Eldest

The Great Dragon of Reality. Much like the other two members of the Triumvirate of Existence, Primus and Ominia, little is known about this God other than the legends.

Eldest is said to have been formed from the four ancient elemental dragons, Arkeris (Earth), Ryujin (Water), Io (Air), and Ra (Fire). Eldest was formed when the four elemental dragons merged to create what is now the material plane and Tella'ndor.

The Great Dragon is worshiped by almost all dragons, as it is from it that all other dragons are descended.

While the true extent of it's powers are unknown, it is believed that Eldest has control over all matter, however this gave it no advantage in the fight against Kholek.

Eldest has only been known to roam the earth once - when Kholek attacked. After working with the other gods to imprison the beast, Eldest worked with Primus and Ominia to repair the hole in space time that Kholek had torn through. Since the idea of this great dragon is a little far fetched for most mortals, it is worshiped primarily by the Monks of the White Lotus who channel the elemental matter and energy that it created.

Sire of Dragons
An important aspect of Eldest is as the father of dragonkind. Major draconic bloodlines were formed from each of his elemental aspects. Ra sired the Gold, Bronze and Red, Arkeris the Black, Green and Copper, Ryujin the Silver and White and finally Io the Bronze and Blue.

These manifestations of Eldest are not identical however, their elemntal powers are determined by the elemental dragon they are spawned from but even their allignment differs. Each element is divided between selfish leaning dragons - Red, Black, Green, White and Blue. And good-leaning dragons Gold, Bronze, Copper, Silver and Bronze. As you can see, Ra has a majority of good bloodlines (with Bronze the 'younger' brother to Gold) and Arkeris a majority of evil bloodlines (with Green the 'younger' sister to Black). This establishes the Gold and Black bloodlines as the dominant breed on each side (good and evil) but draconic heirarchy is often dependent more on sharing an element than being Gold or ''Black. ''

Because of their direct links to the elements, dragons are often viewed as masters in their respective energy. Mortals often seek out Dragons to gain knowledge in their discipline but Dragons have long been scarce in the land.