Sealed One

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Sealed One

You were sealed away from the world long ago, before being recently freed. You've spent countless years in isolation: perhaps you were put in stasis in a faraway plane, or you found yourself stuck in a temple you were exploring, or maybe you even forgot how you were sealed in the first place, and are now forced to adapt to a world that's new and alien to you. Who's responsible for sealing you? Did you do this to yourself, or did someone else lock you away? Was it the doing of a friend, a foe, or some greater being of divine or otherwordly nature? How and where were you sealed? For how long did it last? Were you sealed alone, or with some other creature? What was your time being sealed like? Did you age, or stayed the same? Do you have anywhere to go back to, a goal you sealed yourself for?
Skill Proficiencies: History, Arcana
Tool Proficiencies: None
Languages: Five of your choice
Equipment: A trinket which dates from before you were sealed, a piece of paper on which you wrote something in the past, some anachronic-looking clothes and a pouch containing 50 gp.

Feature: Lost Knowledge

You were sealed away from the world long ago, before being recently freed. You've spent countless years in isolation: perhaps you were put in stasis in a faraway plane, or you found yourself stuck in a temple you were exploring, or maybe you even forgot how you were sealed in the first place, and are now forced to adapt to a world that's new and alien to you. Who's responsible for sealing you? Did you do this to yourself, or did someone else lock you away? Was it the doing of a friend, a foe, or some greater being of divine or otherwordly nature? How and where were you sealed? For how long did it last? Were you sealed alone, or with some other creature? What was your time being sealed like? Did you age, or stayed the same? Do you have anywhere to go back to, a goal you sealed yourself for? How were you set free? Do you recall the answers to all of these questions? Skill Proficiencies: History, Arcana Languages: Five of your choice Equipment: A trinket which dates from before you were sealed, a piece of paper on which you wrote something in the past, some anachronic-looking clothes and a pouch containing 50 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1I have a complicated relationship with historians. They're some of the few people around which I don't feel like an outcast, but they can't stand me correcting them all the time.
2I always make sure tavern owners and other tradespeople write my name down and remember my face, even if I have to be loud and annoying to do so.
3Inexplicable waves of nostalgia sometimes hit me.
4Spending time with people that weren't alive when I first was is hard for me.
5I'm obsessed with stories about time travel.
6Sometimes, I confuse strangers on the street with old friends of mine.
7I can't help but bring up old, often irrelevant facts when I'm in a conversation.
8Going to sleep is hard for me. What if I wake up thousands of years later?

Ideals (d6)

1Acceptation. Whether I like it or not, the past is gone, and I have to live in the present. (Lawful)
2Destiny. The world may have changed, but my goals have not. (Neutral)
3Refusal. I refuse to live in a world I don't belong in. (Chaotic)
4Altruism. There's nothing I can do for my loved ones now, but there are new people in need of my help. (Good)
5Chaos. I don't know this world and it doesn't know me: nothing stops me from finally giving into my selfish desires. (Evil)
6Knowledge. What I know has almost been lost. I have to secure it before I meet my end. (Unaligned)

Bonds (d6)

1One last person I knew is still alive. I have to find them.
2I will do anything to help the person who let me free.
3I sealed myself with a specific goal in mind. Time to achieve it.
4Someone or something sealed me intentionally.. I have to know who and why.
5Even before being locked away, there was a place I wanted to see at least once.
6I made a promise long ago, and whether the person I made it to is alive or not, I still intent on keeping it.

Flaws (d6)

1I get extremely upset when people don't believe my story.
2I'm terrified of being sealed again.
3I'm desperate to find anything related to my past.
4One of my old traumas from before I was sealed is still an open wound to me.
5I completely refuse to acknowledge the fact that I spent all of this time locked up, and try my best to pass as a "normal" person.
6I committed a terrible crime and will do everything in my power to make sure it stays buried in the past.


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Source: D&D Wiki - Sealed One (5e Background)

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