| I fleeced the wrong person and must work to ensure that this individual never crosses paths with me or those I care about. |
| I will fish the many famous waters of this land. |
| So long as I have this token from my homeland, I can face any adversity in this strange land. |
| I have belonged to the same performance troupe for years, and these people mean everything to me. |
| My legal counsel is my best friend. I owe all my forthcoming opportunities to their hard work. |
| I can’t bring myself to harm a Fey creature, either because I consider myself one or because I fear the repercussions. |
| I’m searching for a fellow marine captured by an elusive enemy. |
| I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it. |
| I would give my life for my clan chieftain. |
| My commander betrayed my unit, and I will have revenge. |
| I’ve seen great darkness, and I’m committed to being a light against it—the light of all lights. |
| I’m duty-bound to obey the dictates of an ancestor on the Ghost Council. |
| I wield the same Boros weapon my grandparent did, for the honor of our family. |
| I must visit all the oceans of the world and behold the ships that sail there. |
| Someone else’s greed destroyed my livelihood, and I will be compensated. |
| I will face any challenge to win the approval of my family. |
| I want to be famous, whatever it takes. |
| My house is my family. I would do anything for it. |
| My orders are important, but my comrades are worth more than anything. I would die for them. |
| My childhood home holds all my best memories, and its upkeep is my primary concern. |
| I’ll never forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it. |
| My church provides a connection to my god, so I must ensure that it is protected and funded. |
| I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again. |
| I swindled and ruined a person who didn’t deserve it. I seek to atone for my misdeeds but might never be able to forgive myself. |
| I lost someone I care about, but I still see them in guilty visions, recurring dreams, or as a spirit. |
| I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land. |
| I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor. |
| A great evil dwells within me. I will fight against it and the world’s other evils for as long as I can. |
| The laboratory where I did my research contains everything that is precious to me. |
| My house’s alliance with another noble family must be sustained at all costs. |
| I own something that Rakdos once touched (it’s seared black at the spot), and I cherish it. |
| I have a family member in need. I consider them in everything I do. |
| I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love. |
| I value my worldly goods more highly than my mortal life. |
| Though I had no choice, I lament having to leave my loved one(s) behind. I hope to see them again one day. |
| I’ve modeled my career after a highly respected lawmage or arrester, but I fear that my role model might be involved in something illegal. |
| Someone I love has become a monster, murderer, or other threat. It’s up to me to redeem them. |
| My mistake got someone hurt. I’ll never make that mistake again. |
| I do everything for my family. My first thought is keeping them safe. |
| After one last job, I will retire from the business. |
| Everything I do is an attempt to impress someone I love. |
| I formed a close friendship or romance with someone in the guild I’m infiltrating. |
| I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died. |
| Much of the treasure I claim will be used to enrich my community. |
| Everything I’ve done, I’ve done to protect someone close to me. |
| My loyalty to my sovereign is unwavering. |
| I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I’m still looking for someone worthy. |
| A childhood mentor put me on my current path. If I succeed, I want to repay that mentor in some way. |
| I repair broken things to redeem what’s broken in myself. |
| Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back. |
| I use my cunning mind to solve mysteries and find justice for those who’ve been wronged. |
| I face danger and evil to offset an unredeemable act in my past. |
| Having lived among the people of a primeval tribe or clan, I long to return and see how they are faring. |
| I’ve seen too many in need. I must not fail them as everyone else has. |
| I am in love with a vizier. |
| I’m loyal to my captain first, everything else second. |
| My family means everything to me. I failed them before, and I must not do so again. |
| I am forever grateful to the reclaimer who found me floating facedown in the sewer, moments from death. |
| I would die for those who fight beside me, regardless of their faults. |
| In a harbor town, I have a paramour whose eyes nearly stole me from the sea. |
| The other new hires at Acquisitions Incorporated are my allies. We have each other’s backs. |
| My freedom is my most precious possession. I’ll never let anyone take it from me again. |
| I will do anything to protect the temple where I served. |
| I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today. |
| My vessel was stolen from me, and I burn with the desire to recover it. |
| I must keep a written record of my beliefs and the sins that I witness. When finished, this book will be my gift to the multiverse. |
| I give most of my profits to a charitable cause, and I don’t like to brag about it. |
| I will overcome a rival and prove myself their better. |
| I found something in the sewer that must never come to light. |
| I’m determined to impress the leaders of my house, and to become a leader myself. |
| I will be the best for the honor and glory of my home. |
| I have a trinket that I believe is the key to finding a long-lost society. |
| I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend. |
| If the empire falls, all of civilization falls with it. I will hold back chaos and barbarism at any cost. |
| I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that has historical significance or is one of a kind. |
| I value an oath of loyalty I took to a group of friends over everything else in my life. |
| My mentor gave me a journal filled with lore and wisdom. Losing it would devastate me. |
| I want to find my mentor, who disappeared on an expedition some time ago. |
| I want to prove myself more worthy than an older sibling and thereby ensure that I inherit a greater share of my parents’ wealth. |
| Years ago, tragedy struck the members of an isolated society I befriended, and I will honor them. |
| I’ll never forget the laboratory where I learned my skills, or the other attendants who learned alongside me. |
| A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter. |
| Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her. |
| I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure. |
| I cherish the finger of a family member who was petrified by a medusa. |
| I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me. |
| The chieftain of another clan has a grudge against me. |
| I entered seclusion to hide from the ones who might still be hunting me. I must someday confront them. |
| An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me. |
| I love beasts and plants of all kinds, and am loath to harm them. |
| I am in love with the heir of a family that my family despises. |
| A blood witch told me I have a special destiny to fulfill, and I’m trying to figure out what it is. |
| I deeply miss someone and am quick to adopt people who remind me of them. |
| I lost something important in the deep sea, and I intend to find it. |
| Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for. |
| An oligarch publicly humiliated me, and I will exact revenge on that whole family. |
| One of my crop-mates is my dearest friend, and I hope we will face each other in the final trial. |
| I will get revenge on the shortsighted fool who killed my precious krasis creation. |
| I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden. |
| I’m desperately seeking a cure to an affliction or a curse, either for someone close to me for myself. |
| I owe everything to my mentor—a horrible person who’s probably rotting in jail somewhere. |
| Although my business failed, the people of my community were kind to me. I’ll do everything in my power to protect them. |
| I love my god and never want my service to end. (Hazoret) |
| I am particularly drawn to one of the five gods, and I want nothing more than to win that god’s particular favor. |
| I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy. |
| I must repay my village’s debt. |
| I escaped my life of poverty by robbing an important person, and I’m wanted for it. |
| I stand in opposition, lest the wicked go unopposed. |
| Music helped me through a dark time in my life. Now, I’ll use music to change the world. |
| I’m fascinated by the beauty and wonder of this new land. |
| My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore. |
| I’m convinced it was sabotage that destroyed my first laboratory and killed many of my friends, and I seek revenge against whoever did it. |
| My parent once brought a cursed magic item home. It is my obsession. |
| The Dimir agent who recruited me was unmasked and killed. My revenge on the killers will be thorough and painful. |
| I do what I can to protect the natural world. |
| I have an identical twin who is as different from me as any person could be. |
| My former business partner fell ill, and then our business failed. Part of my new venture involves earning enough to take care of their family. |
| Despite their absences, my famous parent was kind and generous. I love them and want to make them proud. |
| My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it. |
| I carry a memento of my time as an acolyte, and I treasure it above all other things. |
| The teachings of my god are more precious to me than any possession. (Kefnet) |
| I seek to avenge a clan, tribe, kingdom, or empire that was wiped out. |
| Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge. |
| I am determined that one day I will lead my clan—or a new one. |
| I would do anything the guildmaster told me to do. |
| No one else should have to endure the hardships I’ve been through. |
| The common folk must see me as a hero of the people. |
| Should my discovery come to light, it could bring ruin to the world. |
| I love spending time in the moss-covered building where I took part in my first reclamation mission. |
| My tools are symbols of my past life, and I carry them so that I will never forget my roots. |
| I cherish a leaf from Vitu-Ghazi that changes color with the seasons, even though it is no longer attached to the tree. |
| My fellow legionnaires are my family. |
| A fellow student and I are racing to solve the same scientific puzzle. |
| I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. |
| I ran with the Rakdos in my youth, and I’m striving to atone for my past misdeeds. |
| While my parent was out adventuring, a servant raised me, and I care about that person more than anyone. |
| I would do anything to defend the temple of my god from any harm or desecration. (Rhonas) |
| I protect those who cannot protect themselves. |
| I owe a debt that cannot be repaid in gold. |
| I will do anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival. |
| I’m loyal to the friend or family member who taught me how to gamble. |
| I am devoted to Rakdos and live to impress him. |
| I’m secretly in love with the wealthy patron who sponsors my archaeological exploits. |
| Every member of the conclave is my kin, and I would fight for any one of them. |
| I have a favorite religious hymn that I constantly hum. |
| My ill-gotten gains go to support my family. |
| The world has been convinced of a terrible lie. It’s up to me to reveal the truth. |
| GrrrRRAAAAGGHH! [I will do anything to prove myself greater than my siblings or ancestors.] |
| The other researchers in my clade are my family—a big, eccentric family including members and parts of many species. |
| My peers keep me grounded. |
| My instrument is my most treasured possession, and it reminds me of someone I love. |
| I’m still seeking the enlightenment I pursued in my seclusion, and it still eludes me. |
| The Witchlight Carnival feels like home to me. |
| I’m secretly hoping that I can change the cult from the inside, using my influence to help rein in the wanton violence. |
| I’ll always remember my first ship. |
| I seek to honor the angel Zariel by destroying fiends and other evildoers wherever I find them. |
| My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me. |
| If I take care of my possessions, they’ll take care of me. People come and go, but a weapon or a wand is something you can always rely on. |
| I discovered a secret I can’t let anyone else uncover—including my guild superiors. |
| A trusted friend is the most important thing in the multiverse to me. |
| I want to be better at my chosen form of performance than any other member of my troupe. |
| I want to learn more about a particular humanoid culture that fascinates me. |
| In my laboratory, I discovered something that I think could eliminate half the life on Ravnica. |
| I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago. |
| My weapon was a gift from a beloved trainer who died in an accident. |
| I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood. |
| I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic. |
| I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe. |
| The gods of my people are a comfort to me so far away from home. |
| The person who saved me from my gambling addiction is the only reason I’m alive today. |
| I helped create a krasis that I love like a pet and would carry with me everywhere… except it’s the size of a building, and it might eat me. |
| I have the schematics for an invention that I hope to build one day, once I have the necessary resources. |
| The ship is most important—crewmates and captains come and go. |
| One of my parents was prominent in the guild, and I resent constantly being compared to that standard. |
| Growing up, I had an imaginary friend I could always count on. That friend is still with me. |
| Everything I do is for the common people. |
| I owe a dangerous person a lot of money. As long as they’re happy, they let my debt rest unpaid. |
| I am more devoted to Naktamun and its people than I am to any of the ideals of the gods. |
| I entered seclusion because I loved someone I could not have. |
| I lost someone important to an agent of the Dwendalian Empire. That regime will fall. |
| I’m drawn to the Feywild and long to return there, if only for a short while. |
| I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands. |
| The only bond that matters is the one holding my money pouch to my belt. |
| I wish my childhood sweetheart had come with me to pursue my destiny. |
| I don’t care about the house as a whole, but I would do anything for my old mentor. |
| I owe my life to the Boros captain who took me in when I was living on the streets. |
| I owe my survival to another urchin who taught me to live on the streets. |
| I am devoted to a sacred site in the midst of the rubblebelt. |
| I must set an example of hope for those who have given up. |
| My parents worry about me, but I’ll make them proud. |
| I would still lay down my life for the people I served with. |
| I. Will. Finish. The. Job. |
| A criminal syndicate I once played for isn’t happy I left the game, and its enforcers are looking for me. |
| I have cherished memories of Idyllglen, though I’ve only seen this bucolic town in dreams. |
| Nothing is more important than the other members of my family. |
| I will craft a boat capable of sailing through the most dangerous of storms. |
| It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe. |
| I’m utterly loyal to my superior in the guild, more than to the guild or its guildmaster. |
| My honor is my life. |
| I hope one day to write the laws, not just enforce them. |
| I hold no greater cause than my service to my people. |
| I find magic in all its forms to be compelling. The more magical a place, the more I am drawn to it. |
| I tried and failed to prevent a murder, and I have sworn to find and arrest the perpetrator. |
| A powerful person killed someone I love. Some day soon, I’ll have my revenge. |
| Someone saved my life on the battlefield. To this day, I will never leave a friend behind. |
| Everything I do is in the service of a powerful master, one I must keep a secret from everyone. |
| The first people to be hurt by this war will be the common folk. I need to protect them. |
| I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland. |
| I would lay down my life for Aurelia and the angels. |
| I must find a kind of wood rumored to possess magical qualities. |
| One person in particular owes me a lot of money, and I need to keep them alive if I want to be repaid. |
| Spirits are drawn to me. I do all I can to help them find peace. |
| I have dedicated my life to finding a solution to a scientific problem. |
| I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question. |
| Ruthless pirates murdered my captain and crewmates, plundered our ship, and left me to die. Vengeance will be mine. |
| I have a close friend or lover who is also a vizier. |
| I will become the greatest thief that ever lived. |
| All life is precious to me. I know I can change the world without taking a humanoid life. |
| My house must evolve, and I’ll lead the evolution. |
| Nothing is more important than the other members of my hermitage, order, or association. |
| I will be known as the greatest spy who ever lived. |
| The elite in their ivory towers don’t understand how we suffer. I intend to show them. |
| I successfully prevented a murder, and the would-be perpetrator wants me dead. |
| Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday I’ll get it back. |
| My loyalty to my companions embodies the ideal of loyalty to my god. (Oketra) |
| I hope to bring prestige to a library, a museum, or a university. |
| I was tricked by a fellow smuggler who stole something precious from me. I will find that thief. |
| I am beholden to an Azorius arrester who captured the criminal who killed my parents, saving me from the same fate. |
| I spend as much time as I can in the Ismeri Library because I’m certain an information hub operates behind its facade. I want its secrets! |
| I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who stole them from me. |
| Someone has discovered my true identity. |
| I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me. |
| I consider every member of my parent’s former adventuring party to be family. |
| I strive to live up to a specific hero’s example. |
| What I do, I do for the world. The people don’t realize how much they need me. |
| I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it back. |
| I am committed to the service of my god—because it’s my sure ticket into the afterlife. (Bontu) |
| I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery. |
| A healer nursed me to recovery from a mortal illness. |
| I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it. |
| Others hurt in the same accident that hurt me are my new family. I’ll make sure they’re taken care of. |
| Urchins once helped me find marks for my games. Now I’m driven to help them escape the streets. |
| I was cheated out of my fair share of the profits, and I want to get my due. |
| Fear leads to tyranny, and both must be eradicated. |
| The unbearable weight of my debt has driven me to desperation. |
| I owe much to my vanished mentor. I seek to continue their work even as I search to find them. |
| I feel indebted to Mister Witch and Mister Light for giving me a home and a purpose. |
| One day I will return to my guild and prove that I am the greatest artisan of them all. |
| I desperately need to get back to someone or someplace, but I lost them in the Mists. |
| A kraken destroyed my masterpiece; its teeth shall adorn my hearth. |
| The job is all that matters. I will see it through. |
| My teammates are my family. |
| My past mistakes cost someone else dearly. I have to rectify that. |
| The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me. |
| I would never break my word. |
| I’ll sing the invitation of Mat’Selesnya with my dying breath. |
| My destiny awaits me at the bottom of a particular pond in the Feywild. |
| My weapon is made from the first raktusk I ever hunted. |
| I want to lead one faction of the guild to a new position of dominance. |
| Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again. |
| My isolation gave me great insight into a great evil that only I can destroy. |
| A patron once fronted me money in exchange for a percentage of my winnings. I owe them a debt of gratitude. And a lot of cash. |
| I would give my life in the defense of the small enclave where I first encountered Mat’Selesnya. |
| It is my duty to protect my students. |
| I do everything for those who were taken from me. |
| Although I don’t get along well with people, my pet means the world to me. |
| The gods saved me during a terrible storm, and I will honor their gift. |
| My faith in the Obzedat never wavers. |
| The Sword of Zariel has chosen me. I shall not fail to wield it justly. |
| I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against that person’s. |
| The person who trained me is the most important person in my world. |
| I do what I can to help out the spouse of a comrade who died in battle. |
| The rulers of this place were kind to me, and they have my lifelong devotion. |
| I intend to become the leader of the network of smugglers that I belong to. |
| I am exceptional. I do this because no one else can, and no one can stop me. |
| Ever since I was a child, I’ve heard stories about a lost city. I aim to find it, learn its secrets, and earn my place in the history books. |
| ^bonds |