Sál‑Vardr is the spiritual heart of the Solbond Gardhird, a near-unique Ironkin Grimnyr whose connection to the Votann is shaped by profound loss. He carries within him memory‑echoes of the Shattered Star Kindred; voices of the fallen, fragments of their hopes, fears, and final moments. These echoes do not torment him; they guide him, forming a chorus of ancestral wisdom that he channels through his runic stave.

In battle, Sál‑Vardr is a solemn, almost haunting presence. His chants resonate with harmonic undertones that ripple through Ironkin cores, strengthening their resolve and sharpening their focus. When he invokes the Ancestors, the air around him shimmers with data‑ghosts and flickering runes, as though the dead themselves stand beside him. For all the Gardhird, he is not merely a mystic, he is the Warden of Souls, the keeper of their lost Kindred’s memory and the living reminder of why their Oath must never be broken.