Vignar Gray-Mane

"You're not as dumb as you look!"

- Vignar Gray-Mane

 is a Nord member of the Gray-Mane clan in Whiterun. He is a strong supporter of the Stormcloaks and respected figure in the city, albeit not by Olfrid Battle-Born. If the Dragonborn sides with the Stormcloaks during the Civil War questline, he will become the Jarl of Whiterun. He is known as "Vignar the Revered" to The Companions.

History
He seems to be the oldest member of The Companions, Kodlak suggested that he witnessed the rise and fall of about half a dozen Harbingers, and Vilkas saying that he "knows our history as well as Vignar, by now, except I can remember it.

Clan Battle-Born
Of all the Gray-Mane's, Vignar seems to be the one who is most opposed to the Battle-Borns, with both women in the family having lines about the two clan's feud's stupidity, and the other men not commenting.

Civil War Aftermath
Vignar Gray-Mane replaces Jarl Balgruuf the Greater as the Jarl of Whiterun, if the Dragonborn helps the Stormcloaks take over Whiterun in The Battle for Whiterun. He also mentions plans to build a Temple of Talos in Whiterun, and makes Heimskr the High Priest.

Even as the Jarl he may still attend to the player's wedding.

Quests

 * Battle for Whiterun (Stormcloaks)
 * Season Unending
 * The Fallen
 * Becoming Thane

Trivia

 * Occasionally, if a bugged Stormcloak Soldier spawns in Whiterun, and the guards of Whiterun attack him, Vignar may attack the guards.
 * Vignar has brownish skin similar to a Redguard, despite being a Nord.
 * He is black but he thinks he is white.

Bugs

 * If he is nearby when a Whiterun Guard is attacked, he will draw a sword and fight alongside the attacker.
 * He may attack the player for an unknown reason, it could be because of accidentally killing a companion follower. Brill may also join in the fight against the Dragonborn but no other companions will help either side even though they wake up when the fight comes near and run away.if you are married to aela she will help. Which can reasult in there deaths.
 * When he becomes the Jarl he will sometimes fail to give the option to become a Thane.
 * After becoming Jarl, he may simply stand in front of the gate, occasionally wandering to Dragonsreach at night, but returning in the morning.
 * If he becomes Jarl, he will not go to Dragonsreach until you have joined the Companions, as he and Brill will be in Jorrvaskr watching two of the Companions brawl.
 * If the Dragonborn attacks a child in Whiterun, Vignar may try to attack the child and chase him/her around Whiterun until the child flees or goes into a building. The same thing occurs to Eorlund Gray-Mane and all Companions members in the area at the time.

Appearances


Vignar Melena Gris Vignar Grau-Mähne Vignar Siwo-Włosy Вигнар Серая Грива