Torvil

A minor character from the Tapestry of Dark Souls novel, Torvil was the husband of Dirca, back when she resided in Gundarak. They lived together in poverty. Dirca and Torvil had two children together, both girls. Torvil ordered her to abandon them in the forest because he did not want to support caring for children that would be claimed by Duke Gundar's for not paying the girl tax. To prevent any future conceptions, Dirca bought a potion to render her irrevocably barren from Madame Avana for a measly pittance, as Avana showed sympathy for her.

The same night, Torvil came home on a pallet. He had become too inebriated and had a nasty fall, leaving him only half alive and unable to work. Sensing their deaths from starvation as a result of the tax Gundar would levy, Dirca allowed Torvil to catch his death of cold. However, her mariticide was detected, and she fled Gundarak with her brother Ivar.