Panzu Goods grew up in the disciplined ranks of the King’s 4th Regiment, learning the art of blade work from veterans who valued precision over flash. He excelled in two-weapon fighting, mastering the swift and balanced dance of short sword and scimitar. Years of service hardened him, but it was a fateful desert campaign that changed him—left for dead after an ambush, he was found by a wandering druid who nursed him back to life. From that stranger, Panzu learned a handful of restorative spells—small magics that became as natural to him as swordplay.

When his enlistment ended, Panzu sought a new battlefield. The Gauntlet Runs—brutal public trials of skill, speed, and survival—offered both the danger he craved and the coin he needed. Now he fights for fame, fortune, and the roar of the crowd, blending the discipline of a soldier with the cunning of a showman, and keeping the druid’s quiet lessons close at heart.