Gardar

Gardar is a man of imposing size, his hair worn loose and his body covered in scars, the accumulated record of his years at war and in bondage.

Gardar is fiercely determined and no stranger to violence, yet the core of him is devotion. He loves his wife Arnheid and their child with everything he has, and that love is the force that carries him through his ordeal.

Gardar once lived contentedly with Arnheid in a small Swedish village, the two of them raising their baby son Hjalti. That peace shattered when war broke out over a rich vein of iron found nearby. Gardar and the other village men marched off to fight for it, believing the wealth would better their lives, but the gamble ruined them. Raiders struck the undefended village in their absence, hauling Arnheid away into slavery and killing little Hjalti. Gardar himself was seized and handed to a brutal master.

Years of harsh enslavement passed before Gardar at last broke free and set out to find whatever remained of his family. His search brought him to Ketil's farm, where the guards discovered him; in the clash that followed, Lizard was killed and Snake took him captive, leaving Gardar gravely wounded and bound. It was Arnheid who freed him, cutting him loose so the two could flee together at last. His injuries proved too severe, and he died before they could get far.