Editing Age of Dragons: Jade Dragons (section)

==The Refusers of the Curse==

The [[Age of Dragons: Forest Dragons|Forest Dragons]] of the Heart Forest tell of a legend in which the Mother Goddess "blessed" the first of their kind with the ability to die of old age and to have short life like a mortal creature.

The ''Jade Dragons'' accept that this event happened, but they also recall that three of the ''Forest Dragon's'' grandchildren saw through the talk of "wisdom through brief lives" and recognised the Mother Goddess' work for what it was - a horrific curse.

They saw that the first ''Forest Dragon'' had been seeking knowledge and arcane lore, and that was on the verge of gaining secrets that would make him as powerful as his Mother. She saw this, and cursed him with mortal senescence to destroy his mind and body. The magic she cast was launched out of nothing but spite of fear.

These three grandchildren strived all their years to thwart the curse, and they failed. Their descendants fought the curse as well, and also failed.

It was only at the end of the ''First Age'', just after the Mother Goddess left the realm that a small cabal of ''Forest Dragons'' found a way to break the curse. By infusing their pneuma with death energy they were able to break the Mother's malicious enchantment, and in doing so they became something greater - ''Jade Dragons''.
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