diff --git a/data/backgrounds.sql b/data/backgrounds.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e223250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/backgrounds.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+-- -*- mode:sql sql-product:sqlite -*-
+
+INSERT INTO backgrounds (
+  bg_id,
+  sources_id,
+  sources_pages,
+  bg_name,
+  bg_descr)
+VALUES
+  -- CRB Backgrounds
+  (1, 1, 60, 'Acolyte', 'TODO'),
+  (2, 1, 60, 'Acrobat', 'TODO'),
+  (3, 1, 60, 'Animal Whisperer', 'TODO'),
+  (4, 1, 60, 'Artisan', 'TODO'),
+  (5, 1, 60, 'Artist', 'TODO'),
+  (6, 1, 60, 'Barkeep', 'TODO'),
+  (7, 1, 60, 'Barrister', 'TODO'),
+  (8, 1, 61, 'Bounty Hunter', 'TODO'),
+  (9, 1, 61, 'Charlatan', 'TODO'),
+  (10, 1, 61, 'Criminal', 'TODO'),
+  (11, 1, 61, 'Detective', 'TODO'),
+  (12, 1, 61, 'Emissary', 'TODO'),
+  (13, 1, 61-62, 'Entertainer', 'TODO'),
+  (14, 1, 62, 'Farmhand', 'TODO'),
+  (15, 1, 62, 'Field Medic', 'TODO'),
+  (16, 1, 62, 'Fortune Teller', 'TODO'),
+  (17, 1, 62, 'Gambler', 'TODO'),
+  (18, 1, 62, 'Gladiator', 'TODO'),
+  (19, 1, 62, 'Guard', 'TODO'),
+  (20, 1, 62, 'Herbalist', 'TODO'),
+  (21, 1, 62, 'Hermit', 'TODO'),
+  (22, 1, 62, 'Hunter', 'TODO'),
+  (23, 1, 62-63, 'Laborer', 'TODO'),
+  (24, 1, 63, 'Martial Disciple', 'TODO'),
+  (25, 1, 63, 'Merchant', 'TODO'),
+  (26, 1, 63, 'Miner', 'TODO'),
+  (27, 1, 63, 'Noble', 'TODO'),
+  (28, 1, 63, 'Nomad', 'TODO'),
+  (29, 1, 63, 'Prisoner', 'TODO'),
+  (30, 1, 63, 'Sailor', 'TODO'),
+  (31, 1, 63-64, 'Scholar', 'TODO'),
+  (32, 1, 64, 'Scout', 'TODO'),
+  (33, 1, 64, 'Street Urchin', 'TODO'),
+  (34, 1, 64, 'Tinker', 'TODO'),
+  (35, 1, 64, 'Warrior', 'TODO');
diff --git a/gendb.bat b/gendb.bat
index 107734c..c658dd4 100644
--- a/gendb.bat
+++ b/gendb.bat
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ del pf2.db
 
 :: Loading schema
 sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/sources.sql
+sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/backgrounds.sql
 sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/abilityscores.sql
 sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/sizes.sql
 sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/langs.sql
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/ancestries.sql
 
 :: Loading data
 sqlite3 pf2.db < data/sources.sql
+sqlite3 pf2.db < data/backgrounds.sql
 sqlite3 pf2.db < data/abilityscores.sql
 sqlite3 pf2.db < data/senses.sql
 sqlite3 pf2.db < data/sizes.sql
diff --git a/gendb.sh b/gendb.sh
index 7c92623..2b32cc6 100755
--- a/gendb.sh
+++ b/gendb.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ rm pf2.db
 echo 'loading schema'
 echo 'schema/sources.sql'
 sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/sources.sql
+echo 'schema/backgrounds.sql'
+sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/backgrounds.sql
 echo 'schema/abilityscores.sql'
 sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/abilityscores.sql
 echo 'schema/sizes.sql'
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ sqlite3 pf2.db < schema/ancestries.sql
 echo 'loading data'
 echo 'data/sources.sql'
 sqlite3 pf2.db < data/sources.sql
+echo 'data/backgrounds.sql'
+sqlite3 pf2.db < data/backgrounds.sql
 echo 'data/abilityscores.sql'
 sqlite3 pf2.db < data/abilityscores.sql
 echo 'data/visions.sql'
diff --git a/schema/backgrounds.sql b/schema/backgrounds.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6de79ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/backgrounds.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- -*- mode:sql sql-product:sqlite -*-
+
+CREATE TABLE backgrounds (
+  bg_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+  bg_name TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+  bg_descr TEXT NOT NULL,
+  sources_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  sources_pages TEXT NOT NULL,
+  FOREIGN KEY (sources_id) REFERENCES sources(sources_id)
+);