[Source] "Sergeant" Ardal is the most respected and influential of the Bloody Baron's militia currently living in Crow's Perch. He served alongside the "Baron" in the war, but after their group was massacred by nilfgaardian soldiers, the Baron, Sergeant and the remnants of the Temerian forces in Velen took over Crow's Perch and ruled over Velen, and though they maintained order, the Baron and his men harassed and brutalized the people of Velen.