You are young and your power is seemingly limitless. You've amassed a large following of subservient beings that enforce your rule, you've also gathered a large wealth.  Feared by many, you are a Beholder. Perhaps you have a large, maze like lair filled with traps, or maybe you are one of the 'sane' ones in comparison. None-the-less, after a large meal you finally manage to rest for the night. 

In your dreams you find yourself born to a family of lesser beings, being raised as one of them although a bit strange looking, even in a dream you must set yourself apart. In this dream you grow up with your family, what you feel is love towards them which fills your inner conscious with disgust. After a family hug you wake up from your nightmare, only to find yourself as the lesser being. You have just spawned in right where your dream left off, your mind is flooded with memories of your family, your friends, perhaps even a crush. Everyone knows you and your family even though you have just created them. 

Your mind is also filled with everything you have just lost, you remember everything you ever trained yourself to know, every spell you could cast but your body is unable to replicate it. You also know every atrocity you've ever committed which fills your heart with a sense of regret? You feel split within yourself, everything you've ever known as a beholder and everything your lesser being knows is fighting in your mind. You soon realize that this lessor being is now you, stripped of all you once were you are forced to start anew. 

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival

Languages: From your memories you are able to speak deep speech and undercommon.

Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack (containing a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Horror Trinkets table after this background), a set of common clothes, and 1 sp.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I don’t run from evil. Evil runs from me.
2	I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness.
3	I spend money freely and live life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die.
4	I live for the thrill of the hunt.
5	I don’t talk about my old self, I find it drives people away.
6	I expect danger around every corner.
7	I refuse to become a victim, I am better than that.
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 exorcise my own demons. (Good)
4	I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic)
5	I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful)
6	I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)

d5	Bond
1	I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.
2	My torment drove away the person I love. I strive to win back the love I’ve lost.
3	A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.
4	There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It must never be set free.
5	I have a child to protect. I must make the world a safer place for him (or her).

d6	Flaw
1	I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
2	I assume the worst in people.
3	I feel no compassion for the dead. They’re the lucky ones.
4	I have an addiction.
5	I am a purveyor of doom and gloom who lives in a world without hope.
6	I talk to spirits that no one else can see.