What Makes Readers Connect With Morally Grey Protagonists? > Likes and Comments

As someone who writes fiction, I’ve always been fascinated by how readers interpret morally grey characters.
What traits make you sympathize with a flawed protagonist?
Is it their backstory, their intentions, their struggles… or something else entirely?”

Most of the times it is thier backstory. At times some old antagonist may move towards good deed and become a protagonist. But the basic character is still somewhere deep down. I had portrayed the same aspect in my new novel; Immortals a saga . . . . !
Sypathizing with such a character depends on the liking of the reader, mostly.

An effective grey character typically sets out with genuine intentions, but somewhere along the way they get caught in a greater movement that seduces their soul. By the time they wake up to what's happened, it's too late to get out without losing everything. Mind you, they have to actually see what has happened to them. If they enjoy the ride into hell, the reader will not empathise.