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You are a member of the ruling family of Yakuhama. If not the Emporer of Doraga-Bal yourself, you are directed related to the Emporer in some way and are in the line of succession. As such, you have been trained from birth to keep up appearances in the public eye, and you've been steeped in your province's cultural practice. You are expected to hold the wellness of the empire above all else, even if it means turning your back on your family. 

 
Skill Proficiencies: History, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies: Caligrapher's Tools or a musical instrument of your choice. 
Languages: Draconic and one of your choice
Equipment: A symbol of status (typically a headpiece in the shape of a six-pronged snowflake that keeps the wearer's hair in a top-knot style), a set of caligrapher's tools, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.
 
Family Rank

The table below has a series of options for what your status within the ruling family is as well as your place in the line of succession. Either pick one or roll to determine a random one. 

d6 Family Rank
1 Emperor (Head of the royal family and ruler of the Empire)
2 Heir to the throne (typically the emperor's oldest child)
3 Third in line (Typically an emperor's second child or a sibling if no second child is available)
4 Fourth in line (Typically a younger child or sibling to the emporer)
5 Fifth in line (Typically an emperor's oldest sibling or said sibling's oldest child)
6 Sixth in line (Typically an emperor's niece/nephew or some other extended relative/ward)
 
Feature: Empirical Sway

Your position in the ruling family has granted you political sway well beyond your home province. When dealing with a political leader of any rank in any of the provinces of Doraga-Bal, you may speak on behalf of the empire to try to achieve your goals. How much sway this has may vary depending on your rank within the ruling family, and if you promise to much, you may have to deal with repercussions from those who rank higher than you. 

 
Suggested Characteristics

Members of the Yakuhama Royal family are the epitome of grace and culture. They take painstaking pride in their appearances and presentation and hone their various artistic and rhetorical skills to near perfection. The high expectations placed on them by their lineage can ause adverse effects though as the overwhelming stress to be perfect occasionally causes unusual quirks. 

d8 Personality Trait
1 I maintain perfect posture in every situation, and am loath to be caught slouching.
2 I wear only the finest of fashions, even when preparing to go into battle.
3 I wouldn't be caught dead walking the streets among commoners without my royal entourage.
4 I'm constantly on watch for assassination attempts from both foreign and domestic threats.
5 I always remember a favor done to me, and make sure my family repays it in whatever way they can.
6 I've always felt like a black sheep in the family, never truly fitting in with my parents and siblings.
7 I always choose my words carefully, playfully aware of how they will reflect on my family.
8 Those who would lay a finger on me she fear the wrath of the empire coming down on them.
d6 Ideal
1 Prosperity. It is my responsibility as a member of the royal family to use my position to better life for everyone in the empire. (Good)
2 Tradition. If we stray from our cultural traditions and hierarchy, we doom our empire to fail. (Lawful)
3 Change. We as a nation should not fear innovation, and I will use my position to break the chains of tradition that have limited us. (Chaotic)
4 Dues. I am due more than I've been given in this life, and I will take what is owed to me.
5 Order. My place in the royal family maintains the order of the empire, and is an example of the order we should all strive to maintain. (Neutral)
6 Duty. We all have duties in life, weather we recognize them or not. (Any)
d6 Bond
1 I'm always striving for the approval of my family, often taking on increasingly difficult responsibilities in order to win it.
2 If am to rule effectively, I must have the favor of the common people.
3 My lover is a commoner, and if my family were to find out about them we would be forbidder from seeing each other.
4 A jealous family member ousted me from my position in the family, and I will have my revenge against them one day.
5 My loyalty is soully to the empire and not to any one person.
6 I've been entrusted with a valuable family heirloom and cannot let anyone else get their hands on it.
d6 Flaw
1 A family member revealed a long kept secret to me about my true lineage that if revealed could threaten my place in the family.
2 My pride is unwavering, and I will not do anything that makes me or my family look foolish.
3 I can always forget about the pressures put on me by my family with a good drink... or three.
4 Nothing will ever be perfect in my eyes, least of all people.
5 Every word or action against me is really against my family, and I must defend out honor.
6 I'm so naïve to the world beyond our palace walls that I'm inclined to believe anything a stranger tells me.
 
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