: Re: A character with a dark background seeking redemption or an average character background, what is more thematically appropriate? This project is a sort of an attempt to deconstruct some tropes

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Both are interesting... I could even see a "buddy cop"... a buddy Valktor if you will... dynamic between someone with the first backstory and someone with the second back story.
The former could be from a band of Robin Hood merry men styled gang that have honor among thieves. They rob only the rich, give it to the poor, and never kill unless in self-defense. The hero breaks these rules and gets tossed from the gang (either they tell him to leave OR they try to kill him). Either way, he's saved by the guard who convince him he can still help the poor unfortunate souls if he joins.
The latter could be a guy who comes from a rich family with poor disipline over him. A spoiled child who always got his way until one day something shatters his party boy persona. He could be cut off from by his parents after one too many stunts OR could be a victim of the very band of teens (maybe his father was a successful merchant of produce... say cabbages... and these brainwashed children ended up wrecking his shop/cart/livelihood while being chased by the kings guard. Maybe the cart wreck killed the merchant father in the process?). Personally, I think his conversion is the simple realization that his "friends" were only friends with him for his money, or his friends and family all think he is a disgrace that will never amount to anything... depersonalize the conflict with those meddling kids and their animal companion that can do things that seem unatural for that type of creature... He's not after them for something personal... he's showing he can be a hero.

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