May-19-2013, 11:35 AM (UTC)
Hmm... These beings got to thinking...
The Ducal palace was clearly once an Elderling fortress of some sort. Thus it was once home to dragons. But considering how the Chalcedans view dragons, something clearly happened to turn them against each other.
These beings have a theory on that. Most likely it was a different faction of Elderlings than the Kelsingrans. Just as humans come in many flavors, so must Elderlings have. Perhaps the Chalcedan Elderlings were of the very cruel sort, especially towards the end? Perhaps they oppressed the humans more than most Elderlings did? Then, when the cataclysm struck down Dragonkind, the people rose up against them. Anything even remotely related to them would then have been seen as bad. In time, because there was no reason to heal such wound, it would fester and turn, going from merely unwanted to hated. It would become the symbol for evil.
It is clear that with the new dragons and Elderlings cooperation will become more important. Perhaps they will then avoid the mistakes of the past, avoid the same fight for essential resources. At least for a few centuries (until population is of such size that it won't make sense to have a single "seat of power")
What do you think of that whole theory?
The Ducal palace was clearly once an Elderling fortress of some sort. Thus it was once home to dragons. But considering how the Chalcedans view dragons, something clearly happened to turn them against each other.
These beings have a theory on that. Most likely it was a different faction of Elderlings than the Kelsingrans. Just as humans come in many flavors, so must Elderlings have. Perhaps the Chalcedan Elderlings were of the very cruel sort, especially towards the end? Perhaps they oppressed the humans more than most Elderlings did? Then, when the cataclysm struck down Dragonkind, the people rose up against them. Anything even remotely related to them would then have been seen as bad. In time, because there was no reason to heal such wound, it would fester and turn, going from merely unwanted to hated. It would become the symbol for evil.
It is clear that with the new dragons and Elderlings cooperation will become more important. Perhaps they will then avoid the mistakes of the past, avoid the same fight for essential resources. At least for a few centuries (until population is of such size that it won't make sense to have a single "seat of power")
What do you think of that whole theory?