Bryce Rivers
Dec. 5th, 2018 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crimisinI thought that a thing I could do here is make daily(/weekly?) posts about some of the npc's I've made for campaigns I created. And I thought the perfect starting point would be the first character I created for the first campaign I ever ran.
It was a World Wide Wrestling campaign, and the show we were playing was called Modern Gladiators Combat Wrestling. The drama that we opened the campaign with is that the owner and founder of MGCW Bruce Rivers (Old Man Rivers) died suddenly 3 months ago but for some reason legal red tape delayed the will reading until just last week (kayfabe) when it was read during a live airing episode of MGCW (kayfabe). During that live reading it was revealed that instead of leaving the company to the General Manager (and Presumed Heir) Heath "the Hunk" Jones Bruce left the company (and everything else) to his tv star grandson. Enter Bryce Rivers.
Bryce Rivers is the son of Brian "the Brain" Rivers (a wrestler who died tragically before his time) and Judi Darke (a washed up soap star). He began acting when he was young earning a role as the main characters younger brother on a show about teen witches. Most fans however would recognize him as 1 of the 2 leads of the hit tv show A.I.P.O. (Agency Investigating Paranormal Occurances.) About federal agents going under cover in high schools to solve supernatural crimes. Fans of A.I.P.O. are still reeling after his character's death during the season finale that aired 3 weeks ago.
The fun part of playing World Wide Wrestling is that you get to play the characters as who they are behind the scenes and who they are kayfabe (and you get to decide what parts of their character are both). So
Kayfabe:
Bryce Rivers is late if he even bothers to show up
When he does show up he doesn't show much interest/emotion to the things happening in front of him unless they are directed to him
He's out every night drinking and partying
He's very promiscuous
His reputation in Hollywood is that he's an unreliable diva
He's never been in a wrestling ring before
He has no respect for the wrestlers on his roster
Safety is less important than ratings
He's willing to do anything to maintain control of the show (even after saying that he would allow it to run without his interference)
Behind the scenes:
He's been training for years to wrestle because he always knew he wanted to be a part of the business
He has very little control in the day to day running of the business
The Hollywood rumors are very recent and were actually a ploy by his publicist to build up his heel persona before his character reveal in MGCW
Both:
He's small for a wrestler (cruiserweight)
He dresses like Harry Styles at a photoshoot
He's openly bisexual (The season/campaign ended with the reveal that he had been dating Heath the Hunk's son Chip the entire time)
It was a World Wide Wrestling campaign, and the show we were playing was called Modern Gladiators Combat Wrestling. The drama that we opened the campaign with is that the owner and founder of MGCW Bruce Rivers (Old Man Rivers) died suddenly 3 months ago but for some reason legal red tape delayed the will reading until just last week (kayfabe) when it was read during a live airing episode of MGCW (kayfabe). During that live reading it was revealed that instead of leaving the company to the General Manager (and Presumed Heir) Heath "the Hunk" Jones Bruce left the company (and everything else) to his tv star grandson. Enter Bryce Rivers.
Bryce Rivers is the son of Brian "the Brain" Rivers (a wrestler who died tragically before his time) and Judi Darke (a washed up soap star). He began acting when he was young earning a role as the main characters younger brother on a show about teen witches. Most fans however would recognize him as 1 of the 2 leads of the hit tv show A.I.P.O. (Agency Investigating Paranormal Occurances.) About federal agents going under cover in high schools to solve supernatural crimes. Fans of A.I.P.O. are still reeling after his character's death during the season finale that aired 3 weeks ago.
The fun part of playing World Wide Wrestling is that you get to play the characters as who they are behind the scenes and who they are kayfabe (and you get to decide what parts of their character are both). So
Kayfabe:
Bryce Rivers is late if he even bothers to show up
When he does show up he doesn't show much interest/emotion to the things happening in front of him unless they are directed to him
He's out every night drinking and partying
He's very promiscuous
His reputation in Hollywood is that he's an unreliable diva
He's never been in a wrestling ring before
He has no respect for the wrestlers on his roster
Safety is less important than ratings
He's willing to do anything to maintain control of the show (even after saying that he would allow it to run without his interference)
Behind the scenes:
He's been training for years to wrestle because he always knew he wanted to be a part of the business
He has very little control in the day to day running of the business
The Hollywood rumors are very recent and were actually a ploy by his publicist to build up his heel persona before his character reveal in MGCW
Both:
He's small for a wrestler (cruiserweight)
He dresses like Harry Styles at a photoshoot
He's openly bisexual (The season/campaign ended with the reveal that he had been dating Heath the Hunk's son Chip the entire time)
