But, generally speaking, the wizards and such, the noble knights, the villains and kings ... are the background characters who are romanticized via having a hazy definition. The audiences' surrogates, those whom the viewer or reader is destined to identify with, are usually much more common folk or young folk who are thrown into amazing situations, and surrounded by such fantastical characters.
Oftentimes, the romance of the background characters derives precisely from their seeming to have fascinating histories ... but the romance can tend to disappear if those histories are nailed down too precisely.
In any event, simplistic or not, most stories have audience surrogates that are more like ... well, like members of the audience. These are the characters most people identify with.
Nothing wrong with identifying with any of the knights or kings or sorcerors. It's just less common.
(And hence, you are likely an exceptional person!)
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