1. Rukasa Stormhorn joined the Cyran Military after being hired to escort a small group of spies through a dense forest. He learned about the nation doing battle on all fronts, and their rightful heir to the throne. A great fight for a good cause.
2. After being the lone survivor of multiple sorties Rukasa was branded a "Lightning rod" of misfortune a jinx, and only one company was willing to take him.
3. The actual destruction had taken him by surprise, but there was always a strange atmosphere about Cyre; literally and figuratively. At the time Stormhorn felt it was just his beastly instincts and studies of odd weather phenomena melding with the anxiety of combat, but now...
4. The Colonel was an extravagant man by Minotaur standards; always eating meals instead of rations, or wearing his dress uniform in combat. Even on leave he lived beyond what he should have been able to afford. Renard had no real love for the monster races of his unit. Beast people and Goblinoids were often grouped together and their squad survival rates were abysmal do to 'unforeseen strategic complications'.
5. Aspiring warlord turned Lieutenant; Ze'airth Strangle-Fist was the Gnoll definition of an Alpha Bitch. She was an assassin who lead a pack of rangers called The Hidden. With more priority kills that any squad in the 22nd's history her pack were battlefield boogeymen. Rukasa admired the crude battle-maiden and would often share stories and food her and The Hidden on the rare days her squad were at camp.