in the orphan background play through Spencer is another orphan you meet as a child and become really close and grow up with and can either be a familial love or romantic love but ultimately get separated once you’re grown up!
Bat is correct! Each background has unique characters that they meet early in the story. For Wastelander, it is Theo. For Orphan, it is Spencer, and for Military, it is Maria and the Abyssal Knights.
It is just one of the ways your background influences the story and helps add replayability!