Originally Posted by Kendaric
Was my rogue with the "criminal" background part of the Thieves' Guild or did he operate as part of a gang or even alone before his abduction?
Was my fighter with the "soldier" background a recruit of the guard or a mercenary company like the Flaming Fists before he got captured?
Was my barbarian an Uthgardt or Reghedmen tribesman? Or did he learn to harness his rage elsewhere, i.e. dwarven battlerager?

How do you suggest the game learns all of this for each and every player?

I imagine you're thinking there could be some sort of questionnaire maybe, but even so, how deep could those questions possibly go? How many branching trees of questions would be necessary to capture the spirit of your particular Unique?

Originally Posted by EMTFields
...most people would rather...

Source?

Personally, I'm looking forward to playing the Origin characters.