Initially as the brief was read out I jumped ten steps ahead thinking of all the different shenanigans in which I could animate my character in. In doing this I completely overlooked the main question of who he/she should actually be. My first thought went to the Scottish Highlanders that I'm currently reading about in a novel but alas they are far too modern to be considered an ancient civilization. From this point I hopped between different civilizations disappointing myself with my own lack of historical knowledge. During this time I considered The Mongels (Genghis Khan) and the The Native Americans, I was sure that they at least dated back to around Christ but it appears that they came about - In the way that they are most commonly remembered - in the late 1200s. After this I went on to more mainstream civilizations such as the Egyptians, The Aztecs and The Romans but decided against these wanting something more original.
Going back through Roman history, I was reminded that it is supposed that it was the Trojans who founded Rome whilst running away from the fierce Spartans. This with a cartoon twist gave me many ideas of a haphazard clumsy soldier and his goofy horse. I will research further into this idea and post my results next week.
