1d20 Random Exiles

 

Roll	Backstory/Reason for Exile
1	Would-be-Martyr: Their death would have dire political consequences
2	Denounced: Their particular sect in the church was undeservedly branded heretical
3	Legendary Mistake: Committed a small gaffe in the worst possible way
4	Offensive: They had upset the wrong people (for what is an obvious reason)
5	Error: A bureaucratic mistake has turned a slap on the wrist into exile
6	Secret Shame: Their very existence would prove scandalous if uncovered
7	Victim: A jealous and power-hungry official has unjustly banished them here
8	Disgraced: Now a nobody, but was once important enough to be exiled out of respect/fear.
9	Ironic Loser: Took a mighty fall from the top and now here out of a sense of poetic justice
10	Just Some Guy: Sent here as a punishment and doesn't really want to talk about it
11	The Wrong Guy: Insists innocence and that the truth will one day vindicate them
12	Plea Bargain: Criminal escaping the noose by using a legal loophole
13	Too Popular: They were spared the noose due to public outcry and exiled to save face
14	Well-Connected: Powerful friends are saving them from a well-deserved death penalty
15	Smart Guy: Knows something they shouldn't know and was made to disappear
16	Agent: Working for an outside interest to fulfill a mission, they are here only briefly
17	Linchpin: Their death would complicate part of a grand plan, so they wait here
18	Doesn't Know: Just woke up in exile one day with a bad case of amnesia
19	Weird: Too strange to live among society and yet too special to kill
20	Native: Was born and raised here