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You have grown up as a squire and have learned the arts of knighthood. Chivalry, honour, discipline, virtue, and war are your currency. Though normally a knighthood is accompanied by lands and income, for some reason you became impoverished and unlanded. Whatever the reason behind your loss of income it has led you to wander the world, in search of honour, glory or riches, either to prove your worth, reclaim your lands or merely to pursue the purest ideals of knighthood. Your personal quest now takes you far from the responsibilities, and privileges, of your title.

 
Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, plus your choice of one from among AthleticsReligion, and Persuasion.
Tool Proficiencies: Dragonchess Set
Languages: Choose one standard language (Dwarvish, Elvish, Giant, Gnomish, Goblin, Halfling, or Orc)
Equipment: A tattered flag and surcoat bearing your coat of arms, a scroll of pedigree, a bit and bridle; a set of clothes, fine; a riding horse; a saddle, riding; and a signet ring.
 
Impoverished Nobility

What led you to losing your lands and incomes? Was it gambling debts? Inability to pay taxes? Perhaps political machinations that took you out of favour with your liege? Did you commit a crime? Neglect your duties? Dishonour your family name? Or was it something entirely out of your control? Maybe you simply wished for a simpler life and grew tired of the games of court nobles? Or perhaps you had no taste for the wars of the elite and their petty squabbles? Whatever the case may be, you now have a new mission, and a new purpose.

d8 Impoverished Nobility
1 No one can stop me! I'm on a mission from [insert god here]!
2 Wine, courtship and song are now my only pleasure and burden.
3 I failed my people but I will not fail in my quest!
4 Courtly intrigue is for fops and dandies. True nobility lies in chivalry and honour, tested in battle.
5 There are those who betrayed me and had me cast down for their own benefit; I will see them hang.
6 Challenging quests will prove the worth of my mettle.
7 I will duel anyone, anywhere, anytime; no-one can best me!
8 I may have squandered my fortune but riches await me in the caverns and dungeons of dark abode.
 
Feature: Knightly Pursuits

Your proud bearing and noble demeanour are unmistakable. If you are involved in a quest that is successfully completed then you tend to get the credit, even if you were only somewhat responsible. If there is any glory or riches to be had, then these tend to be apportioned to you by those responsible for giving them out. Due to this, however, you also tend to get slightly greater rewards than if you were to not accept all the honours bestowed upon you. How this benefit manifests is up to your DM.

 
Suggested Characteristics

Use the tables below for the knight errant background to determine your traits and help you find the true meaning of nobility.

d6 Personality Trait
1 I have my honour but little else.
2 I feel it is my duty to show my lessers a shining example of civility: myself.
3 I cannot abide a challenge to my honour or skill and must meet every slight with a gauntleted hand.
4 There is such honour, integrity and kindness in people of low-birth that it humbles me.
5 I can't stand to see the innocent suffer, especially at the hands of the nobility.
6 I love wine, companionship, gold, and power! Sometimes even in that order!
d6 Ideal
1 There is nothing more noble than sacrificing oneself for the greater good.
2 I obey the laws that are just, to the letter.
3 I seek only to enjoy my freedom from responsibility and commitments.
4 Only the strongest survive, and I will survive, no matter what!
5 I have no faith in the codes of chivalry and seek my own path, wherever that may take me.
6 I always keep my promises and honour my code.
d6 Bond
1 The bonds created by those who fight by your side are unbreakable, and forever.
2 I journey to find something or someone worth fighting for.
3 The code of chivalry means everything to me.
4 My sword, my steed, and my charge; these are the things I will lay my life down for.
5 I quest to prove my worth to my love, of whom I left behind.
6 I have a sacred duty to protect and serve those weaker than myself.
d6 Flaw
1 I have an overly romantic view of chivalry and the nobility.
2 Are you insulting my honour?!
3 I cannot stand filth or labour and constantly pine for hot baths, servants and scented candles.
4 I will pursue my quest until its completion, even to the abandonment of all reason.
5 I think that people who disobey the law and their betters should be flogged.
6 I secretly love violence and struggle to contain my lust for blood.
 
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