Garmr was the Mánagarmr's Right Paw. Easily half a length taller than most Vargar and thrice their mass, he was heavily scarred from countless battles. Battles he had never lost, either fighting one on one or at the head of Háti's enormous armies. Every Vargr pup recognized the Right Paw on sight.
Few knew that the Mánagarmr had a Left Paw as well. In fact, had it occurred to any Vargr, they would have scoffed at the notion. Everyone had their place in a pack hierarchy. The Pack—or the Vargarian Empire to the ignorant grúi—, even large as it was, spanning interstellar systems, was no different. Everyone had their place in the Pack. Everyone knew that Háti the Mánagarmr was Alpha, someone was Omega, and everyone else was in between. There couldn't be two Betas. Everyone knew that.
And everyone was right: there was only one Beta.
It just wasn't Garmr.