Dragonriders
For many dragonriders are only a legend, a fantasy tale told to children so that they may dream of something mystical.
Centuries ago a wood elf named Alagon became the first dragonrider. His story is important because today it is controversial. When Deslyth was 7 years old she went missing. Alagon and his wife, Bevin, became hysterical and soon fell into depression when months of no sighting left them childless. Alagon began going on hikes, both as a way to escape from society and the places that made him think of her but also in the dying hope to find his little girl. His hikes took him to Mount Mulgar, where he'd sometimes camp for weeks at a time. Bevin worried but she didn't protest his need for escape. Alagon began noticing clans of dragons that resided in the mountains and he cautiously observed them, finding a peace in their threatening presence. It's been reported that during some of those dragon watching nights, Alagon prayed for death. But there was one harbinger dragon that gave Alagon pause. It would swoop passed him, really close, repeatedly, as if it knew he was there. He assumed the dragon was trying to scare him off so he would move his camp's location the next day. Then it would happen again, the same harbinger with a blue diamond shaped scale on its forehead, would round the corner and fly as close as possible. Growing in fascination Alagon, an artist, began drawing sketches of the harbinger. He even gave it a name: Zircon. Zircon was a male, adult (200 year old), fire breathing harbinger. He followed no clan and had no mate. In fact, he didn't seem to ever socialize or want to be around other dragons. The only time he left his lair was to pass by Alagon and to hunt, after that he would return to his home and rest. Six months after Zircon first began to interrupt Alagon's hiking something incredible happened. Two despoiler dragons attacked Alagon. They were after his food and his life. Zircon interfered within minutes. Harbingers are known for avoiding fights and for fleeing and yet here was Zircon, swooping in and pushing the dragons away from a mere wood elf. After chasing both dragons off Zircon didn't return. The despoilers managed to take all of Alagon's food supply, leaving him with nothing. They had also banged up the side of the mountain, caving in his path down. Alagon was trapped. Days went by with no food and very little water. The death Alagon prayed for was coming but obviously you know the story doesn't end there. With his way down the mountain blocked Alagon began traveling up, in hopes to find another way around. He ended up in a cave, which believe it or not, was Zircon's lair. The harbinger wasn't there when he entered but when it returned that night and found Alagon resting against a rock... the dragon looked his way once and never again, completely ignoring Alagon's presence. For the next few days Zircon would go out hunting and return with food, feasting just feet away from Alagon's tired, starving body. And every day Zircon left a portion of his meal untouched, falling asleep some distance away. And every night, while the dragon slept, Alagon ate. The dragon never looked his way, never acknowledged it, and never once seemed to care when the food was gone in the morning. Alagon lived in Zircon's lair for four months, studying the creature that slept across from him. He was almost too fascinated to leave. After four months, Alagon needed a way down the mountain and his idea? Hitch a ride on the back of Zircon. |
Zircon: the first dragon to synchronize with a humanoid
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Synchronization and Impressions
- Memories of the two can be shared visually inside the mind. As a memory is remembered by one of the individuals, if the memory is strong and vivid enough, it will be brought to the forefront of the other's mind, playing in their thoughts like a movie. An individual can keep memories private by avoiding the thought of them entirely, eliminating details and visual images as they are consciously remembered, or creating a "mental fog."
- An individual can detect the instincts of another, sensing the strong desire to take a specific action or the fixed pattern of behavior one feels without conscious control, allowing them to coordinate their movements or simply just understand what the other wants. If an individual consciously hides their intent of action, masking it in a "mental fog", it will not be felt within the other.
- The emotions of one individual can be felt within the other. Some of it is involuntary, like when emotions surge to an intense level. Some of it is also voluntary, though difficult to maintain, an individual may suppress their feelings to a level that makes it undetectable to the other. For the most part, only high levels of emotions are communicated, or felt within the other.
What is not melded together is important too: individuals are not linked by actual verbal thoughts, their 'thinking' is hidden, though many will say that emotions are enough to give everything away. To sum it up, an Impression with a dragon is to feel everything they feel and for them to feel everything you feel.
Dragon/Dragon Impressions
innate mother to offspring from egg until natural detachment
The problem is dragons may only be synchronized to one other individual at a time. So, parents may only synchronize with one of their many offspring, or only their mate. The interesting news is that dragons can "break" this Impression, reversing it, but this act is a permanent move. Once an individual is synchronized with another, they have the ability to end it but once it is ended they can never be synchronized again. Parents will often break their synchronization with their young once they leave the nest. Aside from this, breaks are rare, tiring the individual who chooses it. The final synchronization rule? Both dragons must willingly synchronize with one another. Consent is mandatory. But only one dragon need to break it in order to end the connection.
Dragon/Humanoid Impressions
The second way to synchronize is with a grown dragon.