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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 2664947" data-attributes="member: 1165">No, they won't. PCs frequently start at 1st-level, and at a young age - eg 17. They won't have to have been in the war. PCs from some nations, like Aerenal or Argonessen, could easily have avoided the war.If you're an elf, maybe you took part in the war. Maybe that's where you got your 1st-level of fighter from. (Who starts play as a 1st-level 300 year old elf?) If you're a 100 year old dwarf (again, who starts at such an age), maybe you did. Unless you're a fighter, you can just say "I served my three years" and move on.NPCs are, of course, a bit different. Some were fairly high level. If the character in question was a political player or spellcaster, avoiding joining the army should not be difficult to explain. If they were a fighter, they were probably lower level and little known while the war was going on - unless being a member of the Grey Company is an important part of their backstory.As opposed to family members who can easily be held hostage? Orphaned PCs are very common in any setting.What page of the ECS is this on?</blockquote>