Broan is known by many names in his native Lands of the Linnorm Kings: The Bear-Blessed, the Rat who Roars, the Courageous Climber and World-Wanderer. An ysoki of stout frame and stentorian voice, Broan jokes that he was a Firebrand before he even knew what Firebrands were. After growing up running the roofs of Kalsgard like many other ysoki who live there, Broan became enamored with the sagas told in the city's many halls, and aspired to become like the great heroes of them. He did go a-viking for a time, learned how to sail and how to handle a sword, but didn't really have a taste for death and cruelty like some of his shipmates, so upon returning home, he decided to take to the road instead, exploring the frigid lands and seeking heroic deeds to do. He found plenty, making several attempts at scaling the tallest mountain in the lands and never quite making it each time, barely dodging an avalanche and "raging at the mountain" afterwards and punching a polar bear in the face!
It was around this time that Broan started hearing new stories coming from more southerly lands, stories like the sagas he'd adored so much, but of people with names like Iqani Truthspinner, Ishii Bunji and Passenger, roving the lands, battling evil and seeking excitement wherever they went. Intrigued, Broan began making his way out of the Lands of the Linnorm Kings in earnest, seeking to walk a path like these new heroes did and hoping one day their sagas may intertwine. Those who do meet him will find Broan a friendly, boisterous ally, who despite how loud he can shout (and that's pretty loud!) is no mere bruiser, deft enough to not cause harm unless he deems it necessary. Unusually for someone who hails from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, he's a vegetarian (while he DID punch that polar bear, he didn't KILL it!).
