Dead Parents

[Tarkis]

I use the death of close friends or family as a way to tell where they came from any why they are where they are now.

In my most recent character background, both parents of the character died in a mining accident.
Gave just cause for my character to become reclusive and ditch the area.

Lets see...my first character bio ever on the forums involved an orphan, where the parents ditched my character on a merchant ship when he was an infant.

In my application to join KNF, i said that friends and family of the character had been killed off by Blood Dragons, GC, and BAF. I wanted a pissed off lawful type, as all of my others are friendly and kind.

Family and friends dying off just makes the story easier to start, i think.
Though...in light of this new information about it's over-usage, i'll probably avoid it for my next bit of writing.

Edit:
Oh, my hacker.
Parents had their home seized by the Liberty Police, and...i forget if i clarified after that.
Allowed my character and his brother to have a reason to leave Manhattan with a grudge.

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Character Stories/Backgrounds:
Cat o' Nine Anodyne (Character no longer exists.)
Delirium (Character no longer exists.)
Journal of Tarkis, the Orphan.(Character no longer exists.)
Story of Iggy, the Amazing Citizen. (Character no longer exists.)