100 Questions to ask your character

[Macabre]

Here is a quick list of 100 questions I wrote up for ideas on what to include about your character. Enjoy!

Part 1: The Basics

1. What is your full name?
2. Where and when were you born?
3. Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
5. Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people.
6. What is your occupation?
7. Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks.
8. To which social class do you belong?
9. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
10. Are you right- or left-handed?
11. What does your voice sound like?
12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
13. What do you have in your pockets?
14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?

Part 2: Growing Up

15. How would you describe your childhood in general?
16. What is your earliest memory?
17. How much schooling have you had?
18. Did you enjoy school?
19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?
20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.
21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?
22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
23. As a child, what were your favorite activities?
24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?
25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?
26. When and with whom was your first kiss?
27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
28. If you are a supernatural being (i.e. mage, werewolf, vampire), tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.

Part 3: Past Influences

29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
30. Who has had the most influence on you?
31. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
32. What is your greatest regret?
33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind?
35. When was the time you were the most frightened?
36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?
38. What is your best memory?
39. What is your worst memory?

Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
41. What is your greatest fear?
42. What are your religious views?
43. What are your political views?
44. What are your views on sex?
45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?
46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
48. What do you believe makes a successful life?
49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?
50. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?
52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)?

Part 5: Relationships With Others

53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)? Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?
54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.
57. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If so, describe this person.
58. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
59. What do you look for in a potential lover?
60. How close are you to your family?
61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?
62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?
63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?
64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you?
65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why?
66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?
69. Do you care what others think of you?

Part 6: Likes And Dislikes

70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
71. What is your most treasured possession?
72. What is your favorite color?
73. What is your favorite food?
74. What, if anything, do you like to read?
75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)?
76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?
77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
78. What makes you laugh?
79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you?
80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?
81. How do you deal with stress?
82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
83. What are your pet peeves?

Part 7: Self Images And Etc.

84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you. How do you feel when this routine is disrupted?
85. What is your greatest strength as a person?
86. What is your greatest weakness?
87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
89. Are you generally organized or messy?
90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.
91. Do you like yourself?
92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons…)
93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?
94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
95. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.
97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?
98. What three words best describe your personality?
99. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character? (You might even want to speak as if he or she were sitting right here in front of you, and use proper tone so he or she might heed your advice…)

101. What do you think about the "evil' subsection of your race?
102. Why do you think the dragons woke up?
103. Do you believe the dragons can be defeated?
104. What do you think of the other races?
105. What makes you similar to the other members of your own race?
106. What sets you apart from other members of your own race?

[peraldon]

Wow, very good guide! Im going to work on my character now actually!

[Colbinile]

Yes.

[peraldon]

ALTHOUGH THIS IS WRITTEN IN IC, IT IS OOC FOR YOU: NO USING THIS INFORMATION TO HELP YOUR CHARACTER INGAME, OR ON THE FORUMS. THIS IS NOT REALLY FOR THE FAINT OF HEARTED OR THE EASILY OFFENDED PEOPLE. THIS IN NO WAY REPROSENTS MY ACTAULY PERSON IN REAL LIFE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

I'm not sure whether this is going slightly over the top, but my character has become slightly insane. Seeing all his loved ones being killed pushed him over the edge. Feedback please!
100 questions

Here is a quick list of 100 questions I wrote up for ideas on what to include about your character. Enjoy!

Part 1: The Basics

1. What is your full name?
Daemune Harkenholde

2. Where and when were you born?
In a cave near Winterhold in the spring 29 years ago.

3. Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
My father was called Farnum. He was quite a brash mercenary, coming across to people as full of himself. My mother was called Uniem. She was a herbalist in her home town. She is quite quiet and calm. On the surface at least.

4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
None
5. Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people.
I live underground, on my own. I will not describe it, apart from that it is in a very large cavern. If you ever finely and I like you, then I will offer to work with you.

6. What is your occupation?
A bit of this and that. You know what it is like. I will do your dirty work if you have the money.

7. Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks.
I'm quite an average Dark Elf. My skin is jet black, with a shock of White hair. I'm fairly well built, with just the right amount of muscle for my....work. I dress in very practical clothing, finding that people who dress to look nice quite often die early... The only different part of me that stands out is my blue right eye, and my red left one. 

8. To which social class do you belong?
I care not for social standing, in the end it just comes down to me and my knife.

9. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
Confronted with redstone I will seemingly go incoherent. Babbling on about the weather etc. 

10. Are you right- or left-handed?
Left handed

11. What does your voice sound like?
I am generally softly spoken, but there is a force behind my voice as if I expect to be obeyed. I am quite poshly spoken.

12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
In times of high emotions I will use the phrase,"By Aldiun himself!", as a swear word. I don't speak that much however, as small talk is for the living dead.

13. What do you have in your pockets?
The tools to break in to any building. Money to bribe people. And many items to ensure a quick and silent death for the unfortunate.

14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
I am a bit of a psycho. If I have a target, I will normally scare them before their death. If you ever find a sign entitled, "Unfortunate one", run out of Skyrim itself. I will quite often stare at people or lean against the wall in the shadows of an alley, watching the poor people wonder around the town. They should just kill themselves. 

Part 2: Growing Up

15. How would you describe your childhood in general?
It made me who I am. It showed me the truth of the world; everything comes to an end at some point.

16. What is your earliest memory?
My mother dying of hunger or cold. Or both.

17. How much schooling have you had?
My father tought me the bare skills, but Hiding Knife tought me to skills to be a man: how to fight

18. Did you enjoy school?
I had no choice. Enjoy isn't the right word. Survive is. And the answer is yes.

19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?
From Hiding Knife.

20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.
I looked up to Hiding Knife and anyone else who knew the truth of the world.

21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?
We ran like one big machine. When my mother died though, the machine broke.

22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Just the same as my Father. I knew nothing else.

23. As a child, what were your favorite activities?
Killing animals. Archery. Then when I found Hiding Knife, I loved learning his skills. My favourite activity however is surviving.

24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?
Inquisitive most of all, but also a sense of never giving up.

25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?
I had no friends.

26. When and with whom was your first kiss?
After Hiding Knife got killed, sometime. I don't remember.

27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
I am not. Prostitutism is great. True love is for the weak. The weak deserve to die.
 
28. If you are a supernatural being (i.e. mage, werewolf, vampire), tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.
N/A

Part 3: Past Influences

29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
The deaths of my beloveds

30. Who has had the most influence on you?
Hiding Knife

31. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My first assassination.

32. What is your greatest regret?
Not killing all the guards that murdered Hiding Knife.

33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
Hmmmm...that is a very good question ((Don't read if your faint of heart!))

It would have to be when I was contracted to kill a farming family. They lived out of town, in a cottage. It was dark when I light the thatch. They came out to see the fire, and I cut down the mother with one swipe. In front of her husband and daughter. I tied the husband up, and had some fun with the daughter. Then I killed her. Then I killed him. I chopped of their heads and mailed them to my  contractor. It spooked him, so I sent to bodies to him as well. Never heard from him since.

34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind?
Hahahaha! Oh that is a good one! Nearly every Jarl wants my hide. The only trouble is no-one ever knows who I actually am. They just know OF my.

35. When was the time you were the most frightened?
I can't remember. Maybe losing my family? Fear is for the weak.

36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
I don't get embarrassed.

37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?
The death of Hiding Knife. If he was still alive, we could have had a much happier life together.

38. What is your best memory?
Pulling an unsuspecting guard into an alley and slitting his neck.

39. What is your worst memory?
The death of Hiding Knife.

Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
I am pessimistic about the world, but optimistic about me. Call me a realist.

41. What is your greatest fear?
Losing loved ones, but as they are already dead... I have no weakening fear.

42. What are your religious views?
I believe there is a higher entity. But I don't worship. There cant be any good God in this dark and unforgiving world.

43. What are your political views?
Politics is just a way to get power. Jarls are just people who crave power. I don't care for politics, unless they get me what I want.

44. What are your views on sex?
Sex is lust. Use it to exploit your enemy.

45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?
Killing is always acceptable. This world is so evil, you'd be doing them a favour.

46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Live.

47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
No.

48. What do you believe makes a successful life?
Money and power. But more power.

49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?
Nobody knows my true feelings. I have a cold, blank expression. Even when I kill.

50. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
((not quite sure what you mean))

51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?
Giving something to somebody. If they need it, they should get it, not be given it. Giving is weakness. Taking is strength.

52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)?
Nothing.

Part 5: Relationships With Others

53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)? Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?
When I first meet people, I will be cold and distant. Once I get to know them I will be less cold. Unless they insult me or say anything about me to others, in which case I will quite often just kill them. If I have an enemy, I will just try and kill them, not really talking at all.

54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
It was Hiding Knife, as he tought me how to survive.

55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
I respect some one who can find me. I respect people who think a like with me.

56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.
I have no friends.

57. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If so, describe this person.
No.

58. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
No.

59. What do you look for in a potential lover?
Death.

60. How close are you to your family?
Not close. I'm not dead, yet they are.

61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?
I do not want to. They will weaken me.

62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?
Death.

63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?
No. I protect my own back.

64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you?
Nobody. People would celebrate my death.

65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why?
I despise Jarls, as they are so wound up on this evil world, they have no sense of the truth. Given a chance, I will kill them.

66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I don't argue. I just kill.

67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
Yes.

68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?
I don't. They ask questions. 

69. Do you care what others think of you?
No.

Part 6: Likes And Dislikes

70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
Killing people. Spying. My profession really.

71. What is your most treasured possession?
My dagger.

72. What is your favorite color?
Red.
73. What is your favorite food?
I have none. I live of the bare minimuns. 

74. What, if anything, do you like to read?
Nothing.

75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)?
Watching people die.

76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?
No. It is an exploitable weakness.

77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
In my hut. Or on the streets, in the alleys. Watching people.

78. What makes you laugh?
Death.

79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you?
Nothing.

80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?
((No get))

81. How do you deal with stress?
I will normally do a contract.

82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
Both.

83. What are your pet peeves?
People who small talk.

Part 7: Self Images And Etc.

84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you. How do you feel when this routine is disrupted?
I will get up at early evening. Check my security measures. Go to the nearby town in disguise. Possibly do a contract or two. I will then normally snoop around, stealing things, or buying new stuff. I will go back to bed before mornng. Sleep. Anyone who interrupts this better have a very good excuse...

85. What is your greatest strength as a person?
My skill with a blade.

86. What is your greatest weakness?
Losing friends and allies.

87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I knew more about the history of my parents.

88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
((no get))

89. Are you generally organized or messy?
Organised

90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.

Killing
Spying
Thieving

Bad at: socialising (no need), small talk (who needs this?!) and displaying emotions (they are a weakness).
 
91. Do you like yourself?
I am me. Nothing to like or dislike.

92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons…)

My reasons for killing and being 'crazy' in the eyes of the 'rational' person is that I have discovered that the world is totally evil. Nothing good lasts, so why du use yourself with silly things that make you 'happy'. In the end, there is just death; the final release.

93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?
To survive.

94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Better known. More infamous.

95. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
I wouldn't

96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.
Kill my enemies. Write my legacy up for the next person who knows the truth to find it, and use it. And in the last moments of my life, take down as many people as possible, hopefully including at least one Jarl.

97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?
The best assassin/killer ever known. The start of a legacy.

98. What three words best describe your personality?
Cold, killer and calculating.

99. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
'Evil', 'Mad' and 'Dangerous'. 

100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character? (You might even want to speak as if he or she were sitting right here in front of you, and use proper tone so he or she might heed your advice…)
Stay true to what you believe ((Very hard, as my character is totally different to who I actually am as a person xD))

101. What do you think about the "evil' subsection of your race?
according to other people, I am the 'evil' subsection of my race.

102. Why do you think the dragons woke up?
They have also discovered the truth, and have decided to show other people as well.

103. Do you believe the dragons can be defeated?
They say Truth always wins. So in the long term, No.

104. What do you think of the other races?
Race means nothing. 

105. What makes you similar to the other members of your own race?
We share skin colour

106. What sets you apart from other members of your own race?
I am apart from my race, I care nothing for them. Not all Dark elves kill, but I do. A lot.

[TrompeOeil]

Pat strikes again, nice work.

[Macabre]

Its what I do Trompe.

And Pera, I think its a little overboard and overdone. But you do it in a way which covers it up neatly.

If anybody else wanted to use this guide and post it up here I would gladly give my opinions on your character.

[spitfir3tornado]

I had this more than half done last night and my browser crashed.

[peraldon]

Bugger. I'd write it in notepad or something like that, then copy and paste over to here. That is what I did.