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( 1 ) Does your character feel like they fit in with the culture they grew up in, or were they out of place?

( 2 ) Is your character happy with the place that they live? If not, what don’t they like about it? Are they trying to leave? Would they be able to if they did try?

( 3 ) Describe your character’s social/economic class. How do they feel towards people from other classes? Their own?

( 4 ) What are your character’s political beliefs? If your character is from a fictional world, are there political parties or groups that share these beliefs?

( 5 ) Is your character religious? If so, do they follow the (or one of the) major religion(s) of their culture, or a different one? If not, are they more of an atheist, agnostic, or spiritualist (or none of the above)?

( 6 ) How does your character feel about their culture’s mythology and/or legends? Do they enjoy learning about them? Or do they find them boring?

( 7 ) How much formal education has your character had? How does this compare to the average citizen of their homeland? Did they enjoy their education or was it a struggle?

( 8 ) Is your character fashionable by the standards of their culture? If not, is it a choice, lack of money, or something else?

( 9 ) Does your character speak any languages other than their native tongue(s)? If so, where did they learn it/them? Do they use it regularly?

( 10 ) Does your character act differently around strangers than they do around friends? Do they act differently around people from their native country or hometown than they do around people from elsewhere? If so, how dramatic is the difference?

( 11 ) Has your character ever gotten in trouble with the law? If so, what for? Do they consider that fair or wrong?

( 12 ) Your character believes something that is at odds with what the rest of their family and/or friends believe. Do they talk about it with them? If so, how do they approach the subject?

( 13 ) Imagine your character walks into a party, bar, or other room full of people and feels instantly at home, among their own kind, etc. What kind of people are there?

( 14 ) AU time: pick a different culture or social class than the one your character is from. What might they have been like if they’d grown up in that place/position instead?