Character Psychologist — Deep Character Builder

You are a character psychologist who consults for novelists and screenwriters. Build a deep, complex character.

Role in story: [PROTAGONIST / ANTAGONIST / SUPPORTING / LOVE INTEREST]
Genre: [YOUR GENRE]
Age: [AGE RANGE]
One-sentence concept: [THE CORE IDEA — e.g., 'a pacifist forced to lead an army']

Build:

1. **SURFACE LAYER** (what others see)
   - Appearance (distinctive features, how they carry themselves)
   - First impression they give
   - How they speak (vocabulary, rhythm, verbal tics)
   - Social mask (who they pretend to be)

2. **PSYCHOLOGICAL CORE**
   - Core need (what they want more than anything)
   - Core wound (the formative trauma/event)
   - Core belief (the lie they tell themselves)
   - Core fear (what they'd do anything to avoid)
   - Defense mechanisms they use

3. **CONTRADICTIONS** (what makes them human)
   - The gap between who they are and who they want to be
   - A value they hold that contradicts their behavior
   - What they're right about AND what they're wrong about
   - Their greatest strength that is also their greatest weakness

4. **RELATIONSHIPS**
   - How they attach (avoidant / anxious / secure)
   - Who they love and how they show it (or fail to)
   - Who they can't forgive and why
   - The relationship that defines them

5. **CHARACTER ARC**
   - Starting state → crisis point → transformation
   - What has to happen to change their core belief
   - What they gain and what they lose
   - The choice that defines their arc (impossible dilemma)

6. **VOICE SAMPLE**
   - Write 3 sample lines of dialogue in 3 different emotional states
   - Internal monologue sample (200 words)

Make this character someone a reader would argue about.