Jogar Sog is the son of Minanco Sog, who some called White Snout. His mother was Vorena the Rattle, the daughter of Kostajor Wolf-Champion. Her siblings are the Helkos Brothers. As such, Black-Paws is his uncle and Kostajor his great-uncle. It also means that Jogar is related to the House of Sartar, a connection he has done his best to bury the pain of, and will kill any who mention it. Jogar proved his abilities as a warrior when the Telmori battled to destroy Wolf Stand, the settlement Ivartha the Skinner began in Torkan’s Vale during her exile. On the Wolf Hunt, Jomes Hostralos blinded him in one-eye. He began to get visions after that, and his father, a Telmor shaman, began to instruct him in shamanic practice, taking him on Other Side journeys. To his father’s horror it quickly became clear that his son was an Ituvanu, one who would capture the spirits of other traditions, binding them to his service. Minanco mourned his son that day, for he realized he would not live to old age. Jogar was re-born an Ituvanu shaman when he found his shadow self on the Killing Pine. Among the first spirits that Jogar bound to his service were the Owl and Crow spirits that had once fought the Corvid War. His enemies came to fear the great White Owl demon and the cruel Black Crow.
Jogar took part in the ambush of the Wolfskinners at Pine Stand; he was the decoy pretending to be a lame wolf. The Wolfskinners escaped the killing ground and Aethelric the Girl took Jogar’s other eye. He sees now through the eyes of his wolf brother. Jogar has waged war against the Red Cow, Two-Pine, Lorthing, and Wulfsland without cease. He killed the stickpickers who were cutting wood in the Dogbone Hills; he took Leikorl the Shadow hostage after the Ox-Wagon Fight and tortured him near to death before he escaped. He still holds Leikorl’s scalp and he plans to use it to take control of Leikorl with a snake spirit and try to kill Ivartha. He hates all humans. He delights in their torture and wears a cloak made from the skins of those he has flayed alive. His drums are bound in human skin. In addition to hunting bird spirits, Jogar has bound snake spirits to his service. As well as deadly assassins, he often uses his snake spirits as spies, seeing through their eyes, or to possess victims and force their bodies to his will.
