The length of a good history.

I need to write a history for my character, but I'm not sure how long is acceptable of a length for my character. About how long should the history be?

By Iria at Feb 10, 2018 2:07 PM

Mine is just over 900 words. I bet you could have one approved in as little as a quarter of that though.

Straight from the '@newbie' command showing you stuff about history...

Your history can be very basic, just a single paragraph can be approved, but very long histories are also fine. At minimum, this is what needs to be included:

- Birthplace and date

- Family, with names (even if your character might not know them)

- Names for other persons mentioned in the history

- Education

- Key event(s) in your character's past

- How did your character acquire his or her stats and skills?

- What does your character want?

- Why did your character come to Withmore?

---Just make sure to involve that and you're good to go. Make sure to give everyone and everything names.

By alkaline at Feb 10, 2018 2:10 PM

Look at the aforementioned help file, also look at 'help history' and 'help writing-history'. I suggest that, as well as including all the NECESSARY information, you come up with a history draft that helps you flesh out a character. There's a lot that you can incorporate into your character as you're spending time in Sindome, but there's also a lot you could be bringing into Sindome in order to generate very fun RP. My char's history reads a little like a dossier, has key points and mentions of important past events, personal info, etc.

By Solshine at Feb 10, 2018 2:12 PM

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