What age are you? When were you born? What year is it?

It is the year of our Saviour 1366. I was born in the year 1332, and I am 34 years old.

When does the day start? When is the new year? How do you describe what year it is? What date it is?

Where do you live? What does it look like? Describe your locality (village, shire, barony, etc). Describe your home. Were you born there? Have you lived somewhere else? Do you have other homes?

Describe your family. How closely connected are you? Have you got family obligations, alliances? How far do you count your family? Clan? Tribe?

Were you parents married when you were born? If so, by what rite? If not, what consequences does this have for you? Are your parents still living? Other family members? What contact do you have with them?

Are you married? When were you married? Why? How? Have you got children? How many? How old?

What clothes do you own? How many? Who made them? What material are they? Where did you get the fashion from? What do the peasants wear? The lords? The King?

Who is your lord/overlord/baron/etc? What obligations do you have? What obligations does he have? Who is King? What is your relationship with him? How did they become rulers? Could you become one?

Which country do you live in? Is it stable? What alliances does your country have? Enemies?

What language(s) do you speak? Your neighbours? Your lord/ruler?

Can you read/write? Who taught you? Why? What do you read? Where did you get the reading material? Who wrote it?

What were you trained for? How good are you at the things you can do? Did you end up doing whatever it was you were expected to do?

What is your religion? That of your neighbours? Is this the mainstream religion? What happens to people who don't share yours/the mainstream religion? How do you worship? Who/where is your ecclesiastical focal point?

How do you sustain yourself? What do you eat? What do you/your neighbours grow? What is the main economy of your area?

Do you own land? How much? How do you count land?

What is your status? Is it related to land? Can it change, through marriage, purchase, service? In what way?

How do you get money? What do you spend it on? What coinage do you use? How do you count the currency?

What do you do during the day? Do you have to do this?

What is your favourite pastime? Entertainment?

Who wrote your law? How is it enforced? Who do you talk to if you have a complaint against your neighbour? Who has ultimate jurisdiction? Is your family involved? What happens to an outlaw? What kind of punishment would a thief get? A murderer? An adulterer?

If you were to fall ill, who would you call to see to you? What sort of treatment might you receive? Who would look after you? What might be wrong with you?

If you died, who would get your possessions? If your parents die, who would get their possessions?

Do you have military obligations, directly or indirectly? To whom? What kind?

Have you travelled? Where? Why? When? With whom?

What threats do you face? What do you fear?

What can you look forward to? Where do you hope to be in 10 years? What will you be doing?