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It looks like you’ve got some good advice on developing characters, so unless you have any other questions on that I’m just going to leave that there.

I will say though, I would be careful about how you go about addressing how the character reveals their tragic backstory. Once you get into the characters head more I think you’ll be able to tell better how they would react to the situation you have them in, but I would just keep it in mind that not all characters are just going to spill their life story to whoever asks. Or even friends they trust a lot. I have several characters with really bad backstories who never tell anyone in their life what actually happened to them. One of them is a girl who’s known another character for almost ten years, and he’s saved her life multiple times, but he still has no idea about a single thing that happened to her before they met. Another of mine admits to a few things only after another character discovers them and confronts him with.

And, I also have a character who’s very upfront about her past, and tells pretty much anyone who asks.

Like I said, once you get into the character’s head a little more, you should be able to tell what kind of person they are, and how they would react or go about telling another person or persons about their backstory, but I just thought I’d mention it.