Everything about Norgard screams Norse Mythology, so this was definitely the first kingdom I chose when I started the game. Not a great choice. Norgard has a lot of Rune Knights at solid levels, but also has to defend against three kingdoms. Being the northernmost kingdom, it has New Almekia, the Esgares Empire, and Leonia all to the south. Although Vaynard does attempt to form an alliance with Queen Lyonesse of Leonia early on, it doesn't work out. Norgard is still recovering from their last war with Almekia, where they not only lost, but Vaynard's older sister Esmeree was taken as a hostage to Almekia. She ended up becoming the wife of Zemeckis and fights by his side in the war. Norgard also has some of the most interesting story points if you manage to take out the Empire first. Esmeree is returned to Norgard and there's a lot of conversation between her and Vaynard. It helps to put Zemeckis in a different light as not really a villain. Vaynard saw his victory as freeing Esmeree, but she sees herself as a prisoner after her brother killed the man she loved.

Head was from a BossFight male blank with the hair fully resculpted. Upper legs were from Ryu. Sculpted the knees, boots, skirt sections, entire torso armor, sleeves, gauntlets, shoulder pads and the entire cape. No clue where the halberd originated, but I did resculpt it a bit. Full repaint, and all done!