Elegy for the First World (Classic)

Elegy for the First World was an ancient draconic poem of unknown origins.

> *" Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, scattered in infinite seedling realities.*
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> *Sing of Bahamut and Tiamat, watching its sundering, mourning their labor.*
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> *Sing too of Sardior, sundered, consciousness scattered in minuscule fragments.*
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> *Breathe, dragons: you are inheritors, ruling the wreck of the First World's destruction. "*
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> — Excerpt from Elegy for the First World
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## Contents

"Elegy for the First World" narrated the story of creation of the First World. According to the poem, the dragon gods Bahamut and Tiamat worked together to create the First World, as the poem named the Prime Material Plane. After finishing their work, Bahamut and Tiamat then created the firstborn of dragonkind, Sardior, in their own likeness. Sardior helped them to create the intended inhabitants of the First World, the different metallic and chromatic dragons.

The poem then narrated the invasion of the gods of the Outer Planes, who wanted to make the First World the home of their mortal creations. The dragons opposed the invaders but were overwhelmed by their incredible might. After Bahamut was defeated by the gods, Sardior hid in the heart of creation. Alone, Tiamat continued the fight until eventually she was defeated as well and sealed in a place of darkness. The victorious gods then gave the First World to their creations, who went to live in different lands according to their individual natures. Elves went to live in the forests, dwarves in the mountains, humans all over the world, and so on. When Bahamut recovered, he began to travel the world striving to understand the gods and their creations, eventually being accepted as one of the deities of Mount Celestia. Meanwhile, Tiamat, loosened from her prison, set her chromatic dragons against the gods and their creations as her revenge.

Finally, the poem narrated the sundering of the First World in some unexplained catastrophe. The poem implied that Sardior died during this catastrophe and the First World was destroyed, marking the end of the Age of Dragons.

## History

According to scholars, the "Elegy for the First World" was found in the traditions of dragons across the Prime Material plane, and it was also said that the various creation myths of dragons reflected some elements of the poem, specially those myths that described dragons or dragon gods being involved in the creation of the world. However, there were unique elements of the poem that were not reflected in any myths.

These elements were the implication that the Material plane was derivatived from the First World, created from its sundering. It also explained why Bahamut and Tiamat existed in the myths of many draconic civilizations, even if they were known by other names. However, the poem also included a third divine dragon, Sardior, that wasn't mentioned in many myths. Another implication of the poem was that dragons were intrinsically tied to the Material plane, being the living embodiments of the primordial magic of that plane. It also implied that while metallic and chromatic dragons were created by the dragon gods, gem dragons were created from the remains of Sardior.