What are the races of your cast?

Out of sheer curiosity, as the thread title states, do you have a diverse cast?
Feel free to share here from most the MC's to supporting cast.


I'm writing a fantasy so I'll put in the fantasy race as well as what Earth race I imagine them to be close to being. Feel free to explain however you see fit.
1. Everin-
Female. Dark elf. Close to indian/arabian at least in my mind.

2. Kyrith-
Male. Moon demon. European. Perhaps German-like or something close.

3. Vencent-
Male. Seer (human). Haven't placed a significant race in my mind lol. Letting the audience see him as they will.

4. Amriel-
Female- Human. Bi-racial. Half-white (Irish in mind), half nomadic aboriginal.

Oh, interesting topic! :D

Kaz Karzaq -- He's from "Westland", the western-most continent of my made-up world, which is mostly inhabited by warring, nomadic desert tribes. He's got darkish, sun-baked skin and dreadlocks.

Ferran Ramses -- The "emperor" of Bal Hadar, capitol of the central continent. Bal Hadar is mostly modeled after Constantinople/Istanbul, so you'd think he's be sort of tan-skinned, but he's actually pale and fair-haired - his father was Bal Hadaran, but his mother was from Grenfeld, the northern continent I modeled after the UK.

Nemassi -- She's originally from the southern-most continent (K'okoai), which I imagine is something like central Africa and Hawaii combined - lots of thick jungles and volcanos and a loooooong coast. She has super dark skin (described as "obsidian" in the story) and extremely short black hair.

In this nano's book no :p in some of the other things i've done/got planned i will have (:

The three main characters are white but there are also some Hispanic and Navajo characters, well it takes place in Northern New Mexico so it would be hard to have an all white story, without missing something about the place.

My MC is very Nordic.

My favourite secondary character is black.

And the rest of them I either don't mention anything conclusive or they're white or Hispanic.

Hmm. I don't think about this that much, actually.

Howard:
Chinese. Well, half. His mom was chinese and his dad was quite white bread.

Nicky:
German descent, I think, but a couple generations into the Americas.

Ethan:
One of those everything-white people. You know the type? Like- a twentieth English, a tenth Scottish, a tenth French, blah blah.

Hudson:
Indian. I never say so in-book, I just describe his pretty skin, but I know what his race is.

Felix:
The closest race to albinos, I guess. Antarctican?

Hmm. I guess most just ended up kind of white, since race plays very little in my book about magic. I actually hadn't considered it until now :P

My characters are mixed, for the most part.

FMC - Mixed: White, African American, Native American.
MMC - Alien-human hybrid, but looks like a pretty average white guy.

FMC lives with her African American grandmother. Another, lesser character is Chinese American. The rest are either white or not designated.

I have a few:

Wilyna and Vertoo- human; She's from the Islands to the south while he's from the Forest the story begins in. Has a little to do with the plot.

Lucia- Nagami- She's what a select few humans are reborn as. Her race watches over the realm of the dead.

Dusk- Ferrie This is what a few more humans are reborn as. His race are reapers and work for the Nagami.

Cresent, Wintelle, Coco, Bloodpaw- Guide beast Technically not a race, but a catagory. This is what a select few Ferries are re-born as. I milked a few funny scenes out of this, namely how Dusk's grandfather turned into a raccoon and Cresent and Wintelle meeting and arguing about how one of them died in their past life.

I have eight characters in my book, but there are three core protagonists:

An English white male from... somewhere bland. Norfolk, probably.
An Indian female who's never left London before.
An English black male who's my pop-culture reference guy. Also from London but he's been about more than the female.

The white, female protagonist who's guest-starring in this chapter was born in Wales, moved to France, then managed to almost totally eradicate any trace of an accent, being a fan of neither place. Or anything else, to be honest. But bits of her heritage creep in.

… Shoot. I feel like a bad person now. Uh, does a Russian count?

Raylene - Fallen Angel in one of many lives she's lived so far, although she doesn't know until the end
Kyran - Human
Sable - True Angel, placed on earth with Raylene to keep her from causing trouble. He remembers everything she forgot

There's a guy from Jamaica, two people from Japan (related), there's one who can trace their lineage to Germany and Poland, and the antagonist is Dominican.

To be completely honest, until about 5000 words ago, I'm not sure I had anything other than Caucasians which makes me seem really racist even though I'm not. o.O I guess it's probably because in my mind, I have imagined my story taking place in the area I live in and my neighborhood is in fact mostly white. Recently though, all the leaders from different regions (my people split the world into 5 'regions') got together so I had some people from Africa, South America, Asia, etc.

Lol I want to point out that if you do not have minorities in your cast I'm not trying to single you out or make you feel bad. A lot of writers (especially fantasy writers) forget, or just don't think about it-which is ok. It's nice to consider when putting in diversities your novel to help your world come to life, but I'm not saying have to, or trying to make you feel bad if you don't. I was just planting a seed of thought, because if you successfully do so, it will help make your world come to life. Also remember that no one likes to be stereotyped or tokened, and putting them in just to be politically correct, most would agree, is worse than including them. I do understand it's a new pressure to add diversities to your cast, especially if you do not come from that race/sexuality, or have little experience with it. If you do make an effort to put them in, remember, they are human too, and removing the whole 'us' vs. 'them' makes it a world easier to write.

I got this article from another thread I started in fans in critics from a fellow user-
http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1544111.html
It talks about writing minorities in your cast without stereotyping or tokening. Again not saying you have to. Just responding to the few who noticed and felt bad. And remember you won't please everyone so it's best to write for yourself. Just thought I'd throw this out there.

It's in an alternate earth but... The main characters are all human, obviously...

How do I imagine them? Brewster and Jayden are black, Jasira is brown (Indian probably), Saskia is mixed, Gregor, Carolyn, Sanderson and Simon are white, Ramiro, Ciro, Xavi and Emilio are mediteranean.

Villains... Zadkiel is white. Or was before he became a hideous deformed monster thing.

Just as a not, having read the comment above... I'd never really thought about that! I'm mixed race, black English and white Italian, and I come from an area which has pretty much everyone you could imagine (London). I don't tend to let race influence personality much, it's just how I imagine their looks... What sort of a person you are, in my experience, is based more on upbringing, community and experience. So I write them all as individuals! Interesting, topic though. I don't like 'token' characters. There's no point in just making someone black or gay or whatever because you want one in the plot!

Because I am procrastinating, the main cast of my book is:

Kijika-- The MC, human (Japanese), with Sparks blood (Fire Fairies :P)

Azuchi-- MC's adopted mother. Canid. Xing fox/Wolven (Ala gijinka)

Kish-- Tree nymph/Human construct

Anthony-- Ampithere dragon soul wrapped in the heart/body of a human (Irish)

Whiskey-- Native American (Tribe unknown???)

Sunshine/that *******-- The present villian. Human. French-American with some Gaelic mixed in.

Interesting topic...

But all of my characters are white. My NaNovel takes place in Nazi Germany, so I mean... yeah. The only time any non-white person is mentioned, it's because one of the more evil characters has said something profoundly racist to my main character, who is an American (and still has her own prejudices anyway).

I'm never clear on the MC's ethnicity though, only that she is somehow "genetically desirable" enough to the Nazis that she isn't (immediately) killed. She mentions at one point that she "thinks her grandmother might be Dutch," but that's as detailed as it gets. Later on, when she gets pregnant and goes to see a doctor, they confirm once again that yes, she is indeed "Aryan," and therefore will be allowed to have her baby.

So oddly, race is an important part of my plot, but diversity is intentionally missing, because I want anyone who reads this to *feel* the lack of color, and feel how haunting that is.

In my cozy mystery, the protagonist is a black female; her best friend is a white female; her other friend is a bi-racial female; her love interest is a white male; murders suspects are two white males, one biracial female; victims are one latina female and one white female; and antagonist is white female. I'd say I have a very diverse cast! LOL

Macy-human
Luana-human
Rila-human(I think)
Glimmer-mostly werewolf
L-half werewolf/half human

Demo-demon
Ari-demon
Scipio-demon
Darkness-demon
(These demons look like humans except for pointed ears, a tail, claws, pale skin, wings, and fangs. And their eye colors aren't the usual eye colors.)

Hm. Well.

Peter Lyon--
Human. Partially Irish Traveller and one-eighth African-American/French (from Louisiana).

Kaspar Brady--
Fey, but appears human--thinks he's human. 'Born' to Irish Travellers. Albino.

Darlene--
Human. Caucasian.

Camille--
Human. African-American but would perhaps be called names because she has enough of 'other' in her to have straighter, lighter-colored hair.

Amelia Airheart--
Human. Caucasian. Few generations back, a few relatives were Native American--but no one talks about them. (Her family has a bit of misplaced pride.)

Feidhelm Rinne--
Human possessed by fey spirit. Irish, English--Caucasian, basically.