Gunnar

**Gunnar** is a character portrayed by Michiel Huisman in *Rebel Moon*. Huisman filmed for seven months. During casting calls, Gunnar was described as handsome, physically fit, serious, earnest, responsible, and dependable.

## Biography

Gunnar lived a quiet life in his farming village on Veldt until the Imperium arrived, demanding their crops. He had sold the surplus of their crops to enemies of the realm, the Bloodaxe insurgents after a previous season's harvest, putting the village in a tight spot. Naive about the outside world having never left Veldt, he believed the Imperium was likely managed by reasonable people who would benefit the village's interests through a fair deal, which seemed to be the case when Admiral Atticus Noble arrived and offerred three times the market value of their grain. However, things quickly took a sinister turn when Noble realized they had more grain available than Sindri, the father of the village, would have had him believe. To Gunnar's shock, disagreeing with Sindri in front of the admiral quickly proved fatal to the village father.

Gunnar's friend, Kora, and outsider who had arrived in the town two seasons prior, set out to find the Bloodaxes and Titus, previous genius general of the Imperium, the former of whom Gunnar believed he could find, having dealt with them in the past. Gunnar went with her to Providence in the hopes that they could build a defensive force to face Noble and the forces of the *King's Gaze* when they returned for the harvest in ten weeks. They were able to figure out the location of Titus and, with the help of Kai, were able to find passage. They stopped along the way to recruit Tarak and Nemesis, who Kai believed would support their cause.

With Titus finally on their side, they were able to track down the Bloodaxes. The Bloodaxes initially wrote off their hopes as a suicide mission, but when Kora explained how the previous deal between Gunnar and the rebels had led the Imperium to Veldt, Darrian Bloodaxe felt responsible and chose to help alongside any of his fellow rebels who wanted to join him. Milius and several others joined. They had one more stop before returning to Veldt, which was to unload Kai's merchandise at an unregistered trade depot on Gondival. It turned out Kai was leading the group into a Hawkshaw trap, capturing the members with bounties on their heads with ecto-restraints. Admiral Noble wasn't far behind to collect the fugitives. In a moment of overconfidence, Kai demanded that Gunnar be the one to sever Kora's spinal column with the restraints' bolt pistol. Gunnar was just a boring farmer who, as Kai had guessed, was too cowardly to tell Kora that he was in love with her, so he would also be too cowardly to put his own saftey at risk. However, instead of releasing the bolt into Kora's neck, he unlocked the restraints, setting Kora free, then turned on Kai and fired the bolt into his head.

A battle ensued and Gunnar made it out unscathed. Believing Kora had killed Noble, and noting that an Imperium dreadnought would return to the Motherworld if its commander was killed, Gunnar brought the surviving members of their rebel group back to Veldt for their payment. Their task was complete and their harvest was safe.

## Abilities

* **Agricultural acuity**: Gunnar was in charge of the harvest in his hometown on Veldt.

## References

1. ↑ This character's physical traits are based on those of Michiel Huisman, who plays Gunnar.
Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay Hatten (writers) & Zack Snyder (director). December 22, 2023. *Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire*.