Forest Walker

You are a Dweller of the forest, You expected to live all your days in the forest, at one with with all mother natures green things and tender care for her world, until a tyrannical ruler drove you from the forest you once called home and into the new unfamiliar world. Civilization is strange to you, and the bizarre ways of the new world is run is queer to you.

You have traveled a lot and have helped the common folk here and there, Whether it was by helping with some wolf that posed a danger or simply helping by fixing a carriage or just some work they are grateful to have you. Word spreads around and some just see your good nature at first glance and decide they should welcome you. They attempted to give you gifts and rewards for your good deeds but you denied the gifts since they didn't come from your forest you didn't want to muck up mother nature with them, but now that you have been forced to leave the woods you once called home.

 

Suggested Characteristics

Forest Walkers tend towards solitude, introspection, and self-sufficiency. You keep yourself, and you are more likely to watch from a distance than get involved in the affairs of others. You are wary, slow to trust, and cautious of depending on outsiders.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I may be alone in the forest, but I am only ever lonely in cities.
2	Walking barefoot allows me to interact more intuitively with the natural world.
3	The road is just another kind of wall. I make my own paths and go where I will.
4	Others seek the gods in temples and shrines, but I know their will is only revealed in the natural world, not an edifice constructed by so-called worshippers. I pray in the woods, never indoors.
5	What you call personal hygiene, I call an artificially-imposed distraction from natural living.
6	Time lived alone has made me accustomed to talking loudly to myself, something I still do even when others are present.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. All people, rich or poor, deserve respect. (Good)
2	People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral)
3	Retribution. The rich need to be shown the real hardships of life. (Evil)
4	Community. We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful)
5	Self-Care. I take care of myself before anyone else. (Any)
6	Change. The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is the nature of things. (Chaotic)

d6	Bond
1	When I lose a trusted friend or companion, I plant a tree upon their grave.
2	The voice of the forest guides me, comforts me, and protects me.
3	The hermit who raised me and taught me the ways of the forest is the most important person in my life.
4	I have a wooden doll, a tiny wickerman, that I made as a child and carry with me at all times.
5	I know that the ways of civilizations rise and fall. The forest and the Old Ways are eternal.
6	I am driven to protect the natural order from those that would disrupt it.

d6	Flaw
1	I am accustomed to doing what I like when I like. I’m bad at compromising, and I must exert real effort to make even basic conversation with other people.
2	I distrust the undead and the unliving, and I refuse to work with them.
3	The decay after death is merely the loam from which new growth springs—and I enjoy nurturing new growth.
4	I won’t harm a beast without just cause or provocation.
5	Years of isolated living has left me blind to the nuances of social interaction. It is a struggle not to view every new encounter through the lens of fight or flight.
6	I’d rather fight fair than kill someone in their sleep, even if the fight is not in my favour.