Douglass (The Master)

 

Age:           

69 years

 

Sex:           

Male

 

Health:                 

He’s doing alright for his age.

 

Strength:   

One thing at a time. Lifts 35 pounds max (after a wheat shake)

 

Walk:         

-         Slightly hunched (tribute to gravity)

-         Stiff, due to his age

-         Very direct, no unnecessary movement

 

Voice:                    

Strong but airy sometimes

 

Intelligence:

                        Average, mostly based on memorization. Sticks to what he was thought.

 

Personality:

-         Conservative

-         Introverted, focused on perfection of his work and does not care about anything else much

-         Not an abstract thinker, just the facts

-         Everything he does is well planned

-         Likes closure

-         Likes numbers, follows the chart

-         Only does what is necessary, but it has to be perfect

-         Makes/likes rules: Follows them and expects them to be followed

-         Doesn’t like ideas, he’s all about what he already knows

-         He’s happy when he finished another perfect piece of glass art

-         Works on weekends, too

-         Likes his work

 

Status in society:

                        Was once well known for his perfect glass instruments, back in the days                                    when the glass-blowing scene was huge. Nowadays he’s still the man

                        When it comes to glass-blowing but the there is not much of a glass art                          scene anymore.

                        He is a widower, his wife died 15 years ago of a disease.

                        No kids.

He is a glassblower in the 13th generation. His forefathers owned the shop before him. Since he has no kids he needs the apprentice to pass his knowledge to the next generation, like his father did to him.

He makes enough money for living and has some savings.

 

Music:

                        Classical Music

 

Food:            

Follows the food pyramid except for his ravenous appetite for a special

Chocolate he allows himself to eat as some kind of reward in the evening, after he finished all his work

 

Clothing:    

-         Neat, clean, buttons every button on his shirt.

-         Functional clothes. (Uniform)

-         Special tools, clothes and accessories for different parts of his working progress.

 

Reads:

                        Glass digests nothing else.

 

Room:

                        Spartan, bed, dresser, table, chart about glass making on the wall

 

Pets:

                        No.

 

Secret dream/desire/fantasy/wish:

He wants to make sure the tradition of his way of glass making will survive him. Desperate about he will be the last of his family.

 

Work:

                        Best part:       Finishing another perfect piece

Worst part:     The apprentice is not listening to him and his advice well

enough and sometimes doesn’t follow his instructions

 

Relationship to apprentice:

Thinks he is talented. He would go fishing with the apprentice on a holiday.

The apprentice reminds him of himself when he was the apprentices age (subconsciously)

 

Friends:

Knows all the people in his small town and is well respected by everybody. Goes to the local brewpub for 3 beer every first Friday of the month.

 

Most embarrassing moment:

                        Something about the relationship to his father (ideas please)

 

Most triumphant moment:

When he won the most important award in glass blowing 50 years ago (when he was the apprentice’s age) (the award is the only thing on the shelf that is not supposed to be dusty)

 

Heroes:

                        His father.

 

Recreation:

Likes to sit on a bench in front of hit shop on sunny days and smokes a glass pipe of apple tobacco. The pipe was made by his forefathers and he keeps it in a tiny shrine in his bedroom.

 

What does he want people to think about him?

He wants people to  think that he is the best in what he does. He creates the most beautiful glass art.

 

Romance:

                        No.

 

Favorite clothing/accessory:

-         His fathers pocket watch

-         A handkerchief to polish a piece he just finished

 

Most irritating to this person:

                        Unexpected change

 

Most intriguing to this person:

                        Creating a piece of glass in the right way

 

What he spends time ruminating on:

He doesn’t: If he had time to think about things, that means he is not doing what he is supposed to do – create perfect glass…

 

How does he respond/what triggers that response?

-         when angry/scared: physically

-         what makes him angry/scared: unexpected change

-         when attracted to someone: respect/understanding

-         What does he find attractive: when people do their jobs as well and diligent as he does. When people think he’s the best at what he’s doing (thinks these people have good taste)

-         When desperate: finds something to do. Most likely starts another glass piece

-         What makes him feel desperate: When he has no work to do/no plan