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No. I did not mean a backstory wasn't important. I meant that just giving a character some tragedy will not in itself give them, I think, as much depth or appeal as you could by actually developing their personality.

It sounds sort of fun though, trying to make them as real as possible. <that sounds like a great way to study for an exam, if you had the time that is>

I think a mistake with writing a character is using their back story to hold them up as interesting. Sure a back story adds a twist, but it won't hold them up for very long. I think characters who greed for something or have some other issue are rather interesting(if you can weed this into their...

I don't know about the "chosen one" as being a nuisance though. If they're not in some ways a mary sue or something like it then the reader might feel disappointed. Well not a Mary Sue exactly, but you know even the characters that are not pretty are usually smart, among other things.