You learned your craft in solitude. Days without conversation taught you to trust yourself with each breath, patience, watching, and the deliberate movement of nature. You treat the hunt as a form of study. Through solitude you seek some form of enlightment that the more civilized individuals lack. With time you have learned the discipline to turn back when the trail goes thin, and leaves room for mercy when it’s possible.

Though you prefer the edges of towns and the long road, you know how to report to captains and quartermasters. Wardens and scouts can be potential contacts, as respecting your results and your plain way of speaking. Common folk may not follow your methods, but they understand the natural order of your ways, potentially seeking your aid.

Ability Scores: Dexterity, Wisdom

Feat: Savage Attacker

Skill Proficiencies: Stealth and Animal Handling and Acrobatics

Tool Proficiencies: Monster Harvesting Tools

Languages: Common Sign Language

Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Scimitar, Crossbow, Hand, 20 Arrows, Monster Harvesting Tools (same as above), Healer's Kit, Quiver, Traveler’s Clothes, 14 GP; or (B) 50 GP

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I speak softly and move softer.
2	I teach by showing, not by talking.
3	I measure people by how they handle silence.
4	I sketch simple maps whenever I rest.
5	I keep a few practical sayings and use them often.
6	I prefer plain food, strong tea, and early starts.
7	I am utterly serene, even in the face of disaster.
8	The leader of my community had something wise to say on every topic, and I am eager to share that wisdom.

d6	Ideal
1	Greater Good. My gifts are meant to be shared with all, not used for my own benefit. (Good)
2	Duty. When I give my word, I finish the job. (Lawful)
3	Autonomy. I do my work for myself, not as favors. (Chaotic)
4	Power. Solitude and contemplation are paths toward mystical or magical power over nature. (Evil)
5	Live and Let Live. Meddling in the affairs of others only causes trouble. (Neutral)
6	Curiosity. I regard questions closely, as if I had asked it. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I’m still seeking the enlightenment I pursued in my seclusion, and it still eludes me.
2	A mentor’s notebook travels with me, and I add to it.
3	I keep watch over a path only a few still walk.
4	A quarry escaped me once; I still carry the loss as a lesson.
5	I owe someone who vouched for me when no one else would.
6	I entered seclusion because I loved someone I could not have.

d6	Flaw
1	I’d risk too much to uncover a lost bit of knowledge.
2	I forget to explain myself and sound harsh.
3	I keep information close when I should share it.
4	I harbor bloodthirsty thoughts that my isolation and meditation failed to quell fully.
5	Now that I’ve returned to the world, I enjoy its delights a little too much.
6	I take risks alone rather than ask for help.