Mist: Hierarchy - Hardragh

Hardragh: Tide of the North

Like many before him, Hardragh son of Lunviq is a polarizing figure in the Mistral. Born to a community of hunters at the feet of the High Reaches, the current Tide of the North is no priest, but a Voice with a wry smirk and shattering bellow. Dismissed by some as weak (as one bound to the Stones, he had died and lived many times, and his ties to the gypsy of Leringard through their child net cool stares and accusations of dependency) and by others as a pawn for the dragon Snowtooth, Hardragh proved himself a canny player of a game that upended the board. 

 

He reclaimed the Sword of Kings, enraged several devotees of Mist both low and high by forging a pact with Knad'radoniad that sheltered him, for a time, from attack -- and traveled the northlands preaching the dragon as master and Lady Doom as mistress. He arranged favors with the Stormbringers, rescued the Tide of the Southwest from Pyrtechonites, eliminated those that had stood against him in early days, and ended the power of Yashilla as Tide of the North.

 

Unlike her predecessor, Meghanna, who was driven into obscurity in her failed bid for Tempest, Yashilla -- who had once sacrificed Carocsa, an avatar of Shindaleria -- was devoured by a dragon. Once Dragoncalled herself, it's unknown if some distant stone ever called her back from Snowtooth's belly, or if that death was one too many. 

 

For now, Hardragh's cunning throws of dice seem to grant him favor from Mist. However, the Tempest, her allies, and no small number of others in the Mistral look darkly upon him and his service to Snowtooth, even going so far as to lay at his feet the blame for a decline in the power of the faith.