"Harsh, perhaps, but what little I have learned of the past wars that led to the anger of those four was attempted genocide on draconic species due to the actions of the few," Umbra remarked. "The weak, the wounded, the young... the noncombatants... chances are dragons of those catagories were considered fair game in the past wars even if the kruxnak descendants would consider such against their own kind to be particularly heinous. Acts such as those tend to raise their ire if perpetuated for an extended period of time, enough for them to judge worsening war was the only path which would be followed. And they would only rise when called upon after all four of their individual codes of honor were directly violated. But no... they are not kind toward mortal races, and few of us condone their actions... although none have ever opposed them, to my knowledge. They are among the most arrogant of our kind, and I would not be surprised to learn they think of themselves as gods even if they are not foolish enough to call themselves such. They are also some of the most powerful, their essences strongly woven into the world, as evidenced by the 'Four Great Elements' of magic. I would take caution with your words if you ever encountered one... they are of the sort to kill for percieved insults and such. But they often bicker among themselves and only choose to 'cleanse' when in agreement... I would imagine it would take a powerful force sworn to eliminate dragonkind to draw them out... one strong enough to drive the dragons to enough desparation to perform the rituals to call their attentions to mortal affairs. They are bloody rituals, after all... and the dragons are well aware many of their kind will perish in the ensuing onslaught if their calls are answered. You are not entirely unfamiliar with them, I expect... Ventus, ancient of wind and sky, is the creator of the Tempest. He created them to be powerful warriors... and to value his code of honor more than their lives."
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