Former Aristocrat

You understand wealth and power very well. You helped make up the high society. Whether your family were/is bankers, successful merchants, lawyers or some other respectable profession you have grown up needing nothing in life. You are accustomed to things happening when you want them to. You probably look down on those poorer than you with pity or contempt. Life was perfect but then it wasn’t. Something changed it. Was your family killed? Disgraced? Did they lose their fortune somehow. Perhaps your parents or elders cut you off. Either way your life of luxury is no more. You have to do things you might have never had to do before like cook for yourself, dress yourself, fight your own battles. You are experiencing the world on a whole new level. So are you going to try and adjust to your new lifestyle or are you going to fight to reclaim your past one? 

Skill Proficiencies: Your wealth has brought you some of the finest instructors money can buy and you are accustomed to the complexities of social situations. Choose on Intelligence based skill and one Charisma based skill

Languages: Though your time among high society is no more, you encountered many cultures and languages that most commoners might never know. Choose two languages. 

Equipment: A set of fine clothes, A small momento of your lost lifestyle (I.e a treasured family piece of jewelry, a notebook from a family member, or a fragment of your favorite work of art.....), and a purse containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Aristocrats are often born and raised to a very different lifestyle than most people ever experience, and their personalities reflect that upbringing. But with the loss of their fortune it can sometimes humble them or turn them even more spiteful against those they deem below them.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I've enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my society’s elite. Rough living grates on me.
2	I am well versed in using flattery to get what I want.
3	Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice.
4	I blow up at the slightest insult.
5	Everyone has ulterior motives and cannot be trusted
6	No one could doubt by looking at my sophisticated bearing that I am a cut above the unwashed masses.
7	Despite my birth, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.
8	I bluntly say what other people are hinting or hiding.

d6	Ideal
1	Greed. I will regain my lost fortune and so much more (Evil)
2	Redemption. I must repair either my good name or that of my family (Good)
3	Independence. I must prove that I can handle myself without the coddling of my family. (Chaotic)
4	Acceptance. What has happened has happened all we can do is accept and move on. (Neutral)
5	Order. The status quo must be restored (Lawful)
6	Aspiration. I'm determined to make something of myself. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Nothing is more important that the other members of my family.
2	Coin and its power is all that can comfort me.
3	The remnants of my past are all that keep me sane.
4	I must regain my lost status no matter what.
5	I hold my relationship with my former servants in high regard.
6	The lessons of my family are what drive me.

d6	Flaw
1	I turn tail and run when things go bad.
2	I believe that everyone is beneath me.
3	In fact, the world does revolve around me.
4	I speak without really thinking through my words, invariably insulting others.
5	I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
6	Regaining my wealth is my highest priority.