Joe Sanders
A retired, decorated general living a quiet live in the outskirts of Five Ponds. He lives with his grand-daughters house and enjoys the company of his grand-grand-children. Usually follows everyday the same structure as he has done for a long time. A small walk in the early morning followed by breakfast and reading the newspaper. In the morning he meets up with some neighbours or spends some time with his children or grand-children. For lunch he eats a simple steak with some salad. In the afternoon he goes to the shooting range to meet the some old friends and shoot a bit. He returns home for dinner and listens to the gossip of the day from his grand-grand-daughter Stacy. In the evening he usually plays games with some of the younger children or tells stories of the past. At 10:00 sharp he turns in for the night and falls asleep.
Motivation
The old man is and has always been motivated by family, duty and comradery. All of his decisions are guided by these three things and he can be quite stubborn to get his way.Career
As a decorated war veteran, former general and war hero and criminal Joe Sanders had a very long and colourful career. He started out as a young royalist in the Spanish Civil War. As this war was lost he joined the refugees to North America to create a new home for him and his family. They eventually managed to settle in the Adirondack Mountains in a Five Ponds Wilderness. At this time he was one of the few military officers left with a lot of experience and he was appointed as the general of the newly established Five Ponds Nation. This new nation faced many difficulties as the land they now lived on was already contested by several other factions. Tensions grew quickly and by 1947 the First Adirondack War broke out. Under General Sanders leadership the Five Ponds Nation achieved an overwhelming and absolute victory. He was celebrated by the people for many years. Then years after that victory a journalist uncovered evidence that the Five Ponds military forces committed several war crimes during the First Adirondack War and Joe Sanders directly ordered at least some of them and covered it all up. There was no direct evidence of the accusations against him, but after a month of pressure he resigned his post and went into early retirement. Even if he did not commit the war crimes, they were committed under his leadership. Since then the image on the war veteran has remained decisive.Health
Despite his advanced age he is still fairly healthy. His mobility is a bit restricted by old war time wounds, but people are always surprised just how much he still goes around. His active lifestyle and healthy diet into the old age has kept him up well enough through the decades. He always says that he is very fortunate to be still as healthy as he is.Relationships
He enjoys his retirement and maintains relationships with the members of his big family, neighbours and old comrades. Though not many of the comrades are left nowadays. In turn the number of children seems to double every time he his birthday comes around.
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