...as told by Lady Deburah (the dragon) in the session on 2/28/10. (For the benefit of those not present or who later want to refer to it).
"Before this world existed, there were the gods. Ishkatar, Tolmit, Lyra, and Kay. But there were also 2 others. Melgara, and one whose name is now lost, referred to as the Ancient One. These six created the First World, and it was perfect. It was so perfect that the Ancient One became consumed with greed and wanted it for himself, instead of being shared among them. Melgara, being the only equal in power to the Ancient One, was the one he chose to attack first. Taken completely by surprise, he killed her quickly. The remaining gods were not so unprepared.
And so the gods warred among themselves. The Ancient One was powerful, and was nearly a match for the others together, but not quite. After ages of ceaseless war, he finally cried "enough!" and saw that he could not possess the world. But he would let no others possess it either, and used his power to annihilate it. In so doing, however, he made himself vulnerable, and the other gods struck - but they could not destroy him completely. Instead they obliterated his name, and imprisoned him within the one perfect gemstone that remained of the First World.
And the gods wept for their sister, and for their creation that was destroyed. The conferred and concluded that imprisonment was not enough - the Ancient One must be punished for his crimes. But how, they did not know, so they waited.
The Four attempted to create another world, but failed. The Ancient One begged for them to let him help, for he was sorrowful for what he had done, but they refused to reverse their judgment. Again they tried, and again he begged to assist, again they refused, and again they failed. Finally they relented to let him assist, but in word and advice only, and he would stay imprisoned. He agreed, and at last the Second World was created. A world with good and evil, a world with a cycle of life and death, a world with earth, water, and air - the world we are in now.
The gods were pleased with their creation, but it was not perfect, and their sister was still gone. The Ancient One was not forgiven. In helping them create the world, he had helped them create his punishment. They placed him in the physical world, suspended forever on the border of life and death, dangling at the bottom of the Spire, forever dying a physical death. It drove him mad, completely beyond reason, babbling incoherently forever, and the gods thought the world safe from his influence.
As time passed, the gods saw that not all souls were being reborn into the cycle they had created - some stayed in the underworld and became demons. By themselves, they were simply an enigma, but over time, they gleaned some random tidbits of dark power from overhearing the ramblings of the Ancient One. They tested the world with their lesser evils, but the world stood fast, and so the gods still waited.
In time, however, three demon princes emerged as much more powerful, and they cooperated, to some extent. They divided the domains they would have control over between themselves. Demogorgon became trickery and chaos, Asmodeus became war and destruction, and Abraxas became undeath and evil magic.
And the gods feared the influence of the Ancient One, and that these demon princes would learn how to free him. They knew there would be war once again, and it would again take all of their strength to fight the Ancient One, and the demons would thus be able to destroy the world unchecked. They tried to end the thread of the demons right there, but they could not bring themselves to destroy even a part of their creation, no matter what it had become.
And so they pondered, and decided to use a similar principle to the one that created the demons, and thus were born the Dragons. Asleep atop the great Spire, they would sleep undisturbed, gathering great power in case the Ancient One re-awoke and the demons broke forth into the world. And thus it has been, for countless generations.
This is what I know, instinctively, as part of my being. But something has gone wrong. I am awake, but none of my brothers or sisters are, nor can I wake them. Perhaps my second sight woke me early, or perhaps a demonic power prevents them from awakening. In any case, their machinations must be thwarted. Will you please help?"
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