated. Between 1980 to 1981, he killed several other people who have (or who Granite believes to have) wronged him or his family. Feeling slight guilt and wanting to do something about his newfound bloodlust, he decides to become a vigilante murderer. During this time, he eats a body in order to destroy evidence; this is the first act of cannibalism he commits. This spirals into killing people who aren't actually that bad or criminals. He moves away into a smaller house. In 1982, he started cannibalizing again (I don’t have the exact reasons why. Possibly, he wanted to dispose of corpses while also being able to get food). Granite murders his sister, Maple, in 1986; he severely regrets this decision. This kind of just makes him realize that he is awful and disgusting (because apparently that wasn’t obvious to him). However, Granite believes that he has come too far and is irredeemable, so he does not change himself. In late 1988, he met Lightning at work. He considers her a friend at first; however, they end up falling in love and they get married in 1991, and they move into Millington. Granite also became a librarian in Millington in 1991. In 1992, their children, Thunder and Larimar, were born (well, technically hatched). In 1997, Ember, Lightning's sister, discovers that Granite is a cannibalistic serial killer. They remain in their marriage to each other.
Note: I will be using this as a character reference project now. If you were invited, that means that you commented on this project two months ago. You don't have to join this contest if I invite you. It is optional. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/778454740/ I'm sorry that this was so late. I severely underestimated how long it would take me to both draw and write down all of the information (I doubt that most of you even need this much information). I actually dislike writing quite a bit, so some of the characters have unfinished backstories because I never bothered to write them down. Also, I have certain favorites (I.E Granite) that I like more than others, so I think about those characters more; therefore, I think more about their backstories. If you're wondering why some characters have "none" listed for their sexuality and romantic orientation, it's because they just were never given a canonical one. They have a sexuality and romantic orientation; I just haven't decided on what yet. Also, I realized that I hate most of my character's designs, so I changed practically all of them. I also don't make references for my characters (I just memorize them I guess), so I only had Pepper's finished reference. It was done over six months ago since he's the only character that didn't undergo a redesign (which is why the proportions are wack). I have more lore on the world, but I didn't include it because I didn't think you would need it for this contest. Honestly, I think I put too much in this. This is the most lore I've ever given in one project. I have read these several times now, but there still might be spelling mistakes ☠