You spent your previous years in the service of a temple, order, government entity, or academic institution of some sort. You acted as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, became a beloved champion of the people, a prominent military figurehead, helped govern a nation, or perhaps molded young minds at a mage college -- but whatever it was, you gave your life over to a cause greater than yourself.  Until you were betrayed by those you trusted most.

Choose an institution -- church, state, or academia -- and work with your DM to detail the nature of your service.  Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, or raised from childhood to assist in the rule of nations? Were you a member of a mercenary band, a crusader in an order of paladins?  Perhaps you were a conniving member of an order of mages, vying for privilege and power amongst your peers?  You could have been a member of a cult outside of any established temple structure, or maybe even a fanatic occultist that served a fiendish master that eventually turned on you.   

Whatever you were, you were betrayed, cast out, and barred from your previous life and society.  What will you do now?  Where will you go?  Everything you ever worked for was just ripped from your hands.  How will you survive?

Skill Proficiencies: Insight and either Religion, Arcana, History, Nature, or Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: A well-rounded individual of society, you had a hobby.  Pick one tool or instrument of your choice to be proficient with.

Languages: If you were in an educated position such as a scholar or diplomat, choose two languages of your choice.  Otherwise, choose one.

Equipment: A momento (badge, holy symbol, class ring) from your previous life, 15gp, a setof common clothes and a backpack (travelers or scholars).

Suggested Characteristics

Those who have been betrayed carry such an experience around with them for life.  Such a divergence from all one's expected future plans leaves a mark on a person.  Something not easily forgotten... or forgiven.

d8	Personality Trait
1	Everyone is capable of betrayal. I cannot fully trust anyone.
2	I would risk life and limb to help the type of people I used to help in my institution.
3	The Gods are a sham. How could the Gods exist when this has happened to me? Don't you know who I am?
4	I have to keep my mind off my old life. I seek new experiences and distractions at every opportunity
5	I see risk in every undertaking now. It makes me indecisive.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of people who are a part of my old genre of institution, and respect (or condemn) their actions accordingly.
7	Nothing can ever compare to my glory days in the _____ , and I'll tell you all about it.
8	I’ve spent so long working in the confines of bureaucracy, my common sense has gone out the window

d6	Ideal
1	Fairness. No one should get preferential treatment before the law, and no one is above the law. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Freedom. I'm finally free from responsibility, and everything is exciting and wonderful! (Chaotic)
4	Selfishness. I see how helping others turned out. It's time to get mine. (Evil)
5	Perseverance. No injury or obstacle can turn me from my goal. (Any)
6	Ambition. I want to rise to the occasion and become someone of import again. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I would die for the people I used to be beholden to. They are still my charges.
2	I will someday get revenge on the who betrayed me and cast me out
3	I owe my life to the worldly person who taught me to survive in the outside world.
4	My betrayers plot an upcoming disaster and I will do anything to prevent it.
5	I will do anything to protect the institution where I served, no matter how they wronged me.
6	I seek to preserve (or expose) a secret that could destroy my order/institution

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	My anger boil up at inopportune times. I really should deal with my problems better.
3	My revenge must be cold and calculated. There is no room for emotion. My personality now reflects that coldness.
4	I am oblivious to the most obvious social queues
5	I am suspicious of everyone and expect the worst from people.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.