Bakar Ossote
Summary
Bakar began participating in the SCA in the summer of 2007, where he fought for the first time at Autumn War. The following year he was officially welcomed as a member of House Jormungandr.
Persona
Born in the Kingdom of Pamplona during the reign of Sancho I Garcés, Bakar Ossote is a 10th century Basque Almogavar. As a professional warrior he spent much of his early adulthood as part of a wandering company of soldiers, eventually bringing him to the coastal regions of the Kingdom of Asturias. At that time, he and his brothers-in-arms were hired by a coastal town as protection against the increasingly frequent viking raids. The ferocity of his fellow Almogavars drove many would-be-raiders away, but one morning they found themselves frightfully outnumbered by a crew of raiding Norsemen. Bakar and his band eventually won the battle, but lost so many of their numbers that they had no choice but to disband.
Bakar then left Iberia and traveled through Gaul, eventually stopping for some time in a coastal trade town. It was there that he encountered another band of Norsemen in need of armed warriors, and offered his services in exchange for pay. After spending some time fighting alongside them, the Norsemen grew to like Bakar's fierce resolve and have continued to pay for Bakar's services. Despite some slight moral and ethical disagreements, Bakar has kept with them for the pay and company. Since then, being a man of few crafts, he has increasingly adopted the Norse styles of dress and ornamentation.
Honours
- He was given his name at Autumn War in 2007 by Taðkr ormstunga. It means "Bakar the Wolf."
- At Tryggvy's War XLIII/2008 he was offered a house favor and formally invited to join House Jormungandr.