Hmm. Maybe I've been reading too much Worm, I keep coming back to Purity, but cribbing her character would empathically
not work, and besides, I don't think I'd be comfortable playing someone like her.
So... I think if I just write something that fits into the mold I've already got, it'll probably turn out superficial. I need a base concept of sorts, to build her personality on. So. Speaking of Worm, we could crib that basic pattern. People might be good, but they have problems, and heroes in particular are, at their core, broken people. You could say they're broken in interesting ways, and that makes them interesting characters.
So, a goal: What's wrong with Sabah? How is she weak? Obviously, characters can't be strong in everything. Then they get boring, like superman. Of course, having a weakness just to have weakness makes it tacked on - it gives a little depth, but I honestly don't know what to give her. Her Int is low, so maybe she's insecure about her wit, but probably not. She's from Qadira, and if it wasn't faux-middle eastern, but actual middle eastern I could do something with her role as a warrior woman, maybe make her gay, but given Golarion, that's not really relevant.
What to do... Maybe her strength is her weakness? She's a capable warrior, but certainly not an outstanding one. Her strength flows from her cleric levels, from her faith in Sarenrae. How is that a weakness? It could be that she's overzealous, blind in her faith, but no, that's cliché. She's not blinded by faith; in this aspect, she is well-balanced.
But... Divine strength isn't intricent - her power is not her own, but flows from her deity, and that power is certainly greater than her. Maybe big enough to get lost in.
That's it. When she uses her divine magic, she enters a trance-like state, where, the more power she channels, the less of her own identity she retains. It's not that what's left is evil or anything, it's just... harsh, stark, maybe; not her. The battle-aspect of Sarenrae, if you will. Sort of how jedi might pour too much of themselves into the force, in star wars.
Hmm. So why is she okay with that? Maybe she doesn't really like being Sabah. Maybe it's how she copes with life-threathening situations, or an escape from an identity she's unsatisfied with.
Maybe she views it as a neccesary sacrifice to change the world.
Probably a bit of both. More of the first starting out, but as the goal of the Shining Crusade starts becoming more demanding, she'll lean on her faith more and more for power, and, even as she gets more well-adjusted being herself, she'll get more willing to sacrifice that in order to accomplish her goal, and save as much of the land as she can, even if it means that's all that's left of Sabah is a shell, brimming with Sarenrae's light.
Yeah. I think that's good. I'll figure out why she doesn't like her life later.
