When characters are being prepared for a story, a writer needs to establish when the character appears on the planet. In defining the identity of your characters, their depth will be determined to a degree by their longevity. When I created Patrick A Steele, he had an almost whole life story. The explanation of his personality was defined from his late teenage years and is an integral part of who he is as an adult superhero.
By establishing a level of longevity with your characters, you endow them with realism and provide readers opportunities to identify with those characters. Also, the way the characters react in differing situations will be established by their personality.
On the other hand, it wouldn't be feasible to carry out that level of work for all of your characters. You may need to have a lighter touch with peripheral figures, and that is within the purview of the writer.
Steele has a fairly constant support group, irrespective of the adventures through which he travels. In addition, there are characters who will appear and disappear quite rapidly that do not require a detailed history.
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