Folk Hero

Folk Hero is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around rescuing others from peril. Wyll, Minsc, and the hireling Danton have this background.
== Background features ==
* Animal Handling Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Animal Handling) Ability Checks.
* Survival Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Survival) Ability Checks.
== Background goals ==
Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward Inspiration. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. Completing an inspiration event will also grant experience to characters with that background.
Location 	XP Reward	Name 	Description
Act 1 	Act 1 	Act 1 	Act 1
Druid Grove 	20 	A Timely Rescue 	Save Findal from the goblins who kidnapped him.
Druid Grove 	20 	Guardian of the Forgotten 	Save the tieflings from the goblin assault.
* Defend the grove if Minthara's forces assault the grove.
Druid Grove 	20 	Protector of the Small 	Save Mirkon from the harpies.
Druid Grove 	20 	Snake Whisperer 	Save Arabella from Kagha and her serpent.
* Must complete the quest by speaking to Arabella and her parents to get the Inspiration
Blighted Village 	25 	The Most Unfortunate Gnome 	Rescue the gnome from his fate at the windmill.
Goblin Camp 	25 	Fate Worse Than Death 	Save Liam from his goblin torturers.
Goblin Camp 	25 	Saved By A Thread 	Save Smythin from his lethal fall.
* Very tight timing as he is pushed shortly after entering the area. If going to camp the first time, while Sazza is an Attached Follower, Smythin does not spawn at all.
Goblin Camp 	25 	The Bard With Nine Lives 	Rescue Volo from the Goblin Camp.
Waukeen's Rest 	30 	Rescued from the Flames 	Save whoever you can from Waukeen's Rest.
Riverside Teahouse 	30 	Unmasking the Truth 	Free one of the Hag's masked thralls.
Underdark 	30 	A Lethal Endeavor 	Escort Baelen out of the field of bibberbangs.
Grymforge 	30 	Breaker of Chains 	Save the deep gnomes from Nere and the duergar.
Act 2 	Act 2 	Act 2 	Act 2
Shadow-Cursed Lands	50 	Not Another Soul 	Keep all Harpers alive during the ambush with the Shadows.
Shadow-Cursed Lands	60 	Greatness Thrust Upon Them 	Find, save & bring Arabella to your camp.
Last Light Inn 	50 	A Smile Better Suits... 	Offer a hopeful response to Alfira's inquiry.
Last Light Inn 	50 	From One Hero To Another 	Meet Jaheira and stay in her good books.
Last Light Inn 	50 	Helping The Little Guy 	Help Mol win the game of lanceboard.
Last Light Inn 	60 	Meeting of Fates 	Side with either Isobel or Marcus during the confrontation in Last Light.
Reithwin Town 	50 	Saving the Prodigious 	Save Rolan from the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
Reithwin Town 	60 	Power Corrupts 	Defeat a major figure in the corrupted town.
* Must defeat Gerringothe Thorm, Malus Thorm, or Thisobald Thorm.
Reithwin Town 	75 	Power Corrupts... Absolutely	Defeat all of the major figures in the corrupted town.
* Must defeat Gerringothe Thorm, Malus Thorm, and Thisobald Thorm.
Moonrise Towers 	50 	No Strings to Hold Them Back	Release the gnolls from their enslavement.
Moonrise Towers 	50 	Uncommon Recognition 	Relate your feats to the bugbear merchant.
Moonrise Towers 	60 	Breakout! 	Break out and save all of the Moonrise prisoners.
Gauntlet of Shar 	75 	Damsel No More 	Free Nightsong.
Act 3 	Act 3 	Act 3 	Act 3
Rivington 	135 	Securing Hospitalities 	Save the squatters from being kicked out.
Rivington 	135 	Trusting Your Instincts 	Take up Valeria's shoddily concluded investigation.
Rivington 	135 	Keeping Your Hands Clean 	Refuse to cause collateral damage with Wulbren's plan.
Rivington 	170 	Innocence Lost 	Expose the toy-maker's mischief.
Wyrm's Rock Prison 	170 	Diplomatic Rescue 	Save Counsellor Florrick from Wyrm's Rock.
Wyrmway 	170 	Wyrmslayers 	Challenge and defeat Ansur, the not-so-immortal sentinel of Wyrm's Crossing.
Lower City 	170 	Painted Hero 	Obtain your portrait from Oskar.
Lower City 	170 	Safeguarding the Songbird 	Meet the unflappable Alfira in Baldur's Gate.
Lower City 	170 	Truth Shines Through 	Find the true culprit behind the serial murders.
Lower City 	170 	A Bet Is a Bet 	Meet with Lakrissa in Baldur's Gate.
Lower City 	170 	Empathy for the Fallen 	Convince the coffin-maker to make an exception.
Lower City 	220 	In Need of a Hero 	Successfully rescue all of the Gondians from the Steel Watch Foundry.
Lower City 	220 	Chained, Unfortunate Souls 	Rescue the vampire spawns from Cazador's lair.
Lower City 	220 	Never To Be Chained Again 	Defeat Lorroakan and let Nightsong execute her vengeance.
Iron Throne 	220 	Against All Odds 	Rescue all thirteen captured Gondians' family members before the turn limit expires.
House of Hope 	220 	Freeing the Preyed 	Free Hope from captivity.
Murder Tribunal 	220 	End of the Tribunal 	Save Valeria and end the Murder Tribunal.
== Cut Background Goals ==
* Soul Warden: Save Nadira from the bugbear assassin.
** While this event is still present in the game, completing it does not seem to award this inspiration.
* Liberator: Liberate the enthralled fishermen from the mindflaye
** The enthralled fishermen were a group encountered in the crashed Mindflayer ship during early access but were removed for the release version, making this goal unobtainable.
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