Gluttony

Hunger/Gluttony Preservation

Somebody motivated by gluttony is driven by a fear that there is not enough to survive. The character with a Gluttony motivation believes that the famine is a day away, and whatever prosperity is available now could be gone in an instant. The so-called glutton is acting to hedge against a sudden lack of basic essentials of life.

A person with this motivation may not necessarily be overweight and indeed may not even be a big eater. They will stock up on food if they do not overeat however, and will probably hide money- buried in the backyard most likely.

This character will likely hoard things and will gravitate towards items with the most immediate practical value. They may enjoy art, but would never buy it. If playing a fantasy adventure, they will gravitate towards cash- because it can be converted into practical necessities such as food, horses, clothing, shelter, and can be saved and used for such things should the hard times re- appear.

As a child the character was likely very poor, or caught in a devastated region- perhaps by a plague or a famine or financial depression or even a war or natural disaster. The character is not greedy and indeed will likely live very frugally- saving money for when it is needed for essentials. The character may get depressed easily and is at least a little negative in outlook.

A person motivated this way is also not necessarily going to try and steal other people’s necessities. Because they have lived through the lack, many glutton driven characters will be very compassionate and may even share what little they have when the hard times do come back- much like the story of the ant and the grasshopper. Incidentally the tale of the hard working ant, who prepares for the winter while the grasshopper plays, is a tale that is probably very dear to the glutton’s heart.

The glutton character will see themselves as a practical realist, working hard to prepare for a world that can very ugly. These people will tend to see the world as an impersonal and dangerous place.