Harnald is the older brother of Galia. He was adopted as a child from the Honorhall Orphanage in Riften by a housecarl of Mistveil Keep and her husband, a successful captain of a trade ship. Harnald had a hard time adjusting from life on the streets and then in an orphanage, to being part of one of the wealthiest and most influential families in The Rift. He works very hard to do the right thing and to follow the path of righteousness set down by his parents, while Galia, their biological child, always chose to walk on the wild side. Despite their differences, Harnald and Galia were two peas in a pod until she eventually stopped visiting. Almost the entirety of Harnald's role will be in flashbacks to when Galia was a teenager and Harnald was in his twenties.