[quote=Ngoc]
You can have an interesting character without having dead parents, you know. There's other sources of strife. I'm not hating on everyone's backstories, just found it a bit odd how all of them shared a theme.
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I agree with you, though I think that having characters who's friend/family members are missing - which seems to be more often than them simply being dead - works for this roleplay in that they are a group of adventurer's looking for answers to many different question. But you are right, you can have an interesting character without dead parents. Of recent, I usually try to steer clear of the 'dead/missing parent' trope, but for this RP and character, it felt right. I can't speak for everyone's characters, of course, but they might have felt the same.