Sigvening the Navigator

Sigvening the Navigator is a mythic king of ancient Nordures who ruled sometime in the 6th millennium AE. He is the legendary charter of the coasts of the North and is famous for driving the wyrms from Nordures.
==Biography==
Sigvening is known through the epic verse chronicling the history of Nordures, compiled by the Higdian scholar Harold the Archpoet in 907 AE. According to the chronicles he was born in the 6th millennium AE to king Sigmere Redblade and was brother to Sigholm the Unworthy. He was expelled from Skjolzir by his brother after his father was slain by the mysterious King of Uld. Sigvening spent nine years in the wilderness learning the secrets of the animal world from shamans before returning to Skjolzir and slaughtering his brother. He then became the rightful king of Nordures.
After these events, another poem tells of Sigvening as the navigator king of Nordures, charting the coasts of Northern Fayos years before they would ever be settled. Legend says that during this time he created the mythic Lance of Sigvening. According to tradition, the king had the created the weapon when he expelled the wyrms from Nordures. As the story goes, the king took up two serpents and commanded them to service with his voice, turning the two intertwined snakes into one lance with which he was able to pierce the skins of wyrms and dragons alike. The lance was used by Queen Imogen Wilem II of Flowers when she performed her Nine Feats. 
King Sigvening is mentioned for a final time as being the great great grandfather of Ulvri, King of the Grits, the king encountered by the hero Halmrich on his quest to reach the pole. 
== Legacy ==
Sigvening is a culturally relevant figure in Higd and Skjol, often revered by fishermen and whalers for his legendary exploits on the seas. He has been a common theme for artists both in sculpture, painting, or on the stage. He is considered one of the Nine Saintly Heathens according to the Church.
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