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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4769921" data-attributes="member: 20715"><p><strong>Anthropomorphic Animals</strong></p><p></p><p>Dragons came into being shortly after the Awakening (as dragons call the ascension of Ka). In effect, whenever the Astral Plane comes close to coalescing into an actual “thought,” that pseudo-thought materializes as a dragon on the material plane. Right after the Awakening, this happened fairly frequently. Over time, the incidence of this dropped off until it is almost unknown in modern times. Luckily for dragons, they came equipped with the means of propagating themselves.</p><p></p><p>Dragons, like thoughts, came with various ethical leanings. Those most compatible with humans had a desire to befriend and even aid local communities. This was rarely very successful. It turns out that most people react similarly to giant magical lizards regardless of the actual ethical alignment of the creature involved. As inherently magical creatures, the more friendly dragons came up with a solution.</p><p></p><p>The dragonborn were created to serve as intermediaries and servants among humanity. They combine that which is most impressive in dragons with human characteristics that allow them to relate. In fact, dragonborn were specifically created to enjoy interacting with humans, and so many prefer to act as stalwart members of human communities, or to travel around, experiencing the variety of human existence. Over the years, dragons released many of the dragonborn from service for a variety of reasons (including death, as dragons are not technically immortal). Thus, there are plenty of independent populations to serve as the home of adventuring player charcters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4769921, member: 20715"] [B]Anthropomorphic Animals[/B] Dragons came into being shortly after the Awakening (as dragons call the ascension of Ka). In effect, whenever the Astral Plane comes close to coalescing into an actual “thought,” that pseudo-thought materializes as a dragon on the material plane. Right after the Awakening, this happened fairly frequently. Over time, the incidence of this dropped off until it is almost unknown in modern times. Luckily for dragons, they came equipped with the means of propagating themselves. Dragons, like thoughts, came with various ethical leanings. Those most compatible with humans had a desire to befriend and even aid local communities. This was rarely very successful. It turns out that most people react similarly to giant magical lizards regardless of the actual ethical alignment of the creature involved. As inherently magical creatures, the more friendly dragons came up with a solution. The dragonborn were created to serve as intermediaries and servants among humanity. They combine that which is most impressive in dragons with human characteristics that allow them to relate. In fact, dragonborn were specifically created to enjoy interacting with humans, and so many prefer to act as stalwart members of human communities, or to travel around, experiencing the variety of human existence. Over the years, dragons released many of the dragonborn from service for a variety of reasons (including death, as dragons are not technically immortal). Thus, there are plenty of independent populations to serve as the home of adventuring player charcters. [/QUOTE]
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