My name is ${character name} and I am a Toymaker. Two years ago, I suffered a devastating loss. My wife and child were killed during a robbery that went wrong.

No, I don't mean they were robbing somewhere. ${Wife's name} said she was taking my ${son/daughter}, ${child's name} shopping. I asked her if she could take the store's profits to the bank and deposit them. It was while she was in the bank that the robbery happened.

My wife always was a stubborn woman. She refused to give over the store profits to the thief, even at gun point. The authorities tell me that the bastard then shot my precious ${son/daughter} before he shot ${Wife's name}, as a way of punishing her for not cooperating. The police also said that when the robber realised he had no way out, he turned the gun on himself.

It's been two years since that tragic day. I still miss them both dearly. ${child's name} would have been 10 this year. ${child} was too pure to have been taken from me in such a cruel manner. That's why I made a ${mechanical/clockwork/wooden,(etc)} doll of my beautiful ${child's name}. I know it's not the same as having ${him/her} here with me, but at least I can keep the memory alive.

This is the story of how my darling ${child's name} came back to life as the ${mechanical/clockwork/wooden,(etc)} doll I had created. I can only assume it happened the night I completed ${him/her}, when I wished more than anything that I could have the real ${child's name} back. For the next morning, my doll of ${child's name} was alive!