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Neverwinter Nights 2 Equipment Database: Item Details
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Dragons of the Dragon Coast |
| Base Item: Book |
| Weight: 1 pound(s) |
| Resource Name: i_book_dragons |
| Installation: Mysteries of Westgate |
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The origin of the term "Dragon Coast" is highly debated with any number of theories having their devoted adherents. One thing all agree upon, though, is that the name is an apt one, for no other area of Faerun is as densely populated by the massive beasts as is this one, and a history of the region is rife with mention of them.
Most experts begin with mention of the dragon Kisonraathiisar, slain by Saldrinar of the Seven Spells in -349 DR. (Some tales say Saldrinar imprisoned the wyrm in a scepter, to call forth its powers at will.) Saldrinar founded Westgate on the dragon's lair and proclaimed himself its king.
Many identify "the" Purple Dragon of Cormyr, Thauglor, as the inspiration. Others speak of Kuldrak the Many-Taloned, a red wyrm of mountainous size who laired amid the southernmost Thunder Peaks before Thauglor was hatched, and was vanquished by Rauthstokh "Redbones," the sire of the god-dragon Tchazzar.
Still others favor the fang dragon Arauvrim, a small, vicious predator known for flying low over the water and plucking sailors and fisherfolk from vessels. He preyed fearlessly along the coasts in a ten-season reign of terror that ended when Arauvrim was petrified by a shipborne mage and plunged under the waves, never to be seen again.
Perhaps the most fearsome wyrm of all is Larithylar, who may still live in several possessed bodies (just as she may earlier have possessed some of the dragons described above). A lamia sorceress who devised magic to give herself human, humanoid, and draconic forms, she learned to possess and control true dragons. Until she faked her own death, centuries ago, she was briefly notorious as "the Chameleon Dragon." She may dwell in Westgate, seeking the specific magic items for some dark scheme. |
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