Hellish Adopted

You were adopted by fiends, and raised by them amongst humans. Your fiendish foster-parents tried to educate you in their laws, and taught you how to blend in well with humans. Your morals might be questionable, but you know how to abide by the law when it suits you. Despite their fiendish nature, they raised you as close to lovingly as a fiend could do. You begged your foster-parents to let you explore the world, and they reluctantly allowed you to leave. But they continue to watch over you...

A Child raised by its fiendish parent is forced to serve them, but they often do so out of admiration and dread, but also with the expectation that it will one day rise to a place of prominence. Children raised raised this way often serve as soldiers, envoys, and personal attendants to greater devils. In the terrestial world, they are encouraged to carry as much authority as it can muster through sheer strength and force of will, and will be rewarded greatly for it.

Skill Proficiencies: PersuasionorDeception andStealth

Tool Proficiencies: You learned the trade of your adopted parents, and are proficient in the tools suitable for that trade.

Languages: You know the language spoken by your adoptive family. You know the language of your bio-parents well enough, but you cannot speak it fluently, only sentences with bad syntax and grammar (e.g., "Name is I, Todd"). When you speak in this language, those who understand are inclined to ignore you or take offense.

Equipment: A set of common clothes matching the style worn by your current family, something of a trinket left from your birth parents (cannot be worth more than 5gp), a toolkit given by your adoptive parents to help you on your way and pouch with 10gp

Suggested Characteristics

The terrestrial world is a far cry from the fires, cacophonies and tyranny of the Hells. Your foster parents will try to be accustomed to civilized lands, or the relative peace. This may be a source of absolute chaos as you might have learned some questionable morals and lessons about the world trough the lens of your fiendish foster parents.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I like to play with fire.
2	I nervously look over my shoulder, fearing the next torment.
3	I will outlive these mere mortals around me.
4	I obsess over contracts and agreements, and take pleasure in smallprint and signatures.
5	I warn people where their evil and immoral behaviour will take their soul in the afterlife.
6	I am struck by the beauty of this world. I revel in areas of gentle nature.
7	I am fascinated with chains, locks and other restraints.
8	Friendship is new and strange to me.

d6	Ideal
1	Order. Everyone has their place. Those higher in the hierarchy must be obeyed. Contracts must be honoured. Lawbreakers must be brought to justice. (Lawful)
2	Pain. It's important that others feel pain, loss and despair. How else can they reflect on their sins? (Evil)
3	Freedom. I know the horror of indefinite imprisonment, and would not wish that upon anyone. Every living thing must be freed! (Chaotic)
4	Redemption. There are people whose souls are in peril. No matter how vile, everyone deserves a chance to find goodness in themselves, and be saved from the afterlife I experienced. (Good)
5	Zealotry. My natural enemy – demons and their worshipers – must be hunted and eradicated. All tasks must lead towards this goal. (Any)
6	Aspiration. My lesser position in Hell fustrated me. I want more power, enough to challenge the greater devils! (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Those I wronged in my former life are still in pain from my sins.
2	I had a rival in Hell who followed me when I crossed over.
3	I keep what's left of my soul in a phylactery. I must find my other soul-shards to become whole again.
4	I still hear the voice of my devil master: he commands me, and abuses me when I fail him.
5	Devils and their agents are hunting me.
6	A goodly priest gave me sanctuary; I owe them much.

d6	Flaw
1	I cannot refuse a game or a gamble.
2	I am particularly fearful of death, as I know to where I would return. As a result I can be cowardly or paranoid.
3	I do not understand love, and underestimate those that are driven by it.
4	No-one must ever know that I stole from an influential devil.
5	I never give my word or oath, nor sign a contract; I know the power these bindings have.
6	I am hedonistic; I revel before my inevitable return to torment.