[quote=@Baklava]
 Also, while I have no qualms with his gladiator trainer being an orc, I would keep in mind that it is very uncommon for orcs to feel any compassion towards humans. They would sooner use them as a simple means to an end and eat their face than be very nice. This would mean that Branwen might have faced some hostility from his fellow orcs for showing any sort of kindness to Leon. 
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That's what I assumed. Considering how the main antagonists are the industry-standard army of holistically evil green humanoids, I'd intended Branwen to be a major outlier. As a result, he was a just barely more considerate person who still liked killing folks, and fled to sate his own need for human company. Being an [i]orc[/i], the only place he could find that would accept him was the Fight Pits.

I don't really intend on having Leon use healing magic much. He is, first and foremost, a gladiator and a field medic. He'd much rather re-set your bones and wrap your cuts than take the [i]weakling's[/i] way out and heal it up with magic. Of course, he often finds situations where he is either forced to use it or [i]accidentally[/i] uses it, and it eats him up inside. The idea of using simple magic to solve all his problems runs counter to his whole philosophy, but he sometimes can't keep himself from just [i]skipping[/i] hardship using his healing magic.