Arms Merchant

"She showed me her weapons and explained how she was a former NCR soldier til a grenade exploded right 'round her head and left her with some memory loss. She did remember Arms Merchant was her name, though, and definitely not her role in the military."

- Honcho Biggs

Arms Merchant is a retired NCR soldier running a weapons stall at the 188 Trading Post in 2281.

History
Arms Merchant is a veteran of the First Battle of Hoover Dam. Afterwards, she sold weapons for the NCR to allied tribals in the Mojave. During one of the trades, there was a gunfight, and an errant grenade exploded near here. The head trauma made her adamant that her name, not job title, was Arms Merchant, something no one else could convince otherwise. The NCR rotated her to a cushier and, more importantly, a less important position selling weapons to travellers heading through the 188 Trading Post.

Her lack of importance resulted in the NCR giving her less than favorable goods to sell. The Courier humored her but didn't buy anything. A confused Honcho Biggs only buys ammunition from her.

Fate


''Arms Merchant never did remember her real name. After the Courier's takeover of the Strip, Arms decided to retire and return back to California, where, to her confusion, she recieved annual veterans' disability benefits, which was odd because she believed she had none. She did marry a man that overlooked her name, and in fact took it as his own. Little Ammunition, Water, and "Small Arms" now play in the fields of Junktown.''

Quotes
"Guess my ma and pa saw my destiny laid out when they picked my name. And destiny seems inescapable. So here I am."

- Arms Merchant on the "origin" of her name