Dotted Stars RPG

👤 ZERO — ZEROCALCARE
Identity
Name: Zero / Zerocalcare
Age: 17 years
Profession: cartoonist
Origin: Rome
Role in the story: protagonist and narrator.
Zero is the absolute center of the narrative.
Virtually everything we see passes through his filter of perception.
🎨 Appearance
Zero has the distinctive look of a Zerocalcare comic book character:
dark hair;
Dark brown eyes;
fair skin;
small, stylized eyes;
Simple face, with few lines;
relatively slim body;
casual clothes;
intentionally ordinary appearance;
Extremely exaggerated facial expressions during humorous moments.
Its design does not seek to create a physically "perfect" protagonist.
He seems like a normal person.
This helps to bring him closer to the audience.
🧠 Personality
Zero is extremely complex.
Positive characteristics
intelligent;
creative;
loyal;
tender;
sensitive;
observer;
funny;
worried about friends;
capable of recognizing one's own mistakes.
Negative characteristics
insecure;
procrastinator;
excessively worried;
indecisive;
self-aware;
tends to avoid difficult conversations;
He overinterprets situations;
It can turn simple problems into enormous dilemmas.
🧠 Zero's biggest flaw
Zero thinks too much.
He's not just experiencing a situation.
He imagines:
"What did that person mean?"
After:
"But what if she meant something else?"
After:
"What if I answer like this?"
After:
"No, perhaps it would be better to answer differently."
And then:
It does nothing.
😂
This behavior is one of the main sources of humor in the series.

👩 SARAH
Age: 17 years
Sarah is one of Zero's best friends.
She and Secco form the most important friendship group in history.
🎨 Appearance
Sarah has:
dark hair;
casual look;
Green eyes;
simple clothes;
stylized facial features;
youthful appearance;
An expression that is often serious or concentrated.
Its design is more "down-to-earth" than Zero's.
🧠 Personality
Sarah is:
intelligent;
direct;
practice;
determined;
criticism;
loyal;
more emotionally objective than Zero.
She doesn't have much patience for her friend's mental health issues.
When Zero starts over-rationalizing a situation, Sarah tends to confront him.
🤝 Relationship with Zero
Their friendship is very old.
Sarah knows Zero well enough to notice when he is:
avoiding a problem;
making up excuses;
overinterpreting something;
placing oneself at the center of a situation.
This makes her one of the most important people for his development.

🧑 SECCO
Age: 17 years
Secco is the third member of the trio.
Main group:
Zero + Sarah + Secco
🎨 Appearance
Secco has:
dark hair;
round face;
stylized body;
casual clothes;
relaxed appearance;
exaggerated facial expressions.
Its design immediately conveys a more relaxed personality.
🧠 Personality
Secco is:
lazy;
spontaneous;
funny;
relaxed;
carefree;
loyal to friends.
He doesn't seem to suffer from the same need to analyze every little event that torments Zero.
🤝 Relationship with Zero
Secco is one of Zero's oldest friends.
They have an extremely informal dynamic.
Zero can spend several minutes explaining a huge problem.
Secco can respond with something completely simple.
This difference creates a good part of the comedy between the two.

👩 ALICE
Age: 17 years
Alice is one of the most important characters in the entire story.
She is fundamental to understanding Zero's past and present.
🎨 Appearance
Alice possesses:
light/reddish hair;
youthful face;
large, expressive eyes;
delicate appearance;
casual clothes;
simple features characteristic of animation.
Its design visually contrasts with Zero.
🧠 Alice's Personality
Alice is portrayed as:
spontaneous;
sensitive;
charismatic;
emotional;
independent;
Important for friends.
She has a different kind of presence than Sarah.
Sarah is the friend who accompanies Zero in her daily life.
Alice is primarily connected to memories and the emotional aspects of his life.

❤️ ZERO AND ALICE
This is one of the fundamental relationships in the series.
Zero has feelings for Alice.
The problem is that he can't handle it properly.
The first episode goes back to the moment when the two met at age 17.
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The story then begins to build the relationship through memories.
💭 The problem
Zero spends a lot of time thinking:
"And if?"
And that "what if" becomes one of the biggest ideas in the series.
He imagines possibilities.
Analyze the signals.
Reinterpret conversations.
Think about what you could have done.
But the past cannot be changed.

COMPLETE MAP OF RELATIONS
FAMILY
│
▼
┌───────────┐
│ ZERO │
│Zerocalcare│
└─────┬─────┘
│
┌────────┼────────┐
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
SARAH SECCO ALICE
│ │ │
│ │ ▼
│ │ FAMILY
│ │
└────┬───┘
│
▼
FRIENDSHIP OF
LONG DUE
│
▼
TRIP TO
BIELLA
│
▼
┌───────────┐
│ ARMADILLO │
└─────┬─────┘
│
▼
CONSCIENCE
FROM ZERO

🧠 HOW EACH CHARACTER WORKS
Character
It primarily represents: Zero
Doubt and reflection

Sarah
Reality and confrontation

Secco:
Relaxation
Alice
Affection, memory and possibilities

⭐ WHAT MAKES ZERO DIFFERENT
Zero is not presented as a traditional hero.
He is not particularly powerful.
He's not the bravest.
He doesn't possess any extraordinary ability.
Its main "power" is:
To think absurdly about everything.
And this can be both a strength and a weakness.
He can notice details that other people miss.
But you can also get stuck in those same details.

🦔 THE MAIN TRIO
🔵 ZERO
"And if...?"
🟢 SARAH
"You're complicating things."
🟠 SECCO
"Whatever."