Courier guide
Thor
Legion
Good
Trans man & confirmed bachelor
Main companions with Arcade and Vulpes
Trained in power armor
Canon courier
Anti-material rifle enjoyer
Wears breathing mask full time
Has extensive chest burns and no nipples from wasteland top surgery
From a farm in rural NCR
Atom
House
Neutral
Cis confirmed bachelor
No main companion, recruited everyone
Considers himself only an employee
Never heard of having strong morals
Has a weird gay thing going on with Mr. House
Guatemalan by birth and a second gen courier supported by his parents
Birth name is Stephen, goes by Atom exclusively in the Mojave
Lion
NCR
Very Evil
Cis bisexual
Companion killer- none besides EDE lasted long
Cannibal
Only courier with major brain damage
Yao Guai gauntlet enjoyer
Dated Ulysses pre-Divide and reconnected post-Lonesome road
From a Japanese speaking tribe in California
Birth name is Yoen but he renamed himself "The NCR's Lion" after the benny moment
Vegas
Yes-Man
Good
Trans Cherches la femme
Arcade, Vulpes, and Joshua main companions
Vaguely allied with the brotherhood
Power armor enjoyer
Prewar ghoul
Changes her name to the area's name every time she moves to a new city.
Originally from North Carolina
Has a weird lesbian thing going on with Veronica
Aurelia
Legion
Evil
Cis bisexual
Vulpes and Achilles (From Caesar's new regime) main companions
Coexists with Thor
Enslaved Arcade
One of Joshua's many bastard children, raised in Flagstaff
Ripper enjoyer
Ncoy
House
Neutral
Trans Cherches la femme
Veronica and Achilles main companions
On loan from my original manuscript
Ex-Praetorian
Gifted to Caesar as a child from her tribe to be his guard
Ballistic fist enjoyer
Tall as fuck
Regularly poses as an NCR ranger
Everyone Else
Cyrus- Vault Dweller
No faction
Good
Cis confirmed bachelor
Katja enjoyer (she somehow was the last one standing)
Design is still in process- short and stout, longish hair, and face always hidden by a veil.
Descendant of Canadian-Iranians
Quiet and reserved, but friendly. He struggled with harming mutants and ghouls
Hid his vaultie identity almost as soon as he hit Shady Sands
Settled down with Ian after defeating the Master
Koura- Prisoner
tribal-aligned (though has a complicated relationship with tribal identity) occasionally legion-friendly, always hates NCR and Presper
Evil
Cis (ish) het
Hanged Man main companion
Melee and unarmed enjoyer
From a Māori-speaking group descended from stranded tourists. NCR incorrectly considers them a low tech hunter-gatherer group due to friendly relations with local tribal groups.
Has the most fucked up romantic relationship with the Hanged Man.
Quick to anger, impulsive, and perennially confident
Mathaius- Lone Wanderer
Railroad
Very evil
Cishet
Dogmeat only
No major weapons specialization
James couldn't spell Matthaeus- Mathaius Regularly fought other vault kids over the spelling
Had a tendency to push his luck with others in the vault, which got Out Of Control on the surface
Relentlessly hates his vault, but has a soft spot for synths.
Cannibal
Wiped Danse and pointed him to the Brotherhood
For MacCready, it's on sight (he threatened most of the Lamplight kids with his shotgun + Dogmeat)
(He's very redheaded- the lighting in the New California mod washes him out. My 100% Todd-Approved FO3 copy doesn't allow any screenshots at all)
Jax-Sole Survivor
Minutemen
Good
Cis confirmed bachelor
Danse primarily- close to everyone but Piper and Cait
Archer
Mixed Cuban/Chinese- occasionally an issue prewar
Had a happy lavender marriage with Nora (who was a lesbian & his best friend)
Joined the Coast Guard in 2074- was friendly-fired in the leg by accident during an Alaska deployment in 2076
He retired quietly (with a large pension) to save face
Deals with chronic pain, abuses alcohol and Med-X to make it through the Shaun hunt, then retires with Danse and uses mobility aids full-time afterwards
Brought home synth Shaun
Extreme soft spot for synths
Ncoy- Electric Boogaloo
Institute
Evil
Still trans Cherches la femme
Cait enjoyer (in every sense)
Still powerfist enjoyer
Guilty for opposing the Legion, she hitches a caravan east
Coincidentally looks like Nora, fools the institute
Uses the Institute and Minutemen to build her own Eastern Legion
Continues to wear NCR Ranger & Praetorian gear
Has an up and down on/off relationship with Cait
