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I suppose this is the best forum for this, although it could easily be in the Bestiary or the Peoples, Races, Tribes section, yet here it shall be posted.
Many of you have asked some very pertinent questions about the Dragons of my Red World. Two very important questions have plagued me since then:
1. Why would the dragons just go and try to kill all the men?
2.a. Why was it bad for Blurin the Water dragon to not join them?
b. Why would just disobeying the dragon council cast Blurin away and cause him to fall into evil?
Thus, I penned this piece, in the voice of Iorin the Star dragon. Here he explains these questions in a very dragonish way... *from here on out, hear only the voice of a wise old dragon as he pens words, feeling remorse, wonder, and nostalgia, *
We were once the soul lords of this land. We thought that the world was given to us, its fate ours to decide, its destiny ours to steer. Aerykun was our only opponent, and he was only a shadow of fear.
Two thousand, twenty, and one years ago we were sent here, to tame the wilderness, to undo our master. Now we hide deep in mountains, forests, hills. We are no more than wolves for how we fear men. And like wolves we hate them.
Not even my wisdom can understand them. They speak dooms, but do not know their power. They are such fragile beings, made of flesh and fur, yet they survive all terrors. They have no craft, yet they mold the world. HE must have sent them here.
Perhaps they are here to test us. Maybe they grow our strength through war. Perhaps humility is the goal.
Their moral selves, their shadows and spirits, though, intrigue me. They are intrinsically evil, self-devoted, prideful beings. They talk as though their words were idle, while giving them such significance. The greatest fools, yet with such cunning.
This is why we sought to destroy them, for they were weak, foolish, evil creatures to our eyes. We did not see their strength, cunning, and yea, their capacity for goodness. We, over-zealous selves, overlooked what good they might be.
I am glad we did not curse Blurin. It is a sorrow that he cursed himself. But my spirit tells me it must be so. The storms of the South still rage. I know he is there.
He thought us evil for our desire to destroy them. He saw only a little more than us though. He thought their strength came from their shadows. We see now that it came from their spirits. Aerykun made his move when we warred with them.
Kion, too, warred with them to long, and to much. He should have given them their lands which they desired. They should have been our friends. Yet as enemies they may still teach us much.
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Wow. Awesome.