Y'know that video game, Kenshi? It's my attempt to make that.

A harsh desert world, thousands of years after an apocalyptic event nearly wiped everyone out, technology only just now re-reaching the iron age in some places. Ancient machines and structures from old empires long forgotten dotting it's surface. The wilds teeming with beasties, bandits, and more.

Starts:

1: The Wanderer: You're a guy in the hub with nothing to your name but a metal stick, 1,000c. and the clothes on your back

2: The Wandering Trader: You're in Heng, the trade capital of the world, with money, and a pack animal loaded up with trade goods

3: The Holy Sword: You're a wanted fugitive with a legendary blade in hand.

4: The Cannibal Hunters: You and your partner are in the cannibal plains and just got ambushed

5: The Hive Exile: You were once a Hiver (Drone, Warrior, Prince, it's up to you) and now you've been exiled

6: Son of a Captain: Your father died in service to The United Cities, you have his blade, and his name, but you're not in the United Cities, you're in a no-man's-land settlement sandwiched between two enemies.

7: The Slave: Welcome to Rebirth...

8: Rock Bottom: You're in the middle of a desert teeming with slavers, you're naked, starving, and you've just lost an arm... good luck. "No Money, No Food, and No Masurbation". You're not just starting life at 0, you're starting it at -1.

9: Guy With A Dog: You're in Bast, a wartorn hellhole, but all is not lost, you have a puppy

10: Holy Nation Citizen: You're a citizen of the Holy Nation, so make sure you're human.