Sigge

*"I seek to ally myself and my people with the King of the Silver Mountains so that both of us may prosper with rich trade and to provide each other with whatever aid we require."* - Sigge to Figgar discussing an allegiance between the two

Sigge was a human who founded and became the first Lord of Orgol who then would be succeeded by his son Beorne being one of the many individual rulers across the northern lands, Sigge was born a few years after his older brother Aldwic in one of the many tribes of humans that existed in the north after the fall of the kingdom of Forline where they lived on the land living rough. During this time like many of the tribes would begin to form their own smaller kingdoms among the lands of the much larger kingdom that came before them, Sigge's brother Aldwic would take up the role of leader as the King of Linlan being the first after founding it. During his time as prince Sigge would bare witness to his brother meeting other northern human rulers who formed the Council of the North which allowed for the rulers to protect their land and help each other, wanting to make a name for himself Sigge would eventually leave Linlan and ventured out further north to claim his own land building a small city giving it the name Orgol in which he formed his own kingdom giving himself the title of Lord of Orgol. In his ventures north he would be the first to come across the Dwarves of Baramunz where he met Figgar Hammersword to discuss an allegiance between the two independent kingdoms. Sigge would preside over Orgol for nearly 50 years expanding it's reach making it much larger where he was given a spot on the council, during his reign Figgar Hammersword would gift him help in the construction of Leford Keep which acted as a fort and garrison for Sigge's soldiers. After his death Sigge's son Beorne would become the new lord and kept his pledge of allegiance to Figgar by aiding him in his battle against the Orcs of the north.

## Biography

### First Era

#### Founding of Linlan

After the fall of the three kingdoms each region would expand and grow in their own ways and after the fall of Forline the northern region would turn into nomadic tribes of men who were always on the move, with the first king of the northern kingdom being Elros having his line broken with the last king of the north not having any children all of the northern peoples were not of royal blood to claim the throne leaving it to be truly disbanded. One of these tribes harboured Sigge and his older brother Aldwic who both showed great qualities to lead their tribe but Aldwic wanted to settle and eventually build on the land creating a kingdom, by 455 of the First Era the kingdom of Linlan was founded and Aldwic was crowned as its petty king whilst Sigge was placed as the prince becoming the next in line. Like many of the other kingdoms in the north that Aldwic was not aware of yet were all very small kingdoms since the north did not have a large population compared to the other two former kingdoms that were south of them, under his brother's leadership the kingdom began to thrive expanding their borders and creating smaller villages outside of the main city itself which only increased the reputation of the kingdom.

#### Orgol

Nearly a decade later after the success of Linlan and its expansion Aldwic was met by a messenger from another kingdom who was hosting a meeting with all the northern rulers to discuss a major proposal to benefit all of the north, seeing as he would not lose anything from this meeting he took Sigge with him and they rode to the kingdom of Nearion. Upon arrival the two witnessed a kingdom slightly bigger than their own and were met by the guards who knew about who they were and the kingdom they belonged to, this would make Aldwic suspicious as this would mean that all of the kingdoms including his were being watched but despite this he would try to keep an open mind. Entering the throne room the two would be greeted by Etherth who was ruler of the kingdom that they were currently in where he proceeded to seat them alongside the other rulers of the north, at the meeting Etherth would go on to explain his proposal which was a united north by allying all of the northern kingdoms so that they could provide security and trade to each other believing that people like Tozor still existed and it was up to the right people to defend their lands from them. With all parties agreeing some reluctantly more than others they would form the Council of the North which allowed allegiances to be formed and trade to be shared among all of the rulers, realising that his brother now has found his place Sigge wanted to find and build his own kingdom to rule hopefully having his own seat on the council.

During his time as Lord of Orgol he would have a son naming him Beorne who would be the next in line to rule the small kingdom which Sigge would prepare him for during his childhood, whilst he expanded his kingdom Sigge was given a report from his scouts of a mountain kingdom to their north which was inhabited by Dwarves. Upon further investigation Sigge would realise the full extent of the kingdom's reach and its power with both infantry and siege machines to defend their home with, seeing a way to bolster his own defences Sigge would ride with a small envoy to meet with the King of the Silver Mountains who was Figgar Hammersword. At the meeting the two would convey their thoughts of the possibility of an alliance between the two kingdoms whilst Figgar saw Orgol as relatively small and not really worth the time to offer protection or even an alliance but was open to trade Sigge would go to great lengths to gain an actual alliance with the Dwarven king which would end in an alliance between the two. At this point in time Sigge was given a seat on the council being one of the more powerful members due to his alliance, after this Sigge's rule would thrive being rife with trade and coin which freed him up to spend more time with his son training him and educating him into the rightful lord he should be.

## Legacy

Once Sigge passed away he would impart his rule onto his son and reminded him of the allegiance that Orgol still had with Figgar Hammersword and his people to protect and help them in any way that they could, this lesson would go on to be a success with Beorne eventually coming to the aid of Figgar when they fought an Orc horde that had amassed near the Dwarven kingdom however due to his delay in arriving Figgar and his men would be saved but Figgar would ultimately lose his life in a sacrifice to his people.