Step back in time with historical original characters! These OCs bring the past to life, from ancient warriors to Renaissance artists. Imagine stories set in different eras and places. Discover the amazing history-inspired characters people have created and share your own too!

Historical OCs (154 characters)

@yamsammich
Ty is a victim to his own making. Born half-vampire, he's an enemy to the King, who's out to rid his kingdom of their kind.Having watched his father die to the King as a child, he's permanently in a state of stress and anxiety about whether...
#historical
#Fantasyoc
##historical
@lavenderl
my favourite autistic sillyMy lovely boy, I will protect him with my life.Cottage-core gayContent regarding him can be found on my tumblr @the-good-neighborsfeatured in my comic
#historical
#autism
@sirbrandywine
Rudolf is an OC for BBC's Ghosts Series.He was a Czech Painter from the late Victorian period who was murdered by his lover in the Garden of Button House. He's quite quiet, and somewhat becomes the group dad for all the younger ghosts in th...
#historical
#historical-ish
@bibakul
Anatoly Rochat is a Swiss-Russian born in Aarau in 1910. Had a mostly normal and uneventful childhood in Switzerland. In 1933, he moved to the territory of the USSR. Once the NKVD found out about his background in 1942, he was immediately f...
#historical
#history
@hoblinnobgoblin
Anne White, to any suitor that knows her, is a force to be reckoned with. No man who has ever tried to court her has left the White residence with their pride, their ego, or their dignity intact.Anne, for years, thought that she had sworn o...
#historical
#regency
#georgian
#enemies to lovers
#regency oc
@cliodna
A prolific up-and-coming painter who does commissioned work for supernatural grimoires.
#historical
#vaesen
@cliodna
A repentant snakeoil salesman with a strong background in folk medicine.
#historical
#vaesen
@Klcstar
Yuuma is a member of MOJO, and helped form the organization with his suprisingly vast medical knowledge and skills. He owns a place called the Lucky Clinic, a pharmacy and talisman shop that he inherited from his mother. Charming, witty, an...
#historical
#japan
@bibakul
Sturmbannführer. Born in the village of Ahrensdorf to an unknown father, joined the army of the Weimar Republic at the age of 16. He has an extraordinary understanding of military affairs and quickly rose through the ranks until he was woun...
#historical
#Ww2
@skippywitten
The kind of person to clutch his pearls at any disturbance except it's just his rosary. An incredibly determined person who is so desperately devoted to his religion and wants to become a saint. He fell into mass hysterics after he became a...
#historical
#saint
@Klcstar
Charmaine is the self-proclaimed leader of MOJO. Not quite human, she has the powers of a spider entity named "The Warlock" which have been inside of her since birth, eventually causing the people in her hometown to exile her out of fear. H...
#historical
#female character
#african american
@Hotgodwater
still a wip!her dragon is a timberjack :P
#historical
#how to train your dragon oc
#httyd
@Klcstar
Ooshru is a employee of MOJO, and the main researcher of the team. He’s a Moshumie, or a mushroom humanoid, and his small appearance and round, cute face starkly contrast his deep and masculine voice. His brutal honesty and vulgar language ...
#historical
#comedy
#Anthropomorphic mushroom
@bibakul
The third apprentice of F.M.Hubert was born into a wealthy family in Maaseik. His father, a wealthy merchant exporting silk from Flanders to Florence, discovered early on that his son had a talent for painting. The father took his son to th...
#historical
#history
@voidwhispers
When you look upon Lace, your first thoughts are often "Do they ever eat?", "Why do they look so pale and waifish?" and invariably, "Where's my wallet gone?"Her hair is always softly curly and white, her skin pale as well, with eyes that se...
#historical
#wererat
#trans oc
@skippywitten
A usually quiet man who very rarely causes trouble and loves to keep a low profile. That doesn't mean he hasn't fought the drunk sheriff James a good amount times.
#historical
#wildwest
@Klcstar
Rhubarb (Or Barby, or Ruby) is an employee of MOJO. As a Vampire who was raised by humans on a farm, Rhubarb is uniquely ignorant to issues that Specters face in society, but that doesn't stop him from being kind...usually. In reality, this...
#historical
#comedy
@Geiger
Richard is charming but not very bright... he's lovely but man is he stupid sometimes omgWorked with Percy in their store up until the Civil War, which he was only in breifly because he broke his leg and came back to London. He was cared fo...
#historical
#civil war
@skippywitten
Used to be a spoiled brat but doesn't have much room to do that anymore now that he's been reduced to Yume's lowly servant. Despite his vanity, he's quite smart.
#historical
#1700s
#baroque
#visualkei
@xio_notrly
A kind hearted doctor sits in an apothecary tucked away in the cozy alleys of Ravenshire. They say he's Nysys' favorite, blessed to always stay under her gaze by many, many watchful eyes of the corvids always nipping his heels.His generosit...
#historical
#oc
@sick_icarus
Camilda Beaumont lived from 1880-1951. She was well educated and well read and spent her youth fascinated by the world she lived in. She was not so fond of the role society expected her to play, but learned that playing into it when necessa...
#historical
#1900s
#sick_icarus
@Keigora
The grand Emperor Xerxes the first, dethroned in a violent coup d'etat and sealed away for thousands of years. Awakening to a modern world who had forgotten him and everything he stood for, he re-emerges with the bitter feeling of betrayal ...
#historical
#naga
@skippywitten
A scholar who is also facing an organized marriage with the daughter of his father's business partner. Lives alone in a small flat, preparing for a marriage he doesn't want to go through with, and only has his childhood friend, a little ora...
#historical
#18thcentury
@Geiger
Perseverance Cartwright, husband of Faith Cartwright, was born on the 12th of October 1625 to Remember and Grace Cartwright. He is known for being a very good cavalryman during the First Civil War, and briefly joined the Second Civil War at...
#historical
#civil war
FAN
@bibakul
Was born in Skalitz in 1385. After the Cuman attack in 1403, he has lost his home, family, his girl, his god damn dog, and almost his life.Now he's mostly working for the bailiff in Rattae, or kicking ass in bandits' and Cumans' camps.
#historical
#Medieval
@iliosyx
A journalist from 1957 trapped in a time loop |Banner art by
#historical
@skippywitten
Even more of an annoyance than Cuilén some how. Declared "master of pranking" and takes the title very seriously.
#historical
#seelie
@cliodna
A modest and pious physician with a warm demeanor and an interest for learning about that which won't stay put in its' grave.
#historical
#vaesen
@Geiger
Günter... what a prick... He's rude and overall quite crap. He's the worst out of the group, he's arrogant and nit picky, but is annoyingly skilled and good at his job. He may be an ass, but there is no denying he is great at what he does.H...
#historical
FAN
@Fuzedatti
Supercomputer in desguise
#historical
#clone high
#clone high oc
@hopelessdorks
#historical
#1930
#smoke
#Anima
@Geiger
Godric the Unwilling was the son of Heregar, Heregar son of Eric, Eric son of Aldhelm.The nickname of Unwilling originates in his outright refusal to kill Oskar Agnarrson and a failed attempt at killing Einar Oskarsson.He wishes he could do...
#historical
#Anglo-Saxon
@rizukitika
Karman is a gentle man who is good at foreign languages, Suroni's right-hand man. He is also Suroni's childhood friend.
#historical
#indonesian
#original character
@rizukitika
Suroni got general rank on his youth, you know why? Because he is great strategist and can massacres fifty people a day by himself. He is good at short range battle and carries many knives with him. Even though he never uses firegun (and he...
#historical
#indonesian
#original character
@skippywitten
Just an evil brat. Does whatever the hell she wants because she assumed nobody could stop her.
#historical
#visualkei
@skippywitten
A trickster, similar to a pixie, who is able to manifest himself as a little orange light, similar to a feu follet/will o' the wisp. Decided to "haunt" Alexander Abney because Alexander was fun to mess with.
#historical
#18thcentury
@Geiger
Wulfrun Canterwell was the wife of Ulfwine Canterwell. After her husband had been blinded by a Norseman, she decided to try to settle the dispute civilly. She and Sigurd came to an agreement, but a month before they were to meet, she was bi...
#historical
#anglo-saxon