You were abandoned by your parents in the forest when you were 2 years old. You were found by a monk who trained you for two years in martial arts and many of types of combat, making you a weapon. You learned how to survive in the forest and how to defend yourself against predators. Then, one day, you found him slumped against a tree, his unseeing eyes staring into the distance with claw marks across his chest. Since then, you've always been alone and have done things your way. You began to respect nature and protect it. You became known to the surrounding villages as "The Ghost Child". You don't care to know the people who come to explore the forest and avoid those in the village. Animals tend to help and protect you, especially the larger, more dangerous animals. You sleep in a makeshift hammock up near the top of an ancient oak tree that you call home with the rest of your belongings lower down, on a wide, flat branch. People rarely pass your tree but when they do, they stare up at it in awe, which makes you proud.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Animal Handling, Acrobatics, Nature, Stealth

Languages: Common

Equipment: a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch containing 15 gp, a backpack with a blanket, 5 candles, 5 pieces of paper, and one jar of ink, either a wooden, whittled spear or a tube and 10 blow darts

Suggested Characteristics

Those who are abandoned usually know how to survive. They do not like much contact or interactions with other people and tend to keep to themselves, but have a special connection with (an) animal(s).

d6	Personality Trait
1	I am usually curled up at a tree trunk with my animal friends playing music.
2	I yearn to explore the world outside my forest but am too scared to leave.
3	I love drawing pictures of nature, trying to give it more life than it has in reality.
4	I am content with being alone and prefer it.
5	I feel way more comfortable with animals than I do with other humans.
6	I prefer hand motions to talking.

d4	Ideal
1	Freedom. I will never get married or get a house; I will live in the forest until my last breath.
2	Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization.
3	People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care.
4	Thirst for Knowledge. I will learn all there is to know about nature and write it down for others to experience without leaving their home.

d6	Bond
1	I will become one known as "The Spirit of the Forest".
2	I know all the animals in my forest.
3	I am going to protect my forest until my last breath.
4	I want to find out who my parents were and why they left.
5	I’m trying the right the wrongs humanity has done to the natural world.
6	There is a mischievous monkey in my forest that is trying to take my possessions.

d6	Flaw
1	When I see someone harm nature, I want to hurt them.
2	I am terrified of the world outside my forest.
3	I try to avoid meeting other people.
4	I don't know any humans; I only know the animals in my forest.
5	I tend to get lost in the beauty of nature and to pay attention to my surroundings.
6	Don't expect me to save those who can't save themselves. It's the survival of the fittest.

Contacts

You don't know many other people but you know many animals and can contact them at will.