Torgny the Lawspeaker
- "It is possible that Styrbjörn, whether he is aware of it or not, has become a tool of the Order. He must be stopped, Thorvald. Even if I am wrong and he doesn't serve the Order, he does not bring freedom to Svealand."
- ―Torgny to Thorvald Hjaltason, c. 985.[src]
Torgny the Lawspeaker (fl. 10th century) was the old advisor of King Eric of Sweden and the Mentor of the local Hidden Ones in Sweden active during the 10th century. Alongside his apprentice, the skald Thorvald Hjaltason, Torgny fought against Styrbjörn the Strong as the Hidden Ones correctly suspected that the fearsome prince and his ally, Harald Bluetooth, were affiliated with the Templar Order.[1]
Biography
After King Olof was poisoned by the Swedish Brotherhood, Torgny used his influence as the thing's Lawspeaker to have the King's brother Eric designated as the new King instead of his unruly nephew, the sixteen-year-old Styrbjörn, whom the old Mentor was convinced would inevitably become a tyrant like his father. Outraged by the thing's ruling, which he perceived as the theft of what was rightfully his, a vengeful Styrbjôrn left the kingdom promising to come back one day and to depose "The Usurper".
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