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[clya-lyren]

Important:

Ridgeback hairstylist who attaches bones/shells/other soft pointies to his snoot to comb fur of other dragons

Bonus bonus: his clients think his closeness is weird at first but he does such an amazing job they always come back

[archaic-fr]

On deities and exaltation

Essentially, my lore revolves around a particular headcanon about the deities and their existence. Namely: they do not have true corporeal forms.

The deities are powerful creatures, but lean more towards spiritual beings than huge, immortal dragons. The forms that we know are common depictions of them, but may not be entirely correct. They're more of an ode to a commonly accepted image than they are truth. In reality, the deities are likely considered to be far more complex and should be able to alter their form. Being spiritual beings they have no need for a corporeal body.

The elemental lands are not merely reflections of these deities, they are one with the deities. The lands are very much like a maelstrom of elemental energy, with the highest concentration at the core, and energy flowing outwards. The core is not necessarily where the deity may reside, but is the center of their elemental power, that which sustains the land. This allows deities to instantly travel to any point in their domain through this self-conceived energy, or even show themselves at multiple places at the same time.

This use of domains only started after the Third Age, when the deities each claimed land and began their reign. Contrary to some history books, the deities did not leave peacefully after the destruction of the Pillar, each wishing their own vision for this uninhabited wasteland that was once their world. After many clashes, the land was carved into eleven pieces that the deities made their own; land which they linked to their element to forever hold.

The way the deities sustain this energy is through their creations. First generation dragons are products of a deity's energy condensed into a lifeform, and are considered to be quite powerful and revered because of this. They are direct products of the domain in which they were created. These first dragons were blessed with the knowledge of creation themselves, and multiplied. While first generation dragons had powerful raw magic, this magic turned more refined further down the line of generations, and waned, causing the deities to supply new first generations to refresh the magic pool. In general: this process of creation led to the colourful eyes of dragons, as dragons are formed from the energy in the land they are born.

This is where exaltation comes in. When a dragon perishes, their soul and power are absorbed into the land in which they died, but the output of this energy is considered low. When a dragon is exalted, they leave their mortal shell with an awareness of what they must do, and their soul and energy is transferred into the domain of the deity they serve. It's this exact energy that the deities crave. A powerful force to replenish the elemental energy lost to the creation and sustaining of their domain and spawn.

Exalted dragons will have their spirits absorbed into the element they serve and will be able to wander this land as part of their deity. This makes the exalted much like a hivemind, with the deities at the core. The more exaltations, the more powerful a deity becomes, and the land will start to crawl outwards to fit this increase in energy.

This also means that dragons were placed on Sornieth to be successful, in order to profit from this later and increase their deity's power. Dragons are expected to make something of their lives in order to serve their deity properly, yet only the most exceptional dragons tend to be acknowledged by a deity. Even the most exceptional of dragons will be subjected to this hivemind, as autonomy cannot exist in servitude.

This does not mean that the deities are careless with their creations. They still steer and guide them onto the correct path, but with the massive increase in dragons this becomes hard. In order to combat this issue, deities will leave cryptic hints to the keenest of dragons, in order for them to guide their brethren. Deities will hardly ever directly speak to dragons, but leave hints and clues for them to figure out. Dragons who pick up on these clues and follow them may find themselves with an extra bit of luck, like someone is on their side.

Some deities are entirely more cryptic than others, shaping the minds of their creations in the process. Other deities are more fond of a direct approach and instilling fear into their creations. In the end: all elemental dragons are products of their deity's approach to this never-ending cycle of giving and receiving the energy they need.

[bloodclawfr]

Most rooms in the Bloodclaw’s lair were pretty barren but that was no problem at all, once a dragon choose a room The Designer (an arcane dragon with a pronounced interest for furniture) would decorate it as they liked, that included giant pools with fishes, small volcanoes, tall trees, whatever a dragon may dream of.

Some more nostalgic dragons would bring their material things with them, like their plush dolls or a familiar to live with.

Most hatchlings are encouraged to keep a familiar with them until they enter adulthood for company and protection. Most of them are also not allowed to keep the same familiar since they would get jealous and Lilith doesn't like hatchling's quarrels.

Nevertheless a lot of dragons, adult and hatchlings alike loved to hoard certain items like chess pieces, broken pots and urns, Kirye recently started to hoard combs and would never lend them to anyone but Shiryu.

Luckily every one of them agreed to clean and tidy their own room so the assassin went by the rule of "their room, their problem".

Not like he was the tidiest person, his own room was a mess, but as he always said, if he tripped on some strange rare artifact and broke his bones it would be his fault and his problem.

(Even though Evron was always there to check, he didn't want the reckless man to unleash some raging spirit or only the gods know what else, Nightbane was more than enough.)

[happygardenfr]

My hc for snapper movement is still the hoppy hoppy thing But not frog like hopping, rabbit hopping Where it's more of a shuffle hop that I leap in the air