I usually make a pretty good attempt to detail my characters timeline of life. It helps to underly the skills he's aquired, when and how. I include the extended family usually as the family is a great part of what men fight for I think.
Yes details of pictures, letters, momentos they carry, how they got them and such adds to development. It gets me into the mind of the character as I become the character.
BTW in 20 years of Twilight gaming, I've only lost about TWO characters I can recall. Yes they've been wounded/injured or sick, but I strive to keep them alive as I would myself to the best of my ability.
Scars, tattoos, manerism are all detailed to a sense for the HoG in the intro bios I do, so they know where I come from.
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