Wulfstan Hunte

Wulfstan was conscripted into military service by a warlord at the age of 7. An army swept through his hamlet, forcibly taking all boys who looked like they could be of use. Any parents that resisted the abductions were killed. He witnessed other parents being killed by soldiers, but not his own. He was assured that they were also killed for their attempts to deceive and conceal. As part of an assessment process, Wulfstan was tested with various responsibilities including food preparation, equipment management, looting, intelligence gathering, field medical assistance, and squire duty. Eventually he graduated into a soldier, rising to officer class through a combination of bravery, talent, and loss of leaders from ongoing casualties and occasional desertion. At 17, distressed by the duties of his role, Wulfstan collapsed after taking non-lethal damage and lay in a pile of bodies pretending to be dead. In his army there was no ceremony. Fallen soldiers were left to rot where they lay. When the Warlord departed, Wulfstan salvaged some equipment and set off to work for the next 18 months as a courier, bodyguard, guide and mercenary for hire, but he misses being part of a troop. He’s grown a beard and changed his name. While technically he was abandoned by the Warlord, he still fears recognition and discovery.