Snork Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 How much about Dragonewts is known to the humans of Holy Country and Dragon Pass. Is it likely that the rebirth progression is common knowledge i.e. available in a temple of Lhankor Mhy not to the local farmer? What about dream dragons being related to a true dragon? Any thoughts would be appreciated as I'm clouded by what I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Pretty much in the guide and bestiary would be known to the scholars of Lhankor Mhy. The more removed people are from those academic sources the more outlandish their beliefs about Dragonewts become. Since Dragonewts are pretty much weird, it might be just possible but that outlandish superstitions are closer to the Truth than the scholarly lore. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 8 hours ago, metcalph said: ... Since Dragonewts are pretty much weird, it might be just possible but that outlandish superstitions are closer to the Truth than the scholarly lore. I think this is an excellent point. Take the canonical books as the truth, but don't necessarily presume that LM/IO/etc lore-masters are notably closer to that truth than family-lore known to longtime neighbors, and to people with ancient ties to draconic knowledge... 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Thanks to Jeff Richard on FB "Dragonewts are both familiar and extremely mysterious in Dragon Pass. They are of course familiar to most inhabitants - there are some 20,000 dragonewts in Dragon Pass. Dragonnewt Roads cross much of Sartar and Tarsh. The Trade Think Market is about 15 km off the Royal Road between Jonstown and Alda-Chur. And the dragonewts have served as mercenaries in recent memory. Dragonewt mercenaries served the House of Sartar in several wars but also aided the Red Emperor in the conquest of the Holy Country and in Prax. Pretty much everyone in Dragon Pass recognizes dragonewts, knows that they are intelligent, dangerous, and magically powerful. They know that some dragonewts ride demi-birds (more on them later), some are big, some are small, etc. They live in "cities" scattered throughout Dragon Pass and travel on magical roads. Obviously, they are connected to the dragons somehow. But beyond that, dragonewts are mysterious. They speak an alien language almost impossible for humans to learn. They mostly keep to themselves, only engage in regular interactions at a few designated places or with a few designated individuals. Their gods are largely unknown, their life cycle a mystery, and so on. A few Lhankor Mhy sages have tried to study the dragonewts and there are no doubt scrolls that shed some light into their mysteries on file in Jonstown or Boldhome. Obviously during the Empire of the Wyrms Friends there was much more interaction between dragonewts and humans - but sadly so much of the knowledge of the EWF was lost as a result of the Dragonkill War." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Heh. Dragonewt mercenaries serving the Red Emperor also stormed Boldhome and desecrated the Flame of Sartar “in recent memory.” For more on this, see A Rough Guide to Boldhome (Jonstown Compendium, fairly imminent). 2 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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