Morkvarg

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	Hrrrr you can't hide your stenchaa. hrrr mmmm...
- Morkvarg the Werewolf, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Audio version: Media:Morkvarg voice line.ogg

Morkvarg was a notorious and cruel pirate. He and his Terror Crew sailed the seas around Skellige, pillaging and raping as they went and none seemed able to stop them. Morkvarg was said to fear nothing, except the wrath of the gods. In order to dispel that rumor as well, he and his crew sailed to Hindarsfjall to ransack Freya's garden.

There, they rounded up the priestesses and bound them, but the Arch priestess Ulve stood in Morkvarg's way. He cut her down together with the other clergywomen, but with her dying breath she uttered a curse upon him.

It turns out it was not the priestess who cursed Morkvarg, but was Einar, one of Morkvarg's crew members. Disgusted with the atrocities Morkvarg committed against the gods by defiling the garden, Einar transformed Morkvarg into a werewolf using a cursed wolf pendant given to him by his father. The curse not only bound him to the garden for eternity, it also gave him an immense hunger that no food or prey could ever satisfy as it immediately turns to ash. Even trying to consume his own flesh would cause him incredible pain. If he is killed, he invariably is resurrected and returns to the garden where the cycle begins anew.

What was the name of Morkvarg's pirate crew? toggle section

The infamous Morkvarg led a feared pirate fleet called the Terror Crew, active in Skellige. They were known for their raids on the islands and coasts of the archipelago. The crew's activities ceased in 1272 after a disastrous raid on Freya's Garden in Hindarsfjall.

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What was the one thing Morkvarg feared? toggle section

Morkvarg, a feared pirate, was only afraid of divine wrath. To quash this rumor, he led his crew to Hindarsfjall, desecrating Freya's garden.

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What event led to Morkvarg's downfall? toggle section

The downfall of Morkvarg, a cruel pirate, occurred after he desecrated Freya's Garden in Hindarsfjall and killed the priestesses there, including archpriestess Ulve. Ulve's curse, uttered with her last breath, allegedly turned him into a werewolf. However, the actual transformation was the work of Einar, a crew member, who used a cursed wolf pendant, repulsed by Morkvarg's sacrilegious act.

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Who was the Arch priestess that stood against Morkvarg? toggle section

Ulve, the Arch priestess of Freya's Garden on Hindarsfjall, confronted Morkvarg during his attack. Despite her death at Morkvarg's hands, the curse that transformed him into a werewolf was not her doing, but was instead cast by Einar, a disgruntled member of Morkvarg's crew.

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What was the significance of Freya's garden in Morkvarg's story? toggle section

Morkvarg, a ruthless pirate, caused the ruin of Freya's garden, once a revered place in Hindarsfjall and the Isles. His brutal actions included binding and killing the priestesses, one of whom was Arch priestess Ulve. Einar, a crew member, cursed Morkvarg for his sacrilege, turning him into a werewolf and confining him within the garden.

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