This hunter has been a very persistent survivor, and I'm almost starting to like him. He always topples to the floor, but even with his crutch in his pack he keeps pace, and I've seen him sprint after enemies. He's getting good at one-armed unarmed, which is all he can do, because he won't put his damn pouch inside his quiver, and any weapons I try to give him just goes into one or the other. The only thing of value of mine that he has is a crutch, which I've replaced since, so maybe he doesn't need to die after all.
The axedwarf I picked up does handy work with his steel battle axe. I wish I had a divine metal halberd to give him, but I left those in a weapon cache long ago. Also, he actually
wears the armor I give him, so he hasn't been crippled yet. I really admire how cleanly the axe slices; body parts that fly off still land in a neat pile along with the corpse, for quicker butchering.
My elvish bard is now my embedded biographer, collecting the stories and witnessing first hand. She's also getting good at making her string instrument sound like a slightly different stringed instrument. I try to keep her out of the fire, but her instrument has one dingo kill on it, as does her book.
a hyena brute who lives as a bandit
I always get this once per game, a demon master deposed by a warring nation, forced to take refuge in a camp. There's several in my current world, and I ran into one a little early.