In your past, distant or recent, you were someone else's property. As a slave you were at the complete mercy of your master(s), unable to choose for yourself in almost any manner. Prehaps you were born the child of a slave and by extension you became thier master's property. Maybe you were illegally sold into slavery or lost your freedom in an exchange. You may be a war slave or just upset the wrong person. It's possible you may have entered into a contract to pay off a debt or to gain a boon. Your master may have been kind, cruel or indifferant. They may have known you personally as a house slave, or they may only know you by a number as a slave of burden. No matter what you now find yourself with a new aspect, Freedom. Your servitude may be over by virtue of your service or a gracious master granting you your life as a reward. Or you may be a run away slave, on the lam constantly in fear of recapture. One thing is for sure now that you are free, no matter the circumstances that led you to it, you are determined to keep it that way.
- Skill Proficiencies: You are perseptive to the wants and needs of others. As a slave you were expeted to do whatever your master desired, often even before they asked for it.
As for any other skills you may have it is dependent on what function your master had you serve. You may be Athletic due to the manual labor you did daily. As a house slave you may be a proficient in Insight to better apease your master. If you were educated you may be skilled in knowledge and History. Prehaps you were forced to entertain your master with your wit or skill showing of your abilities of preformance.
- Tool Proficiencies: As a slave entertainment and fun came few and far between, if at all. Often your fellow slave would gamble small favors with hand made dice. You may have some skill with an instrument if your master alowed the use of the skill for thier own amusement.
- Languages: You speak the language of your master, if you already speak it you may have picked up another from a fellow slave of a different race.
- Equipment: You are less than poor, as you were once yourself property. What you have you have only recently found, earned or stolen. You may a a simple tunic or slave rags, unless you have stolen something of higher quality.
Your scars may be physical, mental or spiritual. They may take the form of a slave brand/tattoo, manacle scars on your wrists/ankles/neck, whip/skurge marks on your back. The damage may be in you mind from years of crushing servitude and abuse or in your soul from the feeling of abandonment by the gods.
Whatever form it takes people can see that you have had a troubled past filled with misfortune. Common, Poor and Destitute folk will instinctively offer you what help they can where the can. They will find that even in their own poverty that they can lend you a meal, bed or even occasionally coin.
Suggested Characteristics
As a slave/prisoner your life was been filed with pain, saddnes and misfortune. This has deeply colored how you see the world and it's inhabitants.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I complete every task to the letter as it was intended. |
| 2 | I find a way to be happy even in the hardest of circumstances. |
| 3 | I grow stronger in my hardships. |
| 4 | I try to anticipate the needs of those around me. |
| 5 | I fear failure because it has always brought me pain. |
| 6 | I try to be invisible to those around me. |
| 7 | I will shoulder a burden rather than allow someone else to carry it. |
| 8 | Misfortune is a old friend whom I am quite comfortable with. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | (Perseverance) - Hard times will always pass, patience is worth the wait. |
| 2 | (Inevitability) - Take joy in the moment because pain and sorry is inevitable. |
| 3 | (Meekness) - Be kind and quiet. This is the best way to avoid pain. |
| 4 | (Apathy) - Cut yourself of from others pain. Your own is enough |
| 5 | (Justice) - One day all whom have done wrong will be given their comeuppance. |
| 6 | (Greed) - Take what you can from who you can. Life gives you nothing for free. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was shown kindness by my master, I will avenge his death. |
| 2 | I had a family member who was separated from me in my servitude. I will find them. |
| 3 | The fellow slave who helped me excape was left behind by accident. I will free him. |
| 4 | I was abused by a overseer of my master. I will have revenge. |
| 5 | The family who took me in showed me how to love again. I will never be able to repay them enough. |
| 6 | I had a life before all of this. I will one day return to it. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am extremely distrustful of anyone in a position of authority. |
| 2 | I am skittish, always fearing the sting of the lash. |
| 3 | I killed to gain my freedom, and I would do it again to keep it. |
| 4 | I am blindingly optimistic. The gods love us and want the best for us |
| 5 | I use my past as a crutch. I am stronger than I let on |
| 6 | I am harshly protective of my property. I have so little it must me guarded. |
Almost all of the aspects of a slave apply to you with one exception. You got on the wrong side of the law. It may be commonly known or only by a few. But you are a wanted individual. Where common folk would have helped you they may cower or refuse you if they find out your secret. Conversely the criminal elements of the world may be willing to assist you regardless, if they can be persuaded.
Where common folk would have helped you they may cower or refuse you if they find out your secret. Conversely the criminal elements of the world may be willing to assist you regardless, if they can be persuaded.
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