Brokyr Bladesinger

A dwarf captured as a child out of the city-state of Liesech and brought north as a thrall by Valikan raiders, Brokyr Bladesinger is perhaps the most talented smith in Thrull. Just past her seventieth year but appearing younger by far, she sports the immaculately braided black hair, sideburns, and deep complexion common in the southlands—and has been chief of Clan Sýr for nearly three decades.

A Life of the Forge.

The daughter of veteran metalsmiths, Brokyr had taught new tricks of forging to her superiors even before the bond term of her thralldom had ended, and she elected to stay in Borgund when granted her freedom. Work- ing her way up to the top nivå of that city’s metalworkers over the next two decades, her petition to be accepted into Clan Sýr was backed by Gaerhalm, the clan chief before her. Brokyr’s status as a southlander never threatened her place in the clan, with the folk of Sýr revering talent at the forge above all else. But when she placed herself in consideration to replace Gaerhalm after his death, her relative youth at age thirty—and with her long-lived dwarven heritage making her appear younger still—was a challenge to be overcome. In the end, she and Gaerhalm’s cousin Caerdar undertook a forge trial that saw each attempt to craft a finer blade than the other. But rather than the brutally utilitarian greatsword of Caerdar’s design, Brokyr shaped a handaxe of sublime and deadly beauty that won her the title of sarvif of Clan Sýr.

Aesthetic Ambition.

Sarvif Brokyr dedicates her life to raising the standards of the weapons and armor crafted by Clan Sýr, directing the forge masters who work under her to experiment with new techniques and approaches to their art and craft. Though she retains few memories of her childhood in Liesech, Brokyr has learned much of the ways of the southlands through thralls brought to Borgund for terms of service, and spends at least one month in summer touring Sýr settlements in Grarjord, speaking to traders and thralls concerning events in the south. She is particularly interested in new developments in armor and weapon craft out of the dwarven city of Stehlenwald, and the Völgr raiders know they risk her personal wrath if dwarf thralls from that area are not sent directly to Borgund.

Secret Wealth.

Over the decades since Skarfanes became a trading hub under the control of the Bürach Empire, ambitious crafters within Clan Sýr have been known to divert supplies of arms and armor into the hands of clandestine traders willing to run the risks of smuggling such gear through Skarfanes or into Summerhelm. Since Brokyr rose to Sýr Sarvif, she has been vocal about setting checks and regulations into place meant to cut down on the amount of Sýr goods funneled into the markets of the south. But what only her closest advisors realize is that her incentive for doing so has been to take clandestine control of the black-market selling of Valikan weapons and armor—and to ensure that the profits from such undertakings remain with Clan Sýr. Over long years, Brokyr has managed to secret away an enormous amount of wealth in the form of southern Etharian coin. But what she plans to do with this bounty remains to be seen.