A veteran of Icelandic stage and screen lends weight, warmth and a lived-in history to Ryn's companion on the road through Aema.
Every wielder needs a steady hand beside them. Ryn's is Abram — older, wryer, and carrying his own long history with the ancient powers stirring across Aema. He's the ballast of the story: the voice you come to trust on the hardest stretches of the road, and a counterweight to a protagonist still working out who she is.
He's brought to life by Karl Ágúst Úlfsson, a familiar presence on Icelandic stage and screen for decades.
Recording with a local cast, in our own booth, gave us something we couldn't have bought any other way: the freedom to iterate. Scenes between Ryn and Abram weren't locked in isolation — we adjusted lines, beats and performances as the story and the two characters found each other, with the team in the room. Karl brought a warmth and a weariness that gave Abram an instant sense of a life already lived.
Casting and recording in Iceland matters to us beyond convenience. This is an Icelandic game, made by an Icelandic studio, and the voices that carry it are part of that. The result is a companion who feels like he belongs in the world rather than narrating it from outside — someone with opinions, history and a real stake in where the journey goes.
There's a lot more to say about the people and performances behind Echoes. We'll keep sharing it here.