List of childhood backstories

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Title (Short title)	Description	Ci- vil	Rai- der	Sl- ave	Trav- eler	Tra- der	Tri- bal	Notes	Shoo- ting	Me- lee	Const- ruction	Mi- ning	Coo- king	Pla- nts	Ani- mals	Craf- ting	Art- istic	Med- ical	So- cial	Intel- lectual	Fire- fighting	Hau- ling	Clea- ning
Abandoned child (Abandoned)	<name> was born sickly. Thinking that <he/she> would only burden the tribe, <his/her> parents left <him/her> out in the elements. Somehow, <he/she> survived.							Body: Average		+3						+3			–2
Apocalypse survivor (Survivor)	<name> was born during a time of unrest on <his/her> homeworld, as climate change threatened mass starvation and flooding. As <he/she> grew up the situation worsened - billions died and peaceful states descended into anarchy. <name> and <his/her> parents did whatever they had to to survive.								+4								–3			–3
Cave child	<name> grew up in a large and intricate cave complex that extended deep into a mountainside. <he/she> helped the adults maintain and improve the deep caves.							Trait: Undergrounder			+3	+3
Caveworld tender (Cave kid)	<name> grew up in cave complex deep beneath the surface of an inhospitable world. <he/she> worked with the other children tending the tribe's fungus crops.							Trait: Undergrounder	–3			+2		+4
Caveworld tunneler (Tunneler)	<name> worked as a digger in the massive underground cave complex. <he/she> knows rock so well that <he/she> can almost navigate caves by smell.							Trait: Undergrounder Body: Hulk	–2		+1	+6
Child spy (Spy)	Children are often presumed innocent, and can be ideal as spies. <name> was trained in the art of infiltration and information-gathering when <he/she> was just nine years old. <his/her> years behind enemy lines and the war-torn nature of <his/her> homeworld meant <he/she> had limited opportunity for education.								+5											–3
Child star (Star)	<name> was well-known throughout <his/her> homeworld as a child actor in films and TV shows. <his/her> fame put <him/her> in contact with many different kinds of people, but also tended to get in the way of <his/her> education.																+3		+3	–2
Coma child	A childhood accident put <name> into a coma. <he/she> didn't wake up until <he/she> was in <his/her> late teens. <his/her> body never recovered from the years of inactivity, but people tend to take pity on <him/her> when they hear <his/her> story.							Body: Thin			–2	–2							+4
Convent child (Illicit)	The child of an illicit affair, <name> was bought up by nuns in a medieval convent. <he/she> learned the value of hard work and submission, but was taught that technology is heretical.										+3			+3
Cult child (Cult kid)	<name> was born into a powerful cult which shunned advanced technology and believed that all illness could be cured by cleansing the soul through sacred art. After <his/her> first glimpse of the outside world, <he/she> decided to run away.																+5	–3
Title (Short title)	Description	Ci- vil	Rai- der	Sl- ave	Trav- eler	Tra- der	Tri- bal	Notes	Shoo- ting	Me- lee	Const- ruction	Mi- ning	Coo- king	Pla- nts	Ani- mals	Craf- ting	Art- istic	Med- ical	So- cial	Intel- lectual	Fire- fighting	Hau- ling	Clea- ning
Fire keeper (Firekeep)	<name> was responsible for keeping the tribe's fire going. <he/she> took this responsibility very seriously.												+2			+2
Frightened child (Scared)	<name> grew up with a laundry list of phobias and neuroses. <he/she> feared, among other things, doctors and foodborne pathogens. As a result, <he/she> learned to cook and care for <him/her>self, but many of <his/her> fears dog <him/her> in adulthood.												+3					+3
Herder	As a child, <name> tended the tribe's muffalo herds, keeping them safe from predators and treating the sick. It was quiet work, but <he/she> enjoyed being away from people.									+3								+3	–2
Industrial orphan (Orphan)	<name> never knew <his/her> parents. <his/her> earliest memories were of drudgery in the mines and workhouses of <his/her> industrial world. Because of this, <he/she> never received a proper education.											+3				+3				–2
Medical assistant (Medic)	<name> was born during a catastrophic war in which both sides used napalm extensively. <he/she> grew up helping <his/her> parents in an infirmary, treating the cascade of horrific burns from the battlefields. <he/she> was left with a lifelong fear of fire.																	+5
Medieval lordling (Lordling)	<name> was a minor noble in an old kingdom on a medieval world. <he/she> grew up in a manor made of stone, served by bowing lowerclassmen. Such a life teaches no technical skills and instils a lifelong aversion to manual labor - but <name> learned early the ways of social manipulation.										–1	–1		–1					+4
Medieval slave (Slave)	<name> grew up pulling carts and digging holes on a medieval world. Simple manual labor is <his/her> oldest companion - along with the master's lash. <he/she> didn't learn to read until age nine.										+2	+2		+2						–3
Music lover (Musician)	As a child, <name> had a talent for playing musical instruments and singing. <he/she> was given expert training and loved to perform in recitals and concerts, though the lavish praise <he/she> received made <him/her> a little self-obsessed.																+5		–2
Mute	<name> was greatly affected by a traumatic event early in <his/her> life. For many years <he/she> refused to speak to people, preferring instead to play with <his/her> household's numerous pets.														+5
Organ farm	<name> was raised in an illegal underground organ farm. <his/her> body was used to grow organic implants for wounded mercenaries. Though <his/her> upbringing has left <him/her> haunted, it has also given <him/her> a unique understanding of human biology.							Body: Average										+5
Title (Short title)	Description	Ci- vil	Rai- der	Sl- ave	Trav- eler	Tra- der	Tri- bal	Notes	Shoo- ting	Me- lee	Const- ruction	Mi- ning	Coo- king	Pla- nts	Ani- mals	Craf- ting	Art- istic	Med- ical	So- cial	Intel- lectual	Fire- fighting	Hau- ling	Clea- ning
Pyromaniac (Pyro)	From an early age, <name> had an unhealthy fascination with fire. <he/she> would set refuse heaps ablaze and become so entranced by the flames <he/she> would absent-mindedly burn <him/her>self. One day while playing with matches, <he/she> carelessly burned down <his/her> home.							Trait: Pyromaniac					–2				+3		–3
Reclusive child (Reclusive)	<name> didn't learn to speak until <he/she> was nearly 5 years old, and, even then, <he/she> preferred to keep to <him/her>self. When <he/she> was in <his/her> early teens, <he/she> made a habit of wandering off from the village to live in the wilderness for weeks at a time.									+4						+3
Scavenger	<name> spent <his/her> childhood escaping grunt work to go digging through wrecks and ruins for treasures. <his/her> natural curiosity got <him/her> into a lot of trouble, but it also yielded many interesting finds.											+3								+3
Scout	Born to colonial administrators from a small imperial power, <name> was enrolled in a youth program that taught military scouting skills. <he/she> learned to survive in the wilderness, to obey, and not to ask questions.								+3		+1					+2
Shelter child (Shelterkid)	<name> grew up in a shelter deep beneath a toxic world. <he/she> received a comprehensive education, but had no opportunity to do physical labour.										–2	–2						+3	+2	+3
Shopkeeper (Shopkeep)	<name>'s mother was often ill, and it fell to <him/her> to run the store which was their only source of income. <he/she> learned a little about the exotic artifacts which <he/she> sold, and a lot about the art of the deal.																		+4	+2
Sickly child (Patient)	As a child, <name> suffered from a rare disease. Quarantined in a research hospital, <he/she> had minimal human contact and got little physical exercise. In the sterile hospital environment, however, <he/she> became very familiar with science and medicine.									–2	–2							+5	–2	+4
Sole survivor (Survivor)	<name>'s entire tribe was wiped out in a raid. Though <he/she> was adopted by another group, <he/she> was emotionally scarred, and preferred to stay near home, cooking and tending crops.												+3	+3
Story writer (Writer)	As a child, <name> was addicted to reading. <he/she> would spend all day in <his/her> local library with <his/her> nose in a book. When budget cuts forced the library to close, <name> was distraught. <he/she> decided to fill the gap by writing <his/her> own stories instead.																+4			+3
Test subject (Testee)	On the most corrupt urbworlds, scientists without a moral compass commit unspeakable atrocities in the name of research. <name> was kept alone in a sealed facility from birth and subjected to a variety of behavioural experiments in an attempt to turn <him/her> into a perfect super-soldier.								+4
Title (Short title)	Description	Ci- vil	Rai- der	Sl- ave	Trav- eler	Tra- der	Tri- bal	Notes	Shoo- ting	Me- lee	Const- ruction	Mi- ning	Coo- king	Pla- nts	Ani- mals	Craf- ting	Art- istic	Med- ical	So- cial	Intel- lectual	Fire- fighting	Hau- ling	Clea- ning
Tribe child (Tribal)	<name> grew up in the tribe, running around the village, moving with the muffalo herds, learning essential skills from <his/her> parents. <he/she> never learned to read and never saw a machine that wasn't an ancient ruin.								+2	+2				+2						–3
Urbworld urchin (Urchin)	The urbworlds - ancient and deep industrial cityscapes bursting with humanity and poison. <name> grew up in the dark, unwanted reaches of such a place. <he/she> had to fight for every scrap of food.								+2	+4
Vatgrown soldier (Vatgrown)	<name> wasn't made as a person, but as an instrument of destruction. Grown in a bioweapons facility and taught combat during <his/her> accelerated growth, <name> still has a proclivity for combat of all kinds and an aversion to human contact.								+4	+4
Vengeful child (Vengeful)	As a child, <name> returned to <his/her> village to find that it had been wiped out by bandits. <he/she> swore revenge on the attackers and began a violent rampage across the wilderness.								+3	+3
War refugee (Refugee)	War broke out in <name>'s home when <he/she> was a baby. <his/her> parents fled with <him/her>, seeking safety wherever they could find it. <name>'s earliest memories are of being taught how to defend <him/her>self. The violence and destruction <he/she> witnessed left <him/her> scarred for life.												+2			+2
Wreckage explorer (Explorer)	Two generations before <name> was born, an apocalyptic war dragged <his/her> home planet into anarchy. <name> was tasked with watching <his/her> tribe's herds, but often shirked <his/her> duties to go exploring the crashed warships scattered around the planet.														+3					+3