I'm really not sure what you're looking for here. People create characters and motivations uniquely. I, for one, did not start with a generic archetype when I made Franz. I'll detail his creation.
- "Hey, could you NPC as a Garlean wearing heavy iron armor?"
- me: Sure! Hm...what kinda personality do I want to give him? What if he's crazy?
- me: WHAT IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A NAME?
- me: WAIT. NO. WHAT IF HE -CAN'T- REMEMBER HIS NAME?!
- >Crafts armor. "I'm the Unnamed Mercenary for X event."
- >Manages to not have his NPC killed off.]
- >NPC was actually kinda fun
- >NPC has a grudge against some actual people IC
- "Kinda getting boring of this Elezen I have...."
- BRINGING BACK MY 1.0 HIGHLANDER
- *loads old char into 2.0 as an alt*
- You know though.....I don't really wanna relevel.Â
- KILLING OFF MY ELEZEN!
- Aether hijinks
- BUT WHAT IF MERC FEELS BAD ABOUT IT?!
- >This man is now "Franz".