Flora & Fauna: Dragons revisited.

Dear Reader,

In my previous post regarding dragons, I spoke predominantly about the lesser wyrms. I didn't cover much about greater wyrms except for a few by notes on how they have exerted influence over humanity and the elder races, shaping the course of history. The greater wyrms are beings of pure magic. This lends them towards what a certain gaming system would call a true-neutral alignment. They are generally indifferent towards humanity which these ancient creatures consider to be a young and developing race.

Some have taken an interest in guiding the development of the human race but most are more concerned with preparation for the coming of the next great Age of history. Dragons are perhaps the oldest of creatures. The greater wyrms are the direct children of the god Kaileth. The lesser wyrms are the accidental result of their incarnation having an 'echo' effect. That is, when the greater wyrms took on bodies in their true form, the magic radiated around the area and stones beneath them were transformed into eggs. From these first eggs that were not the result of greater wyrm reproduction, came the hatchlings that grew into the lesser wyrms.

For a period of time, the greater wyrms and the lesser wyrms had a symbiotic relationship. The greater wyrms provided protection for the  more vulnerable lesser wyrms as the lesser wyrms foraged and brought back food for the first clutches. Then the lesser wyrms began to grow aggressive. The greater wyrms, concerned for their own broods, moved away from the lesser wyrms to protect their hatchlings from the predatory behavior of the lesser wyrms against hatchlings of other broods.

In the time before humanity and the elder races, the greater wyrms had a society of sorts. They had their own written languages. Because they had always been creatures of magic, they possessed the ability to read any language or understand any spoken word because they were the keepers of the primordial language of creation. With this primordial language of creation, they could manipulate the fabric of reality. Thus, a greater wyrm could warp physical space to fit their enormous form or shift time's flow within a given location.