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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erudite" data-source="post: 2588108" data-attributes="member: 31400">Hi ShrooMofDooM,I really think he should be someone who has done something rather horrible and nasty, and is blocking it out.  What this could have been depends on how closely it can be tied into whatever events you have going on in the game.  In any case, it should be awful, and it should be something he must confront at some point.  I think imagery is vital here.  Some form of recurring, haunting image, particularly laden with symbolism, should occur to him.  If he is running from something, dreaming of creatures made of dozens of legs tipped with rope-like appendages trying to chase and bind him; if he is a murderer or feels guilt over the death of another, a monstrous, faceless version of the victim, handling a huge hammer, mounting his own head on the haft,  may taunt him, angrily pounding his features into red, unrecognizable paste against walls, floors, and ceilings; etc.If you have me join, I would like to hear your own thoughts as well, in order to sync with what you have planned.Thanks![Edit, I think the victim of his act should be someone easily recognized as an innocent.  A helpless relative, his own child, etc.  Borrowing from Silent Hill, a sick or comatose wife, a needing child...]</blockquote>