Everwyrm · white mountain dragon
Everest, the Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face, the Western Cwm and nearby Himalayan peaks
Gentle, brave, watchful - shy around humans, loves moonlit snow and thunderclouds
Patrols Everest at dawn, hides inside snowstorms, and carries warm winds to tired climbers
Mythical protector of Mount Everest and the high mountain winds
Moonlit snow, thunderclouds & quiet summits
Out there, right now
High over the Khumbu, where the wind keeps his secrets.
High above the clouds, beneath the glittering ice of the Khumbu Glacier, a small white dragon hatched during the quietest snowstorm Everest had ever seen. The mountain winds named him Orin.
Since then, climbers have whispered that when the clouds part at just the right moment, it is Orin opening a safe path through the sky. He is rarely seen, but his trail can be followed by those trusted with a Guardian Code.
Orin does not live in a cage, a zoo or a house. He belongs to the high mountains. Most days he patrols Everest, curling through the winds around the summit. Sometimes he follows moonlight to Lhotse, races thunder over Makalu, or visits old friends near K2.
The Sherpa people of the valley keep an older name for Everest: Chomolungma - Goddess Mother of the World. The old stories say the mountain shelters everyone who lives in her shadow, and that she keeps guardians: the yeti to walk her quiet slopes, and the dragons to watch her skies. Orin is the youngest of those guardians, and the proudest.
And why is Orin so gentle? The dragons tell of a kind hermit who lived high in a mountain cave long ago and sang so sweetly that even the fiercest spirits of the peaks chose to become protectors. Every Everest dragon since has kept the hermit's promise - which is why Orin breathes warm winds, never fire.
Orin's world is inspired, with love and respect, by the real legends of the Himalaya: Chomolungma (“Goddess Mother of the World”, the Tibetan name for Everest), the guardian yetis of Sherpa stories, the hidden valleys known as beyul, and the kind hermits of the high caves.
He's out there right now
This is his real, living trail - the same map his Guardians open every night. He wakes at dawn in Nepal, patrols the high ridges, stops for lunch, visits old friends, and is home in his cave above the Khumbu Icefall by dark.
Orin's journal
A taste of the dated story updates Guardians read together. Unlock the full trail with your plush.
Sharing fudge
Orin carried fudge up to Kangchenjunga to share with whoever he met. Mostly the wind - he ate it anyway.
A careful round of Ama Dablam
Orin made one careful round of Ama Dablam, nudging loose snow off the ledges so it wouldn't surprise anyone below.
Up with the sun
A new day! Orin set off from his cave above the glittering ice, thin mist curling up the valley all around him.
