User blog comment:CrazyStoryTeller/What is your character?And what is his/her history?/@comment-1746153-20160622110200

I have many characters (refer to my userpage), but here's the one with the best thought-out story:

Olivia the Breton was born to an aristocratic family somewhere in High Rock. As her ancestors had strong magical roots, she also studied magic extensively per family tradition. Eventually, however, she started growing more and more power-hungry and came to practice forbidden arts, ending up committing crimes to further her research. When the authorities noticed her acts, she was almost caught, but she violently resisted arrest and fled High Rock on a ship that took her to Skyrim.

Olivia then realized the horror of what she'd done and decided to start a new life, making a resolve to help people as much as she could in hopes that it would help her move on. She headed for the College of Winterhold, hoping to find a proper place to stay, but due to her terrible sense of direction, got lost in Skyrim's wilderness and, after multiple adventures (see game), found herself in Windhelm.

There, she also helped everyone she could, which included finding the White Phial for Nurelion; as she was familiar with artifact from her studies, she was quite disappointed to find it broken. Later, when Quintus managed to repair the Phial with her help, Olivia felt great sympathy for the alchemist, due to both his intelligence and modesty. The two became friends and eventually fell in love.

At some point Olivia managed to find the College and joined it, getting involved in the events there. As an accomplished mage, she found recognition there; however, she was found by a group of bounty hunters from High Rock, who exposed her past crimes in front of the College members. Still unable to break her habits and not willing to go back, she violently disposed of the hunters and escaped again.

Her conscience tearing her apart, she confessed to Quintus about her past; his reaction wasn’t as bad as she feared; seeing that she was sincerely remorseful, he told her that she should accept and forgive herself rather than trying to run away. From that point on, Olivia continued her adventures, genuinely trying to become a better person.

Appearance-wise, she is of average height (for a Breton) and build - not thin, but not very bulky. She has medium brown hair worn in a ponytail with two braids on either side. She has tan skin and grey eyes. Personality-wise, she is normally ladylike in behavior and has a commanding attitude due to her upbringing, she’s also quite prideful and quick to act; she is very determined and isn’t above using others to further her goals. In Skyrim, she is always on guard to the point of paranoia; while she isn’t easily provoked, once seriously threatened, she responds violently with all her power. In spite of her best efforts, she isn’t very good at hiding her nature. Deep inside, however, she is still capable of caring for others and greatly respects her own and others’ mentor figures. She also appreciates genuine, unconditional kindness as she feels she herself lacks it.

As mentioned above, she has a terrible sense of direction - something that she is embarrassed of. She also dislikes manual labor and has a habit of making her summons do it for her. Studying and practicing magic is her main interest, and she tries her best to suppress her desire to indefinitely increase her power. Due to her relationship with Quintus, she also found interest in alchemy - something she’d only studied briefly before.

Note that I came up with all this after I’ve beat the game with this character, so it doesn’t really correspond to my playthrough (for instance, I don’t get lost in Skyrim, and my reasons to marry Quintus with her were more random).