Roen's backstory is the foundation from which I draw upon for her motivations and outlook. But Roen is a very private person so much of her history is not widely known nor is it readily shared. When I created the character, I wanted certain historical elements as part of the character, so her backstory was worked out to some detail.
And as time goes on with her current RP, I count the last 18 months of RP as part of her history now, and all that has happened has helped her change and evolve.
Where as for Brynnalia, my alt, I basically had a clear picture of her personality and that was about it. Her history was vaguely worked out in my head, but nothing concretely written down. That might change when I finally get down to writing out her wiki.
And speaking of wikis... Roen's wiki has a lot of info. But I don't expect all of that to be used. I've mostly fared well in people using the wiki/posts info with good judgement in RP, whether it was sprung on me as a surprise or discussed with me beforehand.
This is my OOC disclaimer on the wiki page though, and my general view on how I see it being used.
"This wiki page contains details about Roen's past, especially in the History section. Some of it may be discovered by those who actively seek it out, but much of it is not generally known. General and Behavior information are free for any observant character to play off of, and the same goes for the Rumors. History is purely there for OOC knowledge and is to help with plot development with those I am involved in a storyline with. Same goes for Recent Events, Relationships, and all the stories in the Written Works section."
And as time goes on with her current RP, I count the last 18 months of RP as part of her history now, and all that has happened has helped her change and evolve.
Where as for Brynnalia, my alt, I basically had a clear picture of her personality and that was about it. Her history was vaguely worked out in my head, but nothing concretely written down. That might change when I finally get down to writing out her wiki.
And speaking of wikis... Roen's wiki has a lot of info. But I don't expect all of that to be used. I've mostly fared well in people using the wiki/posts info with good judgement in RP, whether it was sprung on me as a surprise or discussed with me beforehand.
This is my OOC disclaimer on the wiki page though, and my general view on how I see it being used.
"This wiki page contains details about Roen's past, especially in the History section. Some of it may be discovered by those who actively seek it out, but much of it is not generally known. General and Behavior information are free for any observant character to play off of, and the same goes for the Rumors. History is purely there for OOC knowledge and is to help with plot development with those I am involved in a storyline with. Same goes for Recent Events, Relationships, and all the stories in the Written Works section."
