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alone: How does your character deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

betrayal: Has your character ever been betrayed by someone they thought they could trust? Has your character ever betrayed someone who trusted them?

bound: Has your character ever been imprisoned or captured? What happened? How did they get out? Did the experience leave any scars?

break: What would cause your character to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

desire: What's one thing your character wants more than anything in the world? Are they open with that desire? Why or why not? What would they do to fulfill it?

failure: What's your character's greatest failure? Have they been able to move past it? Does anyone else know about it?

fear: What is your character's greatest fear? What do they do when confronted with it? Are they open with their fear, or do they hide it away?

future: What's the worst possible future for your character? Are they taking steps to avoid that outcome? Are they even aware it's a possibility?

ghost: Who or what haunts your character? What happened? How do they live with their ghosts?

guilt: What is your character guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

hate: What does your character hate? Why? How do they act towards the object of their hatred?

heartbreak: Have they ever had a relationship that ended badly? Experienced some other kind of heartbreak? What happened?

hide: What does your character hide? Why do they hide it?

hunt: Who or what is your character hunted by? A person, a feeling, a past mistake? Is your character able to let their guard down, or are they constantly alert?

mask: Does your character wear a mask, literally or figuratively? What goes on beneath it? Is there anyone in their life who gets to see who they are under the mask?

midnight: What keeps your character up at night? Do they have nightmares? Fears? Anxieties? What do they do in the small hours of the morning when they should be sleeping?

mistake: What's the worst mistake your character ever made? What led to them making it? Have they been able to fix it? How have they moved on?

monster: Is your character monstrous in any way? Is there something that makes them monstrous? Are they aware of their own monstrosity? Do they accept it or reject it?

nightmare: What does your character have nightmares about? How do they deal with their nightmares? Do they tell people, or keep it to themself?

pain: What's the worst pain your character has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

secret: What's one secret your character never wants anyone to know about them?

skin: How comfortable is your character in their skin? Do they grapple with anything that lives inside them—a beast, a curse, a failure, a monster? How do they face the smallest, weakest, most horrible version of themself? Are they able to acknowledge it at all?

torture: Has your character ever been tortured? Would your character ever torture someone else?

wound: How does your character handle being wounded? Are their wounds mostly physical? Mental? Emotional? What's the worst wound your character has ever experienced?