Garholt Wolfhart 'The Wolf King'

''“I was anointed with the blood of the Wolf, that I will not fear to bleed. I was pledged to the Wolf, that I’ll not fear to suffer. I was given to the Wolf that I shall not fear to die. They gave me the fangs of the wolf, the claws of the wolf,  and the coat of the wolf. And they are surprised that all I know is the mercy of the wolf ”''

"Let your warcry be - Death, Death, Death!"
 * Garholt Wolfhart ‘The Wolf King’

Garholt Wolfhart, commonly known as the Wolf King, was as much legend as horror given flesh. The great grandfather of Faust and grandfather to Erik Wolfhart. Garholt has many stories to his name, under his rule the Wolfsbane became infamous for being brutal warriors in the private army only kept in check by constant battle against the enemies of Konrad Thil Buhrgaard, the werewolf Emperor of the time. Under Garholt the normally noble knights were forged into a force of terror, with Garholt as their supreme commander.''' '''

To many of the common folk Garholt got the nickname - Peasants Bane. Do to a pastime activity where he would go out in his lands and beat the peasantry with a common agricultural tool, a flail. Often the peasants would die from the threshing he would deal out. The nobles were treated little better, but they were given at least one fair warning, before they were violently beaten, also to the death.

Few dared to stand against his wrath, even the Emperor rarely reprimanded him for his misdeeds. And when he did it was only if a close relation to the throne was involved, otherwise he would turn a blind eye. Garholt earned the title of Emperor’s Champion after he violently defeated him in a duel to the death. In combat he rode a dire wolf, the only Wolfhart ever to ride a wolf into combat. He bragged that it was a werewolf he had bested in combat and as punishment trapped it in it’s beast form never to return to human-form again. He also was the last one to wield the legendary Black Sword of the Wolfhart dynasty.

Garholt was a mighty foe to face, large for a human, built and bred for war and conquest. His entire being was to bring order to Westmark through fear and bloodshed. Garholt however was far more than an object of terror, he was the best warrior Westmark had seen in hundreds of years. His legend among Wolfharts only surpass by their founder, he earned more titles than any other, and won more duels then any before him. He was only beaten in a duel once, and that was against Tesham Mutna, later the First of the Mutna dynasty.

The duel was witnessed by his wife and son, and they claim that Tesham showed mercy to Garholt and let him live. What happened afterwards is still unknown, he went into mystery with his dire wolf and Blaiwyn, the family’s sword.

Garholts only son lived his days out in shame, trying to regain their families' lost honor, but it would be his grandson that would lift the family from shame to glory. At his banishment from Westmark he had earned a total of 148 titles on his armor, he was only surpassed by the families founder - Konrad ‘The Wolf-hearted’.