What are your views on it?
I always considered exaltation as the physical “death” of your dragon because they then go to “serve” their under the ranks of their dragon god. In simple terms, they die and if you want to bring them back, you resurrect their physical life form.
What are your views on it?
I always considered exaltation as the physical “death” of your dragon because they then go to “serve” their under the ranks of their dragon god. In simple terms, they die and if you want to bring them back, you resurrect their physical life form.
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i just view as removal from the game. lore is not much importance to me or anything, but i'll just stick with the canon (servant of the gods) if anything -- not death, tho
i just view as removal from the game. lore is not much importance to me or anything, but i'll just stick with the canon (servant of the gods) if anything -- not death, tho
I feel that exalted dragons still exist, serving the deities. Their first task is to fight in the great wars, perhaps in places most normal dragons could not dare possibly reach. Once the week is over, they are given other tasks, such as delivering items and messages from the deities, or bringing gifts that the dragons want to offer their deity. Perhaps they run rituals and teach hatchlings songs, or spread warnings of dangers.
Basically I see exalted dragons as kind of angelic beings, if that makes sense.
I feel that exalted dragons still exist, serving the deities. Their first task is to fight in the great wars, perhaps in places most normal dragons could not dare possibly reach. Once the week is over, they are given other tasks, such as delivering items and messages from the deities, or bringing gifts that the dragons want to offer their deity. Perhaps they run rituals and teach hatchlings songs, or spread warnings of dangers.
Basically I see exalted dragons as kind of angelic beings, if that makes sense.
I dont tend to exalt much, mainly cause I usually feel kinda bad, probably because any derg on exalt row for me probably had pretty colors to me, so that's why I try to sell before exalting. But other than that I just see it as sending your derg to have a higher purpose ig. Not much thought put into it for me.
I dont tend to exalt much, mainly cause I usually feel kinda bad, probably because any derg on exalt row for me probably had pretty colors to me, so that's why I try to sell before exalting. But other than that I just see it as sending your derg to have a higher purpose ig. Not much thought put into it for me.
Nah, I don't see it as them dying and losing a physical body. I'm of a similar mind to MidnightWatcher! I think they keep their original bodies, but maybe become hardier and more powerful than normal dragons. They're there to serve and do the deities bidding, whoever they're exalted to. And if they're exalted to a different deity than their original flight/eye color, then they're there on a kind of....study, or internship, for however long that may be.
Nah, I don't see it as them dying and losing a physical body. I'm of a similar mind to MidnightWatcher! I think they keep their original bodies, but maybe become hardier and more powerful than normal dragons. They're there to serve and do the deities bidding, whoever they're exalted to. And if they're exalted to a different deity than their original flight/eye color, then they're there on a kind of....study, or internship, for however long that may be.
I just see it as the dragon leaving the clan and going to the major location of the region, where the deity is known to be located, and being like "sup mom/dad, how can I help"
I just see it as the dragon leaving the clan and going to the major location of the region, where the deity is known to be located, and being like "sup mom/dad, how can I help"
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I sort of thought that my Coliseum grinders also doubled as teachers, in a way. That perhaps, they might be teaching the dragon about their chosen deity, and the region, and the like. That those dragons might have been born in one flight, but that doesn't mean that they don't sympathize or even enjoy another flight.
The guardian in that one story called the other elemental dragons, 'adopted kin', which i thought was quite cute.
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I sort of thought that my Coliseum grinders also doubled as teachers, in a way. That perhaps, they might be teaching the dragon about their chosen deity, and the region, and the like. That those dragons might have been born in one flight, but that doesn't mean that they don't sympathize or even enjoy another flight.
The guardian in that one story called the other elemental dragons, 'adopted kin', which i thought was quite cute.
Exalted dragons are gifts for the Gladekeeper. They serve her and are able to visit the dragons still in my lair. I stick with canon lore mostly, except it's not for Dom or to win a war, the dragons I exalt are Thank Yous to the Gladekeeper that she lets us live in her proximity.
Exalted dragons are gifts for the Gladekeeper. They serve her and are able to visit the dragons still in my lair. I stick with canon lore mostly, except it's not for Dom or to win a war, the dragons I exalt are Thank Yous to the Gladekeeper that she lets us live in her proximity.
i just view it through the canon lens, that they go off to serve their deity in war. some die and some don't.
i just view it through the canon lens, that they go off to serve their deity in war. some die and some don't.
For the lore for the version of Sornieth my clan operates in? Most dragons are not actually called to serve the deity. They just go off and do whatever it is they have a desire to do--hunt, teach, sculpt, wander, start a family, start an aviary, do sidewalk art, what the heck ever who cares--or are otherwise lured into thinking that they're fighting in the name of a given dragon god by some fool hoping to seize a bit of power.
The few who do really get called--and I mean few--make their way to the god, get marked with a fragment of the god's power, and work on whatever task they're given. When they're finished, the fragment is returned. Because the presence of this fragment is simultaneously too big a strain on the mortal shell and the only thing holding it together, the called dragon disintegrates as soon as the fragment is removed. That's why those who actually get called to serve a god are given such high honors. It's the last, best thing they will ever do.
For the lore for the version of Sornieth my clan operates in? Most dragons are not actually called to serve the deity. They just go off and do whatever it is they have a desire to do--hunt, teach, sculpt, wander, start a family, start an aviary, do sidewalk art, what the heck ever who cares--or are otherwise lured into thinking that they're fighting in the name of a given dragon god by some fool hoping to seize a bit of power.
The few who do really get called--and I mean few--make their way to the god, get marked with a fragment of the god's power, and work on whatever task they're given. When they're finished, the fragment is returned. Because the presence of this fragment is simultaneously too big a strain on the mortal shell and the only thing holding it together, the called dragon disintegrates as soon as the fragment is removed. That's why those who actually get called to serve a god are given such high honors. It's the last, best thing they will ever do.