======Framed in Ferrous Quarter======
Everyone knows that Ferrous Quarter isn’t exactly the nicest part of Alkenstar. Hard-working laborers, gunsmiths suffering from black lung, and red-eyed tinkerers alike can toil their entire lives on these grimy streets and still wind up dead in an alley with nothing to show for it. You were once one of these humble artisans, until one day, out of nowhere, things broke bad.

Maybe you hung out with the wrong crowd. Maybe it was just bad luck. Whatever the case, you were framed for a crime you didn’t commit—larceny, smuggling, possibly even murder. You didn’t stick around long enough to find out what, exactly, the shieldmarshals banging on your door were charging you with. Now, you’re on the lam, uncertain where you’ll be able to get a good night’s sleep, let alone your next meal.

At least one thing’s for sure: before you turned heel and ran into the streets, you saw a telltale mark on the arrest warrant. It bore the hand of a corrupt marshal — one of many who frame honest folk with cooked-up evidence to keep the city in fear. They’ve ruined countless lives in your neighborhood, and now you’ve joined the list. Whether by fate or grit, you’ll see the day when their false justice comes due.

**Choose two ability boosts.** One must be to Dexterity or Constitution, and one is a free ability boost.  
You’re trained in the Crafting skill and the Engineering Lore skill. You gain the *Specialty Crafting* skill feat.