Very late for this event! I don't even have an image ready.
I guess I'll answer the prompt for my current character, but I can totally see myself answering this prompt again each time I make a new character.
The character is Massimo Aurelio, and the characteristic I designed to be his most defining during character creation is his perfectionism. Very normal for a vedalken; the dm told us about the best artists in the history of his setting's world ascending and becoming basically deities after having perfected their craft: it's natural that I wanted to make a character that touched these aspects, and thrives to ascend too. He's a lord mayor and works to perfect his society. Just as he does with society, he does it with himself too: he's always tidy, organized, on time, and treats himself with a little bit of luxury.
During the campaign we've visited the city Aurelio is lord mayor of, and I spoke to every town member I met as a friend, aiming at making every last citizen feel important and valued, as a chain is only strong as its weakest link.
I also introduced my party –who all come from different worlds, as the campaign is a multiversal one– as the most spectacular of individuals, sure to bring much prestige to the city.
Also, one of them is the prince of his father's reign back in his world, and I made sure to propose an alliance. Keeping an empire that spans thousands of miles is of course very prestigious: the fact that a nation so far away from the sovereign's reach does not dare to rebel or claim independence shows how much the ruler is respected (or feared –very similar concept). For this reason, obviously an alliance that spans across dimensions is indicative of great power! Aurelio knows this with his 18 Int and can explain it very well with his 16 Cha, so I'd say I'm roleplaying my desired defining trait properly, though until now I've only showed pride, resourcefulness, and ambition: surely aspects of perfectionism! but as I play more I hope to show his perfectionism in other fields too, especially I'm hoping to see it applied to his own growth, and to his skills as an adventurer.
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