Dragons

Dragons are a mythical species of large, winged reptiles, often associated with fire-related powers such as the ability to breathe fire. The Dragons of the LMBE Chima Roleplay universe were first introduced in the story "The Last Reincarnations", as the creators, essentially the Gods, of Chima. JGREAD based them off of the Dragons from the LEGO Ninjago TV series, who hail from the "First Realm", the Realm of Oni and Dragons, and have the ability to travel between any of the Sixteen Realms. This inspiration was based on a headcanon that the Dragons were the ones to create many of the realms (such as Chima), due to their powers of realm-travelling and creation. However, since the Chima of the RP universe is in its own dimension separate from the Sixteen Realms, this link is more thematic than literal, and it can be surmised that these Dragons came from an equivalent world to the First Realm.

## Members

The Dragon Council that brought about the creation of Chima consists of Januar, Febuar, Marh, Apri, Mae, J'une, J'ulii, Augustus, Septembris, Octavius, Novem and Decemar.

## History

Two million years before the events of the RP, in the Visible Domain (the material universe) twelve Dragons formed a new planet they called Chima, and an accompanying pocket dimension within the Invisible Domain (the immaterial), which later came to be known as the Chi Ghost Realm. The Dragons, under their self-proclaimed leader, Decemar, created the Phoenix from the local sun to be the perpetually reincarnating guardians of the planet; then primitive, but with an ingrained instinct to protect life. At the same time the Dragons created the Phoenix, the land north of the Iron Mountains became eternally cold even without the Gods' input, to maintain the natural balance of Fire and Ice.

Over multiple millennia, the Dragons experimented with cell combinations, eventually creating the final versions of many primitive species: Lions, Leopards, Tigers, Peacocks, Sabertooth Tigers, Crocodiles, Vultures, Mammoths, Eagles, Spiders, Skunks, Scorpions, Gorillas, Rhinos, Foxes, Beavers, Wolves, Ravens, Bears, Bats, Sharks, Fish, and Manta and Sting Rays. By the year 1,000 BR, the Dragons decided to grant the animals sapience. As they left the physical realm for the sake of Chima’s people having free will, they dispersed their powers into water, and the "chi" poured from holes in Mount Cavora; this later came to be known as the First Great Illumination. Almost all species drank the chi and were evolved (Fish having been made incapable of evolution, so that they'd serve as food for the carnivorous species), but during this time, one of the Dragons, Octavius, had a vision about the Rays, Sharks, Bats, Scorpions and Spiders creating factions that were too powerful if left unchecked, risking a Chima ruled by an empire. Because of this, Octavius relocated the aquatic species' far from Cavora's continent (which came to be known simply as Chima by its people), and created The Gorge of Eternal Depth, to serve as a natural confinement-habitat hybrid for the Bats and arachnids; with these actions, he ironically created a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Dragons had ingrained their language within the DNA of every living being on the planet, so that all automatically knew what to speak upon evolving; this prevented language barriers at the start of civilization, which the Dragons viewed as a would-be obstacle. Eleven of the twelve Dragons willingly became immaterial, moving into the Chi Ghost Realm to become passive observers of the material world, and to watch over the souls of Chimians' whose physical bodies are deceased. They remain there presently.

### What was left Behind

Another of the Dragons, Febuar, secretly remained in Chima, taking on the form of a phoenix and becoming the tribe's first Emperor (see the Febuar page for his history past this point). The Dragons had ingrained their language within the DNA of every living being on the planet, so that all automatically knew what to speak upon evolving; this prevented language barriers at the start of civilization, which the Dragons viewed as a would-be obstacle. In 980 BR, the Chimians discovered a scripture that the Dragons had left behind, which listed all of their names despite not mentioning what they were. The people of Chima named the months of their calendar after the Dragons, who they deduced were some sort of important ancient figures, when the tribes agreed to create a unified calendar in 978 BR. Religions were also formed around the mysterious figures, as some holidays continue to be practiced by tribes such as the Gorillas.

## Appearances

* Rupture: A Chima Roleplay Prequel Story (Indirect mention only)
* The Last Reincarnations: A Chima Roleplay Tie-in Story (First Mentioned)