Falconer

You have had a connection to birds all your life, but hawks and falcons seemed to be much easier to befriend than others. Even at a young age, you managed to have them follow you around and always return to you. Growing up, you became aware of the use of such a connection and started to train these birds. You might have become an official falconer at a royal court, for an army or mercenary company, or a freelancing tamer, to sell services and trained birds to those willing to pay. Maybe you even took apprentices under your wing and showed them the ways of taming falcons and hawks, but none ever showed the same promise or talent you seemed to inherently have.

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Insight

Tool Proficiencies: Navigator's Tools or Calligrapher's Tools

Languages: Choose two languages according to where you became a falconer or did most of your business.

Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) One set of Navigator's tools or Calligrapher's Supplies, a falconer's gauntlet, falconer's metal bracelets, certificates of ownership, a Belt Pouch, Traveler’s Clothes, 10 GP; or (B) 75 GP

Suggested Characteristics

As a falconer, you are first a person of the wild and second a people's person. Nonetheless, you have had to sell your services and/or birds at some point, so you learned the subtleties of interpersonal interaction as well. 

d6	Personality Trait
1	I prefer the company of animals, especially birds, over people.
2	As a former scout of an army or mercenary company, I know the value of tactics over brute force.
3	I am very protective of the wilderness and its inhabitants.
4	Although I am a handler of animals, I never really lived outside the city walls.
5	When I arrive at a new place I first need to familiarize myself with its people and layout.
6	Taming birds is my livelihood and I never get to attached to my products.

d6	Ideal
1	Discovery. I want to scout the wilderness and discover places no one has seen before. (Any)
2	Tradition. I have learned everything I now from my mentor and I will tutor the next generation. (Lawful)
3	Indifferent. Life is brutal. Survival of the fittest is the rule and I intend to be on top. (Chaotic)
4	Power. To survive in the wild, you need to adapt and become stronger. (Any)
5	Protection. Not every creature is able to defend itself, so be it upon me to do it for them. (Good)
6	Knowledge. I want to learn every trick there is and record it for the ages. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My mentor's gauntlet is all I have left from him. I want to do his trust justice.
2	I need to find the responsible party of wiping out an entire colony of exotic birds.
3	I believe to have found the secret to tame even bigger creatures, but I am not yet sure how to unlock it.
4	I want to learn about an exotic species of birds on a far away island I read about.
5	For years I have talked only to birds, it is my time now to learn the ways of the people.
6	I tame birds to make a living and plan to build my trade empire of exotic birds.

d6	Flaw
1	People annoy me and I let them know.
2	I believe I can sing as lovely as a bird and I do it all the time.
3	I believe everything can be trained, even people.
4	My bird is my life, I can not imagine it would want to sit on someone else's shoulder.
5	I sell birds. Trust me, I can sell that guy your battered old pan as a shield.
6	Animals are trade goods and food, expect birds. Birds are majestic!

Contacts

You still have either a ledger of clients from your time as a travelling merchant or a bird whistle, identifying you as an official falconer.

Ledger of clients allows you to make simple inquiries with local merchants to gain information, find lodging or rarer goods. This is your network built up over the years of people you traded with, helped out or simply sold of your services too.

Bird whistle allows you to call other birds than your companion, which you trained. Be it to find lost ones you sold off or simply to check upon them. More importantly, it allows you to identify yourself as an official falconer and member of a royal court, army or mercenary company. Guards and soldiers, as well as some nobles, allow you to pass more easily or give you information and lodging, you would otherwise not receive.

d2	Contact
1	ledger of clients
2	ornate bird whistle with the insignia of your former falconry