Krothar "Cloudwatcher" Stormheart

In the storm-sworn peaks where lightning teaches humility, Krothar learned the first law of true strength: protect what matters, destroy only what must be destroyed.

The mountain clans called him "Cloud Watcher”, the warrior who reads storms before they strike, who knows when to be the thunder and when to be the shelter. But his greatest test came far from those peaks, on the night Gloomfire Manor burned. As flames devoured noble halls and shadow-things circled overhead, Krothar kept an oath sworn to a dying man: Guard my daughter. Whatever comes.

He was the wall that wouldn't break. He got Valyria out alive.

Now in Drakestide Cove, Krothar's loyalty remains carved in stone: to "Little Horn" first, to the Company that stands beside her, and to one burning question, who truly lit the match that murdered her family? The answer lurks somewhere in this city of silk lies and buried ledgers, waiting to be dragged into the light.

His investigation took an unexpected turn during his first audience with Duchess Cordelia Blackthorne. Something in his bearing, perhaps his heartbeat, perhaps his soul, echoed her husband lost in the War of Scales and Steel. The Duchess saw it too, that impossible recognition, and acted on instinct. She placed Gravesunder in his hands: her late husband's sentient greatsword, a blade with its own memories of love, war, and promises carved in blood.

The sword whispers to him now, not commands, but questions. Why do you fight? What oath binds you? Who were you before? Krothar accepts the weapon's dark wisdom but never its leash. Together, they follow cold trails from Gloomfire's ashes through Drakestide's shadowed underways, hunting the truth that everyone wants buried.

Because Krothar remembers what others forget: some promises transcend death itself. And he will honor his, even if it means becoming the storm this city never saw coming.

First Appearance: Episode 1 — Arrives in Drakestide Cove alongside the Company