Warmaster Forgal Kernsson

Warmaster Forgal Kernsson

Race

Norn

Rank

Champion

Location

Tyria
(Tyria)

Organization

Vigil

“

You may win the battle, dragon, but you will never defeat our spirit!

— Forgal Kernsson

Forgal Kernsson is a warmaster of the Vigil. He is the mentor for characters who choose to join the Vigil as part of their personal story, and accompanies them throughout a large portion of their story.

Forgal is a stern old norn who, unlike some of his kin, embraces the military discipline of his order. He joined the Vigil after losing his wife and children to Icebrood. His father was the last shaman of Ox. Although at first dismissing the player character's status as a hero of their people and demanding their actions to speak for them instead of rumors, as the player proves their worth and moves up in the ranks of the Vigil, Forgal comes to respect his subordinate and eventual partner as the finest warmaster he has ever met.

During Forearmed Is Forewarned, if spoken to, Warmaster Efut can tell the player character that Forgal thinks of the player character as a good friend and "the kid I should've had."

During The Battle of Claw Island, Forgal sacrifices himself to hold off the Risen long enough to allow the player and Trahearne to evacuate the wounded to Lion's Arch.

Story involvement

Personal story

• Chapter 4: Order Neophyte
  • A Fragile Peace
  • Killer Instinct
  • Don't Shoot the Messenger
  • Minister's Defense
  • Quaestor's Siege
• Chapter 5: Helping Hands
  • Doubt
  • Salvation Through Heresy
  • The False God's Lair
  • Attempted Deicide
  • Champion's Sacrifice
  • Chosen of the Sun
  • Convincing the Faithful
  • Unholy Grounds
  • Untamed Wilds
  • Pets and Walls Make Stronger Kraals
  • The Lost Chieftain's Return
  • Bad Ice
  • Enraged and Unashamed
  • Pastkeeper
  • Evacuation
  • Rat-Tastrophe
  • The Hatchery
  • Thieving from Thieves
  • Set To Blow
• Chapter 6: The Battle of Claw Island
  • Forearmed Is Forewarned
  • The Battle of Claw Island

Living World Season 1

• Episode 15: The Nightmares Within
  • Nightmare Chamber (as a hallucination)

Heart of Thorns story

• Act IV
  • Hearts and Minds (as a mental projection)

Path of Fire story

• Act 3
  • The Departing (as a memory)

Combat abilities

Effects

Skills

•   Sever Artery - Chain. Bleed your foe with a slash.
  •   Gash - Chain. Bleed your foe with a gash.
    •   Final Thrust - Strike your foe with a final powerful thrust that does extra damage and inflicts bleeding against foes below the health threshold.
•   Charge - Grant boons and remove movement-impairing conditions from allies.
•   Savage Leap - Lunge at your foe and strike them with your sword.

Quotes

Greets

What do you need?

Hello, there.

Greetings.

Do you have something to report?

Aggro

Time for some fun.

Disengaging

Anyone else?

Another point for me!

Upon being defeated

That could've gone better.

Trivia

• Forgal is voiced by Paul Eiding, who also voiced King Jalis Ironhammer in the original Guild Wars.
• He wears Tier 3 Norn cultural armor chest and leggings, the rest of his armor is heavy Vigil's Honor armor.
• Although he wields twin axes in the "Welcome to the Vigil" cinematic, in battle he wields a sword and warhorn.
• His father, Kern, was the last Dolyak Shaman.
• The Warmaster's Family Heirloom is an heirloom of his family - he no longer has children to pass it on to.

See also

• Blighted Forgal

Associated items

• Mini Forgal
• Warmaster's Family Heirloom