Why does your fighter, Fight? How did he learn to do battle? Is he a combatant by necessity? Did he go out of his way to learn a combat style? How does how he fight reflect in his personality?
A lot of people look for deeper meaning in their fighter. Not just ex-soldier or fresh faced farm boy who just picked up his daddy’s sword for the first time. Choosing a lifestyle that puts you in constant conflict and possibility of death is actually quite insane. Sometimes this choice is made for your and sometimes the choice is yours (cue Black Sheep song). So today we stir the idea pot of why your character would become a fighter in the first place.