During Cadwallon ap Cadfan's time, a time of strife and conquest with
the Anglians of Northumbria, the wyveres of Ceredigion were scorned by
the Brythons as poor cousins of the dragons, far less intelligent and
powerful and much less useful as beasts of war. Smaller, two-legged
where the dragons have four and unable to set their enemies aflame, the
wyveres were simply ugly and wild and monstrous, feared and vilified in
equal measure as other ignoble creatures are, their history forgotten
and their trust lost. It has taken the near-extinction of the dragons
and their kin to prompt the Brythons' memories, to remember their
ancestors' work with the wyveres, what they called the gwyferns, and of
course the reign of Cadwaladr, who began to seek out the wocors and the
gwyferns as part of his forsworn duty to reclaim the lost lands to the
east and the north. For their part, the gwyferns - Typhaggahw first
among them - recognised their ancient pact with the Brythons as soon as
Cadwaladr found the strength to speak the matter of it, for their lives
are long and their memories longer, and although it has taken a length
of time to persuade the men of Gwynedd to believe in the gwyferns once
more Typhaggahw's presence upon the fields of battle alone and the
effect he has had upon the enemies of the Brythons - enemies who thought
their monstrous allies had waned - has ensured the gwyferns are no
longer in the shadows of the dragons.
Typhaggahw is a complex,
multi-part resin miniature that is supplied unassembled and unpainted.
It will require trimming and cleaning before assembly, priming and
painting.