Vvaraak was the black dragon who taught the first Gatekeepers and began the druidic tradition in western Khorvaire sixteen thousand years ago, during the Age of Monsters . [1] [3] [2] [4] [5] [6] She was also known as the Scaled Apostate . [1] The Seren druids call her the Ebon Mother . [2]
History
Vvaraak was a black dragon who traveled to Khorvaire over 16,000 years ago to teach the orcs the secrets of druidic magic. [1] [2] She did so to halt a great disaster she had foreseen, presumably the Daelkyr War , the incursion of daelkyr and their aberration servants from Xoriat, the Realm of Madness . [1] [3] [2] [4] However, the threat she predicted may not have yet come to pass. [3] [2]
The dragons of Argonnessen consider Vvaraak a draconic rogue, who shared the secrets of druidic magic to the unworthy after being denied by the Conclave of Argonnessen . [2]
Vvaraak taught the orcs druidic magic over the course of a century, before departing to spread the Gatekeeper tradition around the rest of Eberron . [2] She is said to have taught them the secrets of creating the first horrid animals . [7] She may even have descended into the depths of Khyber to teach the Gatekeeper tradition to creatures such as the derro . [2]
It is unknown if she was destroyed by the Eyes of Chronepsis for her actions, or even if her actions were approved by the Conclave in the first place. [2]
Legacy
She is respected by the Gatekeepers of the Shadow Marches as their teacher. [8] Some tribes of the lizardfolk of Q'barra and Xen'drik practice Gatekeeper traditions in her honor. [2]
Locations such as Vvaraak's Cave and the Mystic Glade in western Khorvaire are said to still bear lingering magic from her presence. [1] [2]
Beliefs
Vvaraak was a child of Eberron, the sovereign path of the draconic adherents of Thir who seek to be closer to nature. The dark aspect is recognizable to humanoids as the Devourer , the Sovereign of Wave and Whelm of the Dark Six . The light aspect is Arawai , the Sovereign of Life and Love of the Sovereign Host . [2]
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Notes
Vvaraak was misidentified in the Eberron Campaign Setting , page 241, as a green dragon . This was corrected in the errata . This was repeated in Races of Eberron and Rising from the Last War . All other references to Vvaraak that specify her color identify her as a black dragon. [2] [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Keith Baker , Bill Slavicsek , & James Wyatt (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 200. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0 .
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 11. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Keith Baker , Bill Slavicsek , & James Wyatt (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 241. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0 .
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 156. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4 .
- ↑ James Wyatt , Keith Baker , Luke Johnson , Steven Brown (2006). Player's Guide to Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 59. ISBN 0-7869-3912-5 .
- ↑ James Wyatt , Keith Baker , Luke Johnson , Steven Brown (2006). Player's Guide to Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 101. ISBN 0-7869-3912-5 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 62. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ Jennifer Clarke Wilkes , Ari Marmell , & C.A. Suleiman (2006). Faiths of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 100. ISBN 0-7869-3934-6 .