The World of Élaan: The Age of Draegaans

It was said that the smell of smoke and sulfur of Élaan the Mother Draegaan’s deep sorrow would bring tears to any living mortal man, woman, or child of Élaan, if indeed there were any living in that time of the world.

For in the untold years before the coming of the Mora, there were the Great Creatures of the Immor, chief among them being Draegaans. They bore the Breath of Life Fire from the Crystars, vessels of light bearing Time Crystals gifted to the Immor by the Émmor, the Keepers of Time.

To aid the Immor in the forming of the Mortal Realms, Mother Draegaans were bequeathed the Breath of Life Fire from the Crystars. And with the Living Fire, one Mother Draegaan of note, Élaan, spread her great wings and searched the Celestial Skies for the great rocks and stone formations drawn into the orbit of the Crystars.

Upon finding one to her liking, she set about to carving the great mountains and deeps with claw and fire, thus creating for herself a Draegaan's Nest. And once Élaan found herself pleased with the great formations of her nest, Élaan slumbered.

For Draegaans, millennia were but one night’s sleep. And in the millennia of her slumbering, her deep breaths filled the void and caused it to rain upon the land and together with the briny sweat of her body, filled the deeps and great chasms that she had carved.

In that manner were the ancient seas, rivers, and waterways formed. And as the waters churned and mixed with the ash made from Elaan’s claw and fire, there began to blossom over the millennia the growing things that grow both in the water and on the land.

As Élaan slumbered and as the growing things grew in abundance, living things were born and were multiplied throughout Élaan’s Nest. And as the growing and living things filled her nest, Élaan awoke and was pleased.

Élaan then spread her great wings and took to the Celestial Skies once more to seek a male Draegaan. And she would find her mate, the Draegaan Égaaxes, and in the great heat of the Crystars would commune and become one with Égaaxes and in her womb formed Twin Eggs.

In the Draegaan Tongue, Élaan named them Draamulus and Draemus. And after the naming of her Twin Eggs, she flew back and laid them at the core of her Draegaan’s Nest and slumbered once more.

But in that time the Celestial Skies and the great bodies and formations of stone were still in great chaos and had yet to submit to the orbits of the Crystars. And so the Celestial Skies were beset with great rocks and stone formations that crushed the Twin Eggs in a great calamity that killed many Draegaans of that time.

In her great sorrow, Élaan the Mother Draegaan wept. And in her weeping, she unleashed great billows of smoke and sulfur that befell all growing and living things in her Draegaan’s Nest.

In what became known to the Immor as Élaan’s Sorrow, the Celestial Skies were filled with her Draegaan tears. And in doing so, the worlds that lost their Draegaans were renewed with life and great abundance of growing and living things. For in her tears were also the essence of the Living Fire.

Some of the Immor were deeply saddened at Élaan’s Sorrow but also watched in wonder as her tears did in one millennium what was done by scores of Draegaans in many. And so in sympathy for Élaan’s Sorrow and in gratitude for the fruits of that sorrow, the Immor created the First of the Mora in their image and named them Draamulus and Draemus in memory of Élaan’s twins.

The Immor gifted the First of the Mora to Élaan and placed the infant Twin Moras in her care. And thus was Élaan’s Sorrow then filled with great love for the First of the Mora, the twins Draamulus and Draemus, who in that time were blessed in presence of Élaan, Breather and Bearer of the Living Fire, and would live as long as Draegaans.

Élaan’s Love for the Mora Twins Draamulus and Draemus was great and deep and the love of the Mora Twins for their Mother Draegaan was much the same. And as the infant Mora Twins grew in size, at that time close to half the height of a Draegaan, they learned to ride Élaan and flew to other worlds to care for the growing and living things of worlds without Draegaans.

The Immor were greatly pleased, both at the end of Élaan’s Sorrow and Élaan’s Love for the Mora Twins and the abundance they created in the worlds of the Celestial Skies. And so the Immor wished to gift the Mora Twins Mora Companions and to give them and their Mora Descendants the stewardship of the world of Élaan and the many worlds in the Celestial Skies.

Draamulus and Draemus, the Mora Twin Sons of Élaan the Mother Draegaan, and their Mora Companions Élaana and Élaanor bore many sons and daughters. And the many sons and daughters of the First Mora were also blessed by the presence of Élaan the Mother Draegaan and were taken by her to find their homes in other worlds.

But outside of the Blessing of Élaan’s Presence, the Mora lived only hundreds of years and their descendants grew smaller in stature and size. And it was the same for the Mora who lived in Élaan’s Nest when Élaan the Mother Draegaan and the First of the Mora, Draamulus and Draemus and Élaana and Élaanor, found eternal slumber in the great depths of her world.

As time and millennia continued to pass, and the Mora of Élaan lived no more than a few hundred years and grew to no more than seven feet, the deep tombs of the Élaan the Mother Draegaan and the First Mora were buried beneath the abundance of the many growing and living things that then became their legacy.