> [!Profile]+ > ![[Brian.png|220]] > **Brian d’Orien** > **Species:** Human > **Class:** Warlock ## Profile Brian d’Orien is a former House Orien–affiliated courier who now works through the Clifftop Adventurers’ Guild. ## Reputation He is regarded as capable, discreet, and reserved. ## Current Role Brian accepts delivery and escort work while keeping his past private. %% ## DM Notes ### General - Former courier with House Orien ties - Handled sensitive delivery work during the war - Left formal House service after the war - Avoids discussion of Cyre - Push by invoking delivery, obligation, or consequences he didn’t choose. ### Threads & Hooks - [[House Orien]] might be "auditing" inconsistencies in the latest - Delivered high-priority messages under Orien immunity during the war - Was carrying an important message at the time of the Mourning - Does not remember whether he delivered it, lost it, or failed to deliver it - Believes—possibly correctly—that the message could have prevented catastrophe - Carries guilt for deaths he caused indirectly, and for lives he might have saved - Survived the Mourning, but cannot remember how %%