Shari Plank
Shari Plank
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| Gender | female |
| Species | Human |
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| Series | Primitive Kingdom |
Shari Plank (she/her) is one of the three main protagonists of The Savarian Heist and is the animal representative of the RPS Knights.
History and origin
General description
Traits and abilities
Personality
Relationships
Development
Inspiration and Creation
Shari went through an interesting development, as she was intended to be a different character entirely. Back when Primitive Kingdom (series) still was the Star Guardians series, the main protagonists of the series were Plainsworth "P1" Rockbell and Percy "P2" Rockbell. In the installment '(9th) The Spirit of Corona Plank', one of the main antagonists was a character with a similar toughness and personality to Shari named Snake, who happened to be Plainsworth and Percy's father's sister. During the transition period when Star Guardians was becoming Primitive Kingdom, Adam DeVoix, Adam didn't want Plainsworth to be a protagonists anymore because he thought his design and personality were too basic, so he opted for Snake to take his place instead. With Snake being the sister of a character named Corona Plank, the last name "Plank" remained, and the name "Shari" was given for unknown reasons. The "missing link," so to speak, between Snake and the current version of Shari was from when Adam made his first version of Primitive Kingdom/Greedbag Heist on RPG Maker, where the sprite for Shari shared the design elements of Snake. When Adam started making Primitive Kingdom on Godot, the design completely changed, and this new version of Shari was considered a completely different character from Snake.
Design
Etymology
The name "Shari Plank," surprisingly had no intentional etymology put behind it, or if there were, Adam had forgotten it. In hindsight, however, the name has some symbolism behind it. Shari is a name that is very close to Sharcu, the animal that Shari harvested to create her weaponry and armor. The name Plank is related to the series's theme of animal/vegetable/mineral, where Shari, as an animal, has advantage over vegetables (vegetable -> plant -> plank). Coincidentally, Percy Rockwell's last name has a similar naming pattern, as they are a vegetable, which has advantage over minerals (mineral -> rock).
