Greetings and Character Setups.

Nyom Járóka is an Intelligent Glaive who Masters Weaponry, in her case a high quality, dual bladed, synth-steel spear. Haven't done anything with back story or connections yet though.

If there ever was a person born in a wrong place, Ronna Arrea must be one. She grew up in Ingwald, possibly the worst den of thieves and cut-throats in the Ninth world. Blessed with a healing touch, open and sunny disposition, and a habit of seeing something good and positive in everyone, she stood out like the proverbial sore thumb. This taught her to be very quiet and very subtle when healing or helping those in need, gave her a quick tongue to talk herself out of trouble, and pushed her towards tricks and illusions to cover her tracks.

Eventually Ingwald became too much for even Ronna. One quiet summer night, she packed her things and slipped out of the city. She would make an excellent thief, but it's simply not in her nature. Now she is wandering the world, trying to help the weak and the wounded wherever possible, and maybe find a place where is appreciated, instead of being laughed at.

Here's a quick and dirty background:

Nyom Járóka is an Intelligent Glaive who Masters Weaponry.

Nyom is from the town of Druissi which is located on the norther edge of the Ba-Adenu Forest. Starting as teenager she would accompany her family as they made the trek to The Lambent Fields to collect the multi-colored dust which they would then sell in order to support themselves. It was during these trips that Nyom learned the way of the spear, both through the all too occasional need and her mother's training.

One year, while the family was collecting dust, they came across a small cache of cyphers. Having no particular use for what they had found, they decided they would try their luck selling these devices during their upcoming trip to White Lake. The amount of shins earned during that trip convinced Nyom that numenera hunting would be much more profitable for both her and her family than collecting dust.

Teaming with others she had met during her travels through The Beyond over the last 20 years she now makes a fairly decent living finding, identifying, and selling the scattered bits of ancient technology that litter the land.

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Here are some connections that I thought might work. Feel free to suggest any changes if they work better with your character.

Nyom spends a significant portion of her free time training with her spear. While not necessarily looking for someone to teach, she would like someone to train with. (Any takers?)

During a trip along the Salter River the raft that Nyom was riding on was overturned. As she struggled to climb the muddy bank to safety Ronna was there to lend a hand. Nyom feels eternally indebted to Ronna and will risk her personal safety to protect her during combat.

Ooooh, perhaps she could be the one that helped Nyom out of the river?

Lucas was born to the noble family of the Cloudscrapers, a wealthy family making their money harvesting water from the clouds. The salt of the earth had no respect for the Cloudscrapers due to them controlling a vital commodity and insisting on hording the majority of the water, saving for the, in this case very, proverbial rainy day. Lucas changed all that when he found an ancient artefact that bonded with him, secreting itself deep into his chest and reverberating all the way into his skull. He found that he had a silver tounge and was protected from attacks of all sorts. He immediately went to work to repair the wound between the people of his village and his family. Soon, his village prospered and his family too. Yet Lucas felt a strange calling to the world beyond. The artefact had changed him and called him to find more of this forgotten lore.

Lucas is also skilled in Psychometry - The ability to make relevant associations from an object of unknown history by making physical contact with that object.

So the Leads connection is that one PC was once a follower of mine that I have grown to think of as a peer. Any takers?