diff --git a/_database/sql/migrations/2026-04-02-083548-0000_characters/up.sql b/_database/sql/migrations/2026-04-02-083548-0000_characters/up.sql
index 1332baa275..cece8e53f7 100644
--- a/_database/sql/migrations/2026-04-02-083548-0000_characters/up.sql
+++ b/_database/sql/migrations/2026-04-02-083548-0000_characters/up.sql
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 -- noinspection SqlNoDataSourceInspectionForFile
 -- noinspection SqlResolveForFile
 
+-- Characters are reusable entities that can be referenced in video/image generations.
+-- A character is created from one or more reference images and registered with third-party
+-- systems (e.g. Kinovi/Seedance) that support character-based generation.
 CREATE TABLE characters (
   -- Not used for anything except replication (private, not even used in queries)
   id BIGINT(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -9,6 +12,9 @@ CREATE TABLE characters (
   -- Public-facing "primary key" (PUBLIC)
   token VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
 
+  -- The type or "features" of the character.
+  character_type VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
+
   -- Whether the character has been fully created and is available for use.
   -- A character may exist in the database before its creation job completes.
   is_active BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ CREATE TABLE characters (
 
   PRIMARY KEY (id),
   UNIQUE KEY (token),
+  KEY index_character_type (character_type),
   KEY index_maybe_creator_user_token (maybe_creator_user_token),
   KEY index_is_active (is_active),
   KEY index_kinovi_character_id (kinovi_character_id),
diff --git a/_database/sql/migrations_squashed/characters/characters.sql b/_database/sql/migrations_squashed/characters/characters.sql
index b78132d2fc..4e2dea9c47 100644
--- a/_database/sql/migrations_squashed/characters/characters.sql
+++ b/_database/sql/migrations_squashed/characters/characters.sql
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ CREATE TABLE characters (
   -- Effective "primary key" (PUBLIC)
   token VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
 
+  -- The type or "features" of the character.
+  character_type VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
+
   -- Whether the character has been fully created and is available for use.
   -- A character may exist in the database before its creation job completes.
   is_active BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
@@ -35,6 +38,11 @@ CREATE TABLE characters (
   -- Full-size reference image.
   maybe_full_image_media_token VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
 
+  -- TEMPORARY FOR GOING FAST :
+  -- WE'LL NEED TO BREAK THIS INTO ANOTHER TABLE IF WE WANT TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE IMAGES.
+  -- Image the character was originally created with.
+  maybe_original_upload_media_token VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
+
   -- ========== CREATOR ==========
 
   -- The user who created this character.
@@ -43,6 +51,37 @@ CREATE TABLE characters (
   -- For abuse tracking.
   creator_ip_address VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
 
+  -- ========== KINOVI (TEMPORARY) ==========
+
+  -- TEMPORARY FOR GOING FAST :
+  -- IDEALLY WE MOVE THIS TO A SEPARATE TABLE.
+  -- The identifier in the third-party system.
+  -- e.g. Kinovi's "char_1774752056469_2wlxoq"
+  kinovi_character_id VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+
+  -- TEMPORARY FOR GOING FAST :
+  -- IDEALLY WE MOVE THIS TO A SEPARATE TABLE.
+  -- The name used by the third party.
+  -- Important for Kinovi since characters are referenced by name in prompts.
+  kinovi_name VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+
+  -- TEMPORARY FOR GOING FAST :
+  -- IDEALLY WE MOVE THIS TO A SEPARATE TABLE.
+  -- This might be the upstream third party of kinovi.
+  -- e.g. Kinovi's assetId "asset-20260329104101-kk5kl"
+  maybe_kinovi_asset_id VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+
+  -- TEMPORARY FOR GOING FAST :
+  -- IDEALLY WE MOVE THIS TO A SEPARATE TABLE.
+  -- Our job system token (if the character was created via a job).
+  maybe_generic_inference_job_token VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT NULL,
+
+  -- Maybe this doesn't exist
+  -- -- TEMPORARY FOR GOING FAST :
+  -- -- IDEALLY WE MOVE THIS TO A SEPARATE TABLE.
+  -- -- Third party's job system token (if any).
+  -- maybe_kinovi_job_id VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT NULL,
+
   -- ========== TIMESTAMPS ==========
 
   created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
@@ -53,8 +92,13 @@ CREATE TABLE characters (
 
   PRIMARY KEY (id),
   UNIQUE KEY (token),
+  KEY index_character_type (character_type),
   KEY index_maybe_creator_user_token (maybe_creator_user_token),
   KEY index_is_active (is_active),
-  KEY index_created_at (created_at)
+  KEY index_kinovi_character_id (kinovi_character_id),
+  KEY index_maybe_generic_inference_job_token (maybe_generic_inference_job_token),
+  KEY index_maybe_kinovi_job_id (maybe_kinovi_job_id),
+  KEY index_created_at (created_at),
+  KEY index_deleted_at (deleted_at)
 
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_bin;