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Most often someone else. Sometimes I'll also try and weave in some backstory when I've got idle time and I'm not playing, like when driving to the store. I imagine my character having conversations with other NPCs at an inn describing where they came from (if they can remember) and filling in their beliefs. Like others, I do tend to play a fairly honest person who makes moral decisions, but occasionally I'll veer from that if it fits my character's personality. This is especially true in high fantasy games Elder Scrolls and similar nameless protagonist WRPGs. Etrian Odyssey was great for this too since I could throw in the backstory for the entire guild. That was more fun for me than the actual gameplay.
I rarely think up those kind of backstories in modern setting games like Pokemon. Hmm...maybe I should weave in some backstory in my Ultra Moon play through, but it's a little harder to think up much for such a young child protagonist.
I rarely think up those kind of backstories in modern setting games like Pokemon. Hmm...maybe I should weave in some backstory in my Ultra Moon play through, but it's a little harder to think up much for such a young child protagonist.