Clan Foxrunner

Kveldulf Sveng hails from an area just north of the Crystal Desert. He grew up in an area where he could reach both the great forests and the majestic desert. In his youth Kveldulf would venture out by himself into the woods and would watch the wolves in the forest. He felt a great connection with the wolves, but was always saddened by the fact that he could never feel that way with any of the people around him. When he felt as if he could take it no more, he would go out into the desert for long periods of time to cleanse his soul.

During the night while in the desert he would sit atop the highest sand dune he could, and would stare out across the great expanses before him, and contemplate the world. These regular excursions forced him to learn to defend himself. Having suffered from illness in his youth his body was at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, so he instead learned to use the bow. Several years later after the monotony of the small village in which he was raised became too much to handle, he packed up what he needed, took what gold he had, took his bow and quiver, and set out for the great city of Ascalon. The trek north was long and arduous, but it was rejuvenating for his soul. He arrived at the great city a paltry two days before the searing of Ascalon, but nonetheless, the energy and camaraderie endeared the city to him. He immediately signed up to help defend the city from the Charr.

After a year he began to get the same lack of a “pack” feelings that he felt when he was with the wolves in the forest by his home. Despite this, he resolved to stay in Ascalon. Another year passed before something happened that changed his life. He was sent to help Prince Rurik find a new refuge from the Charr. It was while in Lion's Arch that Kveldulf met the person who would change his life. Kveldulf was getting a new set of armor for the trials ahead when he found that he was short on materials, and decided to ask around if anyone had spares. Only one person responded to him. His name was Feraeond Foxrunner.

It was at this time Kveldulf finally met someone who knew how he felt. They spent the next hour discussing various aspects of life, and while discussing he made the mistake of destroying the pair of pants that he had just had made, and Feraeond insisted on reimbursing him for the cost, but Kveldulf would not have it, it took the better part of a half an hour for Feraeond to convince Kveldulf that he would not budge until he was allowed to pay for it, and he conceded. It was a month later that Kveldulf joined the group of like-minded rangers known as the Foxrunners. Though Feraeond has moved on, Kveldulf has remained with them.

Raeja was a simple but successful Ascalonian farmer. Born in Regent Valley, the Bartol family was humble and quiet and had Dwayna's blessings in order to provide not only for themselves but the people of the valley. But when the Charr attacked a new calling befell Raeja and with Dwayna's blessing he took up arms to defend the valley and all he loved.

Raeja left the valley, but unlike other monks who stepped forward Raeja choose to guard the walls instead of healing the fallen. Dwayna guided his focus as he fought side by side with the Ascalonian soldiers, the support and devotion he displayed in battle after battle earned him the nickname "Dwayna's Fist of Justice". But Raeja had no need for titles or clever names, he simply did what the gods asked of him and saw every dead Charr he smote as an approval of his actions.

Then came the Searing... so devastating and widespread that it killed most of the division he was in while he layed in a coma for several weeks. When he awoke he was horrified at what had happened, his valley and his people destroyed. Dead bodies were abundant and it wasn't long before he was given the task of performing burial ceremonies to the family of ones lost. He couldn't bear this burden for long and tried to turn to Dwayna for guidance, but instead Grenth answered him. Grenth felt the sorrow and vengeance in his heart and let Raeja impart on a different quest, a quest of unholy vengeance. He granted Raeja the ability to cause the people he had cared for to rise up from the dead in order to seek vengeance again the Charr and their heathen ways.

For years Raeja fought and served as a harbinger of life and death, and those years took their toll as he aged. As he moved along the paths to Tyria he became bitter but wiser, a quiet man who knew the balance of the fates and would be just as quick to heal as to kill. Word spread that Dwayna's Fist of Justice had returned, but whenever Raeja entered a town the people fell silent knowing that this justicar was every bit as deadly as he was kind. He now acts as both a justicar of Dwayna and a guardian of the dead for Grenth, still keeping balance the roles of life and death.