You are haunted by something so traumatic and nightmarish that you dare not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail, it follows you in a strangely literal sense. Whatever tragedy this is that haunts you the experience you have been through will never truly leave, the memories refuse to be banished by any spell. Your trauma has somehow managed to manifested itself into something. It is not simply a matter of your sanity leaving you, beings both divine and infernal alike have noticed, acknowledged, and even spoken to you talking about it, asking who is your friend there. they might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a dream, a demonic whisper in the dark, or some kind of ghost-like apparition, transparent, or solid. most of the time they prefer one form over any other to communicate with you as an ally. The burden of the events that created this manifestation have taken there toll on you over the years, most people think you are crazy or drunk when you talk to them. You have found many a ways to overcome it but it still has the ability to destroys you.

Skill Proficiencies: While adventuring your manifested companion is always willing to give you Insight on the surrounding area

as an incorporeal being your manifested friend isn't as easily fooled by illusions and trickery, and they pay a lot more attention to your enemies than you considering they cant fight, this gives them much better Perception than you

In your time together you and the manifestation have dabbled in a great deal of trades to learn the cause for the manifestations existence you thought it would be a good idea  to specialize in something so you chose one from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival

Tool Proficiencies: By trade before all this you were something else you have yet to let go of the tools of your trade and who knows really they might come in handy in the future  what is it that you were (a cartographer, a potter, or a tinkerer)

Languages: Your manifestation friend is capable of of understanding many strange languages but you aren't nearly as well versed so you thought you should learn one and decided to Choose one exotic language (Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal)

Equipment:  A monster hunter’s pack (see the sidebar), a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table after this background), 

Suggested Characteristics

You have learned to live with the terror that haunts you. You are a survivor, who can be very protective of those who bring light into your darkened life. Your friend most of the time nowadays is the same way both with you and your friends even those who cannot see them

d8	Personality Trait
1	We don’t run from evil. Evil runs from us.
2	I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.
3	I spend money cautiously living life knowing that tomorrow I might die. ensuring I'm prepared to make sure i come out alive.
4	I live for the thrill of hunting demonic and infernal creatures.
5	I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. the burden of my accursed memories are reserved for me and the Manifestation.
6	I expect danger around every corner.
7	I refuse to become a victim, and we will not allow others to be victimized.
8	I put no trust in divine beings.

d6	Ideal
1	I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
2	I’ll stop the spirits that haunt me or die trying. (Any)
3	I kill monsters to make the world a safer place, and to draw out demons that with to haunt others. (Neutral)
4	There is a dark calling, it puts us above the law. (Chaotic)
5	I like to know everything about my enemy’s before rushing into battle. (Lawful)
6	We are a monster, we will destroy other monsters, or anything that gets in our way. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	I keep my thoughts, our discoveries, everything about our lives in a journal. That journal is our legacy.
2	We are willing to sacrifice my life and our soul and their essence to protect the innocent.
3	The manifestation once tormented me and drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost.
4	A terrible guilt consumes me. Though this guilt is what created the manifestation. I still hope to find redemption through my actions.
5	There’s evil in me, my companion can feel it. we must never allow it to be set free.
6	I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for them.

d6	Flaw
1	I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. My companion agrees that I can never break them.
2	The manifestation has a habit of assume the worst in people.
3	the Manifestation feels no compassion, nor respect for the dead.
4	I have an addiction.
5	we are a purveyor of doom and gloom that live in a world without hope.
6	I talk constantly to a being that no one else can see, both freely and openly.