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{{Infobox_character|name={{PAGENAME}}|image=Sardior.png|caption=Sardior's appearance after his resurrection.}}{{Prehistoric}} | |||
== | '''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as '''Abzu''', is a Lesser God of Knowledge and Trickery, and the '''Ruby King of Gem Dragons'''. He was shattered sometime in [[Prehistory]] and nearly forgotten to the ages until being resurrected in 826 [[PR]]. He presides over his '''Ruby Court''', a royal court of five '''Thanes''' each representing a different type of [[Dragon#Gem Dragons|Gem Dragon]]. | ||
==Ruby Court== | |||
The '''Ruby Court''' consists of five court seats, each representing a different gem type. The [[Dragon#Gem Dragons|Gem Dragons]] who occupy seats on the court are called '''Thanes'''. Sardior transforms his Thanes to enhance their size, strength, and power for the purposes of serving him, and to ensure they are each the unrivaled paragons of their gem types. Other roles can also exist as part of the court, such as '''Advisors''' (close friends and consultants of the court), '''Harbingers''' (able to sit in for their gem type at court meetings when their Thane is not available) and '''Knights''' (warriors and protectors of the court). | |||
Traditionally, the five court seats have been filled by an '''Amethyst''', '''Crystal''', '''Emerald''', '''Sapphire''', and '''Topaz'''. However, an '''Obsidian''' or any other wild card of gemkind can also hold a position on the court, given they are in the right place at the right time. | |||
=== Prehistory === | === Prehistory === | ||
It is undocumented how far back in [[Prehistory]] that '''Sardior''' was shattered, but the '''Ruby Court''' disbanded not long after the destruction of their King and each of the original '''Thanes''' went off to follow their own pursuits. | |||
As difficult as it is to find any records of this original court, it is near impossible to find any documentation of '''Kristang'''; his thousand-year-long imprisonment between the [[The Quelmar Realm|Material Plane]] and [[The Shadowfell|Shadowfell]] at the hands of '''Feredemius''' had the effect of partially undoing Kristang's existence, insofar that even '''Bleucorundum''' could no longer remember him. | |||
=== | ==== Thanes ==== | ||
* '''Veneleth''' the Amethyst | |||
* '''Eros''' the Crystal | |||
* '''Feredemius''' the Emerald | |||
* '''Bleucorundum''' the Sapphire | |||
* '''Tushello''' the Topaz | |||
==== Advisors ==== | |||
* '''Kristang''' the Obsidian | |||
=== PR Era === | === PR Era === | ||
The | The '''Ruby Court''' remained disbanded throughout the [[BR|BR Era]] and most of the [[PR|PR Era]] until it was reassembled in 826 [[PR]] in order to resurrect '''Sardior''' and dispel the [[The Shadowfell|Shadowfell]] which had overtaken [[Isonhound]]. This event, also accompanied by the recent un-banishment of [[Bahamut]], the return of [[Tiamat]] following [[Kiston|Kiston's]] unlocking, and the ascension of [[Chronepsis]] to godhood, meant that all '''Four Dragons''' from the original creation story of [[The Quelmar Realm|Quelmar]] were now working their influence on the realm simultaneously for first time since [[Prehistory]]. | ||
The role of '''Kristang''' in the reassembled court is uncertain as he disappeared shortly after his rescue and took [[Trina]] as his '''Obsidian Knight''', enhancing her magic and revealing himself to have secretly been her '''Great Old One''' patron. | |||
== | ==== Thanes ==== | ||
* '''Veneleth''' the Amethyst | |||
* '''Echemus''' the Crystal | |||
* '''[[Durzibethinus]]''' the Emerald | |||
* '''[[Spinel]]''' the Sapphire | |||
* '''[[Delphi]]''' the Topaz | |||
=== | ==== Knights ==== | ||
* '''[[Trina]]''' the Obsidian Knight | |||
Performing the ceremony required each court member to attune to their respective gem artifact, consisting of the ''' | == Resurrection == | ||
The ceremony to resurrect '''Sardior''' was performed in 826 [[PR]] at the five peaks of the [[Northern Snowy Mountains]] under heavy assault from a shadow-corrupted '''Feredemius''' and his army of shadow monsters. '''Veneleth''' was the only member of the [[Prehistory]] court to reclaim his original seat. '''Echemus''', the son of '''Eros''', took the '''Crystal''' seat after his father failed to arrive to the ceremony in time. The other court seats faced similar complications; '''Tushello''' was dead and his soul refused to be revived, '''Bleucorundum''' arrived late to the ceremony, and '''Smargarg''' (a young '''Emerald''' [[Dragon]] the team had enlisted) failed to arrive at all. This resulted in the final seats being filled by [[Durzibethinus|Durian]] and [[Delphi]], '''Harbingers''' by blood, as well as [[Spinel]], Harbinger by a '''Sapphire''' boon; the power of the ceremony burned away their original bodies and instantly reincarnated them as full-grown [[Dragon#Gem Dragons|Gem Dragons]]. | |||
Performing the ceremony required each court member to attune to their respective gem artifact, consisting of the '''Amethyst Tome''', '''Corundum Egg''', '''Emerald Blade''', '''Moonwell''', and '''Topaz Astrolabe'''. Once all five artifacts had been synchronized, the final step of the ceremony required the wielder of the Emerald Blade to shatter the Corundum Egg, from which Sardior would finally be resurrected. The Amethyst Tome contains precise instructions for the ceremony to be properly carried out.<gallery> | |||
File:Amethyst Tome-page 1.png | File:Amethyst Tome-page 1.png | ||
File:Amethyst Tome-page 2.png | File:Amethyst Tome-page 2.png | ||
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File:Amethyst Tome-page 4.png | File:Amethyst Tome-page 4.png | ||
File:Amethyst Tome-page 5.png | File:Amethyst Tome-page 5.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
=== Prehistory === | === Prehistory === | ||
The lair of | The lair of '''Bleucorundum''' holds several tapestries portraying '''Sardior''' as he appeared in [[Prehistory]] as well as the '''Four Dragons''' creation story.<gallery> | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.08.39 - A medieval tapestry depicting 4 dragons intertwined in battle..png | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.08.35 - A medieval tapestry depicting 4 dragons intertwined in battle..png | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.07.53 - 4 dragons entwined with each other One red one blue one black and one purple..png | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.08.37 - A medieval tapestry depicting 4 dragons intertwined in battle..png | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.07.17 - A yinyang with 4 sections One red one blue one black and one purple..png | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.25.06 - The dragon made of rubies is shattered and his rubies now cover the cave walls.png | ||
File: | File:DALLE 2022-09-11 00.25.12 - The dragon made of rubies is shattered and his rubies now cover the cave walls.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== PR Era === | === PR Era === | ||
Sardior's appearance | '''Sardior's''' immediate appearance after his resurrection was far different from the immense [[Dragon]] seen in [[Prehistory]] depictions, instead taking the shape of a slender '''Ruby''' [[Dragonborn]]. This smaller form is possibly the result of being nearly forgotten to history for so long, meaning that the god must accrue new followers in order to rebuild his power to where it once was. | ||
[[Category:Into the Greedy Green]] | [[Category:Into the Greedy Green]] | ||
[[Category:Deities]] | [[Category:Deities]] | ||
