Languages: One of your choice.

Sometimes you just don't make it. Sometimes the light withers out. But even in the darkest of times, some poor, terrified mortal souls are seemingly destined to survive.

Features

Defining Event

You previously may've had a simple or modest lifestyle, but after tragedy strikes, there's often no going back. Choose or randomly determine a defining event that marked you as a survivor of tragedy from the following:
Events Table
Note: Alternatively, you can be a victim of the campaign's more current events. Maybe the party meets you while heading towards the disaster they might not even know just took place. Maybe the campaign is set around you trying to return and face the nightmare. The extent of this must be agreed upon by the DM.

Heartache

From such desperate beginnings, most folk are sympathetic toward you, with many being able to tell at a glance that you've had a rough time. People of a Neutral or Good alignment will be easier to get along with as long as you are following at least their standards of morality. They will protect you from danger if they can, and be willing to provide shelter and simple work to earn a small pay. This only occurs as long as you don't show yourself to be a danger to them, or break laws they follow. They will not risk their life for you on this feature alone.

Suggested Motivations

A Survivor of tragedy tends to strive to prevent future unjust occurrences. Most Survivors look back on their past with great disdain, and see similar circumstances as a blight on life and a challenge to overcome that they are VERY passionate about.
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