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The Dragon, hated and hateful thing that it is, occupies a place of power in the mind; it is the ultimate adversary, a challenge which dynasties have proven or ended themselves against. Some would seek to become like them, to consume the enemy and steal its strength- one of many bad ideas.A very long time ago, when there was no one king and many Wizard-Kings did as they saw fit, one of these tyrants got the bright idea to reinvent the dragon; a beast of the Thunder, loyal to its Wise One as the dragons were loyal to theirs, powerful and terrible yet unable to surpass its masters. A cocodril's egg, injected with the blood of a sylph and the semen of the Wizard-King in question, birthed the first of these creatures: the Beithir.BeithirNaturally, like anything ever made by a Wizard, they escaped into the wild. Not only could they breed true, Beithirs could think- and want. They exist in small populations scattered across the world, hidden in wild places or displayed in menageries,…

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