Identity and portrayal
Appearance
A strong woodcutter with a tawny beard, axe and open physical warmth. Exact age, height and other features are not stated.
Voice and manner
Direct, grateful and steady. When he decides something, as with the bear cloak, the gift is not offered as a debate.
Skills, Essan and limitations
Woodcutting, axe use, winter survival, captive extraction and close defence.
Knowledge limits
Knows Jorgen through the rescue, work and attack; his curse knowledge remains personal rather than scholarly.
Source statusCurrent working character Bible; full spoilers; author review required.
Visual statusGenerated for the Atlas on 2026-08-15 from the manuscript-grounded description. This image is not an approved character master and does not lock unestablished appearance details.
Core psychology
External goalProtect Ingrid and Gyllenfall while treating Jorgen according to what he does rather than what people fear.
Internal needHold onto trust without ignoring the real danger of Jorgen's loss of control.
FearLosing Ingrid or allowing village fear to abandon the person who saved her.
Defining flaw or pressureGratitude can make him underestimate how unstable Jorgen feels inside.
Arc by story stage
River rescueGrips Jorgen's shoulders and gives him the white bear cloak after Ingrid survives.
Village lifeWorks as a respected woodcutter and treats Jorgen as more than a coming storm.
Rescue planJoins the fathers pulling captives back from the goblins.
Cave and aftermathFights beside Gustav, survives and holds Ingrid on reunion.
Open questions
Wife/Ingrid's motherName not established in the current extracted evidence.
Later lifeNot established.
