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Biography of Ulfgar Free-Winter

Chapter I

On the 2nd of Last Seed, 2E 551 Ulfgar Free-Winter was born to a husband and wife named Garding Free-Winter and Edla Free-Winter in a small farmstead, close to the city of Windhelm. Unfortunately Elda died in child birth which left Garding to look after Ulfgar.

Ever since the age that Ulfgar could talk and pick things up, his father forced him to help on the farm, to keep up with the demands from Windhelm. Of course Ulfgar being so young, it was hard for him to keep up, and because of this Garding would regularly beat him until he learnt to keep up.

You see Garding blamed Ulfgar for Elda death, and whenever Garding thought about Elda, sadness and depression quickly turned anger, which got taken out on Ulfgar. So that's why Garding wouldn't hesitate to punish Ulfgar when he made mistakes.

After years of punishment from his farther, Ulfgar learnt to resist pain inflicted by his father, and learnt to perfect his craft so that Garding didn't beat Ulfgar for his mistakes.

When Ulfgar was fourteen his started to have ambition, goals, dreams about a different life, a life were he didn't work on farm all day, and slept on a stone cold floor, and eating stale bread, he dreamt of a life of adventure, fights and women. So he decided to enact on this. He left his farther farmstead a few days before his birthday, without saying a word about his plans to his father. Ulfgar left the farmstead at the crack of dawn and headed West to the market capital of Skyrim, Whiterun.

The day Ulfgar reached Whiterun it was his birthday. Ulfgar had saved up a fair sum of gold which he had after years working on the farm, but enough to keep him going till he could get some work. But since it was his birthday and all, he decided to treat himself since his farther never got anything for his birthdays because he was too busy beating Ulfgar while in mourning over his wife.

So the first thing that came into Ulfgar mind was a brothal. After a few minutes looking for a brothal, Ulfgar manage to find one, named 'The Back Alley Retreat.' At first Ulfgar hesitated as he had never laid with a women before, and this would be his time, but after mustering enough courage Ulfgar headed inside. Ulfgar spent hours inside the brothal, laughing, drinking, among other activities, he called it a day, and went to the nearest inn. 'The Full Tankard.'

Weeks pasted and Ulfgar was running very low on gold, but he manage to find some work as a guardsman in training for the city watch. This is start where Ulfgar would late be known as a renowned warrior, and later on in life, a hero of the Ebonheart Pact.

Chapter II

Ulfgar was extremely excited upon being accepted into the Whiterun guard. But of course Ulfgar had no background training of sword fighting, the art of war and how to deal with a crime, because of this, Ulfgar would have to be training for the next four months with the second in command of the Whiterun guard, Ingva Battle-Born. Ulfgar didn't care though, he was just so glad that he even got the job.

Later on that day Ulfgar celebrated on his own. He ventured from the city walls and headed south with a basket full to the brim with Snow Berry Mead. After a good hour of wandering, Ulfgar found the perfect spot too celebrate. Ulfgar climbed a small rock just outside the border of Falkreath's forests, with a view looking upon the great city of Whiterun. Ulfgar drank his mead all night until the sun rose, by this time Ulfgar was pissed out of his head, he was waving his arms about too the music in his head, but he didn't care, he was too happy to care how much of a fool he looked.

A couple of days later Ulfgar started his training with Ingva, using wooden swords on straw dummies. Ulfgar found this tidies and wanted to have proper fight, but Ingva kept saying that it's too early, and to keep practicing on the dummy, but Ulfgar kept on insisting, and eventually Ingva gave in and grabbed two shields and tossed one too Ulfgar. Ulfgar full with motivation took his fighting stance and raised his shield while Ingva did the same. It took less than three seconds for Ingva too disarm and put Ulfgar on the ground, that was when Ulfgar learnt his first real lesson when Ingva was going over of how his form was rubbish. Ingva told him "Battles are won by those who are patient." Ulfgar took this too heart and was willing too listen and learn with full attention. From that day Ulfgar did as he was commanded.

Four months later and Ulfgar's training was complete, during the corse of four months Ulfgar managed to rent out a small house on the outskirts of the city walls, he also manage to make a few friends within the guard, and people that he met during his time staying at the Full Tankard. Ulfgar became natural with a blade at the end of his four months of training, he was able too disarm and put Ingva on the ground a few times, but still he had much too learn if he wished to become a master-at-arms. Ulfgar was accepted as a official guard of Whiterun hold, when he passed his tests, and was personally congratulated by the Captain of the guard Titillius Velga, a Imperial commander and ex-legion, as well as the Jarl of Whiterun hold Torolf the Gifted.

Chapter III

The next day after being accepted officially into the Whiterun Guard, Titillius Velga called Ulfgar into his office within the Whiterun Barracks. Titillius handed over Ulfgar everything that he would require, so that Ulfgar could look and act the part of an Whiterun guardsmen, as well as Ulfgar's first orders.

When Ulfgar left Titillius office he went to sit down on a chair just outside of Titillius office to read the roles he will be doing. It was disappointing. The commands Ulfgar was give was sorting out domestic abuses, clearing the drunks off the streets and sorting out complaints for Titillius to read. Ulfgar was angry when he read this, but he soon realised that this would only be temperately, and that he only got these roles because he was only young.

So Ulfgar did as he was commanded though enthusiastic about it. He went too sort out domestic abuses, he clear the fine streets of Whiterun from the late night revellers, and he passed on complaints onto Captain Titillius of the ones that were important, and put the rest in the trash. Ulfgar wanted more than this though. He wanted to be patrolling the hold, he wanted too bust down criminals and locking them up in dark depressing cells, he wanted to go on war parties into the wild and clear out all sorts of manner of things.

Years past, Ulfgar had just turned eighteen. Over the course of three years Ulfgar still did as he was commanded with the domestic abuses, clearing the streets of drunks and sorting out complaints for Titillius, but during this time Ulfgar managed to make enough money to buy a small house, just outside the city walls of Whitrun. Ulfgar also made more and more new friends, but especially with Lieutenant Ingva Battle-Born. Ingva and Ulfgar would regularly meet up after their shifts for drinks at either The Full Tankard or each others houses, and share with each other stories from the past while trying to make each of laugh, especially while one of them was drinking so that when they started laughing the one drinking would choke.

After Ulfgar turned eighteen he was promoted from recruit too corporal, and was given new commands befitting his new rank. Ulfgar was assigned with patrolling and maintaining a small watchtower not too far from the city of Whiterun. Ulfgar was ecstatic about this, and he was so glad that he wasn't too far away from Whiterun so he could keep on seeing Ingva, and still live in his house. That night Ulfgar and Ingva celebrated together within Ulfgar's house, they danced, sang and told stories of ancient times untill they both passed out from all the mead and ale they drank.

Chapter IV

A year had passed since Ulfgar was promoted to Corporal of the Whiterun Guard. During this year Ulfgar had fought many times while stationed at the watchtower, he fought against brigands from the forests of Falkreath, wolves that strayed too close to the watchtower and even a giant that was herding his mammoths and decided that the watchtower was a good place too camp and rest.

Ulfgar had fought valiantly and with honour, with his two-handed claymore. Ulfgar's forum was unmatched. Ulfgar over the course of joining the guard, which had been four years, mastered his technique with the claymore, so much so that even Ingva couldn't even last 20 seconds with Ulfgar when they duelled as he genuinely feared for his life, because Ulfgar moved so fast and with the strength of an enraged Dremora.

Four months after Ulfgar's nineteenth birthday he received a letter from a courier early within the morning, just before the crack of dawn, on his way towards the watchtower. The letter was from Ulfgar's father Garding. Ulfgar was shocked, he didn't know how to feel, happy or angry, so many mixed emotions ran though Ulfgar's mind. As he read through the letter it detailed of how Garding missed him, that he was confused of why Ulfgar left without saying anything, and that how proud he was of Ulfgar being a Corporal of the Whiterun Guard. Ulfgar had countless questions of his own that he wanted answered, but Ulfgar was torn apart to either write back to his farther or not.

At the end of Ulfgar's shift he decided on the way back home that he would write back to his farther. Later that night Ulfgar but quill too parchment. He wrote back of how his life was and what he had done as well as answering Garding questions. Ulfgar put down questions of his own, like how Garding find out where he was and if he knew all of this why didn't he write sooner?

The next morning Ulfgar managed too grab a hold of the courier before he left Whiterun, and handed him the letter he wrote that night addressed to his farther.

Two weeks had passed and Ulfgar finally got a letter back from his farther. Ulfgar opened the letter with haste. The contents of the letter read "I'll answer all of your questions in person, meet me at the farmstead where you grew up." When Ulfgar had read the letter he made his way too Captain Titillius's office and asked for a week leave, at first he declined, but Ulfgar managed to persuade Titillius to let him leave.

Ulfgar that day left immediately too meet his farther at the farmstead. Three days later Ulfgar arrived at the farmstead. It look abandoned. A few moments later Ulfgar made out a figure coming towards him from Windhelm. It was Garding. Ulfgar walked nervously towards him, as he got closer Garding started too run at Ulfgar, when he reached him he gave Ulfgar the biggest and the only hug he had ever received from his farther, Ulfgar filled with compassion hugged back tightly. Once they had stopped hugging both farther and son had tears in their eyes and notice how much both of them had changed over the past four years. Garding quickly invited Ulfgar to his home in Windhelm, and Ulfgar gladly accepted.

When Ulfgar had reached Garding's house in Windhelm, near to the Palace of the Kings, Garding explained everything to Ulfgar of what had happened during the four years. Garding explained what happened to the farmstead and why it was abandoned, and how he found about the things Ulfgar had done.

Into late at night farther and son spoke in detail of what had happened to each other over the course of four years. Unfortunately Ulfgar couldn't stay any longer, he had to return to Whiterun, he still had he his duties, but Garding understood. As Ulfgar departed they gave one last hug and said their farewells.

Another two had passed. Garding and Ulfgar regularly wrote and saw each other. Ulfgar was promoted too Sergeant of the Whiterun Guard after a incident with a necromancer. Ingva and Ulfgar became even closer and saw each other as brothers. This is when Ulfgar's life would change forever. Ulfgar was discussing with Titillius in his office about an increase of bandit raids when suddenly Ingva rushed into Titillius office. Ingva blurted out "The Snow-Demons of Akavir have invaded Windhelm."

Chapter V

The next day after Ingva told Ulfgar and Titillius about the Akaviri, Torolf the Gifted called for a assembly at Dragonreach of all high ranking officers of the Whiterun Guard, as well as his advisors. This included Captain Titillius Velga, Lieutenant Ingva Battle-Born, First Sergeant Horga Gray-Mane, Sergeant Ulfgar Free-Winter, Steward Sleeps-with-Guar and Housecarl Alof the White.

Torolf called on this meeting too decided on whether Whiterun should aid Windhelm in their fight against the Akaviri. Hours had passed, much debating commenced. Titillius, Sleeps-with-Guar and Alof the White advised that Whiterun shouldn't aid in Windhelm struggle as Whiterun wouldn't have enough men, resources and gold to help Windhelm in their hour of need. While Ingva, Horga and Ulfgar argued that Whiterun should answer the call, out of honour and glory. The decision was spilt. Torolf the Gifted was the deciding factor on whether Whiterun went too war or not. Torolf much to his shame decided not to go to war as he had his lands too worry about if the Kamal would invade.

Ulfgar full with rage stormed out of Dragonreach along with Ingva. They both retreated back too Ulfgar's house and discussed of what just happened, and what they should do next. Ingva suggested that he and Ulfgar should leave and head too Windhelm and help defend the city. Ulfgar liked this idea and enacted upon this, he told Ingva too get his gear and meet him back at the house while Ulfgar got his gear ready too.

Ingva headed to his house and fetched his gear and returned with his things back at Ulfgar's home. Ulfgar got his things ready and both headed for the door, but Titillius had just walked in, he saw Ulfgar and Ingva standing their, ready for battle, Titillius knew what they was doing. Titillius simply said to both of them "If you head too Windhelm, I'll have you both court marshalled. You'll never be allowed back into Whiterun again." Both Ingva and Ulfgar pushed Titillius aside and started making their way too Windhelm.

Three days had passed and Ulfgar and Ingva had reached Windhelm. Ulfgar was filled with worry that his farther may had perished, but Ingva kept reassuring Ulfgar that Garding is one tough old ox, and that the Akaviri wouldn't be able too take him down. While they were in sight of Windhelm all they could see was smoke. Ulfgar and Ingva made haste too Windhelm. When they arrived they were too late. All that was left was rubble, fire and the dead, Nord and Kamal alike.

Ulfgar went looking through the dead for his farther, but he was no where in sight, which gave a Ulfgar hope. Some of the residents of Windhelm that were burying the dead told Ingva and Ulfgar of the horrors of the Akaviri. How they swept through the place as if nothing was their, and how they killed everyone they could find and put everything to the torch, and even Queen Mabjaarn and Princess Nurnhilde both fell in the surprise invasion, and that Journn the Skald-Prince now calling himself the Skald-King and Prince Fildgor Orcthane managed too survive and headed towards Riften too bluster their defence of the incoming Akaviri army lead by Dir-Kamal.

Ulfgar and Ingva wanting revenge started too head towards Riften, too join the defence and too spill Akaviri blood.