Viggo Helmersen

An infant heir to the throne of Arduria, he was taken and hidden in the country when his parents, King Helmer Hastersen and Lady Sela, were murdered – His sister, however, was found before she could be saved and was made to marry the new king. Raised through childhood by a mystic on the central island of his homeland, upon becoming a man he joined the rangers, and patrolled the Thyr and surrounding for several years. He was known as a quiet man, but quick with his spear, and was well respected by his peers – even by the false King Alvand Stormtamer himself. That is until the day the mystic found Viggo once more, and revealed his heritage to him, and showed him how he would retrieve it. Viggo was to kill Alvand, and afterwards, the mystic, revealing himself as a well-known sorcerer, announced a challenge which would reveal the true heir.

He planted the mythical sword, Faithkeeper (named for the faith and discipline needed by its wielder that the darkness of the Thyr may be held back) of Helmer in a stone, claiming whoever removed it would be king. Viggo, knowing the throne was his, had his turn. But his overconfidence betrayed him when the sword would not budge. Stormtamer’s son, Callen, however, found his own sorcerer who helped him remove it, and so he was made king of Arduria.