Aurora (? - ca. 9000 PC) was the first Gold Dragon and the mightiest of the five Daughters of Paladine.
Biography[]
As her sisters flew to other reaches of the continent, Aurora stayed within the High Kharolis Mountain, choosing the highest peak as her lair. Not only was Aurora the strongest of the five daughters in a physical sense, she also had a fierce command of the arcane arts. In these ancient times, it is told that she consorted with a platinum hummingbird (believed to be Paladine) to propagate the gold dragon species. From this meeting, she produced four gold dragon eggs, which she safely stored (along with the eggs of her sisters) in her lair. It was Aurora's duty to guard all the Metallic Dragon eggs, in order to preserve future generations of metallic dragons.
When the Sons of Takhisis rose against the Daughters of Paladine, they systematically slew Aurora's four sisters and then came after the golden matriarch. Learning from a Griffon of their approach, Aurora set a magical illusion around her mountain, creating the scene of her sleeping blissfully on a wide ledge. The White Dragon Akis charged at the illusion at full speed, intent on killing Aurora and claiming the glory of his Queen for himself... and broke his neck as he slammed into the mountain at full speed.
Next Aurora flew close to the blue Arkan and red Furyion, who were the next closest dragons to approach her lair. She outflew and outmaneuvered the dragons within the mountain and then ambushed the green Korril as he flew outside her lair. Korril unleashed a poisonous blast which injured Aurora, but he still fell quickly to her might. Immediately after, she was attacked by the blue Arkan, whose devastating lightning blast crippled one of her wings. In the face of impending doom, Aurora used a death spell (which she had been saving for use against Furyion) and killed the Blue Dragon.
Within the mountain, Aurora found the black Corrozus,and launched a fireball which badly wounded her foe. In response, Corrozus spat acid at the gold dragon, however Aurora was able to quickly cut down Corrozus, biting his neck and severing his spine.
The wounded dragon was then attacked by the mightiest of the Sons of Takhisis, the red dragon Furyion. Realizing that she could not possibly defeat the Red Dragon, particularly in her wounded state, Aurora did the only thing possible. She launched herself at the red dragon as they fought above a subterranean lake. Entwining herself with Furyion, she used her magic one final time, to turn herself to stone. Thoroughly tangled with Aurora, the red dragon was plunged into the water and drowned. Aurora managed to single-handedly defeat the five Sons of Takhisis and save the metallic dragon eggs from destruction.
Of Aurora's four eggs, only three survived. Her children were the gold male Aurican, and the gold females Mydass and Oro.
Personality and traits[]
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References[]
- The Dragons, p.27-30
- The Dragons at War, "Aurora's Eggs", p.307-339
- Wings of Fury, Book One, p.5-9