Alcander "Strong" Unimanus

You once belonged to a criminal gang in your home city, a large metropolitan area where greed and corruption were as common as wine and olives. Your gang specialized in extortion. Your job was to stand behind the gang’s leaders and look threatening. Only rarely were you ever set loose to actually deliver a beating—or worse. That frustrated you because you liked nothing more than a good fight.
Eventually, the local praetor broke up your gang and gave you a choice—slavery or the legion. You chose the latter, and for the first time in your short and so-far brutal life, you feel the Gods are smiling on your violent ways.