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Dragonborn

Genesis

Before the Mortal Wars, the dragonborn were a colorless, highly collective society — unified in culture and purpose. As their power grew, some dragonborn crossed the threshold from mortals into titans, becoming the first dragons.

The Divine Pact

Alarmed by the speed of dragonborn ascension, the United Pantheon intervened. They elevated two of the first dragons — Bahamut and Tiamat — into dragon deities. The Pantheon further split the dragonborn into an array of chromatic, metallic, and other colors. In exchange for their new divine status, Bahamut and Tiamat were to command the dragons to sow division among the dragonborn along color lines and across the moral spectrum — preventing the unified race from ever threatening the gods’ power again.

This fracturing set the stage for millennia of conflict between dragonborn subraces. For the broader history of the dragons themselves, see Dragons.

The War of Brother Kings

Among the first dragonborn to ascend were two brothers, Andes and Etlan, who became gold and green dragons respectively. Their ideological split over how to govern mortals erupted into a civil war that shaped the western continent. See War of Brother Kings for the full account.

The Mortal Wars and After

During the Mortal Wars, the dragons were hunted nearly to extinction and the dragonborn were driven into deep caverns, presumably slaughtered. The “current mythos” — that dragonborn were merely servants of the dragons who were chased underground — is a distortion of the truth. In reality, the dragonborn were one of the most powerful mortal races, and their suppression was by divine design.

After The Fall

When The Fall disintegrated the United Pantheon, the divine pact binding the dragonborn shifted. The dragonborn are no longer bound by the old pact. Their souls no longer default to Bahamut and Tiamat but go instead to whatever deity the individual dragonborn worshipped. What Bahamut and Tiamat do from this point forward is between them and the dragons alone.

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