Historical Original Characters (OCs)
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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 (759 characters)
@Marukuran
Camilla is a princess living in ancient Rome, in the uneasy years following the conquest of Greece. Though far from the line of succession, she stands in the long shadow of her mother, expected to carry a weight she never asked for in a kin...
#historical
#oc
#medival
#oc art
#art
@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
@Marukuran
Cassius is a court jester who is taking a place in ancient Rome after the defeat of Greece. Known for his unusually pale appearance and sharp sense of observation, he hides a thoughtful and private nature behind the playful role he performs...
#historical
#oc
#a fool
#medival
#oc art
@Modwri
Born in 1989 in Florida, she made a name for herself in Florida when she was eight, vanished at thirteen, and then reappeared a few years later in Norway, where she used a child army and special powers to conquer much of the eastern hemisph...
#historical
#post apoc
#alternate history
@lavvenxa
Max is Lucille's husband and Soleil's father. He is a historian and archaeologist and he specifically studied the ancient beings who lived long before the humans evolved (name of the species is a WIP). After decades of research, he finally ...
#historical
#oc
@devsterbester
Judicia is the ambitious empress of Sangravia and the first ruler in its history to get on the throne with the blessing of the people, rather than by bloodline. Though she was once an exiled child who witnessed her father’s murder at the ha...
#historical
#roman
@Hammmmmmmmyyyyy
Her name is Jadwiga and she is polish, born in world war one.She was forced to lived in her house by herself after her dad went missing at the age of 13. (He was kidnapped by Germans and killed.)At the age if 15, Germans burnt down her hou...
#historical
#history
#art
#drawing
FAN
@bibacul
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
@MedievalHerald
⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ INTRODUCTION ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅Most would assume the role of a court fool would be one of privilege, so much so there's a term for such a thing, 'The Fool's Privilege'. In short, it allows a fool to say anything where if in the...
#historical
#historicalfiction
#heavy wip
@fedyafunk
✦•┈ ⚓︎ ⋅⋯ ⋯⋅ ⚓︎ ┈•✦William Dayna is an officer of England's Navy, with most of his career taking place during the Napoleonic Era, (1803-1815,) though he starts his career in 1783, at age 13, thus making him see different wars than that, as ...
#historical
#navy
#the navy
@D4rkEye
Ashina Tunay Kentürk, (also will be known as "Mother of the Turks" in the future) who is an important marshall in the Alphagu Khaganette, is a warrior who fights for justice. As she is the daughter of the God of War (Kızagan), she has a bod...
#historical
#history
@Hammmmmmmmyyyyy
Nikolai is a Russian soilder left behind inworld war 1. He finds friends and a little girl to call as his daughter on the way. When he got back home he was awarded to take part with the secret police. After a few missions of having to kill ...
#historical
#oc
#history
#art
#drawing
@EllieDoodles
Dee is an OC of mine from a story idea I had a while ago that I haven’t really fleshed out yet, but here’s what I know- She is seventeen years old and lives in Maine (in the US) during the very late 1800s. Her mother (now deceased) was an I...
#historical
#ocart
#murdermystery
@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
@MedievalHerald
⋅───⊱༺ ♰ ༻⊰───⋅ INTRODUCTION ⋅───⊱༺ ♰ ༻⊰───⋅wip wip wip wip :3
#historical
#contagonist
#historicalfiction
#heavywip
@bibacul
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
@bibacul
Одарка родилась в 1776 году в Санкт-Петербурге. Мать её была дворянкой с обедневшей семьи, оттого и вышла в замужество за казаком, так и появилась Одарка. С самого детства было ясно, что она непростая девочка — не любила наряжаться в красив...
#historical
#history
#oc
#napoleonic
@Eusong
Grisha was born and raised in a small Siberian village on the border of Kazakhstan with his mother, twin sister, and alcoholic father. Initially he was a highly imaginative and adventurous boy who often would lean so hard into his fantasies...
#historical
#soviet union
@Snowdrop
Introduction
One too many times, Aidan's heard the words "you'd really succeed, if you can commit."Commit? Commit to what?Commit to education in a school that does nothing when he's verbally and physically bullied? Commit to 'working on him...
#historical
#british
@Hammmmmmmmyyyyy
Bruno I one of my other WW1 OCS, he grew up in USA without his parents and no one. Before the war he was poor and living on the streets.before meeting Nikolai everyone bullied him since he was small. After the war, Nikolai lefted him to giv...
#historical
#art
#drawingishistory
#history
#drawing
#ww1
FAN
@fedyafunk
Jack is a fan character set in the Temeraire (a bookseries) world.Jack is a young and arrogant Captain in England's Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.Specifically, he is set in 1805, during which, freshly made Captain, he takes on a mission w...
#historical
#oc
#regency
@fedyafunk
wassup. this is my #1 piss baby. freaky eyed man. (blue eyed staring meme but with his eyes instead)HE SO UGLYYYY HAHA <3he's an annoying pirate dude who just LOVES things. jewlery of any kind, jewels, coins, fabrics, lace and ribbons... h...
#historical
#1700s
@MedievalHerald
wip 😢⋅───⊱༺ ♰ ༻⊰───⋅ INTRODUCTION ⋅───⊱༺ ♰ ༻⊰───⋅When you think of a protagonist, what do you personally think of? In the case of the middle ages, a rather fitting protagonist would be a warrior, a fighter... a knight. Someone strong, conf...
#historical
#herald
#historicalfiction
#protagonist
#wip
@vnfeiciu
“I don’t rightly know what he looked like . . . not exactly, no. His face keeps shiftin’ in my head. Pale as the belly of a fish, with hair like candlewax. But then again, I recall it bein’ gold as wheat too. His eyes, though—those I rememb...
#historical
#oc
#historical oc
#russian oc
#medieval oc
@capncook
✦•··································································•⋆⑅˚₊🕮.₊⊹•··································································•✦Born into a wealthy family in Pennsylvania, Cassidy (nicknamed Cassie by his peers) spent mos...
#historical
#1880s
#midwest
#history
@gabrimoon
Miles Glenrowan is 21 in 1807.He is thought of as quite odd. His distant cousin, Elias, took him in when it was discovered the Glenrowan family (Miles' parents) were both dead. The estate was a mess, staff had fled and the house was in disa...
#historical
#regency
#regency era
@fedyafunk
Everything on this profile is a WIP, I'm stilling writing and finishing up many different sections here, and stuff is likely to be added and/or changed.✦•┈ ⚓︎ ⋅⋯ ⋯⋅ ⚓︎ ┈•✦Callum Fraser is a civlian working as an evoy for the Crown. Because ...
#historical
#history
#napoleonic era
#napoleonic
#regency era
@skinnwrr_
A poor and infamous magician who uses horrifying magic tricks to garner more attention and earn money
#historical
#horroroc
@Klloika
Born to a wealthy family of the Lithuanian nobility, growing up pretty spoiled, his parents always held high expectations for him, which he usually couldn’t keep up with. When wartime came around he joined the military to hopefully please h...
#historical
#napoleonic
#19th century
#napoleonic era
@Yoklare
Just two lovers living in the world of the endless war, where only three superpowers exist, using newly discovered energy sources to create further machines of control and destruction.In twisted times like these can witch and a lonely write...
#historical
#multiple
#multiple ocs
#lovers
#oc