Sveyn Skardaberg

Background

 * Orphan
 * Grew up in monastary from early age (~2 years old)
 * Coastal region
 * Known for gardening, herbs, medicine, hospice
 * No formal education
 * Teached by monks inbetween chores
 * Worked in hospice section
 * Interest in medicine led to apprenticeship
 * Left monastary in late teens
 * Roamed between nearby villages and monastery to help out as surgeon/medic
 * Sometimes travelled together with monks, or staff from monastary
 * Was persuaded to sign on as medic for a longer sea voyage during a visit to one village