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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Twilight for Dragons
I will try to keep the terms simple enough for those who are unfamiliar with Storyteller games. As such, I will keep such things as rules and other background information behind the World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness to a bare minimum. At the dawn of time, the Ministers of Creations mad dragons to fulfill a certain role. These Primordial ones begat the Progeny of lesser dragons. Unfortunately, dragons' role ultimately went to lesser creatures, namely humanity. Over time, dragons began to fade, hiding away from the world, with few new ones being born. However, they weren't gone; their souls were being Incarnated into human bodies, although bereft of many of their memories. They still could access some, if not all, of their former selves. With the act of Sublimation, they could briefly return subsume their human form into their souls, and return to their original Epitome true forms. There would be six primary types: winged drakes, limbless wurms, celestial l'ung, saurian orms, venomous basilisks, and even the vaguely humanoid sphinxes. There are also familial sub-forms that weren't as common, and offered their own benefits and drawbacks. There would be a risk though of losing the basic Dichotomy between their two sides; either a savage Ferocity leading to wanton destruction or a bewildering Perplexity where one would temporarily lose contact with their souls and be little more than human. Far safer are the facets, mystical elemental powers that are fueled by the many-hued chroma, the energy of creation, that they can access through specially prepared chabocon gemstones. Even with so few around, societies formed, based around a Primordial Paragon, whose philosphies a group would follow. Such ideals as whether to lead openly or behind the scenes dominate, with the pursuit of the dragon current condition secondary. While being in an Allegiance would offer much, it could lead to the feeling of askance against others, a mistrusting of sorts. The few memories that remain detail a Primordial whose betrayal may have led to their current condition. All that is known is its current name, Hydra. Now, its Hosts of mutated dragon hydrae seek the corruption and utter destruction of reality. Yet none can be sure who is really safe and who is being false. For untold time, only a few dragons would remember themselves enough to hatch and Incarnate in their current sojourn as human to regain some of their former glory, but with each Convergence of mystical events, more remember. With the recent total solar eclipse, large numbers now emerge to face the Twilight passing and try to beat it back, with humanity and even most other supernatural beings under the delusion that dragons don't exist anymore in reality, as few can face such wonders and remain conscious of it. As a certain battle is coming, the question is being raised--What does it mean to be a dragon?
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