The longer that dragon lineages carry on, migrating from their homelands and interbreeding with the children of other gods, the more diluted their elemental magic becomes. Any earth mage can hear the songs of the stones or rip boulders from the ground in times of war, but Auroch is one of the first Snappers, fashioned in the Earthshaker's image, and his gifts don't stop at merely manipulating rock. Few such ancient dragons survive to this day but stone endures; for centuries at a time, Auroch simply becomes one with the bedrock, emerging when the stone-currents shift in a way that signifies great change and returning to the earth once dragon bones creak in protest. For what purpose he walks Sornieth now, only time will reveal...