Todd Booker
Todd Booker
Todd is a 16-year-old boy who is living with his grandparents in Brooklyn New York State. After school, he helps his grandparents out with their game shop. He inherited the mysterious Pharaoh's Puzzle from his father before his father and mother both disappeared on a fateful trip to Egypt. Todd has since solved the puzzle and odd things have been happening ever since.
"It's not that I don't want to go the opposite is true, but since Grandpa says that I cannot enter the Caster's Kingdom Tournament I am not entering. It may be for the best anyways, who knows."- Todd Booker
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Todd is not very athletic but he does walk most places so he is fit enough for his environment with an average build. The only abnormality that he has is that he is short for his age and he is hoping that a growth spurt will come soon.
Body Features
Todd is white, brown hair, and with smaller shoulders than what men usually have.
Facial Features
Todd has a rounded childish face that goes well with is semi-rounded brown eyes. He always seems to be a bit younger than he actually his and has an optimistic smile that his more often than not on his face. When he is not smiling his dimples show his happy outlook.
Physical quirks
Todd is right handed and walks at a cautious pace leading with his head. When he is around his friends he has a bit more confidence and his sunny outlook that is sometimes hidden really shines through.
Special abilities
Todd is very lucky and has rarely lost games that are dependent on luck, of course, this luck shows itself in other ways as well such as finding misplaced homework before it is due.
Apparel & Accessories
Since Todd works part-time at the family store he is usually wearing polos or other button-up clothes with long nice looking pants. Todd's wardrobe is mostly geared to in case he needs to deal with annoying customers and so he doesn't own many t-shirts.
Todd's sense of fair play can be seen in his attire as well because he is always wearing short sleeves or has his long sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He also doesn't wear wrist bands or other such jewelry to show that there are no tricks up his sleeves.
The only piece of jewelry that he wears somewhat regularly is the Pharaoh's Puzzle.
Specialized Equipment
Todd owns multipe Disc Caster TCG cards and is really good at Disc Casters.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Todd is the only child of his parents who went missing when he was 8 years old. Ever since that event, Todd has been raised by his grandparents Lindsey Booker and Edward Booker in their Brooklyn apartment.
Since Todd's grandparents own a small shop in the city that has been in business for a long time, Todd has learned how to count money, stock shelves, and handle annoying people since an early age. He like most of the living members of his family own the shares to their small store and don't allow too much investment from people outside of the family. Though the younger members of the family like Alice Booker and Todd cannot hold shares the older members of the family have been doing this for them.
Todd has a good relationship with his fun-loving Uncle Jordan Booker and his younger cousin Alice. Todd mainly sees them at the shop or at family dinners and other events. On top of the family, Todd has two sugar gliders.
Todd has been friends with Stella Wayland for a long time and she has been with Todd since his parents went missing. She has given support and friendship and has been the only friend he has from his childhood that he is still in contact with.
Todd's newest friends are Bryan Edwards, Martin Davis, and Richard Line who he met at high school. His relationships with Marten and Richard started a bit strained but have since gotten better after a shared bullying experience. His friendship with Bryan started when they both learned that they have a piece of the Pharaoh's Regalia.
Todd is sure that is parents are still out there and even if they are not whatever is left of them needs to be found and returned to the United States.
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
Straight
Education
Currently in high school.
Employment
Works at Urban Treehouse Game Shop, the family-owned shop, as a stocker and cashier.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Todd is a good student with an aptitude for history and although is a shy kid who rarely participates frequently gets good grades. Outside of the world of academia, Todd solved the Pharaoh's Puzzle which for its simple design has been unsolved by his father, grandfather, and anyone else who tried to solve the puzzle. At a youth event at Todd's church, Todd got first place in the Disc Casters tournament that the church was hosting as an outreach event.
Failures & Embarrassments
Before Todd was able to solve the Pharaoh's Puzzle he, of course, failed at solving it for a number of years before he was able to do so. There were times where he just put the puzzle down for days at a time hoping that if he did he would finally be able to solve it.
Mental Trauma
When his parents went missing Todd had a hard time accepting that he would probably never see them again and hopes to follow their footsteps to figure out what happened to them after he gets out of school.
Todd has also been picked on and bullied throughout school for being a nerdy kid that prefers more traditional, physical, games over video games. For the longest time, this has stopped him from bringing games to school to play with classmates at lunch or break.
Intellectual Characteristics
Todd is good at coming up with a strategy and sticking to it when playing games, this has also helped him teach his friends the games that he is interested in. Todd is also easy going and not much can get under his skin.
Morality & Philosophy
Todd is a caring and compassionate soul who mainly wants to good by others. Todd believes that if you can help someone you should, but having a strong work ethic Todd also believes that part of helping is directing people to where they can get help and walking with them. Todd being raised by his grandparents also holds onto their traditional values and morality and has been accused of having an old soul. Todd considers himself to be honest and doesn't like people who cheat in games or in life in general believing that the best way to get ahead in life is to follow the rules. Todd also has great respect for the people in life and does to his best to treat them with the respect that they deserve.
Taboos
Todd has great respect for the people in his life and is grateful to grandparents for raising him and so doesn't like it when people disrespect the elderly, target the elderly for their own gain, and even euthanization the elderly. Todd also doesn't like people who choose to be disrespectful to anyone for any reason.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Todd's main motive is to hang out with his friends and to uncover what happened to his parents which he suspects might have something to do with the Pharaoh's Puzzle.
Caster's Kingdom
To save his grandfather from Nathaniel Jackson who soul-napped him. This will later extend into saving Aealious and Sho Igarashi who also get soul-napped.Savvies & Ineptitudes
Although Todd considers himself a gamer he isn't all that great with video games but is also unbeatable with physical games.
Likes & Dislikes
Todd likes food trucks and carts and doesn't like bigger chain restaurants since in some states the bigger restaurants have gotten governments to make it harder for food trucks and carts to get business.
Virtues & Personality perks
Todd is very caring and respectful to people which is a good thing when you work in customer service roles. He also takes his time explaining things to help people understand where he is coming from and some more complex points in games. Todd also listens to people when they are talking and does his best to understand the world from their perspective which is harder when he doesn't agree with their point of view.
Vices & Personality flaws
Todd can be quick to judge people on their actions and dress and has held these beliefs until they are disproven. He also not good with direct confrontation and stumbles on his words making hard situations even more difficult. From being a teenager Todd is also emotional and unlike other guys has a harder time controlling his emotions. While being emotional isn't always a flaw when it comes to negative emotions and the manly-man stereotype that teenage boys are expected to fit in it can be.
Personality Quirks
Todd is often looking around rooms looking at the people in them and exits he believes that this is his grandfather's paranoia rubbing off on him.
Hygiene
Todd keeps himself and his surrounding as tidy as he can. He washing regularly because of his after-school job. His room can be a bit of mess but is cleaner than most the stereotype of teenage boy rooms.
Social
Contacts & Relations
After coming to high school Todd has become friends with Martin, Richard, and Bryan they hang out during lunch and spend some that time and study hall playing games. Todd still has a good relationship with Stella his childhood friend who has been with him through a lot of hard times.
Family Ties
Todd lives with his grandpa Edward and grandma Lindsey; works with his Uncle Jordan and cousin Alice at the store.
Religious Views
Todd is a Christian.
Social Aptitude
Todd is introverted and is often shy around people that he is not that familiar with but when he is around friends and family he has a sunny personality that usually shines through. He is polite to the people that he meets and does his best to live in a way that will make his grandparents proud of him.
Mannerisms
Todd uses smaller more revered gestures when he talking to people and will frequently drop eye contact with people that he talking to especially if he is not that comfortable around them.
Hobbies & Pets
Todd and his grandparents own two sugar gliders named Cain and Candy.
Todd doesn't see himself playing Disc Casters as a profession and considers it more of a hobby, but when he is not playing Disc Casters is often playing other puzzle games like Sudoku, Cross Word Puzzles, and basically any puzzle that can be found in a newspaper.
Speech
Todd stutters at times but when he gets his confidence that stuttering is less frequent.
Relationships
History
Todd and Martin have not always seen eye to eye but have become friends through a rather strange event at school.
Nicknames & Petnames
Todd doesn't have a nickname but he has called Martin Marty a few times.
History
Stella and Todd have been friends since grade school and have been watching each other's backs for that time.
The Early Years
Todd standing up for Stella, when he comes out of his timid shell, has been one of the main reason why she has to succeed in outclassing her older classmates in every grade that they have ever been in. Stella, on the other hand, has also protected Todd from being bullied for his shyness and her quick thinking to get adults has saved Todd from several bullying sessions that would have really hurt him.Nicknames & Petnames
Todd doesn't have any nicknames with his friends, but he has called Stella Stel on occasion.
Relationship Reasoning
They both have been looking out for each for so long that this mentality is no longer the main reason that they hang out. Stella and Todd both genuinely like hanging out with each other.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Stella and Todd are both gamers and Todd often comes to her house to play on one of her consoles or they play board games, or card games instead. They both likey mostly the same games and are skilled enough that it is a fun challenge every time. They both are also interested in random trivia more so if that trivia is related to the game that they are both currently hung up on.
Current Location
Year of Birth
2002
17 Years old
Circumstances of Birth
May, 30th and planned.
Birthplace
Brooklyn
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Brooklyn
Gender
Male
Eyes
Amber and bright eyed with a sort of innocence to them.
Hair
Brown and short.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
White
Height
5'2"
Weight
115 lbs or 52.2 kg
Aligned Organization
Other Affiliations
Related Plots
Character Prototype
Yugi Muto from Yu-Gi-Oh.
