Galopper Thompson

Galloper Thompson is a legend told by Jorvegians for centuries. He can only be found during Halloween.

History
Before Thompson became the Galloper, he was a mere man - a man with no trace of Aideen's light inside him. Horses would avoid him at all cost... all except a black Jorvik Wild Horse he brought with him from the east. The mare would allow nobody other than Thompson to handle her and when the druids concerned about the mare's lack of Aideen's light tried to take her away from him, he went after them.

Later, during the uprising against Jon Jarl, he was said to be the last man standing after the traitors and the Great Jarl's servants met on a battlefield. It is also told that he acquired immortality sometime before the uprising and that the Jarl was jealous of him.

Jon Jarl then ordered Thompson to bring him the secret of immortality, but because of an unknown cause - either Thompson's effort to get the secret to the Jarl was sabotaged or he decided to keep it for himself - he was sentenced to death shortly after that.

On the day of his execution, he still remained loyal to the Jarl and when the executioner's axe came down, he stood up headless. He was carried away by his black mare while the Jarl's men ran away panicking.

After that, he became the Jarl's enemy - he patrolled the King's Road and killed anyone he saw as loyal to the Jarl.

To this day, sighting him is a sign of terrible things to come.

Halloween 2016
You could find the Galloper at various locations during night. Once you got sufficiently close to him, a cinematic would play out and after that you'd be teleported to your home stable with a gift placed on the ground close to you.

Schedule (Formerly used) Edit

 * 18.00 - Hollow Woods
 * 19.00 - Goldenleaf Woods
 * 20.00 - Valley of the Hidden Dinosaur
 * 21.00 - Greendale
 * 22.00 - Mirror Marshes
 * 23.00 - Forgotten Fields
 * 00.00 - Goldenleaf Woods
 * 01.00 - Valley of the Hidden Dinosaur
 * 02.00 - Mirror Marshes

Halloween 2017
Galloper Thompson wasn't present during the Halloween event in 2017.

Halloween 2018
He's back in 2018, but you can't encounter him in Jorvik anymore - he is present in the Galloper's Keep now. The ghosts of the Keep reveal interesting parts of his history.