Valgrif

Legend

“Ever so right…. never a wrong… in his song… ”

~Skjald Kazumix

 

Description

Valgrif is without doubt the most talented Skjald since Ed Huginn. Despite being only half the age of Ulrich, he’s close to being equally wise, and he has befriended all but Kanziganthir and Wrekazi, whom he only met once. He did, however, spend way more time at the High Kings court and thus has a different pool of close friends who are equally wise, yet in the more legal and administrative matters of The Realm. He always tries to be as factual as possible and delivers the sagas without the alehouse warmth of Ulrich.

~Skjald Sejrik

 

History

Fourth Age

His Jomzaar mother gave birth to him in Aigon at the small town of Duru, the last stop before the mountain pass Laduru leading to Golny. As his father had died in an accident before he was born, he spent the first four years there. Then his mother found a new love, and the family moved to Golny.

~Skjald Vinotis

 

Valgrif is the son of a shipwright and ferry master from mainland Golny to island of Piecao. As a young lad, he helped transport travellers while listening to their stories and event descriptions. And much to their surprise, he recognised them and addressed them with openings about their stories, told at their last visit, several years ago. Eventually, he ended up as a sort of ‘court herald’ at Piecao. Advising Lionel about the approaching and, at times, attending counsels of The Realm. There he met Zizu and was breath-taken by the century-old King’s knowledge about The Realm. Thus, he left the service of Lionel and joined the court in Tornix. There he quite rapidly consumed as much information as he could, and when he eventually heard tales about Kanziganthir of Ye Olde Zephyrs, supposedly 3-4 times as old as Zizu, he decided to depart for Grindaa and join the court of Ye Olde Zephyrs.

~Skjald Ulrich

 

Sadly, Kanziganthir and the former king Black Oak had both left for Grimsborg, but he decided to stay for a while and learn as much as possible in the many old libraries of this great Horde. In 1262, when he finally decided he had learned enough, he attended a High Kings fair with the intent to join the High Kings court and study directly under Kanziganthir. The fair was a tremendously huge thing, with hundreds of important people crowding the place and forming queues everywhere, so he didn’t meet Kanziganthir. During the fair, he learned that the old ceremony master had just departed from court life and left on an ancient holy quest of Ye Olde Zephyrs. He didn’t join the Grimsborg court as a servant of the High King either; instead, as he was recognised by old friends in power, he was suggested as Skjald. Accepting the nomination, he was stunning in his performance at the test, so he entered the court as a Skjald.

~Skjald Yell'a'Beard