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A series of thought-provoking questions around how your character / persona might have made (or is making) a living.

1. What was (or is) your primary profession?
2. Where and how were you educated?
3. Who trained you?
   • What was your relationship with your teacher(s)/mentor(s)?
   • How did you happen across this teacher or mentor?
   • Was your mentor kind, stern, cruel, indifferent?
4. Is this person or institution still in existence?
5. Were you forced into your profession by parents or peers?
6. Did circumstances dictate your choice of profession?
7. Were you a prize student or did you just barely pass?
8. Look at your skills. How did you acquire them (especially the unusual ones)?
9. Have you ever done anything else for a living?
10. How do you function in combat (maneuvers, weaknesses)?
11. How would you best be defeated?
12. Have you ever received any awards or honours?
13. What have you done that was considered "outstanding" in your occupation by others in your field?
14. What are your long-term goals in work?
15. Describe any traumatic experiences in your present occupation that has affected you deeply in some way.
16. How do your relatives and friends view your present occupation?
17. Is there anything that you don't currently know how to do that you wish you could?
    • Do you admire others who can do such things?
    • Are you sullen and morose about it?