Hey everybody!

I'm creating a character at the moment for a DnD 3.5 campaign that's a cross class barbarian 1 bard 6 (that I lovingly called the bardbarian) and I'm in search of a backstory for him. Any ideas for where I might start? Thanks!

Start with where he came from and why he decided to be a bard.

I just like looking through whatever appliable lore I have and find stuff that makes me go 'ooh, that's cool'. If you have a background that's grounded in lore you can really belong to the world.

And as the above post, you'll also need to decided why he became a barbarian and a bard. It's a weird combination, so it could give you the chance to come up with an interesting backstory.

Bad case of writer's block sending him into fits of uncontrollable rage?

Heh, I played an half-orc Bardbarian one time. I think I put all his points into Charisma and Strength, so he was an incredibly dumb yet likeable orc. Perhaps culturally where he or she is from it is not acceptable to be exclusively a bard, so they trained in combat skills as well?

Take your stereotypical barbarian, but have him compose bards about everyone he kills.

He looked at me funny
As I chewed on my bread
I pulled out my broadsword
And I hacked off his head