Siondral

Siondral, also called the Dragon of the Air, is a deity and part of the Prism Pantheon. He is also father of a certain kind of illuminated beasts in Mingyun called the heavenly dragons.

## Siondral, the Dragon of Air

### Aliases

The Fifth DragonDragon of Air

Lord of the Skies

Our Ethereal Grace (by worshippers)

The Bearded Dragon

The Impending Storm

The Azure Dragon (in Mingyun)

Qinglong (in Mingyun)

### Relatives

Chunhui (favored son)Other heavenly and sky dragons

## Physical description

### Gender

Masculine

He rarely takes a humanoid form, but when he does, he does as depicted on the holy representations, as an elderly man who still stands tall and proud, with profound grey eyes, bushy, feathery eyebrows and a long beard the same color as his hair, light blue, long to his waist and tied straight on the back of his head as a ponytail. His horns are thin and ramificate like branches, resembling antlers, and has a long tail that curls at his feet, with a feathered mane outlining it all the way to the tip. He wears complicated, flowy robes tied at the front, and has a *guqin* (harp-like instrument) on one hand and a lance on the other.

His dragon form is different from his peers, as it resembles the heavenly dragon ones, a long serpentine body with turquoise-like scales and a blue, almost white feathery mane outlining his entire body from head to tail, being able to sustain himself on the air without wings, just soaring. His claws are golden, diminutive compared to the size of his body, and retains his beard and also gains a couple of whiskers, light green.

## Personality

Siondral can appear complacent, sometimes indulgent to a fault, as he prefers to watch and wait before taking action, but when he does, he is contundent and don't accept objections. He has a whimsical nature, calm and pleasing one second and snarky and ironic the next, but he almost never directs his anger at someone undeserving. Even if it doesn't look like it, his mind is sharp as a razor, wise and calculating, and he doesn't hesitate when he has to strike down something or someone that displeases him with lightning. He doesn't like sudden changes, but with some reasoning, he can adapt to them just as much, with the exception of anything that brings air pollution, as he despises and reviles it. He also gets word of the latest news faster than anyone, as the wind sprites and spirits are at his command. He dotes on his progeny more or less equally, but is especially fond of his favorite son the Breeze of Spring, and laments he couldn't do much for his fate other than lessening his condemnation.

He often positions himself neutral in conflicts among his peers, and tries to be the balance when Virseth takes things too far. He has a long history of collaboration with Naldyr, allying with him on storms and currents, so when the Dragon of the Sun imprisons him is less than pleased, even if he can't take direct action.

## History

Long ago, around when Telindrath and Freyr were young nations, four great illuminated beasts swore to uphold and protect the auspicious land presented before them, which they would simply dub as Mingyun (destiny). The Azure Dragon, known as Siondral later in Draconic tongue, would uphold the East, the Vermillion Bird would protect the South, the White Tiger would guard the West and the Black Tortoise would take care of the North. Together, with the Yellow Qilin as aid, they became the original protectors and benefactors throughout all the land.

They were meant to share power equally while caring for their respective provinces; however, as the Prism Pantheon gained influence throughout Sephailend, so did the Azure Dragon, and his province in the East would slowly become the most important of them all, the other three remaining illuminated beasts begrudgingly accepting so as he never broke boundaries with any of them. Even so, they murmur between them, saying he is starting to lose himself to the allures of power. None of them would dare to utter such in front of him, and knowing the wind carries news, they keep themselves quiet.

## Cult

Cult to Siondral exists most prominently on the Azure Dragon kingdom province of Mingyun, as it's named before him, but it's extended to many parts of Sephailend as well. Typically, in there and the rest of the continent, worshippers go to the mountainside, with shrines the closest to the top the better, and at cliffs, where people pray to him to bring rain after droughts, or to not punish them strongly on a storm. Mingyun in general is a nation especially devoted to him, in which he is an important part of the folklore, being attributed the creation of the sprites and illuminated beasts of the skies that populates it.

His priests typically use the light blue robes, and a roiling cloud as their holy symbol.