I tried to make some things make sense, combined some stuff, connected things that seemed to belong together, and added some complications for everyone. Now I'm going to try to figure out who all these people are, what drives them, and what their immediate and long-term goals are so we can get them all interacting together. I outline each of them using a sort of character sheet but end up with brief bios like this:
Aiden Alan Poole is the 56 year old head anchor of the local evening news and a prominent member of society with a reputation to protect. He is 6' 2" (1.88m) and handsome with an athletic build, striking blue eyes, and a full head of mostly grey hair. He smiles easily if not always authentically, and when he flashes his perfect teeth and sparkling blue eyes it's both charming and disarming.
He lives in a large, luxury house on the lake in a prestigious, gated community with his wife of 28 years, Virginia "Ginny" Poole, and their two dogs, Jennings and Brokaw. He owns half a dozen cars, a yacht, and employs a housekeeper, gardener, and personal chef.
When he was first starting out he was inquisitive, passionate, and driven, but the years and job have jaded him. He drinks most nights and many afternoons and is focused solely on maintaining his position as head anchor and cementing his legacy. He used to think he could reach people and change the world through reporting meaningful stories. Now he just reports the biggest stories regardless of the impact on the individuals involved. People don't even seem human anymore, they're just stories, just ratings. His sign-off catch phrase when he ends his newscast is, "I'm Aiden Poole, and that's the kind of day it's been."
MOTIVATION: Protect my reputation and cement my legacy as a prominent news man.
GOALS
Find a big story to make himself a household name on the national news scene.
Find a safe and discreet way to indulge his abnormal urges.
NOTES
He has abnormal urges that for some reason he thinks Courtney Wilson, a necromancer, can help with (what are his abnormal urges? is he a necrophiliac or is it something less salacious)
He suspects that his young co-anchor, Monica Bennett, is trying to take his job and will go to exceptional lengths to keep her down, even if it means sabotaging her career.
He has the News Six Action Response Team on speed dial and can send them anywhere to get the scoop FAST, and they likewise inform him when there's a story he may want to cover personally.
His son is Keiran Poole, a film student.
He had a brief affair with Emily Grant, a scientist and astronaut, while she was still in college.
He has no idea that a story is about to drop in his lap thanks to Enzo Colon.
Monica Bennett is 28, ambitious, blonde, beautiful, and the new co-anchor of the local evening news with her sights set on the national spotlight. She is dating Leah Hayes, a psychic and bookstore owner (although Monica only ever introduces her as a book store owner.) She is secretly having an affair with Ken Grant, the husband of astronaut Emily Grant, a philanderer who has promised to use his connections to further her career. In college she dated Kara Summers who is now a stripper, but if she sees Kara she pretends she doesn't know her. She is obsessed with socialite and influencer Madeleine Ramsey and thinks anything Ramsey does is newsworthy. MOTIVATION: Make a name for myself no matter what I have to do or who I have to trample.
GOALS: Get the scoop before Aiden, find more contacts to boost my career, get in with Madeleine Ramsey.
Okay, so... first go here https://utgars-chronicles.app/ and setup an account. Once you've done that, follow the next link to join the game with your account there and we should be all set. https://utgars-chronicles.app/histories/5533/invitation?expires=1682713233&signature=8a462f34a9572bbafda2a8a9ec0fe89f1f211a64da9b1ab39b610bf14d90e2b5 The second link is again only good for 24 hours, but I can repost every 24 hours if we need another one.
