The Dragonborns of
Sailan are a very proud race, full of traditions and conservative thought. There were some Dragonborns outside the continent before the Age of Rediscovery in the
Third Age, Kingdoms but they were clanless and were treated as curiosity, while in the
Jadeite Empire, they are greater citizens of the nation, right after Dragons. Their history starts in the
Second Age, Godswar. The
Jade Emperor fought many battles against the Elven gods during
The Elder War, so he bleed many times, recovering mostly in future
Sailan. His blood would mix with the water. Humans, of that Age that would drink it, would become monsters. This would bring the wrath of many other gods and he didn't need new enemies. He slew all those that drank his blood (those that survived, drank his diluted blood without turning into beasts, becoming later
Dragonblood Humans) and saw the need of smaller creatures that would help him in many tasks. First, he thought of the
Kobolds but he saw them as too simple. Using his influence, he gathered the blood of many Dragons, mixed it with his own and the soil. Making clay guardians that would become the ancestors of the Dragonborns (Born of Dragons is the name for the first Dragonborn). These humanoids would travel with the Jade Emperor and work as his liaisons, over time he needed more of them, thus he started a new race, granting them powers to reproduce. Most of their progeny would stay in the future
Sailan, while others would stay in other places in the world. After the
Second Age, Godswar ended, those outside Sailan were thought to be dead, while themselves would forget their ancestry. Many Dragonborns of Sailan do not tell certain specifics of their creation as the
Gilded Hand helped the Jade Emperor create the Dragonborn, he gathered the blood, convinced others without the need of a fight and even gave some of his powers to empower the Dragonborn during their conception. Those that tell this part of the story are brandished as heretics and killed as the Gilded Hand is seen as a traitor deity in the
Jadeite Empire.
On Tethys
The Dragonborn of
Sailan are divided in clans, based on their ancestry. Most of them live in the
Jadeite Empire, they worship their creator (
Jade Emperor), keep in reverence other
Dragons and their ancestors. They are tightly knit community. Most of the Dragonborn from Sailan found outside the continent are traders, explorers, mostly nobles wanting to see the world. The Dragonborn, whose heritage lies elsewhere, are clanless. They live their lives similar to the human counterparts as they have almost none of their drive to revere tradition and ancestry from
Sailan. Both sides do not like each other, sometimes with death on the line. The Dragonless nickname was coined for them, which they hate. They do have their own nations like
Oxantia and they serve in courts to dragons of the
Old World like in
Albersberg, thus finding purpose, honor and tradition elsewhere. There is a small group of Dragonborn that follow the
Gilded Hand and spread the word of the forgotten part of their ancestry. They are hunted by the Sailan Dragonborn.
First World Theory
On the
First World, the Dragonborn were a divided race. Created by the Mother of All Dragons, they were used to be enemies of Humans, until they were united fighting the same target. The relationship opened up. Similar to the
Sailan variety, the Dragonborn of the First World were divided into clans by their ancestry.
Dragonborn Features
Most of the Dragonborn features make them look like dragons. Their heads look very much the same and their age is counted similar to that of
True Dragons as their heads would gain features over the course of their short lives (compared to a dragon). There is little difference between the Dragonborn of
Sailan and those that never lived there. However, there is a rarity that happens in the Sailan Dragonborn that is almost impossible to happen in the Dragonless (if it did, they might have been hunted down and killed) and it is Tails and Wings. Dragonborn with tails are seen as blessed by the
Jade Emperor and are seen more fondly by the populace of
Jadeite Empire. While winged Dragonborns are even rarer and are seen as an omen, it is up to the Dragonborn if his wings are a good or bad omen.
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