Iorek Byrnison is a Panserbjￃﾸrn (armoured bear in Danish and Norwegian) from Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. Like all Panserbjￃﾸrne, Iorek follows a very strict code of contract, and will in no situation betray a promise he has made. He possesses incredible strength, and like many of his kind is an expert smith. He is a great friend and comrade to both Lyra Belacqua and Lee Scoresby.
During the first book of the His Dark Materials...
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Iorek Byrnison is a Panserbjￃﾸrn (armoured bear in Danish and Norwegian) from Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. Like all Panserbjￃﾸrne, Iorek follows a very strict code of contract, and will in no situation betray a promise he has made. He possesses incredible strength, and like many of his kind is an expert smith. He is a great friend and comrade to both Lyra Belacqua and Lee Scoresby.
During the first book of the His Dark Materials trilogy, Northern Lights, Iorek Byrnison is found shaping metal for humans in an Arctic port town. These humans had deceived Iorek by giving him spirits, then stolen his "sky-iron" armour while he was intoxicated. This left him no choice but to work for the humans. He tells Lyra Belacqua that if he had his armour, he would kill the humans that stole it, but that without it he would simply be gunned down attempting to get it back. Upon hearing this, Lyra decides to use her Alethiometer to find the location of his armour, so that he can break...
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