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Dragon King Infodump. Information all written by Ivynian. Except for the Stars of the Zodiac. Those be mine, with permission from Ogre and Brit.


The Dragon Kings
Limited availability, the dragon kings serve as the pinnacle of the hierarchy of the gods second only to Harmodius.
They symbolize power and excellence, valiancy and boldness, heroism and perseverance, nobility and divinity. They are energetic, decisive, optimistic, intelligent and ambitious.
Temples and shrines have been built to honor them, for they control the waters of the world, the elements in the earth, the gate to the higher realms and hold in their claws the seat of the glass throne in the crystal palace. They are the guardians of the twin crown, Creation and Destruction.



who are they?

* Tien-lung , The Celestial Dragon who protects the sky and palaces of Gods
* Shen-Lung, The Spiritual Dragon who casts the storms and the rain
* Ti-Lung , The Earth Dragon which control rivers, and water on the Earth
* Futs-Lung , The Underworld Dragon which guards precious metals and gems. He is the treasurer of the crown.
* Mang has four claws. He represents temporal power, the powers and kingdoms of men. He served as the emissary between mortals and the throne.
* Yu The Five Claws dragon became the exclusive emblem of the emperor. His coils wrap and support the throne itself.
* Great Chien-Tang is the commander of all the River Dragons, he is blood red, has a firey mane, and is 900 feet long. He is the general to the crown's forces.
* Ying Long is a winged a dragon covered with fur. He served as the mount for the twin crown.
* Qian Lung , The Black Dragon which guards the Empress and Consort to the Twin Crown.



What does having one entail?

The dragon kings are loyal unto death to Harmodius, who is the Twin Crown that Fashioned the Pearl of the World. Their stages are similar to the normal edelsteine, however they have a dual cert: the Dragon Kings get 3 extra art pieces/stages that display their dragon form, which they are able to transform into . A morph dragon kin can transform into a dragon twice a day. A youth can transform into a dragon 5 times a day. A deity is at full strength and can transform at will. (Note: reversions to mortal for do not count towards a tranformation limit)


Sheilding abilities:

Youth stage - These godlings can affect a larger region ( a national park, a city) and protect them with their power. Youth gods can leave their region of protection as long as their focus remains on it and their magic remains given to it. Like other stages, as soon as their magical focus is broken, the decay starts and can only slowly be reversed.
Deity stage - They can stave off Destruction's magic in a large area , like a country. Exceptions to this are the Primodials, who can protect continents at deity stage (but other stages remain as normal edelsteine)
Leaving their zone is like the youth stage: they can keep their focus there and it will be fine, or break it and the decay starts.

The Dragon Kings: The dragon kings all follow the same rules of protection that the normal edelsteine follow, except for Tien Lung. Tien Lung was the Worldshield, created by Harmodius in the forgotten years before the Fading for the express purpose that his skin serve as the barrier between the heavenly worlds and mortal realms (think the barriers formed around the battles in the old CLAMP "X" movie) to keep the wars of the fickle gods between each other from mass killing and destroying of All that Is.
Tien Lung - jewel - nada
- morph - as normal edel youth
- youth - as normal edel deity
- deity - He can protect entire an galaxy from the full force of Destruction and by fully exerting himself the can have the taint be kept at 50% EVERYWHERE.

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Tien Lung is defined by his duty, by the need he was created to fill, by action and service. No wonder he's not happy when he's doing nothing, eh? Shaiming filled his life with as much busy as he could handle and ended up with too much.


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"I remember - it was hard, so hard, to teach - to learn. How to pour all the majesty and glory of the heavens, the heat and light of every star, the pull of every black hole and dust of every nebula - how to distill the vast spaces between every world into a single letter? I? And yet...

And yet, somehow, so daring... I wanted to kiss all the stars at once, to cup comets in my claws and whisper my love to them. I taught, I asked this of you - and it was granted. And we were happy."

To Do List -


Illumin: Questing with Ea! 4laugh

Tian Yue: mru?

Phaedra: think of something for the fleece, good looooord~ RP for MORPH PLZ.

Phaedra's Stuff

"Let all of you, mortal and immortal alike remember the symbols of my domain. Let the numbers of this form find purchase in your memories. Following the path the feet and trodden steps are Decay, the number of the domains, the tails: War, Plague, Famine, Envy, Lust, Greed and Sloth. These are tools at the behest of the Lord. His wings spread the elements Air, Fire and Water, and as the body brought forth from Mother, the Body is Terra. For the Crown of this side spire Anger, Hate and Pride. The Horned Emperor, with lips and voice spilling Death and in his Eyes shall all find Fear. "

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/liderc.html - funky critter, maybe a cute pet?

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/j/jikininki.html - look into this. XD Idea: maybe Phae tries to catch the souls of every one of her followers that dies, and keep them like this? It'd piss Nergal off. >>;