to be a favorite oc of mine you must have a "10 years of isolation" phase which doesn't have to be 10 years exactly for timeline reasons but it always might as well be
mieras spent years alone under the church only perfecting his disguise and torturing whoever was brought to him, actively avoiding church staff at all opportunity and essentially ignoring the assistant he was assigned, up until aster was sent to him and he followed her out
meat spent however long after losing princess and thorn literally Just Sitting There until lute found him
draugr spent a good decade after his mentor died tending to the funeral home with no relationships closer than business or casual public recognition, which only changed after The Incident where he was accused of murder and suddenly had tracey and vralems attention
vesker never really kept close friends after childhood, and i really do mean childhood because it was around 13 when he lost his most impactful relationship. he made attempts, but nothing ever stuck, and he lost touch with his family pretty quickly after moving out despite his efforts, too. he was trusted (or useful) enough to do favors outside of work for his coworkers, but otherwise he really just had his dog
