Bornig I Haldholt

*This is an article about the nephew of Ragnborn I Haldholt and the father of Rafi I Haldholt. For the eldest son of Rafi I, see Bornig Haldholt.*

## Political Information

### Allegiance

House HaldholtThe King of the Northernmost Regions

## Personal Information

### Child(ren)

Ubbe I HaldholtRafi I Haldholt

Dagdan Haldholt

Frigg Haldholt

## Additional Information

### Mentioned

Whispers of War

King **Bornig I Haldholt** remembered as Bornig the Bold was the first king of the Haldholt Dynasty to rule over the Northernmost regions alone (his predecessor Ragnborn I Haldholt had ruled over both the Fyrgard Islands and the North).

Bornig I was the son of Ragnjeg Haldholt, the youngest brother of Ragnborn I. He was also responsible for...

## BIOGRAPHY

### BACKGROUND

   Bornig I was born to Ragnjeg Haldholt in the Holt on Skalheim like all of his family had been before him. Bornig's birth was surrounded by a great deal of mystery. Ragnjeg along with his older brother Baldi III Haldholt went to put down a clan that had arisen in the North of the Fyrgard Islands. The clan turned out to be much more of a challenge than the two brothers had originally believed and they ended up spending 2 years putting them down. In the end their father King Forborg had to send his eldest sons Ragnborn and Farvar with two-hundred men to assist in the fighting.

When Ragnjeg returned to the Holt of Skalheim he presented a newborn child to his father the King. The child was Bornig and he claimed the boy to be his son. Forborg was confused and questioned his young son about the boy and his mother. Ragnjeg never told anyone who the mother of the child was just that the boy was his responsibility now.

It became very apparent that Bornig was an extremely large child. He towed over the other boys his age and even some older than him. Some thought that he had grown early than the other boys and he would low down as he got older, this did not happen. By the age of sixteen summers when he claimed the Northern throne he was already a man with a full beard. He continued to grow and reached a great height and stature. Bornig often used his great size to his advantage especially in combat.

Bornig was only two when his grandfather died and his uncle Ragnborn was crowned king. And he was three when his father went to the continent to raid and conqueror alongside his brothers. Ragnjeg was only twenty summers old at this time himself so Bornig was often tended to by maids.

Bornig joined his father at the age of six at the end of Ragnborn's Invasion before they were cut off from the Fyrgard Islands.

At the age of eight, two years after Ragnborn made peace with the rest of the continent and settled in the North, Bornig's father Ragnjeg died in suspicious circumstances surrounding the King Ragnborn.

The young Prince continued to live in the Northernmost Regions for the majority of the rule of Ragnborn and dealt with a great deal of torment from his increasingly insane uncle Ragnborn. Ragnborn grew increasingly paranoid that his family were trying to steal the throne from him in the later years of his reign leading to a great deal of suffering inflicted on Bornig. Ragnborn saw the young boy as a threat to his rule, just as he saw his own brothers. Bornig was made into a public display having his eye removed by the King. It was common knowledge that the Haldholt's were descendants of the gods and Ragnborn wanted to prove that he was the only Haldholt with godlike powers. "If this boy is truly a descendant of the gods then they will not permit me to remove his eye." Ragnborn to the people of the Halegard. After this gruesome sickening display by the king, maiming his own dead brother's son, Baldi made arrangements to have the boy sent back to Fyrgard Islands to safety.

Bornig returned to a realm ruled by a corrupt vassal Ragnborn had installed before his invasion and left to fester. Nonetheless the boy grew up becoming a great powerful warrior trained by Islanders. The vassal had heard the stories of what Ragnborn had become and schemed to wait until Ragnborn died and install the young Bornig as king, ruling through the boy.

Bornig heard rumours of the vassals plans and did not wish to be apart of them. The now fifteen year old lad had gathered a small number of warriors that had grown to respect the great warrior he had become. Bornig took three ships and planned to sail them round the continent to the north. The ships made it almost all the way but they hit a great storm near the Drakihogr volcano. The volcano was impossible to sail around due to the heat and constant storms so the men docked in Scorh. The land of Scorh had become desolate after Ragnborn had swept through it during his invasion. Bandits and other creatures patrolled the lands here. The men fought their way through a manor of different foes even impressing a warlord known as Tark the Dragonkissed who agreed to joined the boy army. Before long they made their way North almost doubling the men through Bornig's feats as a great warrior.

Bornig moved through the North largerly uncontested moving through Ferfreit with little problem. Ragnborn was informed of his nephews arrival in the North but did nothing. Bari years later tells Hakon that Ragnborn had said - "Let the boy come, open the gates and this time I wont just take his eye, I will dismember him piece by piece." It is said that Farvar had dispatched a message to his nephew Bornig that told him not to come for his own safety, the messaged explained about the serum that Ragnborn had consumed and what it had done to him. Bornig considered heeding his uncles warning but when he heard that Ragnborn had had Farvar executed for this message his rage and vengance for his uncles death carried him forward.

When Bornig finally arrived at the gates of the Darkholt he found them open just as Ragnborn had instructed but his uncle did not greet him at the gates like he had planned. Bornig believed it was likely a trap for him but he carried on anyway with caution. He made it all the way to the main fortress with not contest. This confused the young warrior even more. The throne room was empty, the council room empty. It was only when he reached Ragnborns personal chamber did he realise why his uncle had allowed such access to the city and fortress. The King lay dead in his bed, his own dagger implanted between his ribs. Stood above his bed was Baldi and Ragnborn's second wife Oxana.