There are several breaking points for my character, all varying levels at just how bad they would break him. Â But I think the most damaging one would be if he remembers his former life.
To some degree, he's already broken down. Â His memory begins the day he woke up in the home of his adoptive parents at a young age (roughly 10 to 13 years old). Â The healers believe his memory loss is due to the state he was found in, nearly dead with badly infected wounds, a dangerously high fever, massive blood loss and so on, but that is only partially correct. Â He also barely survived an extremely traumatic ordeal that his young mind couldn't cope with. Â Between the ordeal and the near brush with death, he can't really remember anything before the day he woke up, and all he knows is the reasonably happy life he's lived since then. Â If he ever remembered before that point in any great detail, it would likely shatter his sanity. Â Perhaps not irreparably, but it would still be pretty bad. Â
And yes, I'm being deliberately vague about the traumatic experience. Â Don't want to spoil it since I plan to write what happened to him as a story at some point.Â
To a lesser degree, he would also break if he ever found proof that his sister is dead. Â She's missing and presumed dead, but he holds out hope that she's still alive somewhere out there. Â Also, I'm OOCly holding out hope that a friend will be joining us eventually to play her (she's very interested, but currently doesn't have the free time or the funds to justify a paid subscription game). Â Depending how that turns out, there may or may not come a day where he learns she's gone and breaks down for a while. Â It may not be quite as bad as the other thing, but it would still hurt him badly enough that he would seem almost like a different person.
To some degree, he's already broken down. Â His memory begins the day he woke up in the home of his adoptive parents at a young age (roughly 10 to 13 years old). Â The healers believe his memory loss is due to the state he was found in, nearly dead with badly infected wounds, a dangerously high fever, massive blood loss and so on, but that is only partially correct. Â He also barely survived an extremely traumatic ordeal that his young mind couldn't cope with. Â Between the ordeal and the near brush with death, he can't really remember anything before the day he woke up, and all he knows is the reasonably happy life he's lived since then. Â If he ever remembered before that point in any great detail, it would likely shatter his sanity. Â Perhaps not irreparably, but it would still be pretty bad. Â
And yes, I'm being deliberately vague about the traumatic experience. Â Don't want to spoil it since I plan to write what happened to him as a story at some point.Â
To a lesser degree, he would also break if he ever found proof that his sister is dead. Â She's missing and presumed dead, but he holds out hope that she's still alive somewhere out there. Â Also, I'm OOCly holding out hope that a friend will be joining us eventually to play her (she's very interested, but currently doesn't have the free time or the funds to justify a paid subscription game). Â Depending how that turns out, there may or may not come a day where he learns she's gone and breaks down for a while. Â It may not be quite as bad as the other thing, but it would still hurt him badly enough that he would seem almost like a different person.
