How you came to be in this strange new reality is not clear to you: perhaps you stumbled across a strange structure which cast through space and time the instant you touched it, or perhaps you merely awoke one morning from your bed into this realm after reading an odd, ancient tome or interacted with an intriguing and bewildering stranger. Regardless of how, now you are within a realm where magic and mythical creatures is real, and things such as advanced technology seem like myths and dreams themselves.

The same instance that brought you to this realm also made you capable of understanding and speaking the native language: perhaps you actually speak the language in place of your native tongue, or perhaps, from your perception, everyone is actually speaking your native tongue. No matter what the specific details, you are now capable of speaking, reading, and writing Common, as well as other languages of the realm. You have learned new skills and abilities from this transition, but some things that you've known on Earth have proven to be just as useful here.

Your motives in this realm may vary greatly as well: perhaps you must complete a major quest before you can return home, or perhaps your adventures solely consist of your efforts to find a way home. In any event, you now are in this realm, and need to determine how to best make your way here.

For whatever reason, strange events or magics took you from the comfort and familiarity of Earth and placed you into this new strange realm. The means which got you from Earth to this new realm may be the means needed to get back, or perhaps your journey was a one-way trip and requires a new method to return to Earth.

Your accent, mannerisms, figures of speech, and perhaps even your appearance all mark you as foreign, if not otherworldly. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands and worlds, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland.

You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and people. Furthermore, you are able to detect and identify people, objects, or concepts originally from Earth due to your origins.