#Bolgeir Bearclaw

[elder-dragon-reposes]

@nerevar-quote-and-star

[nientedenada]

Bolgeir Bearclaw for the meme!

First impression: He's named after a pastry!

Impression now: Probably the one person in Elisif's orbit she can fully trust to put her interests first.

Favorite moment: Bolgeir: "No disrespect toward the general, but sometimes I wonder if he's got your best interests at heart. In any case he won't be turnin' me into no Imperial soldier. I know my place, and it's at your side." Elisif: "It comforts me to know that, Bolgeir."

Idea for a story - Elisif/bodyguard ship would be cute. She learns to love again.

Unpopular opinion - I don't think there are any popular opinions about Bolgeir for me to contradict. He's mostly ignored.

Favorite relationship - His loyalty to Elisif

Favorite headcanon - He says ""The Jarl has advised me not to talk about which court attendants I'd like to punch in the face. More's the pity." So I like to imagine some day he does get to punch Erikur in the face

[oxalisvtesblog]

For some reason Bolgeir does not seem to sleep in the bed he's the owner of. Instead he picks a bed on the ground floor. But his own bed is in the little room right before Elisif's chamber. This makes more sense since he's basically her bodyguard.

I like looking at the private rooms and possessions of NPCs since there are often clues to their characters.

There is a rather incriminating book on his desk:

Is everyone in that entire court compromised?

While Erikur is spreading gossip about how Elisif is a weak ruler and General Tullius is the one who is really in charge, Bolgeir is attempting to make Elisif herself doubt Tullius. Luckily she's not letting it affect her.

Bolgeir: "We lost another five guardsmen, my Jarl. If General Tullius continues to conscript our men and send them off to battle, we'll have none left to protect the city."

Elisif: "Yes, I know. The general acted with my blessing. It is vital that we bring Ulfric to justice, but that cannot happen until his army of Stormcloaks is defeated utterly."

Bolgeir: "Told you that, did he? I'm sworn to protect you, my Jarl, but I'm the last line of defense. The first line is the walls around this city and the men who patrol them. Men who, I might add, we're precious short on."

Elisif: "I'm aware of that, Bolgeir, and I appreciate your dedication. However, if we lose the war, the guardsmen of Solitude will make little difference in the end."

Bolgeir: "No disrespect toward the general, but sometimes I wonder if he's got your best interests at heart. In any case he won't be turnin' me into no Imperial soldier. I know my place, and it's at your side."

Elisif: "It comforts me to know that, Bolgeir."

[argisthebulwark]

ok is it just me or is bolgeir bearclaw just the lawful version of brynjolf?

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

Skyrim favourites Dreamcast: Bolgeir Bearclaw <-->Ben Willbond

"The Jarl has advised me not to talk about which court attendants I'd like to punch in the face. More's the pity."

He basically reminds me of Adam Kenyon from The Thick Of It, if Ben Willbond would've played Adam dressed as this Viking from Horrible Histories

[argisthebulwark]

recently been replaying Todd's Game and realized that Bolgeir Bearclaw (elisif's housecarl) kinda looks like brynjolf if he was a guard lmao