^ Above is really good advice. The only thing I can add is it really doesn't matter if your backstory is generic or "boring" - for instance my character was a priestess who left the priesthood right when FFXIV started and wasn't very exciting at all - even her parents are still alive! It's all been done before, pretty much all of it. It's all in how you play it, how real your character feels when you're acting it out. That's really it, no one will care if your backstory is simple if your character is interesting. People get way too into thinking the backstory is the character and therefore have these really overly complicated backstories, but really all you need is an interesting personality.
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