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Liege Wyrms of Atlazan

ASHIOK’KYRGOD
Ashiok the Dreamweaver

Type.  Liege Wyrm
Alignment.  Chaotic Neutral
Domains.  
Portfolio.  Dreams, Nightmares, Sleep, Knowledge, Divination
Symbol.  A green luna moth, wings spread wide
Favored Weapon.  Staff

Ashiok the Dreamweaver stands as one of the few deities that still receives worship by both the Empire and the Alliance.  Using the power of his predictive dreams and great skills at divination, the immense purple dragon was key in the uprising against the Kai’relleans centuries ago.  It is said that he fell into a deep slumber when he used his power to drive nightmares into the hearts of the Kai’rella leadership and never awoke.  Whether he moved on to a new home in the Astral Sea or still resides on Atlazan, or both, is unknown.  Nevertheless, he remains highly worshiped.


BELLAGHOS’TRANAX
Bellaghos The Reaper

Type.  Liege Wyrm
Alignment.  Neutral Evil
Domains.  Arcana, Death, Decay
Portfolio.  Necromancy, death, decomposition, vermin, undead
Symbol.  Desiccated black dragon head, wrapped in green-grey bandages, eye-sockets glowing green
Favored Weapon.  Scythe

Desperate times call for desperate measures, they say.  Never was this more true than when those who would resist the Kairelleans called upon Bellaghos’tranax for help.  An ancient black wyrm, living deep within the swamps of south-west Atlazan, the Reaper maintained territory and followers away from civilized lands.  Perhaps the most powerful necromancer to walk Atlazan, Bellaghos sought to make himself immortal, but research into such things halted when the Demon Lords were summoned, and it took little to convince the dragon to help end their threat.  With he and his followers’ help, the dead could be reanimated into continued fighters for the rebellion.  It was this that helped end things quickly.  It was his ego and anger that led Bellghos to fight directly and die.  His followers embalmed him on the battlefield using massive reams of simple clothes to do so.  In the end, those few left alive claim that the Reaper walked from the battlefield under his own power, though where he went has forever been unknown.  Nevertheless he is worshiped as a god amongst necromantic cults today.


FIORA’UMRANA
Savior of the Fallen

Type.  Liege Wyrm
Alignment.  Lawful Good
Domains.  Protection, Life, War
Portfolio.  Caution, honor, defense, protection
Symbol.  The backside of a shield with open silver dragon wings behind a prone figure in silhouette
Favored Weapon.  Longsword

Fiora’umrana was a friend of the common people for decades before she joined the fight against the Kairelleans.  When the rebellion began, she immediately joined and spend the time moving across battlefields covering the escape of the wounded and rallying those groups on the verge of a rout.  Amazingly, the dragon who became known as the Savior of the Fallen for her ability to save those who felt they were surely dead, survived through the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Coils.  During the Age of Beasts, she helped maintain and protect surviving peoples.  When Mu’hilhi, Raeshana, and Pentachos all disappeared it was up to her to gather those who would send the Demon Lords back to the Abyss.  While in this she succeeded, it was her life that allowed the defeat of Resheph, last remaining Demon Lord of the Fifth Coil.


MU’HILHI’ONDRAX
Mu’hili the Chainbreaker

Type.  Liege Wyrm / Hero God
Alignment.  Neutral Good
Domains.  Freedom, Good, Vengeance, War
Portfolio.  Revolution, Freedom, Uprisings, Common Cause
Symbol.  A morningstar flanked by two halves of a broken chain
Favored Weapon.  Morningstar

Ashiok is one of the most known names of Atlazan and has been since the Fourth Coil, when he and his mate gathered together everyone and anyone for revolution.  All people were rallied by his words and he could steer even the most darkened soul towards fighting for more.  It is not unsurprising that the Atali with deeper fighting spirits looked to him as savior, most of whom were scale-kin.  Even today, his worship is favored more in the Temtektaggre Empire where the scale-kin reign and hostility and posturing can be a way of life.


PEN’TECHOS’ULAM
Pen’techos the Deceiver

Type.  Liege Wyrm
Alignment.  Chaotic Evil
Domains.  Trickery, Shadows, Illusion
Portfolio.  Illusions, Deception, Rogues, Spies
Symbol.  Twin snakes entwining a dagger
Favored Weapon.  Dagger

Pen’techos the Deceiver was one of the most powerful dragons from the Third Coil onward.  Despite his heritage as a metallic dragon, copper specifically, he was notoriously nefarious and dark-hearted.  While he never took down any governing bodies or organizations, he would commonly wreak havok upon such things.  Selfishness led all of his actions and it was through the convincing of Mu’hili and Raeshana that he turned to the good of Atlazan.  Willingly helping the Kairelleans in some regards, Pen’techos was in a perfect position to turn on them.  In the ensuing changes, the three wyrms became fast friends and great heroes.  With Pen’techost disappearing shortly before the other two, it is sometimes claimed that the pair went to look for him.


RAESHANA’KAI’VAREN
Raeshana the Lightbringer

Type.  Liege Wyrm / Hero God
Alignment.  Neutral Good
Domains.  Light, Peace, Good, Freedom
Portfolio.  Freedom, Hope, Guidance
Symbol.  A lit lantern hanging off a shepherd's crook
Favored Weapon.  Mace

Raeshana the Lightbringer is the calm and thinking half of the pair of hero wyrms that saved Atlazan.  Mate to Mu’hili, she represented the light at the end of the tunnel and the hope that things could get better.  It was her who managed to keep the races from being foolhardy when Mu’hili rallied them and her who kept their spirits when failure seemed imminent.  Though such long term, calm though prevails in the Great Avian Alliance, she is still worshiped all over Atlazan as a symbol of hope.  From those who are starving to those who are lost, Raeshana’s name is whispered by people who need something to keep them going.


TEMTEKTAGG’VIRON
Temtek the Conqueror

Type.  Liege Wyrm
Alignment.  Lawful Neutral
Domains.   Law, War, Conquest, Dominance
Portfolio.  War, Superiority, Order, Law
Symbol.  A spear stuck through a skull with imperial banner waving from the haft
Favored Weapon.  Khopesh


Temtek the Conqueror is probably the only Liege Wyrm that is more known than even Mu’hili and Raeshana.  The reason for this is that he is one of the only dragon’s of such age and power known to still be alive and taking part in the events of Atlazan.  Since the freeing of the Atali and their division into two nations, the scale-kin have looked to a powerful Liege Wyrm for guidance.  With the disappearance of the two heroes who freed Atlazan, the blue wyrm Temtektagg’viron took up the role.  An able and ruthless general during the fighting, he quickly took to leadership, respect, and even worship.

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