Careers

Careers define what you have done—and what you are capable of. They are not mere professions, but lived experience: skills learned, habits formed, alliances made, and compromises accepted.

Good Boons / Good Flaws: Each Career lists suggested Boons and Flaws. These are not required, but strongly reinforce the tone of the setting.

Grounded Lives

Farmer

A worker of land, season, and survival.

Grow and harvest food
Understand weather and cycles
Handle animals and tools
Endure hardship
Recognize natural patterns

Good Boons: Iron Will, Strange Vitality

Good Flaws: Ill-Reputed, Vow-Bound

Crafter

A maker of useful and enduring things.

Build, repair, and maintain tools
Work wood, metal, or stone
Appraise craftsmanship
Improvise equipment
Understand materials

Good Boons: Relic Attunement, Iron Will

Good Flaws: Soul-Debt, Obsessive

Beggar

Invisible—but never ignorant.

Gather rumors
Move unnoticed
Survive with nothing
Blend into surroundings
Exploit pity

Good Boons: Shadow Step, Iron Will

Good Flaws: Ill-Reputed, Delicate

Healer

A mender of flesh who works with knowledge, herbs, and hard experience.

Treat wounds and illness
Stabilize the dying
Prepare remedies and poultices
Diagnose conditions
Work under pressure

Good Boons: Iron Will, Strange Vitality

Good Flaws: Cursed, Vow-Bound

Hunter

A provider who knows the habits of beasts and the silence of the wild.

Track animals or prey
Set traps and ambushes
Use bows or ranged weapons
Navigate wilderness
Harvest useful materials

Good Boons: Shadow Step, Keen Senses

Good Flaws: Loner, Cold-Hearted

Escaped Slave

Freedom earned through fear, cunning, and endurance.

Evade pursuit and recapture
Survive with nothing
Read danger quickly
Slip bonds and confinement
Adapt to hostile environments

Good Boons: Escape Artist, Survivor

Good Flaws: Hunted, Ill-Reputed

Worldly Professions

Merchant of the Purple Towns

A trader of goods and secrets.

Negotiate contracts
Maintain networks
Move goods
Appraise value
Track markets

Good Boons: Silver Tongue, Mark of Fate

Good Flaws: Greedy, Enemy of a Power

Sailor of the Young Kingdoms

A worker of sea and storm.

Operate vessels
Read weather
Navigate coasts
Perform labor
Endure voyages

Good Boons: Survivor, Strange Vitality

Good Flaws: Cursed, Vow-Bound

Reaver

A predator of ship and shore, living by raid and violence.

Board ships and storm coasts
Fight in chaos
Intimidate and dominate
Navigate danger
Take and hold plunder

Good Boons: Fearsome Reputation, Quick Blade

Good Flaws: Cold-Hearted, Arrogant

Courtier

A creature of influence.

Manipulate conversation
Read motives
Spread rumor
Gain access
Maintain alliances

Good Boons: Silver Tongue, Noble Bearing

Good Flaws: Infamous, Enemy of a Power

Court Fool

A mocker who survives by wit.

Speak truths in jest
Observe power structures
Influence through humor
Conceal intent
Navigate danger

Good Boons: Silver Tongue, Iron Will

Good Flaws: Arrogant, Enemy of a Power

Minstrel

A teller of stories, truth and false alike.

Perform tales and epics
Shape reputation
Travel widely
Gather knowledge
Influence memory

Good Boons: Silver Tongue, Mark of Fate

Good Flaws: Cursed, Curious

Noble of the Young Kingdoms

Born to command.

Exercise authority
Navigate rank
Leverage reputation
Recognize alliances
Intimidate

Good Boons: Noble Bearing, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Arrogant, Vow-Bound

Spy and Informer

A trader in secrets.

Gather intelligence
Maintain cover identities
Observe unnoticed
Decode messages
Manipulate truth

Good Boons: Shadow Step, Silver Tongue

Good Flaws: Enemy of a Power, Cursed

Burglar

A specialist in infiltration, theft, and silent entry.

Break into secured locations
Bypass locks and barriers
Move unseen in structures
Plan and execute heists
Escape pursuit

Good Boons: Shadow Step, Quick Hands

Good Flaws: Greedy, Enemy of a Power

Cutpurse

A thief of crowds and close quarters.

Pick pockets and lift valuables
Move unnoticed through crowds
Distract and misdirect
Identify easy marks
Escape quickly

Good Boons: Shadow Step, Quick Hands

Good Flaws: Greedy, Infamous

Scholar

A keeper of knowledge, both useful and dangerous.

Recall history and lore
Research obscure subjects
Interpret ancient texts
Identify symbols and meaning
Advise others

Good Boons: Relic Attunement, Eyes of the Unseen

Good Flaws: Curious, Delicate

War and Survival

Soldier of the Young Kingdoms

A trained warrior of discipline and loyalty.

Fight in formation
Follow orders under pressure
Maintain equipment
Recognize command structure
Endure campaigns

Good Boons: Iron Will, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Vow-Bound, Code-Bound

Free Companies Mercenary

A soldier for coin, bound by contract rather than loyalty.

Fight in battle
Negotiate or honor contracts
Maintain gear
Read combat situations
Survive for profit

Good Boons: Fearsome Reputation, Quick Blade

Good Flaws: Greedy, Vow-Bound

Duelist

A master of personal combat, reputation, and precision.

Fight one-on-one engagements
Read opponents
Control tempo and distance
Maintain composure
Defend honor

Good Boons: Quick Blade, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Arrogant, Code-Bound

Pit Fighter

A brutal survivor of close combat and spectacle.

Fight in confined spaces
Endure punishment
Use unarmed or improvised attacks
Read chaotic opponents
Survive brutal conditions

Good Boons: Strange Vitality, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Marked Face, Cold-Hearted

Scout of the Weeping Waste

A watcher and pathfinder in dangerous lands.

Track movement
Move unseen
Navigate terrain
Detect danger
Find resources

Good Boons: Shadow Step, Iron Will

Good Flaws: Cursed, Loner

Bodyguard

A sworn protector.

Defend a charge
Detect threats
Interpose in danger
Maintain vigilance
Enforce loyalty

Good Boons: Iron Will, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Vow-Bound, Code-Bound

Dark and Unpleasant Trades

Assassin

A killer who strikes with precision and preparation.

Eliminate targets
Use disguise and deception
Plan strikes carefully
Study victims
Escape unseen

Good Boons: Quick Blade, Shadow Step

Good Flaws: Cold-Hearted, Enemy of a Power

Torturer

An instrument of pain, fear, and revelation.

Inflict controlled suffering
Extract information through pain or fear
Break resistance
Understand anatomy through harm
Serve authority without hesitation

Good Boons: Iron Will, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Cold-Hearted, Touched by Chaos

Executioner

A figure of dread, feared and necessary.

Perform ritual or legal killings
Maintain instruments of death
Intimidate through presence
Handle prisoners
Carry out duty without hesitation

Good Boons: Fearsome Reputation, Iron Will

Good Flaws: Ill-Reputed, Cursed

Sorcery and the Unseen

Sorcerer of Melniboné

Heir to ancient dominion.

Command powerful entities
Perform great rituals
Recall arcane lore
Assert authority
Navigate pacts

Good Boons: Diabolist, Demon-Bound Weapon

Good Flaws: Doom-Touched, Arrogant

Sorcerer of Pan Tang

A servant of ritual power.

Perform structured rites
Channel Chaos
Conduct sacrifice
Enforce doctrine
Serve hierarchy

Good Boons: Diabolist, Touch of Chaos

Good Flaws: Fanatical, Touched by Chaos

Demonologist

A binder and handler of lesser entities.

Bind spirits into objects
Maintain control
Use supernatural tools
Recognize hierarchies
Manage risk

Good Boons: Lesser Demon Servant, Relic Attunement

Good Flaws: Soul-Debt, Doom-Touched

Priest of Law

A mediator between mortal and the divine forces of Law.

Perform rites and ceremonies
Interpret divine will
Call upon supernatural aid from Law
Guide followers
Recognize omens

Good Boons: Diabolist, Zeal of Law

Good Flaws: Vow-Bound, Fanatical

Priest of Chaos

A mediator between mortal and divine hordes of Chaos.

Perform rites and ceremonies
Interpret divine will
Call upon supernatural aid from Chaos
Guide followers
Recognize omens

Good Boons: Diabolist, Touch of Chaos

Good Flaws: Vow-Bound, Fanatical

Witch of the Weeping Waste

A survivor among unseen powers.

Use charms and herbs
Sense disturbances
Appease spirits
Avoid supernatural danger
Negotiate with the unseen

Good Boons: Dream-Sense, Spirit Listener

Good Flaws: Cursed, Ill-Reputed

Dream-Thief

A predator of the mind and the unreal.

Enter dreams
Steal secrets
Shape perception
Navigate dream-realms
Resist intrusion

Good Boons: Dream-Sense, Shadow Step

Good Flaws: Obsessive, Curious

Faith, Fate, and Myth

Templar of Law

A militant servant of order.

Fight with discipline
Resist Chaos
Enforce doctrine
Inspire allies
Recognize imbalance

Good Boons: Zeal of Law, Iron Will

Good Flaws: Code-Bound, Vow-Bound

Chaos Cultist

A willing servant of Chaos.

Spread influence
Perform rites
Recruit followers
Conceal activity
Embrace power

Good Boons: Touch of Chaos, Unsettling Beauty

Good Flaws: Chaos-Tainted, Obsessive

Agent of the Balance

A rare and unsettling figure.

Intervene subtly
Maintain equilibrium
Influence outcomes
Act without allegiance
Observe cosmic forces

Good Boons: Peace of Tanelorn, Eyes of the Unseen

Good Flaws: Loner, Vow-Bound

Ancient and Decadent Roles

Dragon-Master of Melniboné

Keeper of ancient dominion.

Command dragons
Recall ancient lore
Inspire terror
Control beasts
Navigate ruins

Good Boons: Dragon Affinity, Fearsome Reputation

Good Flaws: Doom-Touched, Arrogant

Exile of Melniboné

A fallen noble of the dying Bright Empire.

Adapt to lesser worlds
Recall ancient customs
Command respect
Survive exile
Endure loss

Good Boons: Iron Will, Unsettling Beauty

Good Flaws: Ill-Reputed, Arrogant

Tomb Robber

A plunderer of the dead and the forgotten.

Explore ancient ruins
Identify valuable artifacts
Avoid traps and dangers
Appraise relics
Survive expeditions

Good Boons: Relic Attunement, Eyes of the Unseen

Good Flaws: Doom-Touched, Cursed

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