thats-me/backend/database/data/lifelines/characters/lukas.json

{
  "lifeline": "lukas",
  "style": "Candid amateur photo, realistic family snapshot, natural light, natural skin, no retouching, no text or readable writing anywhere, any papers, signs or screens shown blank or out of focus, no watermark.",
  "era": {
    "2012-2015": "shot on an early smartphone: decent sharpness, slightly flat colours, 2010s clothing",
    "2016-2025": "shot on a modern smartphone: sharp, clean colours, contemporary clothing"
  },
  "characters": {
    "lukas": {
      "name": "Lukas",
      "birthYear": 1985,
      "aliases": [
        "Lukas"
      ],
      "description": "German man from the Hunsrück, former IT consultant. Narrow face, deep-set grey-green eyes, a prominent straight nose, dark blonde hair, a small chipped front tooth visible when he laughs, a mole on his right temple. Lean, wiry. Style: at 27 a tired office look (shirt, stubble), on the road sun-bleached hair, tan, a growing beard, worn t-shirts and a battered backpack; back home short hair, a trimmed beard, workshop clothes.",
      "aging": {
        "29": "sun-bleached longer hair, deep tan, a full blonde-brown beard, leaner",
        "32": "beard trimmed, hair shorter, tanned, a few lines from the sun",
        "35": "very long unkempt beard and long hair at the end of the journey, thin, weathered",
        "36": "short hair and a trimmed beard again, paler, first grey hairs at the temples",
        "40": "short greying hair, grey in the beard, calm settled expression, lines around the eyes"
      },
      "anchors": [
        27,
        29,
        32,
        35,
        36,
        40
      ]
    },
    "aroha": {
      "name": "Aroha",
      "birthYear": 1988,
      "aliases": [
        "Aroha"
      ],
      "description": "Māori woman from Nelson, New Zealand. Round face, long thick black hair usually in a loose braid, dark brown eyes, a warm broad smile, a small tā moko tattoo on her wrist, a pounamu (greenstone) pendant she always wears. Style: singlets, shorts, jandals, a fleece in winter.",
      "aging": {
        "36": "hair with a few grey strands, fine lines, same pendant"
      },
      "anchors": [
        26,
        36
      ]
    },
    "mia": {
      "name": "Mia",
      "birthYear": 2016,
      "birthMonth": 11,
      "aliases": [
        "Mia",
        "Tochter"
      ],
      "parents": [
        "lukas",
        "aroha"
      ],
      "description": "Daughter of Lukas and Aroha. Round face, thick dark curly hair, her mother's dark eyes, her father's chipped-tooth grin, light brown skin, always a little pounamu pendant like her mother.",
      "ageLabels": {
        "0": "a newborn baby"
      },
      "aging": {
        "0": "newborn, a few days old, dark fuzz of hair",
        "2": "two-year-old toddler, dark curls, chubby cheeks",
        "4": "four-year-old girl, dark curly hair in two bunches, big dark eyes",
        "6": "six-year-old girl, long dark curls, missing a front tooth",
        "8": "eight-year-old girl, long dark curls in a ponytail, confident grin"
      },
      "base": 4,
      "baseDescription": "four-year-old girl, round face, thick dark curly hair in two bunches, dark brown eyes, light brown skin, cheeky grin",
      "anchors": [
        0,
        2,
        4,
        6,
        8
      ]
    },
    "renate": {
      "name": "Renate",
      "birthYear": 1955,
      "aliases": [
        "Renate",
        "Mutter",
        "Eltern"
      ],
      "description": "Lukas' mother from a Hunsrück village. Small, round face, short grey hair, blue eyes, glasses, a worried warm smile. Style: cardigans, aprons, a rain jacket.",
      "aging": {
        "68": "white hair, more lines, slightly stooped"
      },
      "anchors": [
        58,
        68
      ]
    },
    "klaus": {
      "name": "Klaus",
      "birthYear": 1950,
      "diedYear": 2023,
      "aliases": [
        "Klaus",
        "Vater",
        "Eltern"
      ],
      "description": "Lukas' father, a retired bicycle mechanic. Tall, thin, a long face, bald with a white fringe, bushy eyebrows, big rough hands, a dry humour. Style: blue work overalls, flat cap.",
      "aging": {
        "67": "pale and thin after a heart attack, a walking stick",
        "72": "very thin, sits more than he stands, oxygen tube sometimes"
      },
      "anchors": [
        62,
        67,
        72
      ]
    }
  },
  "partners": [
    {
      "key": "aroha",
      "from": "2014-04",
      "to": "2018-08"
    }
  ],
  "family": [
    "aroha",
    "mia"
  ],
  "familyNote": "Lukas' family is Aroha and their only child Mia; his parents are Renate and Klaus."
}