Though you can choose any common background for your character (including the ones starting on page 60 of the Core Rulebook; the criminal background is particularly appropriate), the following new backgrounds are designed specifically for the Pantheon Rising Adventure Path. You can use these backgrounds to inspire personality traits and details that tie your character to Alkenstar.

Additionally, each of the following backgrounds includes a reason for your outlaw status and an indication of which faction in Alkenstar is to blame. It is up to you to decide how that affects your character and whether you want revenge or not.

• Banished Brighite
  
• Framed in Ferrous Quarter
  
• Hung-out Hustler
  
• Inexplicably Expelled
  
• Rift-Rousted Radical
  
• Snubbed-Out Stoolie
  
• Wanted Witness

Players should also feel free to create their own custom backgrounds. The Deep Backgrounds variant rule can be helpful if you are not sure where to begin. You can select from each table or roll for results, whichever your prefer.