Disclamer: the following content is strictly relevant to my homebrew campaign. I am sharing it merely because my players need access to it, and I am aware that it might be unbalanced for a normal dnd 5e setting like Forgotten Realms. Casual  readers have been warned.

 

 

You do not remember your life before the day you saw Tharadonn. The Fire was so majestic, so hypnotizing that you could not refrain yourself from jumping into it. However, you did not burn. The First Flame blessed you with knowledge, branding you with its unmistakable mark: your veins glow red-hot. Some cultures worship unkindled as messengers of the gods, others fear their misterious power, but people will always bow before those who bear the mark of the First Flame.
Figure out out with the help of your DM if your life was before you became unkindled, and how it changed after. Did someone tell you how your life was before you threw yourself in the fire? Or did you have to start your life anew? Did you become a herald of peace, or did you devote yourself to magical and weapon training?

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: None

Languages: You can speak, read, and write Primordial. Knowing this language allows you to understand and be understood by those who speak its dialects: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and Terran.

Equipment: A set of traveller's chlotes, a trinket that reminds you of your past life (choose or roll on the trinket table) and 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Unkindled don't remember their lives before their change. After they return to the civilization they are treated like godly beings, and get used to a very different lifestyle than most people ever experience, and their personalities reflect that upbringing. "Unkindled" is a title that comes with an expectation: people think that they are going to magically change their lives for the better, banishing evil, or maybe ending a war with just a few words. They are trained as intact diplomats, unstoppable soldier or mighty spellcasters. Some of them feel too much pressure, seeing themselves as not up to the expectation of others; some become arrogant, using others as pawns for their goals: the best and the worst people can be found among unkindled. Regardless of their inclination, each unkindled is deeply affected by the elitist process they go through.

d8	Personality Trait
1	My eloquent flattery makes everyone I talk to feel like the most wonderful and important person in the world.
2	The common folk love me for my kindness and generosity.
3	No one could doubt by looking at me that I am chosen by the gods.
4	My presence in a structure should be an honour to it's owner.
5	I don't like not remembering what I was before Tharadonn blessed me, I feel like I'm not a complete being.
6	I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.
7	My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
8	If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. Respect is due to me because of my position, but all people regardless of station deserve to be treated with dignity. (Good)
2	Responsibility. It is my duty to make this world better, tayloring peace under the laws of the gods. (Lawful)
3	Inadequacy. I could not prove myself worthy of the title of unkindled. I will find my own path. (Chaotic)
4	Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil)
5	Guard. Cities will rise and fall, light and shadow will clash endlessly. I must be the fuel that guards and rekindles the Flame. (Neutral)
6	Understanding. I don't know why the Flame chose me, and I want to figure it out. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I will face any challenge to win the approval of those who trained me.
2	I want to go back to my roots, find my family, if I have one, and my friends.
3	Nothing is more important than my duty as a unkindled.
4	I'm in love with someone, but unkindled are supposed to devote their lives to their duty, without getting married or having kids.
5	My loyalty to my sovereign is unwavering.
6	The common folk must see me as a hero of the people.

d6	Flaw
1	I secretly believe that everyone is beneath me.
2	I looked into the Fire and I saw death. Nothing can stop me from believing that the world is doomed.
3	My final duty as an unkindled is to sacrifice me to rekindle the Flame, but I'm afraid of dying.
4	I have an insatiable desire for carnal pleasures.
5	In fact, the world does revolve around me.
6	By my words and actions, I often bring shame to my title of unkindled.