Backgrounds
A character's Background is what he or she did before adventuring. Some people were businessmen, some were soldiers, some were farmers or sailors. Some were born to adventuring parents and grew up in the life.
Backgrounds function in a few ways. For one, they denote what you character did prior to existing in the game world, but they also serve to show where they received specialized training that will progress as their character levels up. Each character will receive two profession slots, one which will be dictated by their chosen background. The second profession may be purchased off of the everyman chart. A player may not choose the same Profession for their character that is granted by their Background but otherwise are free to choose from any of the others available.