Do you ever regret old character backstories?

[Lord Torath]

I don't even remember what my first elf wizard (mention above) had as a last name, but it had dark in it. Darkwood, Darkblade, Darkstar? Something stupid like that.

I had a thief named "Shadow" and another named "Lightfoot". And a ranger with the original name "Tracker".

Most of my backstories remain written only in my imagination, never committed to paper or digital, and those that are written down are generally written plainly and angstlessly enough not to cause embarrassment. One of my short stories, though.... ugh! I had been reading A Tale of Two Cities in school, and man was my writing terrible! I no longer have hardcopy of it, but the worst bits live on in my memory.