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I’ve never played in Eberron before, but I watched a vid on it today and then another then another and I think Azune is based in Eberron lore, since he seems to have a dragon-mark, he’s a draconic sorceror most likely, specifically empowered by or descended from a creature similar to Khyber, the Dragon Below.

My understanding of the myth is that there were three dragons that created the universe, the dragon above (Siberys), the dragon between (Eberron), and the dragon below (Khyber). Khyber turned on the other two, murdering Siberys, and Eberron couldn’t defeat Khyber and instead used their own body to encircle and trap Khyber. Eberron becomes the land/planet (and namesake of the setting), while Khyber became its dark interior, a place that spawns evil creatures and opens dark portals.

Since Azune and his sister both seem to have the same eyes I’m guessing this is lineage-based, so back to the dragon mark thing. There is an “heir of Siberys” mark, and the others are, in the Eberron setting, broken down by which gifts they restore (and seem largely tied to race? There’s houses tied to each dragonmark). Then there’s aberrant marks, when people of two different marks have a child, more chaotic. Because the lore feels very Khyber to me with Azune, I think his mark would be a “heir of Khyber” type of mark, shared by his sister.

To me this points to potentially a similar creation myth for Araman. The “gods” as shapers means they weren’t the first, and we have whispers of the other more primordial powers (Djinni, Giants, Fey, etc), but the dragons might be like the Progenitor Dragons, god-like true creators that are now long lost to time, having assimilated into earth and hollow, so long gone that they are no longer worshipped as gods, much like the Eberron setting (most worship the gods that came after, the ones actually “present” and actively affecting the world and people, since the dragons became “inert” essentially).

Hence, “remember.”

If it is a progenitor dragon akin to Khyber, remembering might… accidentally awaken an evil true creator. It might be stirring, and might want Azune to bring it back, which would be pure cataclysm on a level the Shapers couldn’t dream of, perhaps literal destruction of the world.

Of course, since this is Araman, Brennan and team could have gone any direction with it. Dragon trapped in the interior of the world (maybe as part of the creation myth), with a humanoid mortal bearing its mark and thus part of its gift feels so far pretty established to me. Whether the dragons in general are the true creators, or just this one creator was a dragon and was trapped inside and the others are not dragons (perhaps one of each of the primordials?), or maybe it’s a good or neutral dragon trapped inside (though it’s felt rather ominous to me?), anyone’s guess, but learning all the Eberron stuff feels like I’ve put at least some of it together. Putting it here for posterity in case I’m onto something!