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# Creating a character
Design your own companion, from her looks to her personality and how you meet.
Design a companion from scratch in the character creator. Click **Create** in the sidebar to start. Anyone can look around; you need an account to create, and each character costs **3 tokens**.
## The seven steps
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### Style
**Realistic** or **Anime**. This decides how every photo of her looks.
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### Appearance
Her ethnicity and eye color.
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### Hair & body
Her hair color and body type.
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### Details
Her **name**, **age** (18 or older) and **voice**. Preview the voices before you pick one. Click the dice to suggest another name.
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### Personality & background
Pick as many personality traits as you like, then her relationship to you, her job and her hobbies.
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### Opening scene
The scenario you meet in and her first message. Both are optional: write them yourself, click **Suggest for me**, or leave them blank and we'll write them for you.
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### Review
Check everything, choose whether she's public or private, and click **Create Doll**.
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## Name rules
* 2 to 40 characters: letters, spaces, apostrophes and hyphens.
* A name can't be a role like *Mom* or *Sister*. Put the relationship in the relationship or opening scene instead.
* Public characters need a name nobody else's public character uses. If it's taken, roll the dice for a fresh one.
## Public or private
| | Public (default) | Private |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------- |
| Who can see her | Everyone on DreamDolls | Only you |
| Who can chat with her | Everyone | Only you |
| Can appear on your profile | Yes | No |
## After you create her
We generate her portrait, bio and welcome message, which takes a little while. If the portrait fails, you'll see **Try again** on her profile; retrying is free.
Later you can pick up to **nine** of your images of her for her profile carousel with **Edit gallery**.
Can I edit or delete a character?
Not yet. Apart from her gallery, a character can't be changed after creation. Contact support if you need a character removed.
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