History of the Dragons
From AkashicRecord
[edit] Why the Dragons went away
(Written by Yarchonis2 at OYT)
Dragons were exiled to the West as penance for warring among themselves and all but wiping out the metallic dragons. The surviving metallic dragons stayed in the west and took on an identity as "Crystal Weavers." When the dramojh returned they bugged out to various some time/dimensional folds.
Dragons in the west found their link to the land weakening - they and their progency were somehow less than what they had been. Hence their dabbling with the dreaded seeds and evolution to reverse it. Finally the council decided they needed to all return to the west to reestablish their ties to the land. Whether they can or not remains to be seen.
Rune Children are a legacy of the metallic dragons, a kind of deadman's switch to try and protect the land after they were gone (because they were expecting to lose the war). The force/runes that create runechildren are the remains of the will/spirit/ magic of metallic dragons who gave up their existence.
[edit] A few answers gathered by Hi-Tranos of Du-Moros
(Written by contraserrene at OYT)
| Kollista the Vehement, preeminent sibeccai sage of De-Shamod, visiting Du-Moros to confer with colleagues. |
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| "The sniveling lizards were afraid, deeply afraid, of their quasi-demonic creations. The dramojh were perfect dragon-killers and had out-dragoned the dragons in the meddling-and-magic department. Oh, they'll give you vague excuses, alluding to religious reasons or a sense of destiny too refined for mere humanoids to understand, but they were cowering behind the mountains like weasels chased by an infinite number of hunting-dogs."
"Dragons want only one thing, and that one thing is everything. They want to be the Emperors of the World. When they have that, they'll turn on each other and fight and scheme until only one of them is the ruler and the rest are, say, kings and queens perched on lesser thrones. Isn't that obvious?" |
| Farsoon Makh, human Akashic for hire, in market square of Du-Moros. |
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| "I never really thought about it, but then I'm not what you'd call a student of history. I know that seems strange, but mostly I just Delve a few days back and help people find things they've lost. I guess I'm not much of an adventurer, either. I can't tell you the reason they didn't come back earlier, but I can tell you what someone thought. Let me see if I can find a useful bit of memory... don't worry when my eyes roll back, it doesn't hurt.
"One slave who showed promise was elevated above her peers for a time, given supervisory duties. She had access to a few records and public documents; she also had the time to learn the personal cipher-language of her dramojh owner. There was some mention, in the last document she ever read, of the 'western device,' and hints that the device was as large as- or perhaps was- three mountains. Not long thereafter, her time as a supervisor (which was also an experiment in the effects of authority on the mind of a slave) was up and she was moved to a facility for Combining. Faint traces of her blood can still be found in the things we call the manticores. "What do the dragons want? Gold and shiny gems, I hear, and slaves in all but name. Not so different from the dramojh, if that's true, just gentler. Like I said, though, I'm no student of politics. Or history. I said history before. Sorry, I forget these things. Yes, I know that's ironic." |
| I'Rth'Dr, wandering dracha adventurer, in a coffee-shop. |
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| "Stupid question. Stupid! Why are you so stupid? You can't be that stupid. You're trying to bait me. Provoke me. I know what you people get up to, here in the Old Land. Since I came to watch and listen I've seen and heard so many taunts. Sometimes you disguise it as foolishness but I'm getting better at seeing your true motives!
"No, I don't conceal my mission. I'm not like you. I will walk the wingspan of your Diamond Throne and become expert in the hopes, dreams, customs and fears of the subjects. When I know what makes your hearts beat and your minds grow warm, I'll take the knowledge back to Pallembor and share it with my master and his allies. I'd wager the shards of my shell that you'll find the dragons better caretakers than any lumbering wingless giant. "Now that's just being stupid again. How can you ask me what the dragons want? I'm here to find out what you people want! Pay attention!" |
| Oa-Sarthiren, Hu-Charad Overseer of walled town of Du-Moros (and, in full disclosure, mother of this questioner) |
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| "That is not a proper subject for the present time, young one. We will speak of it again when you are larger and have the wisdom to discuss it with the right respect for truth and supposition." |
| Gakrikrtro, verrik magister, in passing. (He approached me and began talking as though I had asked him my usual questions, but I had not said a word to him yet.) |
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| "Dragons seek power, yes, but they also embody power in a very real way. If they did not return during the Time of the Dramojh, they had at least seven good reasons. In the north of the Bitter Peaks I have seen, with my own eyes, one of those reasons. Look for a tower the wind does not touch and you might see it too, but beware- the wind is not the only thing that tower is guarded against.
"I suggest, too, that you consider my words. If those reasons are no longer sufficient, perhaps they have flipped like cards in the winds that can touch them- winds of fate. People say the dragons are returning because they want their homeland back, but what if they want something more specific? Seven somethings? "I would wish you good luck, but I know it would do no good. Still, may your spirit rest at ease when you have found your answers." |
Hi-Tranos of Du-Moros concludes: "In light of the verrik's words, I have suspended my series of interviews until I have been able to gather a group of explorers to visit the northern part of the Bitter Peaks."
