Ozgard
SupportingA colossal black-skinned bald shaman of immense girth towers over those around him, his face and body alive with swirling bright blue rune tattoos that interlock across his features and bare arms. Thick arcane eyebrows overshadow his unexpectedly childlike face while only scarred keloid holes remain where ears once were, and his right hand twists like a mass of ginger roots. He moves wrapped in a glossy cloak of raven feathers cinched by a scarlet scale belt, red scale boots on his feet and a massive fourteen-point elk horn headdress rising from his brow, the tips crusted in dried blood. His left hand bears seven heavy rings set with rubies and diamonds, and he carries a dragonbone staff when performing rituals.
Ozgard first emerges in Dark Age as the enigmatic, physically imposing shaman of the Obsidian tribes, whose grotesque yet regal appearance—swirling blue runes, elk-horn crown, and dragonbone staff—marks him as both spiritual leader and political actor. Across the saga he evolves from a seemingly peripheral ritualist into a cunning manipulator whose influence over Sefi Volarus shapes Obsidian policy and, by extension, the wider war for the Solar System. His childlike face beneath the scars and feathers becomes a haunting symbol of the Obsidians’ fractured identity, while his growing political reach hints at ambitions that may yet eclipse his role as mere advisor.
Physical Description
A colossal black-skinned bald shaman of immense girth towers over those around him, his face and body alive with swirling bright blue rune tattoos that interlock across his features and bare arms. Thick arcane eyebrows overshadow his unexpectedly childlike face while only scarred keloid holes remain where ears once were, and his right hand twists like a mass of ginger roots. He moves wrapped in a glossy cloak of raven feathers cinched by a scarlet scale belt, red scale boots on his feet and a massive fourteen-point elk horn headdress rising from his brow, the tips crusted in dried blood. His left hand bears seven heavy rings set with rubies and diamonds, and he carries a dragonbone staff when performing rituals.
Evolution
Dark Age
A colossal black-skinned bald shaman of immense girth towers over those around him, his face and body alive with swirling bright blue rune tattoos that interlock across his features and bare arms. Thick arcane eyebrows overshadow his unexpectedly childlike face while only scarred keloid holes remain where ears once were, and his right hand twists like a mass of ginger roots. He moves wrapped in a glossy cloak of raven feathers cinched by a scarlet scale belt, red scale boots on his feet and a massive fourteen-point elk horn headdress rising from his brow, the tips crusted in dried blood. His left hand bears seven heavy rings set with rubies and diamonds, and he carries a dragonbone staff when performing rituals.
- Appears in the Obsidian camp as Sefi’s personal shaman, towering over warriors with his rune-covered bulk and elk-horn headdress.
- Performs blood rites and auguries that legitimize Sefi’s claim to leadership among the Obsidian tribes.
- Manipulates Sefi into adopting an isolationist stance, steering her away from Darrow’s alliance.
- Reveals his severed ears and twisted hand, underscoring the brutal past that fuels his distrust of Gold culture.
- Uses his dragonbone staff and ruby rings in a public ritual that cements his spiritual authority over the Obsidians.
Relationships
Begins as Sefi’s spiritual advisor whose counsel is laced with manipulation; by the end of Dark Age his influence has shifted her from potential ally of the Rising to a more insular, Obsidian-centric posture.
Book Appearances
Dark Age
First appears Ch 23