KAR BJORNSON
CHARACTER BIO
This fundamental truth is often overlooked: Cheol is both seen and unseen. Life, magic, even the Gods, they rule over a world of stone and flesh through ethereal currents and labyrinthine webs, but select few ever see the world in this way. Kar Bjornson is such a dwarf. A Shaman of the Delgri tribes, his body is hardened through a long life of bitter conditions and even harsher battles, but his mind… his mind is free to wander the dream world of Gnottgar. He sees the motions of the universe before they crash into the mortal realm, and many of his bewildered compatriots have survived battles as he guides them on a path to seemingly nothing, until the ambush or magic crashes where they would have been.
His power allows him to call on the potent abilities of animal spirits. He imbues his allies with the aspects of beasts, or sees his foes stricken with weakness. Often speaking to different entities in different realities at any given time, those who understand his gift see a wise (if eccentric), noble dwarf, but to those who choose to remain ignorant, he appears as a babbling fool. He seems unburdened by calamity or strife, for he simply accepts the hidden currents to the world. Unbothered by his own condition he is the first to offer comfort and counsel to others.
To him, Zenithae is the unseen world right there, direct access to the divine, and with such clarity, he could better guide his people and deepen his understanding of the great mysteries of creation. Belphegore’s schemes resonate through Gnottgar, and Kar knows that if he is not stopped then the dream world and the living world will both descend into a nightmare there is no waking from.
