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I did the same thing. I'll definitely used my party-inspired-personas in the RP, once I get around to setting up the thing when my lungs aren't on fire.

In essence, this is my posse:

Nelson was a warrior, but he is now a paladin and the tank of the group. He's a tall, slim guy who uses lances to fight. He's pretty smug, but not outwardly so. He just knows in his head that he's the right man for the right jobs. He is infatuated with the martial artist, Donna, and is trying to teach her more defensive, less reckless tactics, mostly due to him worrying.

Joseph is a priest (sage, now), and as such, he is a very pious and spiritual man. Despite their connotations, he is also the most level-headed of the group. However, his voice never breaks an octave, and he sounds and looks like he is perpetually bored. This leads to a lot of confusion as to how he feels. It's just how he is.

Just to put yourself into my head, say this out loud in the most drab, boring voice you can:

"I see it within you. The divine flame that burns like a fire in your eyes. You are not lying. I believe that you truly are the instrument of The Grand Architect's rule, a messenger to bring the mortal flock back to prosperity in this no-doubt harshest of times. A true devout will not ask for payment, but will simply follow the signs that the Almighty puts forth. I will trust you, William. For it is truly an honor and privilege to be graced with a fraction of His greatness alone"

Donna is a combat specialist, who takes pride in her physical form. She is an agile martial artist who prefers to use a pair of claws above all else. She is quite pretty, and her fit, toned form never fails to turn heads. She usually doesn't notice nor care, since she's got eyes for Nelson only. She lets Nelson help her, but is reluctant to change the fighting style that has given her life shape.

I did to make it more fun and for making up my own small stories out of boredom. XP

Alongside Hydro I have:

Veira is a skilled knight from Stornway that was sent to aid Hydro in defeating the Wight Knight. She joined him on his travels after to learn more skills and show off her strength. Veira only knows one word in battle and that's overkill. She will constantly use unneeded moves to finish foes and will even make them go berserk for a better challenge.

Selphie is a demoness who met Hydro while he was fishing. She was originally going to devour their souls but fell in love with Hydro even though he completely ignored this attraction on their travels. nearly all of her equipment is cursed and she relies on darkness to heal her friends and also instantly kill anyone that gets in her way.

Glaud is a king who supposedly killed in battle by his brother to defend his throne. The unconscious king's coffin was pushed out to sea and later found by Hydro and co while training to take on the Gittish Empire. He joined them in hopes of finding his kingdom and getting revenge on his brother.

Edit: sometimes when I was younger my sister would watch me play 8 and she came up with a crazy story about munchie getting married but he lost his wife on a cruise it was weird.

Since I just recently got into the DQ IX fun, I'll also post in this thread. This is very neat. smile

First off, I named all my characters after our guildies/fellow players.

Tiki is the healer of the group. She is strong, courageous, and not afraid to speak her mind. She also facepalms when her brother Kang gets into trouble that he otherwise shouldn't have (since they had the same eye/hair color of dark brown and black-ish, they're siblings.), and doesn't take any of his crap. Unlike most traditional healers, she uses a spear and can deal some heavy hits of her own when not mending the party's owies. She's the determined type that can pull the fourth party member, Zayne out of his funks when he gets in them.

Kang is the martial artist of the group. He is loud-mouthed, brash, reckless, but has the skills to back up his arrogance. He has been training for a while, and got really excited when my Celestrian Lynn asked him to join the party. He and his sister often get into fights because of his nature, but he cares for her and the rest of his party in his own way. That usually means by beating the crap out of anything that threatens them. He has become a master of the deadly strike known as "critical hit". (for real, in game he crits 5/10 times and he's not even high leveled!)

Last, but not least, my mage, Zayne. (Love ya Belzayne. heart ) He is quiet, reserved, and really only following to try and help someone with his gift of magic. Often though, he lacks confidence, because he is a staff-wielder in a party of heavy-hitters. He is known to unleash bursts of magic when he's angry though. Beware the quiet, nice ones, guys.

All three of them are around the same age, 20's ish, and are all from Stornway since they met up at Erinn's inn.

How have I not noticed this? Well time for me to post in here!

I started off with Dragon Quest III, though I moved on later to Dragon Quest VIII, so when I picked up Dragon Quest IX after getting it for Christmas I did not know what to expect. I tried it for a bit then forgot to save and it collected dust for a while.

SO! Four months later after getting the game, I popped it into my DS. I did not expect much and I knew I would play the game blind. But what did I find out? Well my brother spoiled the fact that there was a party planner, so I knew about that. Though I had fun with this. However I ended up doing something else. I made a few of my OCs as my party members. Mind so far I have only made my female OCs so yeah.

For my main character I have my Celestrian that is called Acele. Right now she is a force to be reckoned with. She is leveling up Swords and Guts as she is a mighty Gladiator! Although this does go against her original character design I had for her. She's not really a fighter, and would rather sit back and stay away from the fighting. Some things didn't go as well as I planned. But when she was a Minstrel she did not back down either! I love her too much. But we cannot forget this next class. She swapped on over to being a Ranger for a while and leveled up her bows and Ruggedness. While she did take some damage a lot, I found this class to fit fairly well since she was kind of in the back row doing damage.

Up next there is my Armamentalist Sylino! Originally formed as a Thief, she grew to be a fine young lady. Starting off with Daggers and Acquisitiveness, the way she got around people grew so fine. But there came a point in the game where I decided that I wanted to experiment with the classes. So she did switch over to a Martial Artist but I did not like that class too much. It didn't fit her type of being the person that is all for the center of the crowd. So I swapped over to the Armamentalist once I unlocked it. ((Damn Metal Slimes were ANNOYING to find. Took me a couple hours...even though I gave up a couple times.)) But once I did her time went through the roof. I enjoyed the spells she unlocked and of course the Coup de Grace. She really came in handy for me.

My third character is actually fitting for the two vocations she has been in. I have my Paladin Laela. She is the mighty shield that defends my other characters from damage. Starting out as a Priest, she grew with her Lance ranks and Faith. Even though it took me sometime to realize that Buff was a handy spell, she was able to do a lot of damage for me with her lances. Then switching her on to Paladin, she grew even more. The fact she could defend her allies with amazing defense was what I needed. She even kept up her work with lances!

Finally there is the last member of my group: My mage Alyss. She has stayed a mage the entire game and I have coddled and loved her. She has been really squishy and known to die, but I never gave up on her. I knew that her power would come in handy and the fact she was the fastest member on my team meant she could get off Accelerate to help my other members. Learning Bounce really helped as well since she would reflect magical attacks sent to her. She may have been hurt badly at the beginning, but right now she is my strongest contender and I cannot wait to change her class to the stronger version of mage!

So yeah that is my current team right now. I have no idea why I have not made any Male members yet, though I have a plan to do this later on in the game. I may be near the end, but I will experiment later.

Not wanting to be a squishy mage anymore, Zayne has changed into an Armamentalist! So far, he deals a lot better damage, still uses a wand (not a staff, sorry about the confusion), and is able to give status effects to his enemies. The ability to wear heavy armor has boosted his confidence (and reduced his death rate) quite a bit, and he keeps doing his best to help the team.

However, trying to find metal slimes or the metal medleys is a pain. gonk

Tiki and Kang aren't thinking about a change of vocation, but my Celestrian might go Warrior in the near future.

@ Roto: Haha, I might write a fanfic about my DQ party, but I bet that's already been done. I was thinking about something involving Erinn and her father before he passed away. That would be sweet.

I actually haven't played in months. I've been addicted to Kirby mass attack and soccer.