Kjorn

*"Shard will return. Father, Rashard will return and our time here will end."*
— Kjorn to Sverin and the pride in Skyfire

## Information

### Titles

The Summer King (false), son-of-Sverin, grandson-of-Per, heir of Kajar, Prince Kjorn, King Kjorn

## Appearances

### Alive

*Song of the Summer King • Skyfire • A Shard of Sun • By the Silver Wind • Beneath the Windward Sun*

### Mentioned

*The Starward Light • The Salmon Run*

**Kjorn** is the current king of the Dawn Spire and son of Sverin and Elena. He's the mate of Thyra, and father of Kvasir. Kjorn is also Rashard's wingbrother, and worked with the Vanir prince to restore peace to both the Winderost and the Silver Isles.

## Information

### Description

He is described as being large, big-boned, with micah-bright golden feathers and lion hindquarters, with "rare summer-blue eyes". It is stressed throughout the entire series how rare Kjorn's eye color is. His voice is noted to sound like Sverin's[*citation needed*].

### Personality

Prior to Catori revealing that Rashard is alive, Kjorn is shown to be arrogant and, like the other Aesir, thinks of himself as above all other creatures. He cares about Shard, however, and trusts him even though he is a full-blooded Vanir. He was anxious about whether Shard would forgive him, proving that he obviously cares about Shard's opinions.

## Family Tree

### List of all Family Members

**Thyra**; Living, the Winderost (as of *Beneath the Windward Sun*)
**Wingbrother**
**Rashard**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Salmon Run*)
**Son**
**Kvasir**; Living, the Winderost (as of *Beneath the Windward Sun*)
**Father**
**Sverin**; Deceased, killed by Rhydda
**Mother**
**Elena**; Deceased, drowned
**Father-in-Law**
**Caj**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Salmon Run*)
**Mother-in-Law**
**Sigrun**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Starward Light*)
**Uncle**
**Orn**; Living, the Winderost (as of *By the Silver Wind*)
**Aunt**
**Esla**; Living, the Winderost (as of *By the Silver Wind*)
**Cousins**
**Oslar**; Living, the Winderost (as of *By the Silver Wind*)
**Eyvin**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Starward Light*)
**Dagr**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Salmon Run*)
**Einarr**; Deceased, killed by Sverin
**Eyvindr**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Salmon Run*)
**Grandfathers**
**Per**; Deceased, died of old age
**Vindr**; Status Unknown
**Grandmother**
**Var**; Status Unknown
**Grandfather-in-Laws**
**Cai**; Deceased, cause of death unknown
**Hrafn**; Deceased, killed in the Conquering
**Grandmother-in-Law**
**Bara**; Deceased, drowned
**Great-Grandfather**
**Kajar**; Deceased, cause of death unknown
**Distant Cousins**
**Mar**; Living, the Winderost (as of *Beneath the Windward Sun*)
**Valdis**; Living, the Winderost (as of *Beneath the Windward Sun*)
**Brynja**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Salmon Run*)
**Embra**; Living, the Silver Isles (as of *The Salmon Run*)
**Njord**; Living, the Silver Isles
**Tyrilar**; Living, the Silver Isles
**Ancestor**
**En**; Status Unknown

## Trivia

* Kjorn's name is a variant of "Bjorn", meaning "bear".
* He has the dragons blessing which he'd passed on to Kvasir.
* Sverin once wanted him to become wingbrothers with Halvden
* Kjorn is slightly older than Rashard.
* He is one of five gryfons with golden feathers. The others being Elena, Esla, Kvasir and Oslar.
	+ All of the other gold gryfons are all part of his family (his mother, his aunt, his son and his cousin).

## Citations

### References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Song of the Summer King, Page 5
2. ↑  *Song of the Summer King*, page 3
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5  *Skyfire*, page 100
4. ↑  *Skyfire*, page 156

### Notes

1. ↑ He and Shard could also be considered nest-brothers due to this.