#coming up with some baseline lore for my clan and thought you guys might enjoy

[snailie-fr]

Earth Flight & Eternity

Earth is the eternal flight, built upon reverence and preservation of the past. Unlike Light, which seeks to archive and collect, Earth seeks to preserve and honor ancestors and history alike by preserving it in its most immortal self. This can take many forms: stone effigies, shrines, statues and other lifelike recreations, but perhaps most interesting is how this intersects with magic and spirituality.

It's no secret that ley magic of Sorneith can infect and possess all sorts of creatures both dragon and beast. The great undead wyrms that roam the Cairnstone Rest to protect what is inside are a great example of this -- beings who hold onto the past long past the point of death. Even Obelisks, creatures made to protect the deepest parts of Dragonhome, are eternally-lived beings of stone and gems that were given life by the Earthshaker and the leylines in the area.

To Earth dragons, there is no greater honor than to keep the past alive, however that may be. Clans in the area are often incredibly traditional with rituals that go back to the first and second ages. Physical forms are temporary, but memories and souls and magic, those are eternal.

This had lead to some clans adopting oddly spiritual connections to the concept. With many beings in Dragonhome willing themselves past death, there is a through line to many dragons that they, too, may someday do the same and become part of living history itself. Folk tales about dragons who go on to possess and inhabit statues, effigies, and other objects are common -- and so too is the practice of creating these sorts of objects for one's ancestors or even themselves to one day inhabit. Above all, however, seems to come a common thought:

There are two manners of reaching this zenith of existence. One, of obsession and burden, leads one's lay magic to corrupt and turn it into one of the great beasts that walks the land. The other, of clarity and wisdom, will allow a dragon to walk the lands as blessed by the Earthshaker himself. It is this spiritual strength -- not just physical -- that Earth dragons pride themselves on.

To be solid, reliable, and strong are revered aspects of an Earth dragon. And to be an eternal family member of the Earthshaker's is of the highest honor there is.