Vostr-Hirraldyng

“Magic means letting things do what they wanted to do, or be what they wanted to be... The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows. ”
-Vostr-Hirraldyng
== History ==
Unusually intelligent for a frost giant, Vostr-Hirraldyng held the warriors and shamans of his people in contempt, and spit upon the altars of the god Thrym. He sought out arcane lore, communing with witch covens and giving shelter to mages from whom he would learn and eventually betray. By the time of the Winter War, Vostr-Hirraldyng was a mighty and feared creature, a shapeshifter who hunted at the head of a pack of undead wolves, outcast from his kind for breaking numerous taboos - including ritual cannibalism. He maintained a lose network of desperate and fearful followers who sought out his wisdom and placated his wrath. 
When the half-giant Ymir became King of Jotunheim, he sought out Vostr-Hirraldyng and bested him in combat, forcing him to join his great host. Vostr-Hirraldyng became a counselor to the King, and a mighty warrior against the armies of the Windwalker. 
== Personality ==
Cunning and brutal, Vostr-Hirraldyng hungers for knowledge and answers to no one. He blames his fellow frost giants for their sorry lot in life, and scorns the gods as weak and uncaring. He plans to seize as much power as he can before anyone stops him, and has no illusions about the fact that he will likely meet a nasty end. 
Vostr-Hirraldyng is known to possess a giant's bag that is in fact a bag of holding, as well as several suits of armor belonging to Hexenjägers that he has slain.
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
King Ymir tracked down Vostr-Hirraldyng once more to force him to fight in the War of the Philosopher-Kings. Vostr-Hirraldyng battled with the soldiers of the Northern Imperial Army, but when the tide turned against them, he fled the burning of Utgard and let his kin die. For his desertion he earned the eternal hatred of his fellow giants; of course, he could not care less. Vostr-Hirraldyng spent the rest of the war wandering from battlefield to battlefield, looting and scavenging weapons and arcane relics for his collection. 
== After the War ==
In the years following the war, Vostr-Hirraldyng became the last mage of any power to escape the predations of the Hexenjägers, earning him a place of high regard amongst those who counted the Reich amongst their enemies. Vostr-Hirraldyng became a leader of sorts among a band of giants who had banded together after the war, and who prioritized their survival above their grudge against the shapeshifter. 
Shortly before the end of his life, Vostr-Hirraldyng would lie low in the town of Falsterdal, where he swore the inhabitants to secrecy. Anyone who tried to leave the town would be hunted down by him and his pack of wolves. Eventually, the last great frost giant lord could hide or run no longer, and faced the wood elf swordsman Mark Patenaude in combat, where he was slain. Category:Giants
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