Born around 25 years ago in the North Downs, Brandgar was raised by his uncle after his parents’ deaths. He had a happy childhood growing up with his uncle's family alongside his younger cousin Aielen. Being raised by them from a young age Brandgar grew up to consider them his true family.

Most of Brandgar’s childhood was spent in the lands surrounding the family home, where he and Aielen lived a sheltered life away from the dangers of the wilds. During his teen years his foster father thought him to track and hunt in the nearby woods. While roaming the wilds with his foster father, Brandgar learnt the basic uses of medicinal herbs, as his foster mother insisted he must know how to treat simple illnesses and ailments before he was allowed to leave home and journey on his own.

During the years Brandgar got acquainted with some of his kinsmen passing by on their journeys, one of these being Amlarad. At the age of 18 Brandgar wanted to follow in his parents footsteps and wander the lands of the north. He convinced Amlarad to take him into tutelage and teach him the skills of a warrior and woodsman. Once he was ready to journey by himself, he decided to undertake the duty his forefathers bore before him; safeguarding the remnants of the realm of Arnor.