Ulv

Ulv

Ульв was a Wild Knight warrior during the period of garou-human conflicts. He was cast out from his village for his quiet nature and survived by hunting small prey such as rabbits and chickens using daggers fashioned from bone. He would whittle small carvings of animals from fallen branches. He sold excess meat at market to purchase simple tools and clothing.

At age thirteen, Ulv was beaten by bandits and left for dead. A Wild Knight found him and brought him to safety. While recovering in the knight's home, he was taught how to use a bow and quickly mastered the skill.

History

After learning archery, Ulv killed a wolf that was threatening the village of Bramblemead. When offered a reward by the villagers, he refused and requested only the wolf's skull. He fashioned it into a mask.

Sometime later, Ulv rescued the necromancer Ravanna from pirates who were hunting her on Ashenfall while wearing his wolf skull mask. The two formed an inseparable hunting partnership, though their bond remained platonic. Ravanna crafted arrows and Ulv fired the bow. They left miniature carvings of wolf skulls and bats hidden across the forest in places that held significance to them.

Hunting together presented challenges due to their different skillsets. Ulv could remain quiet and motionless for hours, while Ravanna would sneeze, cough, or react to insects, alerting their prey. To compensate, Ravanna travelled to Fellhollow and crafted a willow longbow for Ulv, as its increased range reduced the need for close-quarters stealth.

The pair developed specific tactics for hunting garou. Ravanna used necromancy to enchant bones with air spells, allowing her to control wind direction and prevent the garou from detecting them by scent. She would lead garou into traps where Ulv would ambush them from hiding. Ulv and Ravanna worked together to defeat Shatterfang, an alpha wolf that had been terrorizing Bramblemead and evading the Wild Knights. Ravanna used dark magic to immobilize the wolf's bones while Ulv struck with blades made from wolf bone. When offered any reward by the villagers, they requested only Shatterfang's skull.

Death

Ulv was killed by the garou. Ravanna attempted to resurrect him using necromancy, but the attempt failed. Ravanna's grief over Ulv's death became the source of her eternal vendetta against the garou and sustains her undead existence.

References

1. ↑ Journal entry of Bone Dagger, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Before he learned to use the bow, Ulv survived with simple daggers of bone. He lived outside the village, cast out for his silence and strange ways. Ulv did not follow the polite nonsense of human society, nor did he seem to care for their troubles. The boy was happy just to survive and whittle small carvings of animals from fallen branches."
2. ↑ Journal entry of Bone Dagger, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "He hunted silently, using the daggers to slay small prey such as rabbits and chickens. He ate what he needed and sold the excess at the markets for enough coin to purchase simple clothes and tools."
3. ↑ Journal entry of Bone Dagger, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "When he was thirteen, he was beaten by bandits and left for dead. But a Wild Knight found him and brought him to safety. Recovering in the knight’s home, Ulv would be taught how to use a bow, a skill he soon mastered."
4. ↑ Journal entry of Bone Dagger, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "When a wolf attacked Bramblemead, this outcast slew it. Villagers thanked him for his bravery and asked him what he wanted as a reward. He refuted their offers and asked only for the wolf’s skull in return. He fashioned it into a mask that he chose as a new face, one he wore away from the village that had spurned him."
5. ↑ Journal entry of Fang Arrow, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Instead, a Wild Knight, who wore a mask made from the skull of a wolf, rescued her. He pushed back her assailants and brought her to safety."
6. ↑ Journal entry of Fang Arrow, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Their fellowship after that was unbreakable, though no bond of romance flowed between them. She made the arrows, he fired the bow, and together, they feasted on their victories and kept the woods safe from unwanted intrusion."
7. ↑ Journal entry of Fang Arrow, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Even now, there are signs of their friendship. Hidden across the forest, miniature carvings of a wolf skull and a bat can be found in places that meant something to them."
8. ↑ Journal entry of Willow Longbow, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Ulv had many skills, but hunting was his strongest. He was inherently quiet, still as the night, and he could hold his position, in the trees or bushes, for hours at a time. Ravanna was never good at this. When the two of them hunted together, Ravanna would sneeze, cough or scream at the sight of an unexpected insect, and the two of them would watch their quarry disappear off into the night."
9. ↑ Journal entry of Willow Longbow, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "In apology, she looked for a way to create a weapon that would reduce the impact of her noisy nature. Longbows fired further and faster, meaning that less stealth was needed. She made her way into Fellhollow in search of a material strong enough, and returned with willow branches that she crafted into a longbow as a gift for her friend."
10. ↑ Journal entry of Studded Leather Body, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "One wild mage and her friend, a strange boy who wore a wolf’s skull as a mask, got the tactic down to an art. She used strange, sinister magics to enchant bones to maintain air spells, allowing her to precisely control the wind’s direction. She used this to lead the garou into traps, where her ally leapt from the shadows, taking out the unfortunate garou warriors."
11. ↑ Journal entry of Wolf, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "He was finally felled when an unlikely ally used dark magic to lock the wolf’s bones in place, while her companion struck from the shadows with blades forged from the wolf’s kin."
12. ↑ Journal entry of Wolf, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "The villagers offered any reward to their saviours. Money, weapons, gems, yet the pair asked only for Shatterfang’s skull in return."
13. ↑ Journal entry of Ravanna's Third Journal, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "I will never forgive them for the death of my friend. Never. And as long as I curse them, my soul will not fade to the world below."
14. ↑ Journal entry of Ravanna's Fourth Journal, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "When I lost Ulv I tried to bring him back and… well… the result of that is better buried, I confess. I visit him from time to time. There’s nothing left of my friend there, hasn’t been for some time, but I don’t want him getting lonely."
15. ↑ Journal entry of Ravanna's Third Journal, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Unreasonable, yes, but at least hate is honest in it’s hypocrisy. I choose to turn the wheel of the vicious cycle round and round, grinding garou bones beneath it. I will never forgive them for the death of my friend. Never. And as long as I curse them, my soul will not fade to the world below."