War doesn’t only kill and maim. It reshapes soldiers and officers to fit itself, steels their will, dulls the sense of fear, and instead sharpens to the limit the instinct of self-preservation sleeping somewhere in the genes. And after the first battle, many fighters are simply unrecognizable. They turn into dangerous, perceptive, on-guard predators—ready for a deadly clash… That’s how war forges fighting character. There is no other way. Either you survive, or you’re destined to lay your head down.