the protagonist of the story goes by simply the warrior. as a boy, he was the sole survivor of an attack by a giant baby seal orchestrated by a mysterious man riding a tiger called catwulf on the people of kinmundy, it claimed the lives of the warrior's mother and father. he was then captured by a parody of santa claus and christmas elves and forced to fight and fuel the fires of the toy workshop. eventually, he was allowed to get revenge on the seal and the factory and set about on his quest for revenge on the mysterious man. the warrior is clearly influenced by works like conan the barbarian and other fantasy barbarians.