Notes on the Dragon Council and Dragons

These notes are made available through the efforts of the Lore Masters' Guild Members, and specifically due to the efforts of Mevanwy Atrepides and Duke Darius. The printing bears the mark of the Duchess Elavir, an official publication, ordered by Midnight with full permission of Mevanwy Atrepides.

The title reads: Notes from the Lore Masters' Guild - Subject: Dragon Council and Dragons


Note: Some of this information is several years old, or was gained during rushed opportunities, so the accuracy of information may not be entirely as high as I would like.

Dragons and the Dragon Council
● Long ago, in the age of dragons, there were many dragons spread throughout the shard. They often fought over territory, which proved routinely cataclysmic to the land and the shard itself. As such, a number of them formed the Dragon Council, to keep dragons from fighting one another and to keep dragonkind from meddling in mortal affairs. Any dragon that did not adhere to these restrictions was annihilated, or worse.
○ Our shard was once much larger. What we have now is what could be saved.
○ Mortals began to proliferate soon after the creation of the Council
○ Council is based in Wyvern’s Watch, they have legions of dragonmen there

● Per Doomwing (420), after the formation of the Council, dozens of dragons were lied to, imprisoned, and forced into slumber at various nexi of ley lines throughout our shard. Landbond stones placed on top of these sleeping dragons.
○ The stones and dragons provide mortals with the magic we use, and keep our shard from falling into the void. If all energy is drained from the landbond network or all sleepers are destroyed/awakened, magic will cease to function, and the shard consigned to the void.

● Members of the Council:
○ Entropy: female dracolich, rarely speaks above a whisper, her voice brings death
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■ Very fond of making deals, especially those involving long-term investments such as real estate
■ Uses the Offices of Veren, Hargrove, and Whitehart as her agents in the mortal world to provide her with plausible deniability for“meddling.”
● Most commonly interact with representatives are Advocate Gideon Woodbridge (human) and Notary Credence Abbott (sylvanborn)
○ Flagris: red, believes that burning all mortalkind and starting over is the best plan
○ Ruthless: multi-headed, polychromatic
○ Justice: platinum, black-and-white sense of morality
○ Tar’narinthia: female, gold, most likely to be sympathetic to mortals
○ Onyx: black
○ Feldspar: green
○ Tar’navarria: platinum
○ Icen: blue
○ Aurum: gold
○ Tar’nakifinth: white
○ Noctis: two-headed blue
○ Tar’genesis, Prima
○ Draco: leaf dragon
■ Note: the prefix “Tar” indicates the steward of a land
● Seneschal Eldric the Nimble is often the herald and arbiter of the Council
● Dragons unattached to the Council
○ Var’natarin the Ancient (deceased) - mentor of Archmage Turnok Bristlebeard
○ Tarna’kesis - gold dragon, perceives himself to be the steward of our shard. According to the dragons, our shard’s name is Tarna’kesia.
■ Forced to mortality by the Council due to his meddling in mortal affairs (creation of the Cave of Chivalry, routinely in contact with our kings over the years, encouragement to create the eight tenet of the Code of Chivalry) in exchange for information about

Doomwing’s meddling
Doomwing - ex-black dragon, artificer, experimenter
■ Forced to mortality by the Council once mortals brought to light his meddling in mortal affairs (creation of artifacts and proliferation throughout the land). Current power unknown
■ Per his own words, he works to diminish Outsider influence in our shard. Several of his artifacts imprison Outsiders.

Kamala - spirit of a polychromatic dragon, guardian of the ley line network, recently freed from imprisonment within the void due to interference from Dreadrot
● Mortals visited Dragon Council in October, 417 to discuss meddling of

Tarna’kesis and Doomwing
○ 6 physically present, 3 by mirror.
○ Best guess of dragons present: Entropy, Flagris, Tar’narinthia, Onyx, Justice, Icen, Feldspar, Aurum, Ruthless
● Some beings appear capable of using a black rose with ritual sayings to force peaceful interactions upon the Dragon Council.


History of Dreadrot
Once a dryad who guarded over a land bond stone. Began to bond to multiples, and then became corrupted (either by the power, by Entropy, or both), becoming a vampire lich.
● Possesses numerous phylacteries hidden throughout the kingdom, all must be destroyed to destroy him.
○ Phylactery locations:
■ Aspen Woods (SE corner, on the border of Acarthia and the Aspen Woods)
■ Deaths Isles (main island, in the mountains. They said “Volcano Island”)
■ The Fens, next to the singed desert.
■ The Black Mountains, where the Dark Elves live. Within the Dark Elves’ realms, deep within.
■ Forest Watch (though they suspect it is actually in the Necropolis) - We think that since Doomwing went into Forest Watch
■ Moorfield Keep
■ Carthago, the (previously) Lost City, inside the 7th Circle (Note: It was likely thrown into the Well for safe keeping, or at least near the well)
● Primary seat of power is deep in the Aspen Woods, where he has a corrupted spirit tree atop a land bond stone. Legions of undead minions, dark unicorns, and the power of a corrupted land bond stone itself
● Connection with the elven queen in Aspen Woods throughout history, routinely lurking in the background of history to pull strings. Likely agent of his attack on Forestwatch in 416 was the son of the elven queen.
○ Has attacked Forestwatch multiple times throughout history, reasons known but kept confidential.
● Appears to work for Entropy, they work together to protect the shard from Outsider influence by trying to turn all living beings undead.
○ Outsiders cannot touch or influence the undead (per Theater of the Dead, 419)
● Was once called to join together with villains from many shards by Aelin Mor (416, I believe) in an attempt to create a powerful dragon by the name of Silence, foiled by multi-shard adventurer efforts.
○ Dreadrot did not go himself, but sent a minion to provide an artifact of power (nature unknown) History of interactions between Entropy, Doomwing, Dreadrot, Outsiders
Per Theater of the Dead, Entropy and Doomwing were once partners, appeared to be in love. They abhorred Outsiders, but disagreed on methods of dealing with them.
● She became a Dracolich, he sought to imprison them within artifacts
○ Dragon Tamer, weapon used by Dargok to kill Duke Jonathan Tiberion (and countless others) contained an Outsider (name unknown). Outsider transformed the wielders into something which would inflict the worst pain upon them, appears to feed on pain.
■ Dragon Tamer destroyed in 419 by Baron Darius Rivervale to limit Outsider possession and influence, Outsider freed to unknown locations
○ Artifact in an undead necropolis thought to contain an Outsider
■ Outsider within may have been freed in 419 by Belswin Torrid in concert with Doomwing, to prevent Dreadrot gaining access to the necropolis and the artifact
● Dreadrot corrupted in the same ritual as Entropy, they are thought to be linked mystically.
● In 418, Entropy transported all living beings on the shard to the plane of death to allow destruction of the being known as Umbrasil (true nature unknown). Per Doomwing, when the shard was transported back, it was brought back closer to the void than before; furthermore, undead had taken the opportunity to proliferate throughout the kingdom, likely at Entropy and Dreadrot’s behest.


Spinners/Spinner Books
● Spinners are a kind of time elemental charged with the observation of timelines. They each carry a book which outlines one specific timeline; when timelines are changed, such as Dargok being turned undead by his shaman, they destroy the book and must create a new one.
○ Part of their role appears to be ensuring that timelines move forward as they should and inhibiting outside influences to time
● Typically appear as black-cloaked figures with no face.
● Doomwing once gained access to a Spinner Book, and discussed the possible timelines therein within a journal he wrote (original since returned to its timeline by order elementals).
○ This implies that Spinner Books show possibilities for the future and most likely outcomes, but are not a perfect record of everything that will be. The actions of those who can most impact fate can make drastic alterations.
● Dreadrot in possession of a Spinner Book.


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Midnight is working with the Duchess to distribute this document to all corners of the shard so that all may know. Acarthian Riders deliver these to taverns and inns across the entire shard. He makes special care to have them delivered to the Dark Elves and the Dwarfs as well. Lastly he includes a copy to Aetheria, for Neysa.
 
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