Sardior, 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 Gem Dragon.
Ruby Court
The Ruby Court consists of five court seats, each representing a different gem type. The 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
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 Material Plane and 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
The Ruby Court remained disbanded throughout the BR Era and most of the PR Era until it was reassembled in 826 PR in order to resurrect Sardior and dispel the Shadowfell which had overtaken Isonhound. This event, also accompanied by the recent un-banishment of Bahamut, the return of Tiamat following Kiston's unlocking, and the ascension of Chronepsis, meant that all Four Dragons from the original creation story of Quelmar now inhabited the realm together for first time since Prehistory.
The status of Kristang with this 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
Resurrection
The ceremony to resurrect Sardior was performed at the 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 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 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. The Amethyst Tome contains precise instructions for the ceremony to be properly carried out.
Appearance
Prehistory
The lair of Bleucorundum holds several tapestries portraying Sardior as he appeared in Prehistory as well as the Four Dragons creation story.
PR Era
Sardior's immediate appearance after his resurrection was far different from the immense Dragon seen in Prehistory depictions, instead taking the form of a slender Ruby Dragonborn. This smaller form is the result of having been nearly forgotten to history for so long, the god must re-accrue followers in order to rebuild his power to where it once was.
