-parents (mother- Adeline; father- Leo) were middle-class at best - not doing horrible, but not doing fantastic, either - just a decent living -Shatter had the birth name Sam - had a little brother named Tobias (Toby), who they got along with very well most of the time -the family would sometimes go camping/on hikes around the base of the Mountain - never very far up, out of concerns for their safety -Sam kept going on these hikes as they grew older, sometimes out with friends (surprisingly enough), always going a little bit further -they also thought the storm was really interesting, and wanted to get close to it sometime despite the danger because Wow -at some point, instead of coming back down to the city, just kept going up -was close to the peak, had climbed a tree, when the storm came in (probably - this could be revised if it doesn't make sense for your story) -was awestruck by the storm, then literally struck by the storm -when they got hit, felt like a thousand voices being channeled through them all at once - probably excruciating -doesn't really remember anything of what happened after being shocked - next thing they were aware of was being in a hospital -couldn't really remember anything of what happened before the shock? only that there was the mountain and the storm - still has quite a bit of amnesia re: early life + family -the voices and the eye color change had manifested while Sam was unconscious - the only thing they were able to say for a solid period of time was "shatter" due to their ruined/unstable brain after the shock, which ended up being the name they took when they escaped -and they definitely escaped, not let go -managed to somehow find a job as a janitor (talking to them was exceedingly displeasing while they were still trying to get a grasp on their voices - Shatter would sometimes begin speaking without realizing they were doing so, and sometimes carry on whole conversations being unconscious of the whole encounter - they've got better control now) -started taking odd jobs as a merc to get some extra money - much of their decision making on whether they should take a job or not was based on the reactions of the voices -and that's how they wound up at the start of the campaign