I think it’s creating characters through descriptions of their looks and personalities, as well as what they think, say and do
When a government fails to protect the unalienable rights of its citizens, it is the duty and right of citizens to create another form of government.
Its number 1) the semicolon one
"Creating fear in us" is a gerund verbal phrase. Option A is correct.
A gerund phrase always begin with a gerund,(an ing word), and may include other modifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or objects in the sentence. So, to put it simply, a gerund is a noun formed with a verb ending in ing. In this particular case the gerung in the sentence is the verb "creating;"(create+ing).