Dragon Research
Going into Greedy Green (not knowing the massive success it would become), DM James planned a more lowkey exploration into traditional dragon mythology. Some of the notes and research are now held here, perhaps to come in handy down the line:
Dragon Poem
by H.D.C. Peplar (1916)
Child:
Are All the dragons fled?
Are all the goblins dead?
Am I quite safe in bed?
Nurse:
Thou art quite safe in bed,
Dragons and goblins are all dead.
Child:
When Meikl’s angels fought
The dragon, was it caught,
Did it jump and roar,
(Oh Nurse, don’t shut the door),
And did it try to bite?
(Nurse, don’t blow out the light).
Nurse:
Hush, thou knowest what I said,
Saints and dragons all are dead.
Father (to himself):
Oh Child, Nurse lies to thee,
For dragons thou shalt see,
Please God that on that day,
Thou may’st a dragon slay,
And if thou dust not faint,
God shall not want a Saint.
Historic Dragon Types
- Amphiphtere were flying snakes
- Piasa was the dragon with a face of a man and an extra long tail
- O-Gon-Cho was the Golden Feathered Bird Dragon
- The Dragons of Ethiopia had four wings and no arms. They were mortal enemies of Elephants (which I tried tying into Loxo lore, womp) they feasted on poisonous plants.
- The Tarrasque in french mythology was also a dragon, ties into how Quelmar's World Breaker is also tied to dragons.
- Amphisbaena was the African dragon which had a head at each end of its body.
- The Midgard Serpent's body enncircled the whole world, maybe could be tied into multiversal dragon slayers
- The Midgard serpent is said to awaken at the end of the world (Jormungandr)
- Chinese Dragons: Laid eggs on rivers or lakes, their eggs looked like stones. The Rain and thunder would rock when the eggs would crack and hatch. It took 1500 years for a dragon to grow into a full size, and they'd get their wings at age 3000.
- Tien Lung (Celestial Dragon)
- Shen Lung (Spiritual Dragon)
- Ti-Lung (earth dragon, rivers streams)
- Fut-Lung (Underground dragon, gems and metals)
Unresolved Plot Threads
- Fate of Tragdor
- Return of Krampus
- Pearl Dragon
- Wisty
- Church of Innovation and their genocides
- Fate of Longfang
- Harold's fylgja (fox in his head)
- Gharzolv the Black
- Reuniting Amethyst mother and child
- Losith and the Illuminant Order
- Getting Ensign, Blaze, and Violet back to their homeworlds
- Wintertusk's original people
- Cult that killed Xander's grandfather
- Cult that killed Dug's tribe
- Cult that killed Kihlek's family
- Silithym's war on Lolth
- Return Xarzith-Dian out to the Astral Sea to rebuild his own court
- Why Sro, Flame, and Velatheidros went to Synàra together
- Kidnapping Blaze's boyfriend so they can live in Quelmar forever
- Fate of the Baron
- Kihlek embarking on the search for the lost Kobold eggs of the Ixen Jonal tribe
- Airavata going home and the heir to the Taakat farm
- D'Kacilius' mission to preserve Silent's memory and legacy after they left the realm, and to ensure no one else is forgotten
Important Links
Trello Threads
https://trello.com/b/WdXMe7bS/into-the-greedy-green
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11vaCw57QnlZPw2ryZPl5YV9K-CkkgNqT?usp=sharing
