Thyrinor

Thyrinor was a High Elven Dragon Prince of Caledor and a cousin of Phoenix King Caledor I.^[1a]

Family

He was married. ^[1b]

History

He traveled with his cousins Dorien and Imrik to Elthin Arvan to help protect and expand the colonies of Caledor in the new lands across the Great Ocean. After their victory at the Battle of the Laithenn River, they returned to their base at Tor Arlieth where Imrik received word that his brother wanted him to return home and attend the court of the Phoenix King to address the problem of the Cults of Pleasure - Dorien and Thyrinor returned home to Tor Caled with him. ^[1a] When they reached the city, he left his cousins to look for a homecoming present for his wife. ^[1b]

He attended the subsequent council to discuss the Cults of Pleasure where it was decided to suggest to the Phoenix King that a force be gathered to persecute the Cults across Ulthuan and he traveled with Imrik to Tor Anroc. ^[1c] After a second Council at Tor Anroc, they returned to Caledor to inform Caledrian that Malekith had returned and been appointed as the general to deal with the Cults and with his cousins agreed that they would fly no Dragons in support. ^[1d]

Following the First Siege of Anlec there was peace in Ulthuan but twenty years later word came that Malekith had once more been driven from his homeland by the Cults. Another Council was called on the Isle of the Flame and when Imrik refused to go, Caledrian took Thyrinor with him. At what would become known as the massacre at the Shrine of Asuryan Caledrian was killed by Malekith's knights, but Thyrinor survived.^[1e][2]

He witnessed Malekith walk into the Flame of Asuryan and the earthquake that came after as well as the withered figure burning within the sacred fire. ^[1e] Thyrinor told the other survivors that Malekith was dead, he having been judged by Asuryan but he feared what Morathi might do next. Carathril showed them a letter from Bel Shannar that he had not been able to deliver to Imrik asking him to take command of the armies of Ulthuan and they decided Imrik would need to be the next Phoenix King. ^[1f]

Sundering

During the civil war against the Dark Elves in the early years of Caledor I's reign, Thyrinor served the king as a dragon rider. ^[1g]

Thyrinor was part of the force that ended the First Siege of Lothern, smashing the besieging forces in a single afternoon whilst the rest of the army marched toward Ellyrion. After prisoners captured at the siege revealed that the armies of Nagarythe were also marching on Chrace and Ellyrion, Caledor I left Dorien in charge of the army whilst he dispatched some of the Dragons to Chrace and he flew to the Isle of the Flame for a new council of princes. ^[1g]

Dorien received a message from the rulers of Ellyrion, Athielle and Finudel that the Druchuii were threatening Eagle Pass and with Erethien, Findeir and Thyrinor on their Dragons, he led the army towards the pass. They would arrive in time to save Athielle from Kheranion on his dragon at the Battle of Nairain Ely where he killed the enemy Dragon rider and then aided in the defeat of the Naggarothi forces. ^[1g]

In the aftermath in his camp there was much celebrating of the victory although Dorien was in a bad mood with a possibly broken leg. Thyrinor met with Carathril once more who had been reinstated as the herald of the Phoenix King and also manged to defuse a confrontation between his prince and Alith Anar, even though he was somewhat shocked by the apparent emptiness of spirit in the other Elf. Dorien told him that he would rather have his throat slit then fight alongside the Anar prince. ^[1g]

When Morathi laid waste to Avelorn and attacked the Gaen Vale ca. -2739 IC Thyrinor was dispatched by Caledor I to aid the Everqueen with two other Dragon Riders and an army of 10,000, mostly new recruits from the eastern kingdoms. As the two armies prepared for battle, he led the three dragons against the Druchii but was intercepted by Morathi who conjured a pillar of poisonous smoke that enveloped Thyrinor and Anaegnir, crushing and killing them both. ^[1h]

Mount

He rode the blue female Dragon Anaegnir.^[1a]

Notes

*Caledor (novel) mentions "ten years of bitter war", suggesting that this takes place in the tenth year of Caledor's reign^[1d]

As he was a cousin of Caledor I, he might have been a grandson of Caledor Dragontamer.

Sources

• 1: The Sundering (anthology) (Time of Legends edition): Caledor (Novel) by Gav Thorpe
  • 1a: One: Pride of Caledor, pg. 707-724
  • 1b: Two: The Prince Returns, pg. 726
  • 1c: Two: The Prince Returns, pg. 730
  • 1d: Two: The Prince Returns, pg. 753
  • 1e: Four: Council of Princes, pg. 767-776
  • 1f: Five: A King is Chosen, pg. 779-783
  • 1g: Eleven: The Black Dragons, pg. 850-857
  • 1h: Thirteen: An Age Ends, pg. 874-877