Gregarious

A very outgoing person, Anders is able to befriend nearly everyone he meets. He'll talk to anyone, and can carry on a conversation even if he knows nothing about the topic. He's comfortable in crowds, and thrives in social environments.

Charismatic

Anders is able to talk his way in to--or out of--almost anything. He knows very well how to win people over to his side, and uses this to his advantage both to deflect unwanted attention and to acquire things that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Jaded

Once, he was incredibly kind and compassionate. Sometimes these traits still show through, but more often than not they appear as a means to an end rather than genuine feeling. Now however, Anders has seen far too much to retain any faith in others. He expects others to betray his trust, and thus he trusts no one.

Duplicitous

Although most people are impressed with his friendly demeanor upon first meeting him, Anders is far less than honest. He's a man of many words and little truth, cloaking himself with subtle lies and misdirection.

Calculating

Nearly every action is deliberate for Anders. He always has an agenda of his own, and is constantly working to advance those aims. It is incredibly rare that he ever does anything without seeing some reward at the end--or creating a reward from it.

Persistent

If he is nothing else, Anders is tenacious to a fault. Not unlike a cockroach, he will always come back. When he sets his eyes on a goal, he will do whatever it takes to get there with a single-minded determination and he will cut down all in his way.

Weaponmastery

While his preferred weapon is a sword of any kind, Anders can use nearly every handheld weapon due to his extensive experience in a varity of worlds and timelines. Even if he is unfamiliar with a specific implement, he can typically figure out its basic operation after five minutes of having it.

Spellcasting

Although he lacks the vast amounts of mana characteristic to casters, Anders still bears the gift for learning spellcraft which characterizes his race. He primarily works with shields and wards in compliment of a handheld weapon, or with elemental glyphs set as traps.

Tactics

Between his time spent as a military officer and his natural tendency to rise up to leadership roles, Anders has learned much about planning and commanding missions. While his strategies are often regarded as unconventional, centuties of combat experience have given him a vast well of practical experience to call upon.

Survival

Every world has a a million hazards different from the one before it. Be it city or forest, Anders' survival instincts carry him through almost every situation. Even when left with nothing--no food, no water, no shelter--Anders has a gift for finding what he needs to continue on. How much of this is pure luck, however, remains to be determined.