From an early age you were betrothed to someone of power and significance. Your whole life has been about preparing you for your marriage vow and married life. You have diligently practiced the skills, protocols, and customs expected of you. But now the marriage is finished! Your life was prescribed for you by others, but now you find yourself in existential limbo.
What was the nature of your marriage? Was it to bond two powerful families or perhaps a regular custom among your people? Was the marriage a religious anointment and you were to be wedded to a supernatural entity? What caused the marriage to prematurely end or did you never reach the altar?
- Skill Proficiencies: Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Persuasion
- Equipment: Equipment: 10gp, betrothal ring worth 15gp
- My betrothed rejected me
- I jilted my betrothed
- I decided who I am to marry
- My betrothed died just before our wedding
- I was to murder my spouse on our wedding night
- It was not a marriage, it was a sacrifice
- I have been widowed
- We are separated
- My spouse is often gone
Your story is parable for the times. When goodly people hear your heart-rending tale (truthful or otherwise) they will be sympathetic towards you. The sympathetic can be counted as short-term friends; they will be inclined to give discounts for their trade and services.
Suggested Characteristics
Your arranged marriage did not define who you are. You have hopes, desires and needs beyond what was fated for you.
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