Brother Fredrik

David Graves of Steinnfjall and Golden Vale

”Nobility is not what is in front of your name, it is what is in your heart”

Biography

Which one! I have two persona biographies for Fredrik! One for my HFS character Sir Fredrik and one for my new Amtgard persona!

Brother Fredrik of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon
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Sir Fredrik of ShadowMist and Steinnfjall
As a child Fredrik was a lonely young man. His father was a baron and very conscious of his station. So Fredrik had no children we was allowed to play with as there were no nearby nobles. He would sneak out an play with the peasant children when he could and developed a friendship with a boy near his age named Charn. He was punished severely when caught, but that did not stop him. Finally in a fit of anger, his father banished Charn's entire family from the Barony. While they were traveling, they were set upon and killed by brigands. When Fredrik learned of his friends fate, his anger burned within him. On his 14th birthday, he went through his rite of assertion ceremony and his father gave him a beautiful sword and declared him an adult. Fredrik turned to the crowd, broke the sword over his knee and announced "I reject my family, I reject my inheritance and I reject my name!" He walked off the platform and left the keep with nothing but the clothes on his back. He went to the nearby abbey of St. Michael the warrior and protector where he took orders. He studied the arts of the scholar and the warrior for the next fourteen years, then went out for his journey: seven years as an itinerant monk, helping those in need with his mind and his sword.

At the end of his journey he settled in the land of ShadowMist founding an abbey on lands given by Queen Jendarial. He was honored and recognized with a knighthood for service to the kingdom and given titles for serving as an officer in the courts of ShadowMist and even serving as Lord Protector for Queen Jendarial in her absence. Several times he was offered the Crown and he always refused, serving as a temporary head, but never as king. When asked why he would simply say "No man is better by birth than any other. It is not my place to seek advancement."

After about seven years in ShadowMist he received word that his father was dead. His father had usurped the throne and there was no clear successor. The abbot where he trained requested he come and reclaim his birthright and bring order to the land of his birth, Steinnfjall. Upon arriving there with his wife, Aislinn nic Fhearchair and her family, he found the kingdom in chaos, most of the nobles slain and the land over run by pirates and brigands. He took the crown briefly, then gave control to his wife when people grumbled about him holding the crown and being a sworn member of the abbey. She then appointed him as head of the armies of Steinnfjall and he set about trying to rid the lands of the lawless vermin who preyed upon the people of Steinnfjall.

Affiliated Groups

Goldenvale
HFS Kingdom of Steinnfjall
HFS Kingdom of ShadowMist

Belted Family

Not belted in Amtgard
HFS: First Knight of ShadowMist (Knight of the Falcon)
Sir Fredrik

• Sir Marcus (Rivendale)
• Squire Aislinn nic Fhearchair (Steinnfjall)

Step Squire: Sir Maxim (ShadowMist)*

• Sir Maxim was a squire to Sir Sinjin before he stopped playing. When Maxim moved from Barad-Duin to ShadowMist, I acted as a surrogate knight for him until he received his belt. I was never his official knight as neither of us wanted to dishonor Sir Sinjin, a man we both respect greatly to this day. Thus he became my "step squire".

Notable Accomplishments

HFS Awards

These are the accomplishments of Sir Fredrik of ShadowMist and Steinnfjall. These awards were given in the High Fantasy Society and NOT in Amtgard.

• First Knight of ShadowMist (Knight of the Falcon)(March 2001)
• Order of the Ember in ShadowMist (May 2003)
• Marquis (Kingdom of Stienfjall) (October 2007)
• Master of the Staff (Service)(October 2007)
• Master of the Peacock (Garb) (October 2007)

Amtgard Awards Awards

These are the accomplishments of Brother Fredrik of Goldenvale. Some things are just part of who you are, I guess.

First Order of the Rose: August 2008
Second Order of the Rose: September 2008
First Order of the Owl: August 2008
Second Order of the Owl: December 2008
First Order of the Dragon: Decmeber 2008
First Order of the Smith: December 2008