Creating a Backstory

Questions to Consider:

Answer these questions sticking to what your character would of known. Feel free to expand as you feel fit on any of these topics, but be sure and keep in mind a few points, you are going to be starting at 1st level so you wont of accomplished much, and that it may need to be slightly edited to fit into the world depending on what is added to it.

Where were you born/raised?

There are several cities and towns to come from in the world, many of them are still fairly open on their histories and populations, though there is likely a larger culture to take in mind for those regions. You can take a look at the world map above to see the cities and villages, and use the links in those locations to read about some established infomation about those area's. The answers to these questions really help establish the root of your characters personalitly.

1. Rural or Urban upbringing?
2. Upper, middle, or lower class?
3. Who were your parents?
4. Explain one event from childhood.

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How were you educated?

There are few offical scholastic programs, sometimes the wealthy may of paid to tutor, but most often the people of Aygess learn by experience. This often creates the foundations of your moral structure, and personal drives.

1. How did you learn to make it on your own?
2. What kind of social group were you apart of?
3. Who did you look up when you were younger?
4. Explain one event from your adolecence.

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What was your young adulthood like?

Once you are at a certain point, your time learning about the world ends, and you must find a way to actually subsist, possibly for family, possibly just for yourself, but this period of time really defines who you become as a person and how they react to the world around them.

1. how did you make money?
2. What was much of your time spending?
3. Who was your closest friend?
4. Explain one event from your teen or young adult years.

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Becoming an Adventurer

These are the recent events, something that has driven you to seek a life of an adventurer or hero. It is assumed for this campaign that you have recently joined the Adventurers Guild, though something likely motived this.

1. Why did you choose your class?
2. Who do you count as your peers?
3. Name and describe your Mentor, and how you feel about them
4. Describe an event during this early phase of your adventurers life

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Goals and asperations

Within your mind, you are seeking something, is it money, power, or love? Is a life of anonymity or would you rather be adored suit you better? How would you change the world if you could? What ideals pull at your soul?

1. Describe primary motivator?
2. What is your ultimate goal?
3. What about the world is most important to you?
4. What is wrong about the world?

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Adding Character Depth

What makes you unique is part of who you are, and helps define you. What are the little things that bring you joy, sadness, anger, or fear?

1. What makes you happy, something like a favorite drink, meal, song, ect., and makes you smile or dance for joy?
2. What makes you sad, something like a partuclar kind of event, something reminds you about something, or things you can stand to see without great sorrow?
3. What are you afraid of? Do you have irrational/rationalized fears, what phobia would you identify with? Does this stem from a trauma, or just something you are to afraid to face?
4. What makes you angry? What is your limit or causes you to react without thought?

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