Agmundr

Agmundr was thirty-four years of age when his father was killed in battle. His mother took her own life to be with him. At this time, his wife, Ragna, had just given him a son, Orvar. Agmundr took up his father’s position as Chieftain of the Crystal Blade clan in Fannar, the clan responsible for supplying all of the Shield Maidens. Two years later, Ragna gave him a daughter, Vígdís.

Though proud of his clan’s traditions, Agmundr is also open-minded and has developed a reputation for wisdom. When Orvar brought home a Human woman named Brita from the Elf Hazel clan, Agmundr and Ragna welcomed her as their daughter-in-law, rejoicing at the birth of their granddaughters even as the birth of the younger girl, Sigrid, brought with it Brita’s death.

Agmundr was also pleased when Vígdís not only became a Shield Maiden but eventually rose to become their leader, a position she held by the time Sigrid was sixteen. When his daughter came to ask permission to defy their rulers, however, Agmundr advised her to follow her own heart, but not to force her sister Shield Maidens in following, to take only those who were willing.

The next spring, Agmundr and his family received disturbing news, that Sigrid had been kidnapped and forced into kitskëa, or marriage by kidnapping, by the oldest son of Bhimar. Vígdís had also written, however, that her niece was remaining with Drusus, as she had thrown the runes, and the goddess Fayera seemed to want this.

Several months later, Sigrid and Drusus arrived in Fannar. Agmundr, seeing that his granddaughter was now happy with her situation, greeted her husband warmly. It was at this point that he realized that Bhimar had abandoned his sons, though the warlord clearly kept up the pretense of relying upon Drusus, and Agmundr recalled the rest of the Shield Maidens, sending those who remained in Fannar to ally with Linwood and Seos, even as Fannar’s rulers allied the rest of the kingdom’s military with Bhimar.