Character Profile

Spencer Hugo Lawrence

1) What is their gender and age?
Male, 28 years old.
2) What is their weight, height, build, colour of hair, eyes and skin? Are they right or left-handed? Do they have any facial expressions, a squint or any disabilities? Do they have a limp or missing finger? Do they wear spectacles or contact lenses? How do they walk or move? Do they have any mannerisms or habits? Do they smoke? What are their attitudes to each of these?
11 and a half stone, 5"10, brown hair, blue eyes, soft golden skin. Occasionally wears glasses for reading purposes, Spencer has a slightly awkward, geeky personality; doesn't smoke but did socially at university.
3) How do they speak? What do they sound like? What pitch and speed is their voice? Any favourite saying or words? Do they use slang? or swear?
Speaks in a fairly low tone and quite slowly, quite upper-class and formal from his Oxbridge education in Maths and Physics. Doesn't swear very often because of his profession.
4) Do they live alone or with other people? Do they have any children? What is their relationship to them? What kind of children are they?
Lives in a two-bedroom studio apartment with his long-term girlfriend/best friend, Maggie. Spencer used part of his allowance from his parents to pay for the apartment, the couple own it and therefore do not pay rent. It is furnished in a fairly modern way, to contrast against the old character of the property. Maggie has also made it more homely by adding a few feminine touches. Spencer has a large, open-plan room with large bay windows in which he does his artwork and graffiti.
5) Are they successful in material terms? Do they have a good job with enough money? Are they worried about their finances? Are they financially independent? Do they like their job? If not, what would they rather do? What are the power relationships in their work with co-workers, boss, or employees?
Spencer and Maggie are doing well for themselves because they both come from wealthy backgrounds and their university degrees from Oxbridge have meant that they have excelled within their professions and are very respected by their colleagues. Spencer particularly admires his jobs because as a high school teacher, he is teaching children at the age that he was when he fell in love with maths, physics and art.
6) Are their parents living? Do they like them? Was their family rich, poor, struggling to keep up appearances? What have they inherited from them, both physically and psychologically?
Spencer's parents live in Pembrokeshire, where they own a country estate; they have wealthy ancestors and grandparents so money is not a problem for them. Spencer has inherited a vast monetary inheritance and also, Spencer's desires to succeed and his work ethic are greatly inspired by his father.
7) What is their nationality? Do they live in their country of origin? If not, why not? How do they feel about this?
Nationality - British
Maggie is of French heritage and ancestry.
8) When they are at home for an evening alone, are they happy with their own company? Do they read books, magazines, newspapers, the back of cornflake packets? What music do they play to themselves? What do they eat? Can they relax? Do they knit, sew, write letters, watch television, revise their notes from an evening class? What are their hobbies, if any? Are they quirky? Are they a collector? What do their hobbies, music and books tell us about them?
When alone, Spencer either paints in his studio or marks school papers. Spencer and Maggie like to dine out at French and Italian restaurants, sight-see top British attractions, and visit art exhibitions. They both like classical and indie music, occasionally attending concerts and gigs together.
9) What is their favourite colour? What is their star sign and birth stone? 
Favourite colour: Navy/red/grey
Date of Birth: 14/03/1984
Star sign: Pisces
Birth Stone: Bloodstone/Jasper