Quote Originally Posted by Cikomyr View Post
Except you are *not* a blank slate.

Thats the thing that is easily missed. You are effectively the equivalent of an European migrant coming to America in the 1800s. An America that relatively recently had a massive civil war caused by religious zealot, and is suffering from a plague that cause babies to have no soul.

Thats huge. And you are never given any background on all of these before the game drops you In a Native American sacred ground where you are all killed.

Who are you? Where do you come from? Why have you left? What was awaiting you in this New Land?
The game literally has you answer those questions as part of the character creation process. You can pick your nationality and social status, and one of the opening dialogues even has you pick what it was you came to the Dyrwood for, and why you left your home. You can be a pirate who got chased out of the Deadfire by a rival captain, or just a bored Aedyr upper-class man looking for a change of pace. You can be looking for fame and fortune or just a quiet place to settle down.