History of the Character

Where does your character come from? Think our their childhood and adolescence.

What events shaped their personality? What did their father do for a job? What about their mother?

How many siblings did they have, if any?

Was it a loving family or a dysfunctional one?

What events lead to their decisions later in life?

This information may not necessarily need to be provided for the reader, but the more details the author knows, the fuller the character's persona can be.

Tris Prior from the Divergent series has a very full background, coming from a faction that was incredibly law abiding and humble, Tris shed the former personality of Abnegation and chose Dauntless. The faction known for it's radical and selfish behavior. Everything leading up to this choice was influenced by her family life and childhood.