This page presents Communal Characters that can be used by anyone on the community site to facilitate their storytelling. It can be thought of as a series of mini biographies with simple descriptions that you may pick and choose from to play and experiment with.

You can also think of these characters as NPCs. NPC is short for Non-Player Character and is a term used in Tabletop Roleplay and in video games to refer to characters that are controlled by the game master or computer. For freeform roleplay like on TEFc, NPCs can be shared between all players.

It is rare to find and difficult to create a story with only main characters. If you watch movies, read books, play games you tend to notice the importance of smaller characters. They often supply the heroes (or villains, it's up to you) with information and or goods or they can perform some vital task that the protagonists cannot, and with their help the story advances.

Currently there are only two here. One was gifted to me, the other came to be through roleplay. Please don't kill them, but otherwise they may inspire you.

Grass Runner

     -Adult male of average size, a true TEF Deer
     -If you need something, he can get it for you, but you might owe him a favor later on
     -Has access to The Human World (and others) and in The Human World has a motorcycle
     -Is neutral about good and evil, but isn't a jerk to people unless they are rude first and keeps his word
     -Expects to be treated well
     -His name, Grass Runner, is both a reference to his green and yellow coloration and his tendency to move questionable products around, if you catch my drift
     -Based on a design given to me by Kikinkacze that I didn't want to go to waste with a personality inspired by the character Red from The Shawshank Redemption


     Grass Runner is free for use. He has no adventures yet.

A Cow

-Adult Holstein Friesian cow
-Domesticated and extremely friendly, was a dairy cow in human world
-Only animal intelligence, cannot speak or understand deer but likes them
-Does what deer want if it's simple. Will sit if others sit, will walk if given a gentle push
-Was stolen from The Human World and now lives comfortably in The Forest
-Licks friends
-Maternally nurses orphaned or otherwise parentless fawns and other baby animals happily
-May need protecting from potential predators
-Moo


     Cow is free for use. She has no adventures yet, but is close with The Nubbin and is nursing it.