You awoke one day with no memory of your past, knowing only your first name, your deity (if you have one), and your proficient skills. You don't know where you are or why you’re there. You can feel the gaps in your memory like missing keys on a piano, but trying to remember only fills your mind with searing pain. Your memories may have been sealed away, your mind damaged, or some other arcane influence is blocking you from accessing what you once were.

Choosing this for your PC entails a massive amount of cooperation with your DM since your background feature requires in-game events to trigger memories of your past. On the other hand, this is a good background for campaigns in which the characters start with no class or items.

Skill Proficiencies: You are proficient with either (a) 3 skills of your choice or (b) 2 skills and one tool, instrument, or game set of your choice

Languages: You can read, write, and speak Common, one average language (ie. Elvish, Dwarvish, etc.) and one exotic language of your choice (i.e. Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon).

Equipment: You start with tattered travelling clothes, any starter pack (i.e. dungeoneer, scholar, explorer pack, etc.) a weapon you have chosen to be proficient in, an empty scroll case, a compass, 10GP, and a small runestone with your name carved into it.

Suggested Characteristics

These are characteristics recommendations.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I see good in everyone I meet, I treat everyone with kindness until it is proven to me that someone deserves my wrath.
2	I occasionally copy the behavior of others.
3	I am quick to forgive people for things that they have done wrong.
4	My eyes are filled with joy at the discovery of something new.
5	I often pretend to understand the things that others tell me.
6	I stare off into space when I remember something about my past.
7	I always examine my surroundings when I enter a room.
8	I am slow to trust others, always suspecting they may be trying to use me.

d6	Ideal
1	Forgiveness. I grant forgiveness to anyone who has wronged me, there is no point in holding grudges. (Good)
2	Freedom. I do not care for the rules of society, I will not let them bind me. (Chaotic)
3	Equality. I treat all that I meet in the same way for I have few preconceptions. (Neutral)
4	Order. The rules of society give me something solid to hold onto in my world of uncertainty.
5	Excitement. I look at the world with wonder and amazement, overjoyed to learn new things. (Any)
6	Greed. I will have whatever I want of this world that I have awoken in. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	I will always be loyal to my friends, they ground me and make me feel more real.
2	I love this odd language I somehow know and use it whenever I can.
3	I swear I will have my revenge on the person that took advantage of me when I first awoke.
4	I retain one specific memory from my forgotten life, and must find out what it means.
5	I desperately want to find something to dedicate my life to, a purpose.
6	I owe my life to the person that found me when I first awoke.

d6	Flaw
1	I would trade anything to find the truth of my past.
2	I am overly trusting of anyone who offers me help, especially those who claim they can help me remember my forgotten life.
3	I'm terrified of who I might have been and refuse to acknowledge what's been left behind.
4	I use my amnesia as an excuse for everything.
5	I do not understand common social customs.
6	I fastidiously record events and I am annoyed when those around me forget things.