Halgrind is a vrykul town found in Howling Fjord, ^{[50, 52]}

being exposed to a new plague being designed by the Royal Apothecary Society. When the Forsaken took control of the town^[1], the chieftain, Thorvald, fled.

The remaining vyrkul, while not dropping dead from exposure, found themselves trapped and slowly killed off by players.

Inspiration

• It may be a possible reference to "Helgrind" from the Eragon series of books by Christopher Paolini.
• It could also be an amalgamation of the words "Hael", the Old-Norse word for Hell, and "Grind", the Swedish word for gate. As the vrykul are themselves a reference to vikings, it would seem very appropriate.

References

v • d • e Subzones of Howling Fjord The Ancient Lift · Apothecary Camp · Baelgun's Excavation Site · Baleheim · Balejar Watch · Bleeding Vale · The Broken Bluffs · Caldemere Lake · Cauldros Isle · Camp Winterhoof · Chillmere Coast · Daggercap Bay · The Dark Defiance · Derelict Strand · Ember Clutch · Ember Spear Tower · Excavation Lift · Explorers' League Outpost · Falls of Ymiron · Fort Wildervar · Frostblade Peak · The Frozen Glade · Garvan's Reef · Ghostblade Post · Giants' Run · Gjalerbron · Gjalerhorn · Halgrind · Iskaal · The Isle of Spears · Ivald's Ruin · Kamagua · Lake Cauldros · Lydell's Ambush · Midwall Lift · New Agamand · New Agamand Inn · Nifflevar · North Spear Tower · The Oblivion · Rivenwood · Scalawag Point · Shattered Straits · Shield Hill · Skorn · Sorlof's Strand · Steel Gate · Stonewall Lift · Thorvald's Camp · Twin Shores · The Twisted Glade · Utgarde Catacombs · Utgarde Keep · Valgarde · Vengeance Landing · Vengeance Landing Inn · Vengeance Lift · The Vibrant Glade · The Waking Halls · West Spear Tower · Westguard Inn · Westguard Keep · Westwind Lift · Whisper Gulch · Wildervar Mine · The Windrunner · Winter Breath's Lake · Winter's Terrace · Wyrmskull Village Howling Fjord category