asks to get your OC looking back at their roots
1. How many living parents does your OC have? If they're alive, where are they now and what's your OC's relationship with them? If they're dead, how did they die?
2. What was your OC's first job? Do they still work that job (or in that field), or do they do something else now?
3. How did your OC feel the first time they left home? Why did they leave?
4. What was your OC's childhood dream? Is that still their dream? If it has changed, why did it change and what's their new dream?
5. What did your OC think their life would be like when they grew up? Has it lived up to that expectation?
6. Did your OC have a teacher or a mentor growing up? What was your OC's relationship with them like?
7. Where is your OC's family from? Does your OC feel a close connection to that place? Why or why not?
8. Were there expectations placed on your OC when they were growing up? Have they lived up to those expectations?
9. Did your OC receive any kind of schooling? What did they study? How were they as a student?
10. What's the first significant injury your OC remembers getting? Did it leave any scars?
11. What was your OC scared of as a child? Are they still scared of that?
12. Does your OC's family practice any faith or religion? Does your OC still practice? Why or why not?
13. Does your OC have any siblings? What was their relationship with their siblings growing up? If they were an only child, did they want siblings?
14. Who was your OC's first love? How do they remember that person now?
15. What was comforting to your OC as a child? Do they still find comfort in that now?
16. What does your OC's childhood bedroom look like?
17. How deeply connected is your OC to their past? How do they feel about that connection—does it hinder or help them in any way?
18. If your OC were to return to their childhood home now, what would that look like? How would they feel?
19. What traditions or stories does your OC carry forward from their childhood to the rest of their life?
20. What were the most idyllic years of your OC's childhood? Does your OC miss those days?
21. If your OC could speak to their childhood self, what would they say?
