[he lowered his gaze in spite of himself; he had the good grace to look a little ashamed of himself. just, not much.]
I always believed in the open sharing of knowledge and power. It was philosophy I tried to uphold, both as a scholar and a ruler.
[he cleared his throat. story mode was a go!] I know you're already familiar with space -- the vast, infinite starscape that we called the Krosmoz. Eliatropes were born of the same union between our Goddess and the Great Dragon, the cosmic union which created the Krosmoz and all the stars and planets that filled it like so many grains of sand in the desert.
Thus, from the very beginning, our people were united with dragonkind. The first six of us to be born, myself included, formed a Council of Six-- or Twelve to be more precise. Because each of us possessed a dragon sibling that we were bonded to with ties that went beyond those of mere blood. More than that, we were all born -- this Council -- with one purpose in mind: to govern our people through the ages. The Council did not live and die like the rest of our kind, but we would reincarnate, as I believe I mentioned earlier. In this way, we've managed to guide Eliatropes for... Thousands upon thousands of years now, I believe. More than that.
[the words sounded almost rehearsed. either he's had to tell this story many times before, or he's spent a great deal of time figuring out exactly how his speech was going to go. probably both. even the pause in his story was well-placed, and he glanced at zeratul for any sort of response. not that he'd notice much of any, what with the mask and... lack of facial features, and all.]
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I always believed in the open sharing of knowledge and power. It was philosophy I tried to uphold, both as a scholar and a ruler.
[he cleared his throat. story mode was a go!] I know you're already familiar with space -- the vast, infinite starscape that we called the Krosmoz. Eliatropes were born of the same union between our Goddess and the Great Dragon, the cosmic union which created the Krosmoz and all the stars and planets that filled it like so many grains of sand in the desert.
Thus, from the very beginning, our people were united with dragonkind. The first six of us to be born, myself included, formed a Council of Six-- or Twelve to be more precise. Because each of us possessed a dragon sibling that we were bonded to with ties that went beyond those of mere blood. More than that, we were all born -- this Council -- with one purpose in mind: to govern our people through the ages. The Council did not live and die like the rest of our kind, but we would reincarnate, as I believe I mentioned earlier. In this way, we've managed to guide Eliatropes for... Thousands upon thousands of years now, I believe. More than that.
[the words sounded almost rehearsed. either he's had to tell this story many times before, or he's spent a great deal of time figuring out exactly how his speech was going to go. probably both. even the pause in his story was well-placed, and he glanced at zeratul for any sort of response. not that he'd notice much of any, what with the mask and... lack of facial features, and all.]