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"So much in life dependeth upon a good harkening. Remember that, and beware."— Ollister B. Pembrick
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Yurgen (YER-gun[1]) was the king of the dragons in the time between the beginning of the First Epoch and the end of the Fourth Epoch. He was succeeded by his daughter Hulwen after he died from being melded with Gnag the Nameless.
History[]
First Epoch[]
When Ouster Will slew Yurgen's Son, he told Yurgen that if he found the Ancient Healing Stones, his son could be healed. He also claimed that the slaying of his son was accidental. Yurgen burrowed so much, that his mountain kingdom sank, forming the Sunken Mountains. Eventually, he broke off two tiny flecks of stone, the Holoré and Holoél. Instead of healing Yurgen's son, Will used the stones to begin experimenting with melding animals.
Yurgen's digging also displaced the First Well and the forced the land-dwelling dragons to become sea dragons.
Second Epoch[]
At some point in the Second Epoch, a song about Yurgen's dig for the Holoré and Holoél was composed, called Yurgen's Tune.
Fourth Epoch[]
When Hulwen, the daughter of Yurgen, lost her eye to dragon hunter Podo Helmer, Yurgen became furious and even more reclusive. Close to the time of his own death, he managed to devour Podo.
Ironically the day he got the vengeance he was looking for, on Podo and the legendary Ouster Will, was the last day of his life.
Using the new Ancient Stone that Gnag the Nameless had removed from the Fane of Fire, Gnag melded himself with Yurgen, marking the dragon king's death and marking the start of Hulwen's reign in the beginning of the Fifth Epoch.
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