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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 281106" data-attributes="member: 2012">And finally, tidbits about dragons on Harqual...Dragons of HarqualThe dragons of Harqual are a little different than dragons on other worlds.  Now, you’re probably saying ‘I’ve heard that one before!’Ah, but they are.You see dragons are linked to the gods and the elements.  Dragons epitomise the Four Elements and the union of the beneficial powers of these elements.  They also represent the paradox at the heart of being the mutual dependence of light and dark, creation and destruction, male and female.  Dragons are the unifying force underlying these opposites and symbolise magical energy, neither good nor evil, that supports the physical world and which can be used for either good or evil purposes.All this makes the dragons of Harqual an important part of the cycles of life and passing seasons.  Amongst the members of Pantheon of the North, dragons are considered part of the natural world just like any other intelligent race or member of the animal kingdom.  Thus, they are not hunted as monsters and are even considered special children of the gods.  Daghdha’s druids will help dragons fit into the Balance and will even teach abandoned new-borns, of any color, to live in the bounds of the natural world.  It is considered a great honor to have a dragon as a patron or to be given the title of Dragon Friend.Note that not all Chromatics are evil and not all Metallics are good.  In fact, most dragons of Harqual are either neutral in alignment or simply don’t live long.  Many of the more radical aligned dragons (such as Black, Gold, Red and Silver) don’t even exist in great numbers on Harqual.  Those that do are either young neutral dragons in the company of druids or older dragons that are hiding from the outside world.  However, all colors of dragons do exist on Harqual, even Gem, Shadow, Yellow, etc.  Almost all of them follow the Balance and it is considered a good omen to spot one soaring through the sky.The oldest dragon of each color on Harqual is called The Majestic.  Thus, the great blue dragon of the Great Expanse is known as Adamanditar, The Majestic Blue.  The Majestics are always neutral and are the greatest protectors of the Balance.  The Majestics gather once every 5 years for the Wyrmtide on the first day of Summerfall to celebrate the passing of the seasons and to discuss recent events that are endangering the Balance.  These meetings are the draconic version of a Druids’ Circle.  The last Wyrmtide was three years before the Year of the Dawn (748 N.C.).It is considered blasphemous to kill a dragon that lives within the Balance but not so if the dragon is considered Rouge.  The Majestics have often sponsored adventurers to hunt down rouge dragons endangering the Balance and have just recently (in the last 20 years) commissioned an elite group of adventurers known as the Knights Majestic.  These groups of knights never refer to themselves as dragon slayers and will be insulted by any that call them such.The Knights accept fighters, rangers, druids, sorcerers, rogues and bards.  They do not accept paladins and most wizards into the Order due to those individuals extreme ideals.  This includes elementalist because they rely on one or two particular elements instead of a balance of forces.Now you are probably wondering ‘where in Hades were the dragons during all this war and death?’  And the answer is simpler than it seems at first.  They were protecting the Balance during the wars that raged across Harqual.  It was not their duty to get involved in the conflict but to minimise and repair the damage that was done during the wars to nature and its creatures.Not even the few rouge dragons through the centuries would dare form an alliance with the Empire of Swords.  For if they did, the Majestics would have got involved and wiped the evil mortals of the Imperium off the face of Harqual, as well as the rouges.  The Pantheon of the North knew that widespread devastation would be the result from the dragons entering the wars and forbade them to get involved.  It would not have been good for the Balance.  Thus, the dragons remained on the sideline, helping the Priests of Daghdha and Larea protect the Balance from the ravages of war.  This is why the land rebounded so quickly and the civilizations did not.</blockquote>

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