Jahn

Jahn is the chief stag of his tribe in the north and the son of Agnor, the stog leader who approaches Alvar during the wartime alliance meeting. Although Jahn does not appear directly in the scene, his named commitment gives the stog resistance a clear successor, tribal structure, and personal stake in the proposed alliance with Underland.

Identity and Background

Jahn belongs to the stog, a deer-like people who live on the mountain’s surface. The stog are described as distinct from the gobli, who occupy the caverns and caves beneath it: their ancestral claim is grounded in long residence on the mountain’s upper lands. Their physical appearance combines human and animal features, with deer-like lower bodies, antlers, furred backs, tails, large dark eyes, and war paint across their bare chests. Jahn’s position as chief stag of a northern tribe places him within this visibly embodied culture and identifies him as a community leader rather than an ordinary fighter.

Role in the Alliance

Agnor explains that Remora and her group have hunted down and killed members of the stog while denying that they have any right to the mountain. The proposed alliance therefore arises from persecution as well as military calculation. Agnor offers stog support to Alvar on the condition that the genocide of his people be stopped; Jahn is specifically named as someone who will join the campaign. His participation turns the conflict against Remora into more than a struggle for control of Goblia: it also becomes an effort to end the destruction of a people whose territorial claim has been violently rejected.

Military Function

Jahn is expected to receive the battle plans through a messenger. Agnor orders a female warrior to tell him that the allied forces intend to distract the gobli fighters at Goblia’s heavily guarded main entrance and then attack through a secret passage cut into the opposite side of the mountain. Gobli spies have made the hidden route possible, while the larger strategy is to reach Remora herself and remove the leadership sustaining the enemy’s power. Jahn’s role is thus connected to coordinated action rather than isolated resistance; he is a tribal commander being brought into a plan that depends on communication, timing, and a second front.

Narrative Significance

Jahn’s brief mention expands the political and ethical scale of the coming battle. The stog are not presented merely as an exotic fighting force: their alliance is conditional upon protection from extermination, and Jahn’s presence embodies the continuity of a northern community threatened by Remora’s violence. Within the campaign’s broader structure, he functions as an offstage ally and a promise of collective participation. The narrative has not yet shown his actions, personality, or fate, but his title and relationship to Agnor establish him as a figure through whom tribal succession, resistance, and the possibility of a new alliance between the stog and Underland converge.