The Warrior-Scholar Thrald. A legendary champion, the warrior was famous for conquering the Barbaric tribes, and for bringing them to a new age of civilization. He disappeared mysteriously, and some rumor that he was transformed into the statue (which is in Thraldsway) itself or some such nonsense. It was really a sort of rallying point for those skalds and barbarians who wished to learn from Thrald's example and seek a better way for their peoples.