Cardinal Ari Guðmundsson (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)

Birth and early life:
Born on the 12th May 1270 in Akranesi to Guðmundur Eiríksson and Anna Flókadóttir, he showed interest in books at an early agelearned to read and write.

Non-clergy life:
In 1290 he met Guðríði Sævarsdóttur and they got married the same year. In 1300 she became pregant and died in child birth. Ari was so devastated he gave up his son and turned to the church.

Clergy life:
He rose up the ranks of the clergy quickly, and during the early years of Iceland he made sure that the Clergy would have some place in it and he built the Grand Church in Reykjavík. When he was trying to gaining a relic for the church he met the Cardinal Secretary Guidi and he took a liking to him. In 1228 he was appointed the First Icelandic and also Scandinavian Cardinal.