Suigan
Sokhei Guryan, Dragonslaying Demon of the North
Overview
The Myth
Suigan is remembered as a legendary conqueror, a dragonslayer, a demon, and a tyrant. It is said that he was fair at times, but he was rather cruel. Suigan did not care for forgiveness, but was a dreadful individual who richly rewarded those loyal to him, but punished severely his detractors.Name
Suigan is the name most commonly used to refer to the man who was born Sokhei Guryan. The name Suigan is a Tsennari name combining the logographic characters used to write his name; natively, the ruler was formally known as Sokho'ba'dei Turghayan. It is said that the elements used to create the name Suigan, translate to comet, which was the symbol of Suigan's house. He is known to the Arkhit tribe as Tsakhan, and to the Solyeks as Zakhir.Legend
Early Life
Suigan was said to have been born as the son of a lowly shepherd in the waning days of the Ilsairi Ketsing, with scholars suggesting it to be sometime in the 830s or 840s.The early days of the young shepherd were rough as he learned to survive, ride horses, hunt, and forage. As a teenager however, he was exiled from his tribe after beginning a blood feud by killing a hunter. It is said that this hunter, a despicable figure, had harassed and touched the sister of Suigan. Suigan in his anger, decided not to confront the man but to instead to plot his revenge. It is said that on a hunt, a griffin flew overhead and was to accost the men, Suigan being slower than his rival, shot an arrow into the leg of the other hunter, leaving him time to get away as the griffin ate his rival. After his exile at only age 15, Suigan adopted the griffin as a symbol of himself on his own personal seal.In the coming years as an exile, he lived alone, gathering other exiles and vagabonds until he had grown to lead a small tribe of his own as the arbiter of any issues by the time he was 20. Eventually it is said that a man, lusting for his household and property, killed Suigan's father and stole his household. This enraged the young man who led his tribe's men over by horse and attacked the household in the dead of night. Suigan supposedly snuck in first, dragging out the man who killed his father and tying his arms behind his back and trampled him repeatedly with his own horses and livestock. Having begun this blood feud, Suigan gathered his remainly family and tribesmen to be exiled to the far north part of Gentarien where they established a camp at Tahan Moghai in 1860.
Middle Years
In his 30s, Suigan formed many alliances and fought his way to become among the most powerful and feared of the Okhotai tribesmen. Among his famed feats in this time was when he made a journey to the north to hunt bison, when a dragon appeared to attack his camp. It is said that Suigan used a rope dart to wrap around the neck of the beast and nearly choke it to death as he climbed it and slew the beast by stabbing his sword Kumin into its ear. Using his shamans help, he is said to have trapped the beast's soul, gaining the power of the beast. Some say he could transform into a dragon, some say he could summon it to fight for him, while others claim he simply had the sight and wits of one. Regardless, using this power, Suigan defeatd his rivals and called a meeting of the tribes at Tahan Moghai, where he was declared ruler of the Okhotai.Suigan led his armies south to conquer and plunder the riches of the Gendur, defeating the imperial garrisons and conquering the region north of modern Saralai. His sons and generals by this point were sent westwards, where they subjugated the divided tribes of the Imaskii and Ukori on the mainland. His empire grew in every way as he clashed immensely with the Soranni, to the point that he himself rode an army as far south as Korisaang'tai, where they were rebuffed.
Final Years
Having grown older, Suigan never stopped his campaigns as his armies traveled to all corners of the known world, until the shattering came and threatened his very family and house. Suigan, in his older feeble age, called upon the power of the dragon a final time to defeat the spirit Hazkhangan before succumbing to his wounds at the age of 136 according to legend. He was buried in Tahan Moghai in 967, where his body remains to this day under the royal palace. Soon enough, his sons and generals would fracture his empire.
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