Throne of Vjalen
It's been ages since I last made a lore post so I'm a bit dusty with my own tagging system and all that but anygays, this is important. Because SHE
Cathania, Cat, mom to Dhaleil aka Orestes, my boy Ori. She's the queen of my Ice side clan Vjalen and I've been breeding for these very specific colours for YEARS bc she needed to be exact lookalike of Orestes when he was still a Skydancer, just older, aged beyond her years because of her grief for her lost son and the sacrifices she has made, trying to find him.
This was a multigenerational breeding project that finally ended up giving me nest with two dragons with the colours I wanted. And well, I couldn't give up either, so in comes HE
Cazeolath, Caz, Cat's brother and Dhaleil's uncle. He's the next in line for the throne and absolutely doesn't want it. He has a comfortable life and while smart, the whole ruler thing feels daunting. He would rather use his brains for theoretical things and literature. It might be a bit selfish motive but finding Dhaleil is just as important to him as it is to his sister.
But then, since the breeding project took so long and I got so many pretty dragons out of it, Cazeolath was actually already there. Which brings us to HIM
Venican, bc of course I couldn't just kick the dragon formerly known as Caz out of my lair o.O He's now a cousin. Something like fourth in line for the throne and so there will be all this intrigue and plotting in Vjalen bc he too wants absolutely nothing to do with the whole thing, meaning he's also very in for the idea of finding Dhaleil. His parents on the other hand...
And yes yes his parents, Daena and Zeolath, of course I still have them too, not exalted yet so I still have the option to keep them around if I want to :P
Of course none of these dragons is actually on-site related to Orestes bc that boy is already 7 years old and his parent's lair has been dead for years.
Anyways, Vjalen lore is not that fleshed out yet, but I can take it to very different direction from Pergamon bc unlike in most of the realm, Icefield has no oppressive deity presence and strong kingdoms with strong militaries have been able to be born.