Commoner: Coming from a humble background these are everyday folk, used to hardship and poverty. Generally has a profession and in smaller settlements might work for themselves or a merchant in larger towns and cities.
Modest. A modest lifestyle keeps you out of the slums. You live in an older part of town, renting a room in a boarding house, inn, or Temple. You don’t go hungry or thirsty, and your living Conditions are clean but simple.
an evil, despotic ruler of their homeland ordered all persons of their Race, birthplace, or approximate age put to death. As far as they know, they are the only one to escape this heinous act.