Current Plot:
The first Guardians are arriving at the Pillar. Some are drawn by the voice, others simply by the company.
Background:
Guardians have, for millennium, been expected to look after their Charge, the one thing that makes them complete. Legends and stories have been told across clans about Guardians that traverse the lands for centuries, looking for the one thing that made them part of society; Guardians that fought bloody battles in order to protect the one thing they cared for; Guardians who sacrificed everything so that their one, precious Charge would survive. Many were in awe of the loyalty that seemed to emit from the great beings.
But with these legends and stories of greatness and loyalty came tales of anguish, of Guardians that never found their Charge or worse yet, lost it. These tales were whispered to hatchlings; tales of Guardians abandoning their Charge, Guardians forsaking their quest, Guardians being led astray by crafty dragons, Guardians destroying their own Charges, Guardians failing in the one thing that made them a true dragon.
As in all tales, they did hold weight.
Guardians that did fail were shunned, forced to traverse the landscape forever in mourning. Their hulking shapes were to be avoided, as many believed they were symbols of bad luck or traitors. The loneliness ate at those that were abandoned by society, as it so often does.
Before long, those that had lost their Charges began banding together, etching out their livelihoods on the edge of existence and the known world. They began to develop their own society, their own clan. At first, it was peaceful. They all mourned, they all grieved. But then the rage began.
Rage over their abandonment, rage over the stories that left our dragons that had watched them fail, rage over the fear and hatred that other dragons looked at them with.
As they grew larger in size, more and more began to succumb to the rage, believing they were wronged and deserved to be back home, among those that were deemed legends and heroes. And as they steamed and raged, something took notice.
Something that whispered to them in their dreams, promising revenge and glory if only they traversed to the most ancient of places. Something told them that the Pillar, in all its glory, held all the power they needed to steal back what was theirs.
While some shrugged off the voices, others, desperate from years of wandering and isolation, began to walk towards Dragonhome, hoping that the voices were right. They arrived at the pillar to see the emblems that had, at one point, shone bright with the symbols of the Flights, replaced by burning runes of magics that had not been touched by dragons.
This, the voice whispered, is where you will take back what is yours. This is where you will regain your lost charges. This is where you will begin anew.
And so they began.