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[@Vhagar]You don't always need a completely unique bio for people, not everyone left on a snowy peak to die as a child and raised by wolves and trained in ancient magic by a Bloodmoon Shaman o' Gork. Mercenaries are often times just normal people or military vets who have enough skill/training to be a soldier but don't want to commit to a national army.
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Very, very good point.