Thread:Mesektet/@comment-3581997-20160615160106/@comment-3581997-20160620151236

Have them hurt him at a time before your protagonist was jaded. In I Claudius the main character is eventually a jaded bitter savvy man, but through out his childhood and young adulthood he sees some of the worst examples of humanity, and some of the best examples of humanity destroyed by them. It doesnt have to take up a lot of time, the equal of one or two chapters just to sink the point in.