Your backstory matters. It does not need to be long or flowery. A few bullet points about where you come from, who and what you care about, and what you desire or fear are invaluable for you and for me as GM.
The questions below are intended as idea fuel. If they're helpful, weave the answers into you backstory. If you want to ignore them in favor of your own ideas, go for it!
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Anyone
Were you born in a vault during the Scourge, or in the open world after the Return?
Who taught you, and where did you learn?
What habits, taboos, or tools from your origin shape how you practice your class?
How did the Scourge change how your class is viewed or practiced?
Guardian
Do you serve a people, a route, a custom, or something else?
What duty or boundary will you defend even at a cost?
Who from your community did you fail to protect, and why do you still think of them
You’ve been tasked with protecting something important and delivering it somewhere dangerous. What is it, and where does it need to go?
You consider an aspect of yourself to be a weakness. What is it, and how has it affected you?
Mixed Ancestry
How did this mixed ancestry arise?
Does it carry a particular reputation?
Seaborne (modified)
Which stretch of river or road is your livelihood, and what threat endangers it now?
What wreck, whirl, or roadside ruin do you secretly know, and why do you keep it quiet?
Which rival faction controls a key route, and how do you work around them?
Common ties: Waymakers Guild; Outland Provisioners Association.
BACKSTORY
I was born...