Lars 'Vargr' Jorgenson

Overview

Lars Jorgenson is a Pillar who has been active since the Watershed event. Going by the callsign Vargr, he was a member of ISTO until decommissioned for unknown reasons. He spent a few years in the Midwest and Pittsburgh Territories, before traveling to Camp Dunwich and returning to active combat duty as a Nil-0 Pillar.

Pre-Watershed Life

Childhood and education

Lars was born in Minneapolis, MN on August 8, 1982 [People like you!, unpublished ISTO PR video]. He grew up in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, USA. He graduated high school in 2000, on the honor roll. From there he took on full time employment at the family business as a machinist (Jorgenson Tool & Die). He worked there until 2010, where public records stopped, or were damaged during the Watershed.

Post Watershed years

Before ISTO

Pictures of a Pillar matching Lars' description have circulated since as early as three months after the Rifts opened, in several Lost Territory precursors. Almost always seen as part of a team, see image library [FILE NOT FOUND]. While there is no known active duty listing that matches his description and locations, it is believed that he was part of a black/grey operations team. [This seems to be unsupported. Please edit this page to provide a source!]

ISTO Career

It is not known when Lars transitioned into ISTO, but he was seen in one of the initial announcement videos (Meet the ISTO! part one, 8.5.15). While ISTO does not provide operational information, first hand and photographic evidence has placed him at several emergent events.

Known involvements (Unofficial names)
 * Pittsburgh breach
 * MIT void event
 * Chicago Siren infection
 * Abyssae: first contact massacre
 * Second Masada
 * Shwarzwald defense
 * Leng Plateau campaign (Tibet)

Decommissioning and post ISTO life

Lars was decommissioned by the ISTO in 2025

Opinions vary on what led to the decommissioning. As ISTO is a military org, most theories refer to various codes of Military Justice. Lars was next seen in the Midwest LT, where he spent a year doing recovery work throughout the zones of soft time. He then transferred to the Pittsburgh territories, and did similar Nil-scale work.

He was not known to work with groups at this time.

Dunwich

In spring of 2029, Lars created a social media account and joined the Dunwich pillars in Connecticut. Since then he has been seen in Elm City, Dunwich Base, and Governor's Island in Brooklyn. He was part of a team whose operation was being drone streamed by Aurora Frost.