Wulfgar

Wulfgar is the barbarian hero of Icewind Dale, and one of the Companions of the Hall along with Drizzt Do'Urden, Catti-brie, Regis, and Bruenor Battlehammer. He is the creation of R.A. Salvatore.

Appearance
The physical build of Wulfgar is astounding, giving him incredible strength. He has even been known to crush a man's head with his bare hands, though it was not an easy task for him. Wulfgar is nearly seven feet (2.1m) tall, with a broad and muscly chest. He has blond hair and a neatly trimmed beard.

Equipment
Wulfgar carries Aegis-fang, a huge warhammer crafted for him by Bruenor.

Upbringing
Wulfgar was the flag bearer for Heafstaag, King of the Elk tribe when he was just a boy. In the barbarian Ten Towns battle Bruenor Battlehammer the dwarf knocked out Wulfgar with a blow to the head. After the battle, when the people of Ten Towns were slitting throats of the surviving barbarians, Bruenor spared Wulfgar. Instead of death, he sentenced him to five years and a day of service to Bruenor. Wulfgar took to the forge and changed his opinion of Bruenor from slaver to father. Bruenor crafted Aegis-fang with Wulfgar in mind. When Wulfgar's sentence was almost up, Bruenor bade Drizzt Do'Urden the drow to teach Wulfgar how to fight. When Akar Kessel came to conquer Ten-Towns, Wulfgar defeated the white dragon Ingeloakastimizilian to claim leadership of the tribes, which he then turned from an alliance with Akar Kessel to an alliance with Ten-towns.

Enslavement
More recently, Wulfgar was captured by a yochlol when he and his companions were trying to save Drizzt from capture by the drow. Wulfgar caused a ceiling to cave in on himself and the handmaiden in order to keep it from killing Cattie-brie. However, the yochlol dragged Wulfgar with it to the Abyss and its mistress Lolth, who later gave Wulfgar as a gift to the tanar'ri Errtu, so the demon would in turn watch over the drow city Menzoberranzan during the Time of Troubles.

Mental strife
When Errtu was summoned by a bumbling apprentice, he escaped and brought Wulfgar with him. Drizzt and company managed to defeat Errtu and send the demon back to the Abyss, but during his six years as Errtu's prisoner, Wulfgar's mind was almost broken. He later wound up attacking Cattie-brie during a hallucination, an occurrence which caused him much mental anguish. In an effort to stop the harm he was doing, Wulfgar broke off from the Companions of the Hall, as Drizzt and his companions were called, and wandered the North for a time, eventually finding himself at a tavern called The Cutlass, owned by Arumn Gardpec. Wulfgar eventually became the bouncer of Arumn's bar, but was descending into the world of the bottle. Arumn's cowardly friend, Josie, stole Aegis-fang when Arumn decided to fire the huge barbarian, and Wulfgar was forced to find his hammer with his thief friend, Morik the Rogue.

Recovery
Wulfgar eventually recovered his hammer with the help of his old friends, banished his demons without the help of alcohol, and has settled down with his wife, Delly Curtie, and their adopted daughter, Colson. He also now sometimes travels with the Companions of the Hall.

Catti-brie
Wulfgar admits to having fallen for Catti-brie in the past, but now regards her as nothing more than a companion.

Delly's death
In The Two Swords, Delly Curtie fell under the powerful will of the sentient sword, Khazid'hea, and was slain by orcs. Colson was taken by townspeople, without telling Wulfgar. Wulfgar, grieving, is determined to find his adopted daughter.