Jarl Dagr Dyrmark — The Mad Jarl
Name—Dagr Dyrmark Race—Human Wolfkin Age—31 Orientation—Heterosexual, Bisexual, or Pansexual (Up to Writer) Occupation—Jarl of House Dyrmark Location—House Dyrmark in Midaska Portrayed By—Ben Barnes (non-negotiable)
Appearance
As would befit someone with the title of ‘mad’, Dagr’s hair is always wild and unkempt. Often, he’s covered in dirt and blood. He’s known for wearing the iconic armors of his dead enemies and sometimes even their skulls -- and has a collection of Ettin ears on a necklace.
Personality
Living up to the Dyrmark legacy, Dagr is unpredictable in his punishments. A man accused of stealing might have his hand cut off just as easily as he might be celebrated for his daring. Not even his three wives can predict his reactions to things, though Soma embraces the madness especially. He is an ambitious man in the sense that he believes he’ll be able to restore some of House Dyrmark’s former power and resources, though he does little to patch things up as far as their relations with the other Houses go.
Biography
Dagr Dyrmark was not always mad -- more, his madness was shaped by his father. The Jarl before him, whose blood runs in his veins, would teach him the strangest lessons in the strangest ways. His father would offer bed to strangers or enemies, only to slaughter them the next morning and serve their bodies to hogs. In this way, Dagr learned that strangers are never to be trusted, but always feed your strangers well -- and a Jarl can never have friends, but make as many as you can. He adopted his father’s (and his father’s before him) ways, having had any sense of normality beaten or scared out of him. Like many men in Dyrmark, Dagr has taken three wives. The first was an older woman, married when he was only sixteen. The second was a warrior from the Wild Wood he became infatuated with. The third, and the youngest, is only a recent wife -- who he met while being called to punish her for cannibalism. Due to the lack of resources in the barren House Dyrmark, Dagr has yet to have any children. So far, all the pregnancies his wives have had ended sadly early. After several instances of this, Dagr has gone into a strange depression and tends to refuse relations with his wives. This also drives him to send more secret raiding ships out, believing that if the other Houses refuse more resources, they should simply take them.
Connections
Ida Dyrmark the Thresher—Chief wife
Nott Dyrmark—Junior wife
Soma Dyrmark Mischief-Maker—Junior Wife
Bjorn the Draugr—Guard
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