His true character is revealed by the end of the story.
The true character of a person cannot be hidden on a playing field.
Growing old seems to bring a person's true character into stronger relief.
When they are awakened, these things appear to them in this their true character.
Yet when we got down by 5 points, this team showed its true character.
Actually, we know very little about the true character of his predicament.
After a certain period of time, the true character shows through.
By 1831, "the true character of this place is beginning to be understood:"
But true character showed when you could find something to love in a child everyone else hated.
"I think you saw the true character of our team that day," Lee said.
Idiome