Gamekeeper

 You are at home in natural environments, chasing prey or directing less skilled hunters in the best way to track game through the brush. You know the requirements for encouraging a herd to grow, and you know what sustainable harvesting from a herd involves. You spend a great deal of time around animals, and have leaned to communicate effectively with them. You also know the etiquette for engaging with nobility or upper classes, as they regularly seek your services and you carry yourself in a professional manner in such social services.

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Leatherworker's tools

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: A letter of passage with a noble seal, a set of leatherworker's tools, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

You are one of the capable people who maintains hunting preserves, trains coursing hounds and circling raptors, and plans the safe outings that allow fair nobles, rich merchants, visiting dignitaries, and their entourages to venture into the wilderness to seek their quarry. You are as comfortable hunting quarry in the wild as you are conversing with members of the elite who have an interest in hunting.

d8	Personality Trait
1	Nature has lessons to teach us all, and I'm always happy to share them.
2	Once while out on a hunt, something happened which was very relatable to our current situation. Let me tell you about it.
3	My friends are my new charges, and I'll make sure they thrive.
4	Preparation and knowledge are the key to any success.
5	I've dealt with all sorts of wealthy noble folk and I've seen just how spoiled they can be.
6	I feel like animals are the ones who really understand me.
7	You can train yourself to accomplish anything you put your mind to.
8	The world shows you everything you need to know to understand a situation. You just have to be paying attention to the details.

d6	Ideal
1	Dedication. My willingness to get the job done, no matter what the cost is what is most important. (Lawful)
2	Training. I train myself so that I might be prepared for every possible situation. (Any)
3	Prestige. Pride in my training, work, and results is what is most important to me. (Any)
4	Vigilance. While I do my work, I make the wilds safer for the innocent. (Good)
5	Nature. The glory and majesty of the wild world outshine anything mortals create. (Chaotic)
6	Responsibility. When you take an oath to protect and shepherd your charges, that oath is sacred. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	I have a special bond with a specific animal, I rescued from a trap.
2	I take pride in serving a particular noble family whose just rule serves as an inspiration to me.
3	There is a special place in the wilds I protect that no one else has ever seen. It brings me such a sense of peace.
4	A child in a nearby village seems very interested in my work, and will make a fine successor.
5	Some infamous outlaws escaped from me, and I have sworn to track them down no matter the cost.
6	I can be alone in the wilderness and not feel lonely.

d6	Flaw
1	Individuals can be alright, but civilization is the worst.
2	I secretly believe the wealthy and noble-born are a rot on society.
3	Things die, either by predators or nature. Get used to it.
4	Everything can be yours if you want it badly enough.
5	When you make exceptions, you allow unworthy or wasteful things to survive.
6	If you don't work hard for something, is it worth anything?