Dude Sturm/Trivia


 * Dude was created a little bit after Serenity, probably in 2017.
 * He was written as a joke character at first, but was made into an actual character by popular demand.
 * He got his start on the old FFC Skype Chat.
 * Dude’s name is a play on Darude Sandstorm.
 * The name ‘Dude’ stuck because I called him that as a placeholder and never changed it.
 * Dude is Ethiopian (Somali ethnically) on his mother’s side. He experiences a lot of cultural disconnect on that end.
 * This is inspired by my own struggles with race and cultural identity.
 * Dude is the youngest of triplets.
 * In universe, his name is because his parents only expected to have twins.
 * Despite being royalty, his family is a washed up member of the aristocracy and has no real connections.
 * He’s experienced over 20 story swaps in the past two years.
 * Dude’s explicitly themed around denial.