Greetings
I'm just working on a Pathfinder PC's backstory and would like some opinions on what people think and what could be altered? He's a Half Elf of CG alignment who has an intense wanderlust and thrill for adventure.
Pharos’s birth was the result of an elven adventurer of whom shared a night of intimacy with a beautiful tavern girl. The father cowardly abandoned the girl upon knowledge of her pregnancy and knowing she would be unfit to care for a child by herself on her salary she decided to give her child up for adoption. It was to the couple Caroline and Peyton he was given to for they had always desired a child and due to infertility problems, adoption was the only option. The mother passed away only months after birth.
Pharos is a half elven born on the 12th Erastus 4671. Pharos was raised with the town of Carpenden where he grew up listening to the tales of travelling merchants soldiers and dreaming of exploration and adventure. He longed to see the world and of all the wonders it had to offer from the grand city of Absalom, the fabled centre of the world to even the perilous jungles of the Mwangi Expanse.
His parents supported him in his decision for as all Andorans they were believers in the ways of freedom, they did however advise him that the world beyond is wrought with perils and venturing within it unprepared would quickly lead to death. Having understood this he thus spent the majority of his youth in training, strengthening both his body and mind in preparation for his eventual departure of which he decided would be upon his 21st birthday. He was always a fan of swordplay and developed a strong proficiency with the scimitar, a sword in which he preferred due to its curved edge and quick slashing capabilities. He even delved into the lore’s of magic and though not near as proficient with them as he was with swordplay he highly enjoys the art and is always looking to further his own knowledge and skills.
It was thus upon the eve of Erastus the 12th, 4692 that he at long last bid far well to his beloved town and set off, promising to one day return and tell them of all he had seen and accomplished.
What do you think?, Is it abit to easy going, should I make it somehwat darker or change some details like his parents refusing to let him venture off and thus making him abit rebellious?
cheers.
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Does Pharos know the truth about his natural parents? What compels him to follow in the path of an adventurer if his low-life father was an adventurer who abandoned his mother?
Why did he turn out chaotic? Is it in line with how his parents raised him (make your own law, do what's right) or the town? Was he always out exploring the odd forbidden ruins or taking a risk and impressing his friends by staying all night at the haunted waterfall?
Are his parents truly that supportive of their only son just packing up and wandering off into the world with a few coins and no real career plans other than to return some day? Is he frightened of leaving his lifetime home? What does he plan to do for money or to survive? These are often questions that bind folks to a community rather than becoming wanderers.
Where'd he get the weapon and training? Did he serve in the militia and take a liking to that oddly shaped sword? Did he pay someone or learn from his parents? Where'd he learn magic as that's not a trick everyone picks up?
