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>Camp Follower i.e. prostitute/pimp/washerwoman/tinker/fence
You're probably hardy and used to life on the road. You're not a warrior, but you can handle yourself in a bad situation. You know how to negotiate, speak multiple languages, and are probably good at doing spot repairs on kit. In a nautical campaign, you might be a sampan hooker, who also moonlights as a spy, smuggler, and information broker.
>Executioner/Torturer
You know how to use a sword, even if you aren't a duelist. Your skill is your life, you're probably very good at remaining calm in situations of extreme stress. Ironically, your knowledge of anatomy actually makes you an extremely skilled surgeon, meaning you're just far more likely to heal than to harm in your day to day life. You also have an excuse to travel, as your skills are in demand.
>Eunuch
You are a valuable and trusted servant to extremely wealthy and powerful people. You may be a fanatical bodyguard or a highly educated advisor, or something of both. Because you were cut, you have no hope of establishing any kind of dynasty of your own, and are therefore trusted implicitly in all things by your master.
Depending on your culture's values, you may be an object or scorn, pity, morbid curiosity, or religious reverence.
>Actor
You might be part of a traveling troupe or be an itinerant monologist. You're probably extremely well versed in legends and lore, and you're charismatic. You may have modest skill as a swordsman. You're used to travel.

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What are some unconventional but appropriate backgrounds for adventurers in a historical milieu?