Dragons

From Eran

To my elder brother Johand,

I hope this letter finds you well. I am deeply troubled by the news you bring of draconic activity near Lakehold. I must admit the scarcity of information you bring makes me question whether I can be of any assistance. Nonetheless, if you intend to seek out and parley with such a creature, any knowledge is better than none. I hope perhaps some of this will prove useful to you, one way or another.

The Dragons are among the oldest creatures in history. They are said to be one of the original Elder People who first ruled Theras. Although the dragons that inhabit the world today are largely different from the majestic beasts of lost ages, make no mistake that they are nonetheless among the most fearsome creatures in existence.

When mention is made of dragons, I imagine most people will conjure images of the legends that that has installed such a fearsome image of them in our collective minds. Of mighty Andra singlehandedly burning the proud city of Manér to the ground in a fancy of anger, or the great Pyretongue routing the armies of Brennèl in the Third Magewar. Take heed in this at least, for I doubt you are facing such a force. These monsters, forces of nature in their own right, are the last survivors from the ages before mankind was created - they are exactly now as they were then in the image of the elder gods, a testimony to the awesome eldrich forces that ravaged Theras before it was tamed. I know of only four such creatures alive today. I cannot imagine more than a dozen could possibly exist and even so, most of them are no doubt hidden away in the depths of the earth, sleeping their sleep of the ages until a time comes when they can again roam the skies unchallenged.

It seems however that since charge of this world was handed to the Young Gods, the offspring of these immortal elder people acquired the mortality of the new world order.