Changes: Codex entry: Yusaris: The Dragonslayer

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See also: Item: Yusaris

Codex text

"In the company of monsters he went,
Down the empty wolf-roads after the dragon
To the lands where the ice is like steel,

And the air grows thin as a beggar,
And every rocky path is strewn with the bones
Of the lonely dead. There Dane dwelled,
And fifty swords were worn to rusted ruin
Before at last they found the cave of Fenshal,
Ancient keeper of the mountains, bane of wolves.
Dane sought a way in which the dragon might be felled,

Fiend of fire and talon, its scales
Brighter than any warrior's mail, teeth greater than men,
And all around the slumbering wyrm were bones:
Wolves, men, beasts beyond counting.
The fume of death frightened even the wolf pack,
And Dane, desperate, crept into the cavern
To seek the monster's death alone.

There, shining among the dead like a star
His hand found a sword. Yusaris:
Forged by the dwarf smiths for an Alamarri lord long ago,
Waiting age after age to be taken to battle once more.
And this Dane freed from the earth and struck
At the eye of the dragon, still sleeping,
With a swift, terrible blow.

And Fenshal woke, wroth, only to die."

-From Dane and the Werewolf.

The legend of the blade Yusaris predates Andraste. The sword that Dane found in the dragon's treasure hoard, which he used to slay both Fenshal and the werewolf, was passed on to his son Hafter.

Dane may have been fiction, but Hafter was fact. In 1:40 Divine, he led the Alamarri tribes against darkspawn that flooded into the Ferelden valley from the dwarven lands. He not only drove back the horde, he also then defeated the combined forces of the Avvars and Chasind who hoped in take advantage of the chaos. His victories earned him such respect from the tribes, he was named the first teryn.

After years of ruling the valley in peace, it is said that Hafter left Ferelden, sailing into the unknown east of the Amaranthine Ocean with the blade still in hand, never to be seen again.

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 The legend of the blade Yusaris predates Andraste. The sword that Dane found in the dragon's treasure hoard, which he used to slay both Fenshal and the werewolf, was passed on to his son [[Hafter]]. Dane may have been fiction, but Hafter was fact. In 1:40 Divine, he led the Alamarri tribes against darkspawn that flooded into the Ferelden valley from the dwarven lands. After years of ruling the valley in peace, it is said that Hafter left Ferelden, sailing into the unknown east of the Amaranthine Ocean with the blade still in hand, never to be seen again.
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-<blockquote>"In the company of monsters he went, <br>
+<blockquote><poem>"In the company of monsters he went,
-Down the empty wolf-roads after the dragon <br>
+Down the empty wolf-roads after the dragon
 To the lands where the ice is like steel,
+And the air grows thin as a beggar,
+And every rocky path is strewn with the bones
-And the air grows thin as a beggar, <br>
+Of the lonely dead. There Dane dwelled,
-And every rocky path is strewn with the bones <br>
+And fifty swords were worn to rusted ruin
-Of the lonely dead. There Dane dwelled, <br>
+Before at last they found the cave of Fenshal,
-And fifty swords were worn to rusted ruin <br>
+Ancient keeper of the mountains, bane of wolves.
-Before at last they found the cave of Fenshal, <br>
-Ancient keeper of the mountains, bane of wolves. <br>
 Dane sought a way in which the dragon might be felled,
+Fiend of fire and talon, its scales
+Brighter than any warrior's mail, teeth greater than men,
-Fiend of fire and talon, its scales <br>
+And all around the slumbering wyrm were bones:
-Brighter than any warrior's mail, teeth greater than men, <br>
+Wolves, men, beasts beyond counting.
-And all around the slumbering wyrm were bones: <br>
+The fume of death frightened even the wolf pack,
-Wolves, men, beasts beyond counting. <br>
+And Dane, desperate, crept into the cavern
-The fume of death frightened even the wolf pack, <br>
-And Dane, desperate, crept into the cavern <br>
 To seek the monster's death alone.
+There, shining among the dead like a star
+His hand found a sword. Yusaris:
-There, shining among the dead like a star <br>
+Forged by the dwarf smiths for an Alamarri lord long ago,
-His hand found a sword. Yusaris: <br>
+Waiting age after age to be taken to battle once more.
-Forged by the dwarf smiths for an Alamarri lord long ago, <br>
+And this Dane freed from the earth and struck
-Waiting age after age to be taken to battle once more. <br>
+At the eye of the dragon, still sleeping,
-And this Dane freed from the earth and struck <br>
-At the eye of the dragon, still sleeping, <br>
 With a swift, terrible blow.
 And Fenshal woke, wroth, only to die."
+-From ''Dane and the Werewolf''.</poem></blockquote>
--From ''Dane and the Werewolf''.</blockquote>
 The legend of the blade Yusaris predates [[Andraste]]. The sword that [[Dane]] found in the dragon's treasure hoard, which he used to slay both Fenshal and the werewolf, was passed on to his son [[Hafter]].