Nasgard's family was a prominent and distinguished one with a long line of service in the Military Elite. He favoured strict discipline at all times, going as far as to execute soldiers for displays of cowardice, including the son of Tutor Magrantine. He was a stoic officer who always accepted his missions and never showed any mercy to the Thals. Years of fighting in Skaro's poisoned battlefields adversely affected Nasgard's health. He became sterile after Yarvell was born. By the time that she was 18, he had deteriorated to the point where Captain Brogan felt he had to report him to headquarters for being unfit to command. Having been relieved of his duties, Nasgard requested the newly-promoted Major Brogan to shoot him, giving him an honourable death on the battlefield, but the Major ref