Character

Achieve dominion over another

Achieve spiritual enlightenment

Appease a deity or higher power

Assassinate a king/queen or head of state

Atone for past sins

Avoid certain death

Avoid financial ruin

Be remembered after their death

Beat a diagnosis or condition

Become a supernatural being

Become more than their outward appearance

Become more thoughtful

Become revered or respected

Become the strongest/richest/most powerful

Become a leader of others

Become the sole power or authority 

Be a philanthropist

Be accepted by others

Be acknowledged or appreciated by family

Be the best at something 

Betray a sibling

Break a curse

Break people so they abandon their beliefs

Bring down their enemies

Care for a sick loved one

Care for an aging parent

Carry on a legacy

Catch a criminal

Catch the bad guy or girl

Cause someone pain

Challenge the status quo

Champion a cause

Change a law or injustice

Change the past

Clean up a dangerous neighborhood

Come to grips with a mental condition

Control others

Control others

Cope with a learning disability or illness

Correct a perceived mistake

Create or discovering something important

Deal with bullies

Destroy someone else’s relationship

Discover one's true self

Do the right thing

Do the right thing

Dump their partner

Embrace a personal identity

Enchant an object

End a feud

Eradicate a scourge

Escape their destiny

Escape a dangerous life one no longer wants to live

Escape a killer 

Escape confinement

Escape danger

Escape homelessness

Escape invaders

Escape widespread disaster

Establish their own cult

Evade responsibility

Explore the world

Explore their creativity

Explore their biological roots

Face their guilt for a past wrong

Fall in love

Find a muse

Find a new direction in life

Find a place to belong

Find fulfillment in their work

Find religion

Find their parents or lost family

Find a lifelong partner

Find friendship or companionship

Find one's purpose

Find something lost

Fit in

Force a big change

Force conversion

Forgive themselves

Form their own country or nation

Free a helpless victim

Free a loved one from captivity

Fulfill a prophecy

Gain control over their own life

Get a new job

Get back home

Get elected to public office

Get fired from their job

Get out of financial distress

Get revenge on someone who stole something from them

Get themselves out of prison

Get revenge

Give up a child

Have a child

Have it all

Help a loved one recognize they are hurting themselves and others

Initiate a successful corporate merger

Invent something that changes the world

Keep what they have no matter what

Kill someone

Lead a rebellion

Lead people to change

Learn a new language

Learn a new skill

Learn to trust others

Live a healthier life

Live forever

Live happily ever after

Live in a fairytale

Make amends with someone

Make contact with a foreign species

Make others suffer

Make someone proud

Manipulate an established system

Move out of someone’s shadow

Move to a new place

Navigate a changing family situation

Obliterate an enemy

Obsessively pursue a relationship

Obtain glory whatever the cost

Obtain shelter from the elements

Overcome an addiction

Overcome fear of judgment

Overcome social anxiety

Overcome their fears

Overcome their self doubt

Overcome abuse and learn to trust 

Overthrow evil

Profiteer

Promote chaos

Protect the environment

Protect their homeland

Protect a loved one

Protect their home or property

Provide for their family

Provide security for future generations

Prove someone wrong

Pursue a passion

Pursue a toxic desire

Pursue justice for themselves or others

Pursue knowledge

Pursue mastery of a skill or talent

Realize a dream

Reconcile with an estranged family member

Recover an ancient artifact

Recover from an injury

Regain a lost title or legacy

Repay a debt

Rescue a loved one from a captor

Resist peer pressure

Restore their name or reputation

Retreat to solitude

Retrieve a stolen item

Reveal a secret plot

Right a deep wrong

Ruin someone's life

Ruin someone's reputation

Sacrifice themselves to save someone else

Save Christmas or another holiday

Save the world

Seek revenge

Seek death

Serve others

Settle a debt

Shake up their current life

Solve a murder

Solve a problem

Stand up to peer pressure

Start or end a war or conflict

Steal from the rich and give to the poor

Steal someone’s identity or life

Stop abuse of themselves or someone else

Stop an event from happening

Support themselves financially

Survive

Survive loss

Survive the death of a loved one

Take what they are owed

Tempt someone into ruin

Travel to a distant land

Try something new

Try to succeed where they have previously failed

Uncover a secret treasure

Uncover a stalker

Win a contest or competition

Win the admiration of others

Wreak havoc

Write a book (ahem)