## Velgari Izek – The Laughing Blade ### Overview **Velgari Izek** is the youngest sister of [[Grom]] Izek and the only one among his siblings who still speaks his name. Known as **"The Laughing Blade,"** Velgari is a deadly huntress and war-matron of the **Frostfang Legion**, married into the harsh and nomadic **Icefang Clan**. Her reputation is one of resilience, brutality, and feral cunning—but beneath her battle-scarred exterior lies the last ember of familial loyalty to [[Grom]]. Velgari was once the most spirited and rebellious of the Izek siblings. Her fire, however, was nearly extinguished in her early years of marriage to **Warlord Brundh**, a cruel and domineering chieftain who sought to break her through violence. He succeeded only in forging her into something far more dangerous. --- ## Appearance - **Race:** Minotaur - **Gender:** Female - **Age:** Mid 30s - **Build:** Athletic, scarred, and intimidating - **Horns:** Jagged and filed to resemble wolf fangs - **Eyes:** Piercing blue with a wild, untamed glint - **Attire:** Wears wolf pelts, frost-hardened leather, and carries twin axes at her hips - **Markings:** Scars from both battle and abuse; one horn bears a notch taken during her first rite of blood --- ## Personality - **Traits:** Fierce, defiant, sarcastic, protective - **Beliefs:** Pain shapes strength; freedom is earned, not given - **Habits:** Laughs in battle, teaches her warriors through pain and ritual challenge, spits at tradition unless it earns her power Velgari is both feared and loved by her warband. Her laughter is as dangerous as her blades, and she refuses to allow anyone—man or god—to rule her again. --- ## Role and Influence - **Title:** Hunt-Matron of the Frostfang Legion - **Position:** Commander of the Icefangs’ elite pursuit warband - **Duties:** - Leads deadly tracking raids across frozen wastes - Trains female warriors and outcast brutes in survival and revenge - Enforces her will through physical dominance and strategic cruelty --- ## Relationship with [[Grom]] - **Status:** Distant, but not broken - **Last Contact:** Years ago, during [[Grom]]’s exile - **Current View:** Misses her brother but refuses to show weakness; keeps track of his exploits from afar Velgari is the only one of the three sisters who still refers to [[Grom]] with affection—albeit hidden beneath layers of deflection and sarcasm. She has told her closest warriors: > “My brother fights with gold and silk. I fight with fang and frost. We were both beaten into it. Doesn’t mean I hate him.” She often wonders if she and [[Grom]] are not so different—both cast out, both hardened by the world in their own way. --- ## Marriage to Warlord Brundh Velgari’s early years with Brundh were marked by **abuse and domination**. He saw her fire as something to be extinguished. Through humiliation, beatings, and forced trials, he sought to break her. Instead, Velgari learned to endure. Then, she learned to fight back. One night, after besting him in a sacred duel, she spared his life—but only once. Since then, she commands her legion as an equal, and Brundh—wounded and now half-blind—serves more as a ceremonial relic than a true leader. --- ## Final Notes Velgari Izek is a warrior forged in pain and rebellion. She carries her scars with pride and wears her laughter like a blade. Among her siblings, she alone remembers [[Grom]] not as a traitor, but as a survivor. Whether their paths cross again in war or peace, hers is a voice he can still trust—though she may mock him for his soft boots and fancy wines. > “He’s still my brother. One day I’ll drink with him again—if he can handle blood in his wine.”