Coheed

nomadic leader of the snow-walkers before giving the mantle to Nakhaeng. the one who gave him the idea to turn the camp into a city, so in a way he's the founding dragon. his mate perished during a final trip with the snow walkers and he wanted a dhrine built in her memory. this was the compromise with nakhaeng.
retired peacefully to hibernate underneath the city, where older members pay respects to him

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gonna store all my unused yet lore in here:
- nakhaeng likes hooved animals and felines, and as such creatures that look out of place in the city of reflections walk around chilling. he imports them from other places. this is slightly not ethical but hes prideful and only talks to like 4 people so no one can rly say much.
- the skyscrapers and buildings house many dragons at a time and are designed to be flown to from one skyscraper to another. they are described as being taller than the trees in starwood strands. and are made out of mostly sturdy crystals
- many plague and ice dragons find their home here from the city's proximity to those territories. aurora doesnt turn refugees or visitors away.
- the patriarch is the leader but the lorekeeper is the supreme power holder as they hold the knowledge and can, like a good arcane dragon, rewrite history itself. the lorekeeper is removed from politics and is merely an observer of all happenings in the clan.
- aurora values knowledge and skill over battle, but still holds battle tournaments as thats another skill that can be learnt and taught. arts are mostly performative and there is a very well known school of coatls that do signature fan dances. religion comes third and is mostly focused on giving divinine meaning to the astral (cosmology, astrology, crystal reading)
- exalting is the greatest honor a dragon can be given as they will go serve directly under the arcanist in the observatory. as such, clan aurora retains some of its nomadic origins by having dragons that do not have permanent residences in the city of reflections
- faes have higher expectations thrown on them in aurora and are often showered in gifts from birth with the expectation that they will follow the path of arcane worship.
-god is almost always out of reach. one of the main sideplots is nakhaeng trying to get his hands on a sprite of the arcanist or SOMETHING resembling it.
-every dragon to be exalted is given half of a crystal. once the dragon has successfully gone on to serve the arcanist, that other half of the crystal is embedded in the (placholdername: ether mantle which is (item)) that the cleric wears (byakkoya in this case)
-i have not come up yet with the type of religion clan aurora has. since its all related to the Astral maybe astrology, some mystical attribution to the field of cosmology (the origin of the universe), crystal-gazing/crystallomancy. oneiromancy can be kept as a lesser known or even superstitious belief.
- because birds, lizards and other animals that can't survive on cold weather are so rare, feathers and scales are considered luxury items and only gifted in special occassions, for someone really special or just to flaunt wealth if its for oneself.

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to do:
- WE NEED A COSMOLOGIST
- grind build of coli dragons - in lore they are "couriers" and relegated to gathering jobs. straits can be one of them when i find a better treasurer

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it is a young clan having been just settled into the city. current happening is the birth of crimson, his transformation and the relationship to nakhaeng; as well as subtly hinting to nakhaeng letting go of you-loving hopes and dreams to achieve the arcanist's sprite.
subplot and flavor comes from bandiria nomads either rejecting the city entirely or seeking permanent residence in there. nakhaeng has built a crystal settlement to replace the previous camp that the city of reflections was built on.