The West Marches: Character Concepts

In my last post, I invited folks to tell me about their character concepts within a West Marches fictional context, and within a context where characters are defined narratively, rather than via stats.

I posed the following questions as a starting framework, and wow did people ever deliver!

Far beyond the edge of civilization, there's a land that's strange.  Maybe you heard it's where barbarians roam the hills in cunning packs, where goblins steal babies and leave behind twig-constructs, where witches grant power at the price of your dreams, leaving only nightmares.  There are people out here, cities too, yes- but they're like nothing you've never known.  But something has drawn you here nonetheless, to this wild and untamed land.

In this context, what are the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS about your character?  I actually don't think Strdexcon Intwischa is the best way to describe who you are in that setting.  What is?

• Are you a Human?  Elf?  Dwarf?
• What is your strength?  Are you Strong?  Quick?  Clever?
• What are your capabilities?  Do you Have Magic?  Are you Skilled with the Sword?
• What have you brought with you?  Your Mother's Sword?  A Talisman of Faith?
• Why are you here?  Do you seek A Cure?  Your Brother?  Gold?  Glory?

Let's look at some of the responses.

The West Marches

Far beyond the edge of civilization, there's a land that's strange.  Maybe you heard it's where barbarians roam the hills in cunning packs, where goblins steal babies and leave behind twig-constructs, where witches grant power at the price of your dreams, leaving only nightmares.  There are people out here, cities too, yes- but they're like nothing you've never known.  But something has drawn you here nonetheless, to this wild and untamed land, to The West Marches.