Torvald Jonsson

"The Hexenjägers do not know fear. I do not pity cowards. Let none survive."
-Torvald Jonsson
== History ==
In the Frostfell, few warriors invoked as much terror as those of the Ursine and those of the Hexenjägers. In Torvald Jonsson was an anomaly and a true nightmare; an Ursine Hexenjäger. Jonsson was one of Franz Forrawyn's greatest warriors, possessed with ferocious instincts, unbreaking will, and a nearly pathological hatred of the arcane and the unnatural. So it was a surprise for many when Franz Forrawyn removed Jonnson from the battlefield and appointed him Minister of Justice, a position thought superfluous and unenviable. And yet, there was a chilling message in Forrawyn's appointment - there was no justice save that of the Hexenjägers, no recourse to common humanity, and certainly no mercy. In Torvald Jonsson was the Reich's justice embodied - savage, merciless, relentless. 
Jonsson was saved as a cub by Franz Forrawyn, after his parents were slain by a fell beast, and he was wounded. Forrawyn made sure he was nursed back to health, and Jonsson swore an oath to serve him forever-after. His kin were furious that he swore himself to humans, and told him to never return. 
== Personality ==
A towering figure even amongst the ursine, Torvald Jonsson wears the scraps of a null magic golem's shell as armor, and wields a frost giant's mining pick as a weapon. Unrelenting in his ferocity and hatred of the arcane, Jonsson is nonetheless far from unintelligent, possessing a warrior's cunning and a prodigious memory. These qualities would shine, were they not hampered by his explosive temper. 
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
Though he begged to go to war, Jonsson was ordered to stay behind with Lanzo Voll and Benno Lang to govern the Reich in Forrawyn's absence. He chafed at this order, and frequently came into conflict with his compatriots. After Forrawyn's death, Jonsson refused to recognize Reise Forrawyn as his successor or the greater Reich as a legitimate nation, declaring that only a Hexenjäger could rule. He claimed the title of Fuhrer for himself, but was defeated by the new Kaiserin. In recognition of his service to the country, he was not killed, but exiled instead. 
== After the War ==
Torvald Jonsson would find himself after many years in New Arendur, washed up and regarded with scorn. To be forgotten was his greatest boon in decrepit old age. 
Early in his exile, Jonsson encountered the explorer and sorcerer, Axel Heiberg. Jonsson recognized him as a mage and tried to kill him, but after their fight, Axel emerged triumphant. He nonetheless spared his foe's life, seeing in him an exile's desperation. When they next crossed paths, Axel found Jonsson in grave danger and saved his life, a favor Jonsson was able to grudgingly repay years later. Category:Reich Nördlich
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