
Shortly after the Burning Legion invaded the Broken Isles, Odyn took a new champion: a mortal adventurer. Helya even added some of her own power to Vigus's weapons, that they might more easily claim souls for her. įor thousands of years Vigfus and the Helarjar raided the most heroic of the vrykul. In a further mockery of Odyn, Helya gave his blades to Vigfus and formed the Helarjar, tasking them with hunting down particularly powerful vrykul and taking their souls before Odyn could lay claim. In time, one of the kvaldir-a powerful warrior named Vigfus Bladewind-rose to prominence among them. Helya began turning the vrykul spirits in her care into the undead kvaldir. Helya claimed his swords and kept them as a memento of her victory. Though he fought valiantly, he was ultimately struck down.

Without hesitation he struck back at Helya, knowing he was unlikely to win. When Helya turned against Odyn, sealing the Halls of Valor within a separate plane, Ingvar was one of the few Valarjar outside of the halls.

Helya brought Ingvar's spirit to the Halls of Valor, where Odyn declared him the greatest of his Valarjar and presented him with the blades. Ingvar and his warriors died fighting, but they slaughtered every last creature before Ingvar drew his final breath. While leading a raiding party, Ingvar found a cave full of creatures corrupted by the Old God C'Thun. The first to prove himself worthy was a renowned vrykul warrior named Ingvar. Odyn then hung the swords in the Halls of Valor and told his Valarjar to prove themselves worthy of wielding them. Odyn then blessed the swords, imbuing them with his own power. Odyn sought out the greatest of the vrykul smiths and asked him to "focus not only on mere defense, but also on the poetry of aggression." Taking the keeper's words to heart, the smith forged perhaps the greatest weapons ever craft by a vrykul. For the foremost among his Valarjar he decided to craft a pair of magnificent blades. He instead decided to create an army of titan-forged champions, known as the Valarjar, to protect the world.


The keeper Odyn believed that the mortal races were too weak to protect Azeroth. The Warswords of the Valarjar are obtained from The Hunter of Heroes.
