Brand Gyrdsson

Brand Gyrdsson is an Valdaermen Mage from Scandinavia during the Dark Ages. He was the cabal leader of Ulf's Hall.

He dies from an infection caused from a battle with the Gangrel, Halvard Firemane, who was also slain.[1]

Background

Brand was born not fifty miles from Ulf's Hall and heard the call of the runes when he was but a boy. Others scorned him and mocked him for his pursuit of the "women's work" of the runes, but he was undaunted. He went into the wilderness as a young man, determined to seek out the sacred letters of the gods, and found them, in the full wrath of a blizzard, during which he claims the All-Father himself spoke to him and offered him the chance for life, if he had but the will to accept it. Most of Brand's life since has reflected that indomitable will, that drive to accomplish by own hands and on his own terms. If any can truly be said to rule the cabal of Ulf's Hall, it is Brand Gyrdsson. He is a fair man, if somewhat unbending, and he is every bit the Nordic warrior-lord, his very existence denying the world that has moved on and challenging any and all to dare to draw him out of that other age in which he dwells.

Image

Brand is a tall man, easily over six feet in height. He is lean but muscular, with a well groomed blond beard and a full head of long hair. His stare is intense, and he often seems to be gazing at something ordinary men cannot see. He dresses in the fashion of a warrior of old, complete with a battleaxe and ornaments of gold. He moves with the practiced grace of one who knows combat like a close friend. Brand is never seen without one of the ravens from the isle of Ulf's Hall and always wears his rune-stone about his neck, cut with the mark of Uruz (strength).

Stats

Nature: Architect
Demeanor: Autocrat

References

  1. ↑ DA: Spoils of War, p. 107
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