Veeshan's Children  

 

• Crescent Reach

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When Veeshan's brood was
beginning its days on Norrath,
the dragons determined, among
other things, that the Nest
would be the breeding grounds
for their kind. It was also
where five chosen dragons
closest to the pure blood of
Veeshan would carry on the
Nest for all time and pass
down their knowledge. And
thus, the dragons of the 
Nest became known as Veeshan's
Children and those that serve
them, the Servants of the
Children.

The dragons and creatures of
the Nest began to build the
foundations for this sacred
area and found a way to hide
it from meddling mortals.
Through their mastery of
magic, the five dragons all 
took part in creating a veil
of magic that drapes over the
land. One dragon, Yar
Lir, a master of weather,
obscures the veil of magic by
storms.

Veeshan also gave the dragons
a great gift of which they
would always be a part -- a
scale taken from her very
chest. In some way it bound them all together and to her.
It was entrusted to all of her
brood and it was clear that it
was to be protected at all
costs. The scale was placed
in a shrine called the
Reliquary of Scale and was
always closely guarded. When
Solusek Ro raised the lands
and created the Serpent Spine
Mountains, the reliquary was
forced from Yar'Lir's 
protective veil and much
of it was destroyed. Only two
of the five guardians of the
scale survived the great
upheaval of the land.

Life in the Nest carried on,
however. The laying of eggs
and birth of new dragons to
the Nest -- the ones that will
carry on the Nest for all time
-- are governed by a cycle. 
Every thousand years,
Veeshan's Children choose the
eggs of the dragons that will
replace them and gain their
knowledge. And for 1000 years
those eggs must be protected
until they hatch, a time known
as the Brood Dawn. If the
cycle is disturbed, the eggs
of the metallic, storm, and
lava dragons could become
corrupted or worse. The Brood 
Dawn must be allowed to take
place, undisturbed. For
thousands of years, the Nest
remained safe, but for a few
intruders who found it in
error -- and they quickly
learned their mistake.

On a day of ill fate,
Norrathians' greed overtook
their good sense and they
unknowingly aided a dark and 
evil messenger -- the one who
paid the foremen of the
Solusek Mines -- to dig deeper
and farther to the north with
the promise of untold riches.

The way to the Nest was opened
and the veil of magic was
breeched as Norrathians passed
through it. Tirranun, the
dragon that lived in the fires
of a volcano, immediately flew 
from his lair and brought
rains of fire and destruction
in Lavastorm, beating back
those that attempted to
disturb the Nest.

And while this disruption and
distraction occurred, the dark
messenger, Venril Sathir,
snuck through the barrier that
Norrathians had opened with
his eye on the eggs of the 
Nest that were due to hatch.
Once inside the Nest
underneath the lake in the
valley, the dark messenger
moved among the shadows until
he stood among the precious
chosen eggs that had waited
nearly 1000 years for the
Brood Dawn. He then invoked a
foul spell and carved a symbol
into a wall in the Nest that
magically sank into the wall, 
waiting for the moment when it
would be unleashed -- knowing
it would be before the Brood
Dawn would take place. He
then gated safely back to
Karnor's undetected.

Venril Sathir counted on
Norrathians penchant for
killing anything in their
path. He knew they would kill
the storm dragon Yar Lir, 
Vishimtar's life mate,
and draw the storm dragon up
from his post in the Nest to
take vengeance on Norrathians.
With Yar'Lir no longer summoning the
protective barrier of the Nest
and Vishimtar no longer
guarding it, the symbol that
the dark messenger left on the
wall would come alive, growing
and spreading through the 
Nest. And the dark
messenger's wish came to pass.
As Norrathians killed Yar
Lir, Vishimtar left his post
within the Nest to fight those
who attacked his mate. This
act allowed the curse to grow
and move unchecked through the
Nest.