Well, what i mean is, when creating a character, what do you use to make him/her unique. I realize it's a combination of everything, but everyone has a favorite. If you said other, plz specify.
Your actions. What you do with what you have dispite all the problems that are put in your way. I mean it's like there is some greater being, beyond the gods, that is constantly places problems in the hero's way.
The things you mention are common to all heros. I was trying to get at what seperates your fighter from all the others. I should have said what your favorite method of differenciation(sp) makes you unique rather than what makes you a hero. sorry.
A hero can't define himself a hero, a hero is defined by other people. "I kill orcs, I must be a hero." umm, no. You are a hero when you serve a greater good that another preceives as a heroic deed. Only then are you a *true* hero, for good or for worse.