Character profiles: Olban and Gareth

Character Profile – Olban ap Gwynn

Note: Joined at the brain to Gareth. When Gareth sleeps, he resides in the back of Olban’s head in his world. When Olban sleeps, he finds himself in the back of Gareth’s in ours. Misdiagnosed as the product of Dissociative Identity Disorder by Gareth’s shrink.

*Birth Name: Olban ap Gwynn

Birthplace: Little Dafford

Birthday: Not a thing. They don’t even bother with a calendar, but the same bd as Gareth.

Age Currently: 25

*Age when first introduced: 25

Occupation: Smith

Condition: Fit, healthy, hard worker, so strong.

Description: Brown curly hair, deep tan from working outside, grey eyes, 5’10. Dresses in, to Gareth, Saxon/dark age/early medieval clothing. Tunic, hose, leather apron when working, cloak.

Relationship: Unmarried.

Parents: Gwynn ap Mavon, father. Coren al Sylve. (Ap=son of/father’s name, Al=daughter of/mother’s name)

Siblings: Mavon (+2) and Coban ap Gwynn (-3), Preah al Coren (-1)

Children: None

Residence: The village of Little Dafford in the landlocked country of Eltinom. No world name, no need for one, it’s the only world most of them know.

Status: Alive and joined to Gareth.

Purpose in the story thus far: To give the story a direction. To separate themselves. Then, after meeting with the wolf, a new task. Separate everyone.

Background thus far/Backstory: The village smith, master Stell, saw something special in Olban when he was ten and bought him from his parents. Olban became the smith’s apprentice and worked for him from then on, fetching and carrying, training in the craft of metalwork. He achieved the status of journeyman at the age of 23. As he grew to understand the craft and the magics that were possible, he worked on a plan that could separate himself from his otherworldly counterpart, Gareth Wilks from our Earth.

First introduced: Chapter 8

Introduced by: Spike

AJAY9979 Note: The plus and minus signs in the sibling dates are to indicate older than/younger than. It’s shorter and less math than adding the years.

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Character Profile – Gareth Wilks

Note: Joined at the brain to Olban. When Gareth sleeps, he resides in the back of Olban’s head in his world. When Olban sleeps, he finds himself in the back of Gareth’s in ours. Misdiagnosed as the victim of Dissociative Identity Disorder by Gareth’s shrink.

*Birth Name: Gareth Wilks

Birthplace: Whitby, North Yorkshire. England, UK. The present.

Birthday: 2/10/1995 (october)

Age Currently: 25

*Age when first introduced: 25

Occupation: Office worker. Volunteer RNLI lifeboatman.

Condition: Joined to Olban

Description: 5’8, blond hair, blue eyes, slim build but physically fit.

Relationship: None.

Parents: Sarah Wilks (mother), Brian Wilks, father.

Siblings: John (+3)

Children: None

Residence: A small house on the outskirts of town, inherited from his grandparents. His parents moved to Robin Hood’s Bay when they retired.

Status: Joined at the brain to Olban.

Purpose in the story thus far: To get the story moving. (see Olban)

Background thus far/Backstory: At the age of five, it was observed that he seemed to be having conversations with himself. Only half of the conversation was ever heard. He eventually learned to pretend to be playing with his Action Man and answering it, but at the age of twelve, he was sent to Doctor Connor for a psych eval, where he was misdiagnosed with DID.

First introduced: Chapter 8

Introduced by: Spike

AJAY9979 Note: The plus and minus signs in the sibling dates are to indicate older than/younger than. It’s shorter and less math than adding the years.