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Naeris, The First Mythic Dragon

A legendary dragon of catastrophic power, influence, and age, Naeris is said to have been present for the creation of the world, and has lived and gained power ever since. Having survived encounters with warlocks, witches, demigods, and the greatest warriors of the ages, and devouring each fallen foe, Naeris has acquired so many scars and so much power as to become a force not unlike a god. His most recent conquest has granted him the ability to shapeshift into a human form, and this has prompted him to take an interest in the affairs of men.

Power Absorption

Naeris has existed since the dawn of the world, and as such is impossibly old and catastrophically strong. He was the first to be known as a mythic dragon due to his quite unique ability to absorb the power, knowledge, and abilities of those he devours. He realized early in his life that with time he could become more powerful than a god if he allowed himself to live long enough. So he was careful, plotting every waking moment to hunt and lure in stronger and stronger foes to devour, gaining extraordinary power over so many, many years. His gluttony for power has allowed him to regain any life-force he might have lost by living for hundreds of centuries, and at this point, he is all but immortal.

Lord of the Fire Plane

Some say Naeris is more powerful than Utem, the god of fire, and that he has kept the fire plane from him, however it is vastly more liklely that Utem has just grown lazy and fat from the pampering of one of humanity's largest nations, and has taken no interest in the plane of fire, that hellish wasateland. Naeris came to rule the plane when his lair grew a kind of cult around it, nurturing some level of worship from the cultists of the fire plane. This small encampment was soon a village, then a town and eventually a city, centered around the volcanic lair of the mythic dragon, larger than any other. He waged a short and deadly war on other nations of the plane, and proclaimed himself lord.Yet no matter what Naeris himself believes, even his immense strength does not yet compare to that of a true god.

Naeris' Lair

The cultist worship of Naeris grew so heavily over the centuries that he now lays claim to a massive army. These cultist warriors fight to guard the lair of Naeris, within his Mythic City. At the center of the city lies the massive volcano that encases the lair, always running with magma and smelling of brimstone. Within the hellish mound are hundreds of criss-crossing caverns leading deep down into the ground, all coalescing into the basin of the volcano. In this massive chamber magma rains from above, and