text: Home Game Guide NPC's Sven
  Can be found in Svargrond
  Spontaneous Speech: Ha ha ha, it always amuses me to see those strangers passing out over our barbarian mead.; There is something in the air that worries me...
  Sven: We are friends of the Carliners. Still we don't allow their politics to influence our way to handle things here.
  Sven: Father north wind is called Chyll by our people. He is an unforgiving hunter. He knows no mercy with the weak. ...
  Sven: Chyll is a harsh god and the best you can do is to avoid his attention. Only the shamans and druids deal with him.
  Sven: We have heard only little about this far away place.
  Sven: Everspring is the realm of the dead. It is a place of peace and harmony where those who boldly braved the challenges of life dwell for eternity and share stories at the campfires after a hunt. ...
  Sven: Every true barbarian that is properly brought into afterlife will join the great hunt in Everspring where the animals are fat and have the thickest furs.
  Sven: On the campfire, there are numerous tales about this weapon. It's told that it has been missing since ages ...
  Sven: In my opinion, the power and fame of a weapon shouldn't exceed the power and fame of it's wielder. And I have not heard of any hero whose fame would surpass that of excalibug.
  Sven: Even here we heard about this powerful man. Travellers from the south only dare to whisper his name.
  Sven: Nibelor has always been a sacred place for our people. The druids and shamans live there.
  Sven: We understand that our friends from Carlin are wary with the realm ruled by Thais but this is not of our concern.
  Sven: It's some light side of mythical powers. Such things should only be dealt with by druids or shamans.
  Sven: We did not allow them to stay here. This had nothing to do with our friendship with Carlin but for the way they handled things and their harmful approach to go hunting.
  Sven: It's some dark side of mythical powers. Such things should only be dealt with by druids or shamans.
  Sven: You have braved all three tests and are now an honorary barbarian.
  Sven: There is something in the air that worries me. A great evil is threatening all of us. ...
  Sven: I might not have the gift of dreams that foresee the future like my mother did, but I seem to have inherited some of her gift nonetheless. Sometimes I just feel that something is about to happen. ...
  Sven: And this time it's something sinister and evil that threatens us all.
  Sven: May wind and weather be with you, Player.
  Sven: The raiders' camps are mainly located in the south-western part of the isle. The camps are named after the major clans of the raiders: Ragnir, Bittermor and Grimhorn.
  Player: chakoyas
  Sven: The chakoyas are neither beast nor man. Yet, they share the worst and more dangerous traits of both of them. Their small and furry appearance can be very misleading at first glance. ...
  Sven: But as soon as you've seen a pack of chakoyas literally shredding a mammoth into pieces with their claws and teeth, all misconceptions will be gone.
  Sven: Our people lived as nomads some generations ago. The contact with Carlin taught us another way of living. ...
  Sven: We did not like everything about it but we are not stupid. We have seen the many advantages. ...
  Sven: If you cannot adapt to this land, you are dead and so we adapted to it and built this city. When the contact to Carlin got lost during the years of the serpents, we kept this city alive. ...
  Sven: And we survived, even though the raiders did their best to make us fail.
  Sven: Most shaman and druids of our people live on the sacred isle Nibelor. There, they divine the future, calm the wrath of father Chyll and prepare the dead for their last travel to the lands of Everspring.
  Sven: We know of father Chyll and his freezing breath. We care little for other gods. It is foolish to meddle with beings that are so powerful. ...
  Sven: We leave it to the druids and shamans to handle such affairs.
  Player: here
  Sven: I am the jarl of my people. It's an honour and I am very proud of it.
  Sven: Be greeted, Player! What brings you here?
  Sven: I am more than just the spokesman and highest judge among my people. I don't raise taxes, and when the clans feel that it is necessary, I will be replaced by another jarl.
  Sven: We don't need any kings and queens here. Being the jarl of my people, I see that the laws are followed.
  Sven: There are many dangerous creatures that roam our isles. But having seen what men can do to each other, I wouldn't call any of them a monster.
  Player: mother
  Sven: My mother was that what my people call a witch. That is someone who has special magical abilities without any training on Nibelor. ...
  Sven: She used her powers more instinctively to amplify her healing skills when herbs would not suffice. She also had the gift to foretell the future. ...
  Sven: At first, the druids of Nibelor scorned her, but later they accepted her for her abilities and good intentions.
  Sven: I am Sven the Younger. My father, Sven the Elder has been missing in the ice waste since I was young. But unless one of our people is buried properly, we assume that he is still in the realm of the living. ...
  Sven: Therefore, I am still known as 'the Younger', even though I have grown old.
  Sven: There is something evil going on. I have it in my bones.
  Sven: Our people are simple and honest. We don't like the scheming ways of the city dwellers that live on the main continent.
  Sven: In the past, all barbarian tribes roamed the lands of Chyll as nomads. When the Carliners came here and the trade flourished, we used the resources to build this permanent settlement. ...
  Sven: Some of our people claimed that it was wrong to settle down and to abandon the ancient ways. A female shaman rose in the ranks of those who opposed the erection of a settlement. ...
  Sven: She gathered all those who were not content, who did not want any foreign influence and who refused to learn. ...
  Sven: They tried to destroy everything our ancestors had built, but with the help of the Carliners they were stopped and driven away. Now they still roam the land and attack everyone they see. ...
  Sven: They became the raiders, our worst enemy. Nowadays, there are three larger tribes that often build camps in the South of our land. ...
  Sven: And after all those years, surviving several generations, this female shaman is still their leader.
  Sven: The yetis are mythical beasts. Only few that encountered those creatures lived to tell the tale. The chakoyas worship them as divine beings, although they have no real relations to them as far as we can tell.