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A humble family whose matriarch is a seamstress in a barony outside of Bastion, the Rosens are no strangers to hardship. Joel was born a middle child in a household of four other children while his mother did her very best to keep them all sustained with her occupation. She is credited for keeping her family together after her husband died unexpectedly while on a winter trip to the Northland when her children were young. Joel's sisters found jobs as soon as they were old enough and he did most of the manual labor whenever a repair around the house needed to be done. He was no stranger to gardening, building fences, stable duty, or cooking while his mother worked. During that time, Joel discovered a talent for mending his own clothes whenever he found a tear in his pants or shirt from outdoor work he had been doing. It was by pure happenstance when he began to barter with local shopkeepers for yards of fabric to bring home that it all made perfect sense to him. Rather than save something old, why not obtain something new through trade? Bartering was a skill that he sharpened over the years and his path eventually led him to the city of Arx where the opportunity to open his own shop as a clothier beckoned to him.

Standing at around six feet tall, Joel's frame is lean and athletic beneath average clothing. His facial features are that of a strong jawline, defined cheekbones, and laugh lines that appear as crows feet around the outer corners of his eyes. He can sometimes be found with the shadow of a beard and his chestnut brown hair is usually kept a bit longer during the winter months while staying shorter during the summer months. Blue eyes are windows to his mild nature and also have the tendency to reveal a sparkle of mirth when the proper conditions call for it.

Joel is quiet and can take some time to open up to those he just met. He finds working in his shop to be quite calming and therapeutic, which coincides with the side of him that is focused and detail oriented. His occupation has him traveling to various parts of Arvum in search of items of value and he enjoys returning to the city to fill the shelves of his shop with all sorts of new treasures.