Hugo Strongsword

They say that Hugo was born with a sword in one hand, which he guided through the birth canal with such innate precision that the first life he saved was his own mother's. Instead of crying as a newborn, the first sound he uttered was a mighty roar that made all monster flesh crawl for miles and miles around. The monsters knew that they wouldn't have long until the hero had grown large enough to guide them all to inescapable doom.

The tall tale of Hugo's birth could in fact be true, for he is a human born of a woman in Lyveria of the Earth element, even though he lives in Khymeria. He is one of the rare visitors who has migrated there and been accepted by the Order of the Silver Shield. At first when he inquired about knighthood, Strongsword was laughed at by the entire Cloudgard training yard. Within a few short minutes, once he had bested two dozen Knights in casual pugilistic combat, they stopped laughing. The sergeant on duty petitioned the Defender of Truth to grant Hugo Strongsword a special dispensation from the Khymian birth prerequisite, and before the sun had set that very day, Hugo was knighted into the ranks of the Order. Ever since, he has held an impeccable battle record and after only three years as a Knight, he was chosen to represent the Life element in Moxian Gladiator combat.

His sword is called Infinos. The stories say that it is the very same sword he carried as a baby, that it has always been inseparable from the hero, and that it has grown along with Hugo. Personal conquests and heroics of the Splinterlands were no longer enough to satisfy his great need for glory, so it was only natural for Hugo to join the tournaments as a Gladiator. He has even agreed to refrain from slaying monsters in or around the arena except when explicitly instructed to do so by his Khymian masters.