Yggur

Infobox character | name = Yggur


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creator = Ian Irvine
species = Old Humans
gender = Male
first = A Shadow on the Glass (chapter5)
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age = 1000 (View From the Mirror) and 1200 (Well of Echoes)
occupation = Mancer
title = Lord Yggur
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relatives = Chissmoul, Katilloe, Kimli
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Yggur is one of the main characters in Ian Irvine's series of book, "The Three Worlds Cycle". He appears in both "The View from the Mirror" and "The Well of Echoes" quartets. He is a mancer of surpassing power and is very long-lived, despite being old human and having never used his Art to lengthen his life.

Physical Characteristics

Yggur is a very tall man who is well built, with broad shoulders and muscular legs. Yggur has unusual frost grey eyes and has jaw long black hair, as well as a long tanned face. During "The View from the Mirror" quartet Yggur suffers from an extremely painful limp and it was not uncommon for one side of his face to spasm.

In "The Well of Echoes", Yggur's limp is no more and his face no longer spasms. His black hair is greying, particularly at the temples. His face is slightly older now and he appears to be in hale middle age, despite being 1200 years old. Yggur has never used a rejuvenation spell to renew his life and his longevity is a mystery even to himself.

Personality Changes

In "The View from the Mirror" quartet Yggur resides in Fiz Gorgo and has set out to conqeur Meldorin, to spite the Magister of the Council of Santhenar, his enemy Mendark. He is reserved and sometimes seen as cold, though he is an invariably fair and just man.His fear of being controlled by Rulke again, consumes him and it is a never ending pain. Yggur was the kind of man who would collect any debt to the last copper grint and expected his enemies to be just as calculating.

In "The Well of Echoes", Yggur is a changed man. Though he can still be a hard man, he sees the world in a new light and there is often a warmth about him. Though when he first reappears he denies to have any interest in the affairs of old human kind, this is shown to be quite false. Yggur helps change the course of the war with the lyrinx, yet petitions for their survival, rather than genocide. Malien and Yggur had their differences during the time of the Mirror, but become quite close friends when they re-meet and often rely on each others insights on a myriad of matters.