Editing Age Of Dragons: Endless Night (section)

===The Arrival of ''Endless Night''===
The draconic and mortal followers of the ''Ascendancy'' believe that Endless Night is none other than the first Sable Dragon. They say that he was the twelfth and final Dragon created by the Mother Goddess, and that when he was born he was strong enough to wrest away the last of her lifeforce, essentially taking more breath than she intended to give him. In doing so he also stole her divinity, and became as a god himself.
<br>The ''Ascendancy'' claim that ''Endless Night'' spent the first sixty millennia of his existence deep beneath the earth, exploring the world below and during this time he conquered the entirety of the ''World Below''. He returned just over four and a half millennia ago to present himself to the Dragons of the living world, and to claim his rightful place as their Emperor.
<br>Dragons outside of the ''Ascendancy'' do not know whether they should give credence to this story or not. It is well known that no dragon can exist for more than a thousand years or so before falling to the ''Sleep of Stone''. It is also disputed by many whether there is such a place as a ''World Below''.
<br>Many Pure Dragons (who are loathe to admit that anyone has a right to rule save for themselves) believe that ''Endless Night'' was never a dragon at all, but is a demonic entity who has invaded the world from outside it, and has tricked the deluded Sables into believing that he is their progenitor.
<br>Neutral parties who have less vested political interest in one version of the truth or another have noted that many Sables practice a unique ''Lifepath'' called the ''Path of Apotheosis'', which teaches them to transform portions of their body into living shadow, albeit transiently. They theorise that perhaps ''Endless Night'' is just a Sable Dragon who took this path to its logical conclusion many millennia ago, and in doing so both ceased to be a Dragon and became something altogether different.
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