After finding out that war isn't for you, you leave the life of being a soldier and begin taking odd jobs for coin. This life gives you many life experiences and unique encounters. The commoners who recognize you or your name have a respect for you. What you have done for people and look at as just how to make some gold, they see as noble acts and heroic accomplishments. Those whom you have helped hold you at a higher reputation than you even realize or care for. You want money so you get money, it just so happened that the easiest least boring way to do it for you is solo mercenary work, that way you are given orders by no one and you never get stuck doing the same old thing each day. 

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: One tool of your choice.

Languages: You know one language of your choice that you learned from taking on jobs from a vast variety of races.

Equipment: You have a gold pendant and a [item]playing card set;deck of cards[\item], which you acquired from thankful families. 

Suggested Characteristics

You are a mercenary who hunted down your employer's enemies for coin. Were you happy in this life? What made you leave it behind to become an adventurer? Did you leave it at all, or is adventuring just another way of putting food on the table?

d8	Personality Trait
1	I like to show off, particularly if there's a chance to get a job offer in it.
2	I am always gregarious and cheerful, no matter the situation, as long as I am paid well.
3	To me, the whisper of steel and the clash of weapons is just as pleasing as any amount of gold.
4	I always train because training leaves the person ready even in a moment of respite or weakness.
5	I hold myself to a strict code of ideals.
6	I keep my personal possessions in secret places which are known only to me.
7	I would do anything to protect my weapons of arm, for I know they will protect me in return.
8	I do nothing, move no finger or a blade, unless I hear the jingling sound of coins.

d6	Ideal
1	Golden Soul. I fight for money, and nothing else. (Neutral)
2	Great Publicity. I will be known for my deeds, sooner rather than later. (Any)
3	Power or Death. In my line of profession, the strong live and the weak starve. (Evil)
4	Non-Sold Honor. I never break my promises. Never. (Lawful)
5	War and Crime. Whenever chaos flourishes, so too does my work. (Chaotic)
6	Good for Sale I am a sellsword who swings his weapon only in the name of good. (Good)

d6	Bond
1	I became a mercenary to support my family, who would have probably starved in a slum somewhere if not for me.
2	I fight for a lover that knows little if not nothing of me.
3	I was inspired by a great hero to become a mercenary.
4	I treat my valued comrades like brothers, and I will let no insult or injury fall upon them.
5	I seek to protect something of great importance to me by keeping it a secret, so you better forget what you just heard.
6	I never disrespect an employer, if they never disrespect me or stop giving me money.

d6	Flaw
1	I'll do anything for coin, damn the consequences.
2	As much as I pretend to love fighting, I secretly hate hurting others.
3	I have crippling debts that my work barely pays off.
4	I never fail at my tasks, even if I have to resort to less honourable means to complete them.
5	I would send an innocent to face his death if it means I will win the fight.
6	Someone powerful would do anything to have my head, so I seek to gain their head first.