Ragnar Brok'son

"Redbraid"

Lord of the Badlands

King of Ragnar’son´s Realm

Ulfric Ragnar’son (Son)

**Ragnar Brok’son** was a great dwarf warrior, known for his hatred of goblins and his conquest of their lands in the Badlands of Narmir, between the Wastes of Woes and the lands of Rogrez. He founded a kingdom of his own, known as Ragnarsson's Realm.

## Bio:

### Early Life:

Ragnar was born in the dwarven hold of Tar-Kama beneath the Kingdom of Rogrez. His father Brok was a great warrior and a bodyguard of Hold-King Bleagar Dain’son. He was raised by his parents in the ways of dwarfkind. Then one day, King Bleagar marched upon the city of Balderstone, a once dwarven city now held by goblins, bringing many of his bannerlords with him including Brok. The expedition failed utterly, leaving both Bleagar and Brok slain, with Brok’s body being broken by the goblin warchief and his head taken to the city of Bloodhaven as a trophy.

Upon learning of his father's grizzly fate, the young Ragnar swore an oath of vengeance upon all goblins.

### Commander of Tar-Kama:

When he was of age, he joined with his king Azgul Bleagarsson in his wars against the goblins. He would lead his small dwarven warband against the goblins in many battles, and got his first taste of goblin blood. His warband would win fame, when he saved the son of Azgul during a battle near the Denvir River, slaying a goblin warchief in single combat. After this, the dwarves sent the Rogrezian observer Siegfried Bothmer to follow his unit around and the two bonded over their shared grievances with goblinkind.

This would lead to him being given the task of taking the fortress of Volchas from the goblins. He would acompes this by burning the city of Scabeyes to the ground to draw out its defenders and defeating them in battle, easily taking the fort.

When soon after the goblins sued for peace Hold King Azgul accepted, but Ragnar did not. He declared his warband independent and continued his war with the goblins as an independent lord.

### Gathering Forces:

Now without aid from his fellow dwarves, he headed off to gather forces from human lands. He would gather many who were fleeing from Rogrez as the armies of the North were invading, among them the Bard Felix Orsman who would write down Ragnar's tale. He then travelled across southern Rogrez, gathering a mighty army, promising them land in exchange for service in his war. That offer bore more fruit, as it drew quite a lot more individuals with soldiers, such as the exiled Earl Erich Hoffman and the pirate captain Augustus Darkthorn.

### Reclaiming Tar-Azgal:

With a large army behind him, he set his sights on the fallen dwarven hold of Tar-Azgal, a once prosperous dwarven holding now ruled over by goblins, after the death of its lord Gundrin Bifer'son in the early days of the Era of Sorrows. Now a thousand years later, he hoped to reclaim the city for dwarfkind.

He marched his armies into the badlands, taking much of the goblins’ lairs and villages along the way. He would reach the foot of the Blackhold Mountains that separated the Badlands from Rogrez, and made plans to take Azgal. He would besiege Tar-Azgal for weeks losing meny brave men and dwarves during the assault by the city would eventually be his.

He would divide the fortresses and towns he captured amongst his lords and made the holding of Tar-Azgal as his capital, naming himself as hold-king. On that day he founded the independent kingdom of Ragnar'son’s Realm.

### Battle of Volchas:

No sooner had he established his kingdom, the goblins of Bloodhaven, led by their mighty overlord Ratlob Fislver, made a counter attack, besieging the fortress of Volchas in order to cut the newfound kingdom off from their supplies. He would take the fortress and goad Ragnar into attacking him. This would lead the enraged Ragnar into attacking with his full forces. That resulted in the Battle of Volcas, a great battle between the two leaders. Though Ratlob would prove a skilled combatant, in the end, Ragnar emerged victorious, mainly to the aid of the wastelander Anders Tillisman and his men who joined Ragnar during the battle, capturing Ratlob and taking back the fortress of Volcas. During the battle he would claim Stormstriker from the goblin who stole it when he murdered Franz Herwig.

A month later, the goblins would sue for peace and Ragnar was persuaded by Anders and Siegfried. He accepted the offer, at least for now, while he consolidated power, but as he was freeing Ratlob from his bonds as part of the peace arrangement, he whispered into his ear that he would return and destroy Bloodhaven.

### The Destruction of Bloodhaven:

Ragnar bid his time building his lands and establishing dwarven power in Tar-Azgal. At this time, two dwarven lords would join him wishing to serve the new hold-king, Lord Jorif Buck’son, who wished to regain his family's honor after his father worked under Ratlob during his youth, and Godix Gornixsson, a bold dwarven berserker, wishing to fight more goblins.

He would secure his kingdom and aid the dwarven realms in their wars against goblins and orcs elsewhere, to make amends for betraying them when he declared independence at Volcas.

Meny years later, he returned to his old habits, fabricating a border skirmish. He went back to war with Ratlob and Bloodhaven.

He attempted to attack Bloodhaven directly, but would suffered a terrible loss when he fell for Ratlob's trap at the Battle of Scabeyes. He barely escaped the battle and his friend and alliy Siegfried was taken prisoner by Ratlob. Once again, enraged by the goblin’s cunning, he gathered all forces, even giving the bard Felix and the berserker Godix their own armies in an effort to overrun the goblins. He invaded the lair of Blackclaw, massacring it´s inhabitants, before marching again on Bloodhaven. Here he would fight his third and final battle against Ratlob, slaying him in single combat during the Battle of Bloodhaven. He then besieged Bloodhaven for weeks before storming the city. He would release the prisoners held in there, promising freedom and citizenship to the elves and dwarves held in the cells. He then took the city and renamed it to **Torzanbar**.

### Lord of the Badlands:

He would remain king of his realm for the rest of his days. He would eventually marry the daughter of Azgul Bleagar'son as a sort of peace offering with his old king, and returned his father’s skull to be buried with the rest of him.

He would rule justly to all but the goblins, keeping his promise of a kingdom of dwarves and men.

He ruled unquestioned until his death in the year 1380, and be succeeded by his son Ulfric.

## Personality:

He was a proud dwarven hold king, devoted to his king and the dwarven people. Bold but not foolish, his rule was direct and absolute. He had a hatred for goblinkind that was extreme even for a dwarf, killing hundreds directly during his life, despite this he was known as a tolerant king, allowing humans and firblog outcasts into his realm and giving them land in promise of aid. He was diplomatic when he needed to be, but he held a deep grudge against those who harmed him or his people.

## Powers:

**Weapons Master (Sword and Axe)**: He was know to have mastered both blade and axe.

**Wielder of Stormstriker**: He was able to wield the legendary blade of Rogrezian kings without it harming him, using it against the goblins.

## Titles:

 None (Title created)
 Gerbok Grimtoof
 Franz II. Herwig
 Gundrin Bifer'son (Lost 1 E.o.S)