Cerilian Dragons...

[hobbychest@pcsia.co]

BI>Where do Cerilian dragons originate from? I have read through the
BI>"official" timeline from Dragon #241 and looked through some other stuff
BI>but nowhere do i find any sort of reference to the origin of dragons.
BI>For example, in the #241 timeline, it begins with the creation of elves
BI>from the four elements in the -1600 HC or something and later on in the
BI>line, each origin of each major Cerilian race is given (dwarfs emerged
BI>in such and such a year, the Andu arrived then, etc), except for the
BI>dragons. Instead, the first metion of dragons is of Tarazin the Gray (i
BI>think) and from the context if the entry, it was pretty obvious he was
BI>already pretty old and powerful.

I would say that dragons predated history. Treat the timeline as a
known history. Dragons aren't out telling anyone else how old they
really are, so just assume they come from well before -1600 HC.

Robert Thomson

[Ed Stark]

At 11:09 PM 11/14/97 +1000, you wrote:
>A question:
>
>Where do Cerilian dragons originate from? I have read through the
>"official" timeline from Dragon #241 and looked through some other stuff
>but nowhere do i find any sort of reference to the origin of dragons.
>For example, in the #241 timeline, it begins with the creation of elves
>from the four elements in the -1600 HC or something and later on in the
>line, each origin of each major Cerilian race is given (dwarfs emerged
>in such and such a year, the Andu arrived then, etc), except for the
>dragons. Instead, the first metion of dragons is of Tarazin the Gray (i
>think) and from the context if the entry, it was pretty obvious he was
>already pretty old and powerful.
>
>Ed: Is there an "official" dragon history?
>
>Dragon.
>
Dragons of Cerilia are so old that their origins have, so far, been lost in
the depths of time. It is theorized that, before the Battle of Mount
Deismaar, there were more dragons, and dragons fought on both sides of the
conflict (see the "Fire in the Five Peaks" article), but, even then,
dragons were on the decline in Cerilia.

Some say that over the Sea of Dragons wait more dragons to be discovered.
But others believe the Sea of Dragons got its name because of the Cerilian
dragons the Basarji encountered on the way to Cerilia. No one knows for sure.

Whatever the case, dragons predate humans and probably even elves on
Cerilia. KING OF THE GIANTDOWNS has a mention of them alive when giants and
titans supposedly ruled Cerilia.


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