Imagine you are wandering around at night for any reason or other. Then suddenly, you are grabbed and kidnapped by a group of thugs/terrorists or whatever suits your fancy.
They write a letter to the government stating that if they are not provided with 5 million (whatever currency) your head will be chopped off and stapled to a national monument.
They make harsh threats against you and even take away some of your fingers.
Now then, with all this going on, what's your response?
A: Scared out of your mind, begging for mercy
B: Remaining silent as the clock draws nearer and nearer to your potential demise.
C: Act bored and dismissive of their threats, gladly give up your fingers and insult and laugh in the face of death
Now, unless you are incredibly courageous, in that case I commend you, chances are most of us would opt for something in the middle of A and B.
Nevertheless, in the land of LOTC, 80% of people tend to opt for C, from 12 year old Elven girls, to veteran warriors. Now, it's fine to roleplay courageously, no issue with that, but it appears a lot of characters on this server have no concept of fear, or at least a greatly diminished sense of it, and with the spooky season drawing near, it is important to remember that your character should indeed feel a sense of fear, whether you are in battle, being taken hostage, or hell, even walking on the road at night.
You don't have to cry and make an awful scene, (though if you want to do that and you feel your character would do that, then that's very good) but atleast remember fear exists and your character should feel it.