Genre of [name_u]Story[/name_u]: [name_m]Young[/name_m] Adult Fiction, [name_f]Fantasy[/name_f], Sci-fi, Dystopian
Time Period/Location: Along the [name_u]West[/name_u] Coast of the United States in Post-Modern times. There are small towns and villages scattered around, but the human population has decreased dramatically and the [name_f]Earth[/name_f] is mostly wilderness. The characters only know of one city still standing, San [name_m]Francisco[/name_m].
Brief Plot: The setting is later in the future, after our current society has fallen to ruins do to an environmental catastrophe that is explained later in the novel. [name_m]Long[/name_m] story short, the characters have to make sure that the same catastrophe doesn’t happen again.
Unchanged Characters: [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u], [name_u]Rio[/name_u], [name_m]Zeke[/name_m], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] ([name_u]Charlie[/name_u]), [name_m]Oscar[/name_m], [name_m]Luther[/name_m], [name_f]Susan[/name_f], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_m]Diego[/name_m], [name_m]Gabe[/name_m]
Character 1:
Current Name: [name_m]Buck[/name_m]
[name_m]Reason[/name_m] for Change: [name_m]Buck[/name_m] is a dog, and I totally forgot about the fact that the main character’s name is [name_m]Buck[/name_m] in The Call of the [name_m]Wild[/name_m] until I had to do some research on it for school. I let [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_u]London[/name_u] down, man.
Character Description: [name_m]Buck[/name_m] is the protagonist’s dog that’s been with her since she was eight years old. He’s a leonberger breed, so he’s pretty massive and furry. He was born into a litter to be trained as guard dogs, but was adopted by the main character as a puppy. He’s very protective of her, but is very energetic and lovable to her and her family. The reader gets to see [name_m]Buck[/name_m] grow old as the main character reaches her teen years.
Who named the character: He was likely named by [name_f]Susan[/name_f], the main character’s nanny growing up. [name_f]Susan[/name_f]'s father owned and trained the guard dogs that gave birth to [name_m]Buck[/name_m] and his litter, and [name_f]Susan[/name_f] gave [name_m]Buck[/name_m] to the main character as a gift.
Immediate Family (if relevant): He’s inseparable from [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u], the main character. He doesn’t like her father, [name_m]Oscar[/name_m], all that much. He gets along with her brother, [name_m]Zeke[/name_m], and her mother, [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]. He adores [name_u]Rio[/name_u], becomes [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]'s close friend in her later years.
Already Considered (if relevant): [name_m]Tucker[/name_m], [name_m]Harvey[/name_m], [name_m]Duke[/name_m]. I might consider one of these three, but I’m still unsure.