During his life he's getting more and more experienced and he'll also change his look.
Last one is for the intelligent heros.
Ego won't feature genre typical character classes. A female character will be playable as well. Molyneux currently thinks about rebuilding the whole British Empire of the 6th century for the game-world. To gather peoples attention you'll have to kill monsters, deliver stuff and complete quests. During the years, your actions will be known across the whole land and you're something like a Rock-Star for this age.