The Elder dragon gods - Before Tiamat and her brother Bahamut created the 10 bloodlines, dragons grew more chaotic and wilder than mortals today could imagine. Many were both the first and last of their lines, others have kin still lurking in darkened glens or forgotten mountains, colorless and feral, some cherished few attained Godhood.
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Amatsuma the Eternal Storm – A great serpentine Dragon of with vivid yellow scales and the pales of white streaks across his sides. In his mortal life this great dragonlord was a talented elementalist who could wield whole storms as a weapon. He later achieved godhood and became the Eternal Storm, his mere presence spawning horrific hurricanes and massive lightning storms. His worship is found in elementalist temples and ancient draconic shrines a like. Sailors are most often those who call Amatsuma often ask for his mercy in passing through storms, a sea witch on the other hand might curse a sailor by drawing Amatsumas wrath upon them.
Myojin Dragon God of Fire and War. - One of the first dragon gods, Myojin predates even Tiamat, it is said that all dragon fire was handed down through Myojin who swallowed a long dead dwarven fire god. Myojin is a war god among dragons, but not the petty genocides that dragons might inflict upon mortals, Myojin is a god of draconic war. To invoke Myojins name is to invoke clan rights, and it is under his watchful eye that draconic parlay occurs. For a dragon to breach draconic treaty is to invite Myojins wrath. Dragons seldom wage clan wars, but when they do every ancient rule is abided by on both sides out of fear and respect for Great Myojin
Nerio – A great lumbering beast of a dragon. It is said she was once black scaled, and payed an elvish smith handsomely to gold plait each of her scales. Statues to her honor are often solid gold and depict her with diamond studded wings. Nerio is the Goddess of Draconic wealth, and the richest dragon to have ever lived. She is the original hoarder, from whom all draconic hoarding stems, but she is also suave and cunning. It is said that she coveted the world and so became a god, but as a god she became of aware of much greater things to covet. Few invoke her name but the desperate and the greedy, once it was said that melting a golden coin in her name could bring good fortune, but those who curry true favor give up so much more to this envious god.
Uthanlos God of Ice and Mountains, Father of Drakes -- The Great White Terror Uthanlos was always a feral dragon, throwing around his sheer size and brutality to get his way. His territory was absolute and he had no need for language or civility, he would wage war against any who dare impede on his domain. It did not take long for Uthanlos to become despised among the great elder dragons, and soon Myojin came to bring Uthanlos into line. The two raged across the mountain tops, ice and fire leveling whole mountains and creating whole glaciers. Dwarves believe this fight is what created the first volcanoes as the two dragons drove the mountains to a boiling rage. After several years myojin, victoriously tore off Uthanlos wings and cast him to the mountain side to die. But Uthanlos did not die, and though he healed his wings never regrew, and his hatred for all dragon kind drove him mad. Uthanlos is the father of drakes, and though his name is seldom worshipped, the druids sometimes whisper his name in their chants of rage, and barbarians depict the great white terror, a coiled wingless beast upon their standards.
Xetesk the Pale – Somber, black eyed Xetesk is a pale and ancient goddess of passing. Xetesk was once a great purple scaled dragon, a ruler of kingdoms, she fond herself immersed in the lives of mortals and their praises rang in her ears. But Xetesk found that none of these mortal praises lasted long, and the sorrow and loss when her favorite humans wilted before her eyes outweighed their praise. She committed ritualized suicide and became a draconic goddess of death in order to be reunited with her lost worshippers, and now she serves as a shepherd of souls. Her worshippers despise necromancy in all it's forms and strive to act as shepherds to both the living and the dead, helping the living to find their "Death Path", a phrase which here means the path of life which leads them to the best possible death (think of it as really grim dark legacy crafting, how will people remember you?) and helping the dead to find peace with the paths they walked in life. Xeteskian priests are common funeral orators.
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Amatsuma the Eternal Storm – A great serpentine Dragon of with vivid yellow scales and the pales of white streaks across his sides. In his mortal life this great dragonlord was a talented elementalist who could wield whole storms as a weapon. He later achieved godhood and became the Eternal Storm, his mere presence spawning horrific hurricanes and massive lightning storms. His worship is found in elementalist temples and ancient draconic shrines a like. Sailors are most often those who call Amatsuma often ask for his mercy in passing through storms, a sea witch on the other hand might curse a sailor by drawing Amatsumas wrath upon them.
Myojin Dragon God of Fire and War. - One of the first dragon gods, Myojin predates even Tiamat, it is said that all dragon fire was handed down through Myojin who swallowed a long dead dwarven fire god. Myojin is a war god among dragons, but not the petty genocides that dragons might inflict upon mortals, Myojin is a god of draconic war. To invoke Myojins name is to invoke clan rights, and it is under his watchful eye that draconic parlay occurs. For a dragon to breach draconic treaty is to invite Myojins wrath. Dragons seldom wage clan wars, but when they do every ancient rule is abided by on both sides out of fear and respect for Great Myojin
Nerio – A great lumbering beast of a dragon. It is said she was once black scaled, and payed an elvish smith handsomely to gold plait each of her scales. Statues to her honor are often solid gold and depict her with diamond studded wings. Nerio is the Goddess of Draconic wealth, and the richest dragon to have ever lived. She is the original hoarder, from whom all draconic hoarding stems, but she is also suave and cunning. It is said that she coveted the world and so became a god, but as a god she became of aware of much greater things to covet. Few invoke her name but the desperate and the greedy, once it was said that melting a golden coin in her name could bring good fortune, but those who curry true favor give up so much more to this envious god.
Uthanlos God of Ice and Mountains, Father of Drakes -- The Great White Terror Uthanlos was always a feral dragon, throwing around his sheer size and brutality to get his way. His territory was absolute and he had no need for language or civility, he would wage war against any who dare impede on his domain. It did not take long for Uthanlos to become despised among the great elder dragons, and soon Myojin came to bring Uthanlos into line. The two raged across the mountain tops, ice and fire leveling whole mountains and creating whole glaciers. Dwarves believe this fight is what created the first volcanoes as the two dragons drove the mountains to a boiling rage. After several years myojin, victoriously tore off Uthanlos wings and cast him to the mountain side to die. But Uthanlos did not die, and though he healed his wings never regrew, and his hatred for all dragon kind drove him mad. Uthanlos is the father of drakes, and though his name is seldom worshipped, the druids sometimes whisper his name in their chants of rage, and barbarians depict the great white terror, a coiled wingless beast upon their standards.
Xetesk the Pale – Somber, black eyed Xetesk is a pale and ancient goddess of passing. Xetesk was once a great purple scaled dragon, a ruler of kingdoms, she fond herself immersed in the lives of mortals and their praises rang in her ears. But Xetesk found that none of these mortal praises lasted long, and the sorrow and loss when her favorite humans wilted before her eyes outweighed their praise. She committed ritualized suicide and became a draconic goddess of death in order to be reunited with her lost worshippers, and now she serves as a shepherd of souls. Her worshippers despise necromancy in all it's forms and strive to act as shepherds to both the living and the dead, helping the living to find their "Death Path", a phrase which here means the path of life which leads them to the best possible death (think of it as really grim dark legacy crafting, how will people remember you?) and helping the dead to find peace with the paths they walked in life. Xeteskian priests are common funeral orators.
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