Former Cultist

You were once member to a cult, but no more. Did you escape the twisted bindings or were you exiled a heretic? Were you separated from the others by fantastic means until you found you no longer thought as you once did? Do you seek to rescue your brethren who remain? Do you seek to redeem yourself in the eyes of your peers, those within the cult or those without? Or did you delve into secrets deeper and darker than even your brethren could condone? (Was it all on the behalf of your leader?) Did your home fall victim to time and decay, as all eventually must? Was it a gradual dispersal or a sudden fire? Are you all that remains? Do you search for your comrades, or rejoice that they are ash and can no longer look at you with betrayal in their eyes? Were you raised among your brethren, a living offering from parents never seen? Have you never known any other place and are now lost without the guidance of your Advisor? Were you sent away by a senior cultist who could no longer bear to have the child they raised lost in that place? Do you even know who they were? Had you become a leader before realizing that there was something wrong with your world? Were you a victim held captive, finally set free? Will you hunt those who remain, to end or redeem them? Does the cult still search for you, do they even remember you? Who did you leave behind?

Skill Proficiencies:

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana or Religion, and Insight or Deception

 

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one: Disguise Kit, Forgery Kit, Herbalism Kit, or Poisoner's Kit

Languages: A secret language used exclusively among your cult. Determine with your DM if this language bears enough resemblance to another language to allow for situational or partial understanding.

Equipment: 5 candles or 5 sticks of incense, a ritual item (blade, bells, cloth doll, etc.), a set of vestments or robes of the style worn by the cult, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp