yes sir…
First of all when you embark you will be able to customize everyone before you start the game. The game will randomly generate all you settlers and if you don’t like them you can change their names, you can change their genders, and you can change the way they look, and then once in game you will be able to craft gear for your military units, like leather armour or particular weapons and maybe you’ll be able to craft some gear for your crafters to make them unique or give them crafting buffs.