Alfghar

**Alfghar** is a male Polar Bear, or *Ursus maritimus* and a infiltrator for the Timekeepers of the Ice Caps stationed within the territories of grizzly bears within the lands of Beyond the Beyond.

## History

At an unclear point in time, Alfghar, along with four other Rougers who had earned the rank of 'Special Ops Bears' among the cultists of the Ice Clock, were dispatched south into Beyond the Beyond to infiltrate the grizzly communities of the Southern Kingdoms. Upon their arrival, the Rougers opened into communications with the turnfeather owls of the *Zayle Vertray* and an alliance between the seperate espionage groups of bears and birds was established. In the wake of this partnership, the birds that Alfghar had allied himself with procured an answer to the greatest trait that prevented Alfghar and his fellow operatives of the Ice Caps from fully integrating themselves into the colonies of their grizzly kin: the colouration of their pelts. The solution to this issue, however, came in the form of dyes that, when administered, left the bears with furs of brown texture, leaving Alfghar's task of insert himself into enemy lands till further instructions were received a far easier action to complete. It is currently unknown what role Alfghar might have played in the similar pact struck between his masters in the Nunquivik, the wolves of the Clan MacHeath and Duncan MacDuncan II, or if he was even aware.

### *The Keepers of the Keys*

After discovering from Edith the retrieval of the Key to the Ice Clock, the Grand Patek issued a *bwatig* on the four cubs responsible for the act and subsequently sent word to Alfghar, who was ordered to uprooted himself from his current station and, under the direction of Edith, capture one of the cubs for interrogation.

Along with Fyor and Svorg, Alfghar intentionally made to crossed paths with Stellan, Jytte, Third, Froya and Rags. Detected at first by Froya and Third, who caught the strange scent emanating from the three disguised Roguers, Alfghar and his partners made their presence known seconds later when they emerged from a thicket of brambles. Though the bears were at first successful in deceiving the group into believing they were facing a trio of grizzlies, their silence and lack of response to Stellan's greetings with welcomes of their own swiftly unravelled the lie, in answer to which Alfghar and his comrades swiftly struck and attacked, eventually kidnapping and escaping with Third at a run, despite meeting fierce resistance from the four cubs and Rags.

Upon rendezvousing with Edith, Alfghar and his fellow Rougers were led into the towering spires of rocks that were the Canyonlands, finally halting in a deep but narrow, which Edith explained had once been known for being once used in the process of moon-blinking, a practice the Spotted Owl boasted to be an equal in results to that of the interrogation chambers of the black ice orts. Interpreting Edith's words to mean an advanced form of torture, Alfghar inquired to the lack of instruments for such an act, only for Edith to cheerfully indicate the rising moon to be all that was needed, explaining the effects of moon-blinking on a creature's brain. Told by Edith that, once the procedure was complete, Third would answer their inquiries with total obedience, Alfghar politely accepted Edith's claim she preferred her title of agent Point 09.

On the instructions of his Spotted Owl associate, Alfghar posted himself before the entrances to the moon chamber. As the moon reached it's pinnacle, however, the attackers became the victims when a legion comprised of the scrooms of former victims of moon-blinking came to the aid of Third, exposing Alfghar and his assistants to the full force of the lunar light, placing them in a deep trance that left them staggering in a daze upon waking.