Editing Age of Dragons: Forest Dragons (section)

==A Mother's Blessing==

It is said that when the world was young, the first ''Forest Dragon'' turned to the Mother Goddess and asked Her to explain the secrets of life to him. He said that he was frustrated by the fact that dragons seemed not to be truly alive, living above and around the natural world rather than as a part of it. He had the insight to recognise he lacked the intuitive connection to the harmonious patterns of Lifeforce that even the smallest animal in the forests below seemed to have.

The Mother Goddess told him he was wise, and that She would grant him insight if he wished, though he might not thank her for it. The ''Forest Dragon'' promised that he would be grateful and have his oath that he would never be bitter for any gift of wisdom.

She smiled, and breathed over him, and in doing so blessed him with the gift of mortality. No longer would the ''Forest Dragon'' or his breed exist as other dragons do, fearing the borthing sickness or calcifying into stone with the passing years. Instead, from that day on, ''Forest Dragons'' would breed, age and die as all mortal animals must.

The ''Forest Dragons'' have remained thankful for the blessing that the Mother Goddess gave them, and over the millennia have kept their promise to be grateful. Each year a ''Forest Dragon'' will offer a prayer of devotion and gratitude for the gift of mortality, and as a ''Forest Dragon'' dies he will whisper his thanks to his Mother.

Hand in hand with mortality (and a shortened lifespan) the ''Forest Dragons'' have won freedom from the curse of ''Birthing Sickness'', and gained insight into the cycles of life in a way that no other draconic breed can. They pity the other breeds who are unable to enjoy the blessings of a short life, lived fully. They forever stand apart from the other breeds, living in their own way, in their own realm.
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