With the release of The Serpent Spine getting closer and
closer we are finding out more info on the Drakkin! (see below). In the coming
couple of weeks as information is available I will be including images of the
newly revamped High Hold Keep and more images from the new areas being added in
TSS (The Serpent Spine). For now Enjoy this information brought to you by our
friends at SOE!
-Kudane
Drakkin
Background
After Venril Sathir's curse
was released into the Nest and destroyed the dragon eggs, it was clear that the
future of dragonkind was in danger. With the next generation of dragons lost
forever, Veeshan's bloodline was in jeopardy.Six dragons who were children of
the Nest proposed a plan to their elders -- the creation of a race to protect
dragons and the Wyrmqueen's bloodline, something they had seen done once before.
The six dragons were scoffed
at by the elders of the Nest, but they were so adamant with the idea that the
elder dragons ordered their exile so their ideas would not gain a foothold. To
the elders, it was unthinkable. The six left the Nest and ignored the decree of
the elders. They settled in the nearby Serpent Spine Mountains to carry out
their plan to create a new race to protect the existence of Veeshan's bloodline
on Norrath. They would create a race of dragon-touched humans and call them
Drakkin which means “Dragon Child” in the language of the elders.
They called themselves the
Circle of the Crystalwing, defining them as the future of dragonkind. The six
dragons in the Circle: Venesh the Greenblood; Draton`ra, Master of the Void;
Keikolin, Bringer of Enlightenment; Mysaphar, Seeker of All; Atathus the Red
Lord; and Osh`vir the Windspirit.
In human form, the dragons
traveled to Freeport and combed through the taverns and inns, looking for the
right humans to suit this new race. The honorable dragons found many who
sympathized with their plight and plans and agreed to help right the wrongs that
mortals inflicted on dragons of the Nest by unleashing Venril's curse. Many
humans considered it a great honor. The darker dragons were not so willing to
negotiate and simply took the human subjects they desired. Each human taken was
touched by the magic of a single drop of dragon’s blood across their cheek.
In only a matter of months,
the dragon-touched humans began to experience changes, a coming-of-age that
became known as the Awakening. It is then that the latent strengths they inherit
from their dragon bloodline surface and they have a burning desire to better
understand them. Their hair takes on new texture and color – the same color as
the dragon who touched them. Parts of their skin show small, toughened scales,
and runic patterns representing their new race began to show on their face,
torsos and legs – all in the color of their dragon progenitor. Delicate horns
appear in patterns on their foreheads. They are the essence of beauty to most
who see them.
As their new traits develop,
the drakkins yearn to meet their parents. They find themselves on a pilgrimage
into the Serpent Spine Mountains. Their final destination is the ancient
abandoned ogre city of Nokk, now alive with drakkin who call it Crescent Reach.
As they enter the Dragon’s
Grove of the great stone city where their parents await them, their human past
is lost forever. It is from their parents that the drakkin learn their purpose –
to live and grow stronger to protect the future of Veeshan's bloodline on
Norrath. With their new identity affirmed, their drakkin life truly begins.
New
Screenshots of the Drakkin Race!
