Soldier:
Though technically a god of warfare, Soldier was identified less with conflict and bloodshed and more with bravery, honor, loyalty, and military duty, called upon for strength and courage in combat, and believed to aid his followers personally on the battlefield.
Texts describe him as a proud leader and expert tactician who placed emphasis on discipline and considered it essential to military success. In image he is portrayed wearing a helmet and, rather than any distinguishing military garb the might suggest superiority, standard regimentals, his beliefs in brotherhood, uniformity, and the bonds between mercenaries in times of war being absolute.
Smaller in statue than Heavy but just as fierce, he was a superb fighter who seemingly knew no fear, the only one brave enough to face the aforesaid god of destruction before whose rage all others fled. Though both were deities connected with war, Soldier had no time for senseless slaughter and did not share the bloodthirstiness of Heavy, preferring instead to savour the bravery and daring of the battlefield. Backstabbing and underhanded tactics were dishonourable in his eyes, and as such he did not entirely care for the stealthiest of his fellow gods.
Most stories about him tell of his extremely erratic behaviour in battle, a strategy he used to confuse his enemies and cause them to second-guess their own tactics, as disorienting as the gazelle which remains still when the cheetah strikes out. Even though witnessing the god in combat reminded one of a man who had all but lost his mind, ironically it was he who was beseeched to ward off the damaging psychological effects of war.
Being guardian deity of the fallen, it angered him to see the dead buried without honor, regardless of team affiliation or class. All the days of remembrance belonged to him, and he was thought to preside over the funerals of mercenaries and the inauguration of new ones alike.
His weapon is the rocket launcher, and the eagle, a creature associated by mercenaries with triumph and strength, is his animal.