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So I need some help. My profile up there in the corner is my... persona, lets call him. Diodric (Deo-drick) or Dio is my most favorite D&D/Pathfinder character. I first made him over 13 years ago. I played him in a 2e campaign that lasted one whole summer, and one small tryst in 3.5 Eberron. Well I finally have the chance to play him in Pathfinder for the first time as a DMPC (the closest I'll actually get to playing any time soon). Thing is, while I've built and rebuilt him *multiple* times over the years I never ported his back story to Golarian canon.
I am completely at a loss.
Some quick background as far as I have it:
First off, both parents are alive, well, and supportive! Ha! Diodric's mother, Jillian, is the mayor of a small halfling village of Highreach, located somewhere near Falcon's Hollow in Andoran. His father, Eldon, owns a prominent business (undecided at this time, but I'm thinking an orchard and cidery); so Diodric is well-to-do but not affluent I would say.
He has a twin brother, Oiddric, (who's played by my real life younger brother) his back story includes becoming Captain of the Highreach militia and a brief issue with alcoholism then turning to the priesthood of Cayden Cailean.
With Diodric though, he grows up, there's some kind of classical training or mentoring with a Gnome mentor. That's it. He's an archaeologist bard, but I'm having a bad writer's block/disconnect between home and adventuring.
So I need some help trying to figure out, who/what/where/why. I've done the background generator from Ultimate Campaign, but nothing's really clicking with me.
I like the idea of a mentor being a Pathfinder Venture Captain, but at the same time I feel its too easy, its a cop-out. I don't need the gnome mentor, but that's where I was at with 2e and Eberron 3.5.
If anyone has any ideas or some guidance, I would really appreciate the help.