Tak Sirahn

Sirahn has become a legend across the many Dhogu tribes, the shambling figure appearing from the snow when he is needed, always surrounded by a pack of skerrats. It is said he can control the weather and some even believe he can tame the fearsome yartain.

Tak Sirahn’s calling made itself obvious early in life and most of the other Dhogu treated the youngster with a mix of fear and hostility. However, an elderly Dhogu took the troubled jenta into his care and they lived in a cave far from the rest of the tribe.

The next winter descended suddenly and the two Dhogu were separated from the tribe for months. They were feared lost and it wasn’t until the following spring that the young jenta was found. The elder had succumbed to the cold, but Sirahn had managed to keep herself alive. Her old mentor had served her well, even in death. The resourceful youngster ingratiated herself to a skerrat brood queen with the offer of warmth and fresh meat with which the brood queen sustained her pups. The brood survived and even thrived through the harsh winter, their cave warmed by fire and Sirahn scraping together a diet of fungi and garkrid that she managed to farm within the depths of the cave. In his old age, Sirahn still lives away from his tribe, surrounded by his surrogate family of skerrats, but he seems aware of everything that is going on and he is revered within his tribe. In the early days of the Delgon invasion, as the spring brought warmth to the Setir Mountains, Dehran accompanied his retinue to seek an audience with Kimut Hekaani, the warlord of Sirahn’s tribe. Before Hekaani would meet with Dehran, he went alone to seek the Rahkirii’s advice. It is said that the god grew impatient with the wait and was on the verge of leaving, but a storm encircled the camp, forcing him to stay. As the storm cleared, Kimut Hekaanit returned, accompanied by Tak Sirahn and an immense yartain whose barely bridled fury impressed even Dehran. Dehran returned to Peygarl with the caged yartain as a gift for Garabon, along with Hekaani’s promise of fealty and troops to accompany his journey into the south.