Varamyr Snagason

Varamyr Snagason, born from the lust of Frenya "Fireblood" and the foreigner Daarados, is the Chieftain and ruler of Hardhome.

## Appearance & Character:

A wilding of great stature, Varamyr hides his Essosi blood well, a great beard of brown covering his face, brown eyes watching all that may be a threat. His being is one of strength and he relishes in it, his body holding muscle to spare beneath his fur skins.

The best way to describe Varamyr would be with one word; Ambition. Many can see his strength, but his mind is always at work, trying to determine how best to grow his strength and of whom to target. A Chieftain who likes to pretend to be the foolish bear, but is cruel and vicious when he decides to be.

## History:

It was the year 79 AC, beyond the lands of false North and their precious wall of ice, when a child of mixed blood was born within the cold embrace that was the land of the Free Folk. Varamyr was a child who was different to the other boys, not in the manner of mythical gifts from the weirwood, no it was a difference that for his early years saw him as an outcast even to his people. He held within him Essosi blood, from Tyrosh if we were to be specific.

His father, Daarados was his name, once upon a time he had been pirate and a smuggler for many a year until his ship crashed in the on the harsh coast of Hardhome. He was injured but had somehow taken the interest of Varamyr’s mother Frenya “Fireblood”, known for her fierce temper. When a Crow patrol found her group and a battle took place, Daarados ended up fighting beside the woman. And this began their decades long life together, though she and no one else knew about his slaver lifestyle whilst he was alive, and after his death in 101 AC at the age of two and fifty, Varamyr made certain that stayed hidden, burning the few pieces of parchment that his father had kept with him all those years that revealed his former life.

Whilst his father became one of the clan, the children struggled to accept Varamyr as he grew up, they did not truly learn to be brothers with one another within the clan at that age. The torment was never ending; rocks thrown, fights instigated by the older boys and he was left alone when not fighting, no company bar his family who could not do much, for their son had to grow on his own. Varamyr however, was his mother’s son, his blood boiled more and more as the torment continued, stewing as he learnt the ways of life. To hunt, to track both prey and Crow, and how to kill them when they caught up. Until at last, one comment too many on a hunting party lit the fuse and the quiet, patient Varamyr turned feral. Seven were dead at the end, and none asked the lone Varamyr what occurred upon his return.

None except, the now heirless Chieftain of Hardhome, Tormund. The older man challenged his son's murderer to a duel, to avenge his son. Except that is not how it went as Varamyr's feral rage and skill with axe became too strong for his former ruler. The same day upon which his son fell, the Chieftain passed himself and Varamyr deftly took over his rule, claiming the wife Willow as his prize.

For several years he maintained his rule through an iron fist, destroying any attempts by his rivals to usurp him. But as Chieftain he needed to see his people prosper, as well as gain some small measure of revenge for their fallen brothers. And so a raiding party led by Varamyr went over the wall and raided villages a plenty. Most were small villages dotted around the Wolfswood and the lands of the Glover and Forresters, easy prey for the raiding party. Why attack the castles when you can raid some of their defenceless villages instead? They would repeat such a raid several years later, though instead they used the few ships Hardhome had to instead hit the North on its Eastern Shores, bringing plentiful of food, wealth and 'concubines', Varamyr taking one for himself in the form of a buxom lass named Bethany. She would help him in birthing new children in his name.

## Family:

* Daarados - Father (Deceased)
* Frenya - Mother (Deceased)
* Varamyr Snagason - Pc & son

Children:

* Borroq
* Gendel
* Frenya
* Gorm
* Maris

## META:

Attribute: Bellicose

Social status: Hardhome Clan Leader

Skill Points: 22

Skills:

MAR - Formation, ambuscade (10)

CHA - Leadership (5)

COM - Weapon Proficiency (Axes & off hand), precision. (7)

Mastery:

MAR - Field Commander