Children of Tiamat

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The Children of Tiamat are a group of ancient chromatic dragons- one of each type- sired by Tiamat at the height of her godly power. They were rumoured to be incredibly powerful beings whose might and innate magic exceeded that of even the most ancient dragons, but their mere existence is largely considered only speculation. The failed ritual attempted by the Cult of the Dragon was going to rely on the sacrifice of some of the most powerful chromatic dragons- rumoured by some to be the Children of Tiamat themselves. Bahamut himself confirmed to Impression that the Children of Tiamat's might was not only that of ancient dragons, but that of demigods.

## Children

The five Children of Tiamat are The Monarch of Black Magic, The Doom of the Desert, The Flame that Razes the Land, The One Who Wakes the Winter and The Plague That Sweeps the Nation.

### The Monarch of Black Magic

Khaxaarax, known in title as the Monarch of Black Magic, First of Tiamat's Brood, is a black dragon demigod. (MORE WILL BE ADDED)

### The Doom of the Desert

Iymrith, known in title as the Doom of the Desert, Second of Tiamat's Brood, is a blue dragon demigod. (MORE WILL BE ADDED)

### The Flame that Razes the Land

Malazan, known in title as The Flame that Razes the Land, Third of Tiamat's Brood, Watcher of the High Forest, and Malazan the Red, is a red dragon demigod. He is arguably the most well-known of the Children of Tiamat, and has a vast cult that follows and worships him, known as the Cult of Malazan. While many of his worshippers know his true nature as a dragon, many others know him as an incredibly powerful deity whose wrath manifests as droughts and death. Lyra knew of his existence, stating that his lair was somewhere within the High Forest, and that while entire battalions had been sent to destroy him, no one has ever returned alive.

Decades ago, as massive and deadly droughts plagued the High Forest and causing countless deaths, a woman from the village of Far Water named Ashai begged the deity to allow the rain back in order to save her village. In exchange for this, Malazan demanded the pregnant woman for her firstborn child as sacrifice and payment for his mercy. With great guilt in her heart, she complied, giving up her only child at the mouth of his lair. Several years later, the droughts returned in full force, and Ashai returned to Malazan to beg for his mercy on her village once more. This time, he asked for her second-born child as sacrifice for his mercy, and she agreed to give her other daughter when the time came. Ashai lied, however, and hid her daughter away, hoping to outsmart the deity but ultimately failing when he discovered the child. In retribution, Malazan burned the entire village and all of its people to a crisp- but not before Ashai managed to get her child to safety, leaving her the only survivor of the tragedy.

Lord Delphize is Malazan's most trusted follower, and wears a mask in his image. They seem to know that Malazan's price is still unpaid, and threatens Bean that her years of borrowed time will soon come to an end.

### The One Who Wakes the Winter

Jar'kath, known in title as The One Who Wakes the Winter, Fourth of Tiamat's Brood, and the Lord of the White Expanses, is a white dragon demigod. He is an ancient ancestor of Silix's and has had a connection with him through dreams since Silix arrived on the mainland. He was sealed for millennia beneath the Spine of the World, until Silix used his blood to break the seal, after which he nearly slew the Heroes of Happenstance before flying free and destroying vast swaths of the Far North. According to Eithne's letters, he destroyed entire settlements, including Bryn Shander, and the entirety of the Far North is now uninhabitable, called the "White Wastes". Currently, his lair is somewhere within the mountains, and he claims the entirety of the Far North as his domain.

Before his release, Jar'kath shared part of his history with Silix through dreams that he visited Silix within. He has an antagonistic relationship with the Protector, whom he calls Silix's keeper. He was sealed away thousands of years ago by "Annam-spawn"- Giants- in the mountains during the Thousand Year War. He said that the War was one of unfathomable cost for dragonkind. While the Giants sought to destroy their power, Tiamat and Bahamut were at odds about how to respond; the chromatic dragons wanted to strike back without mercy, whereas the metallic dragons believed that justice would allow some Giantkind to live. The ongoing feud caused a civil war between the chromatic and metallic forces, effectively weakening their front against the Giants.

Jar'kath stated that he had a mate, a silver dragon named Qyvisser, and a single child named Xurrai. Xurrai was unlike anything the dragon world had ever seen; a child of that union- chromatic and metallic- was something both beyond silver and white while also lesser than either. Jar'kath told Silix that he had lost his mate in the war, and was not allowed to avenge her. Later, after the giants imprisoned him, he was abandoned and forgotten, left to waste away under the mountain.

### The Plague That Sweeps the Nation

Giliensharr, known in title as The Plague That Sweeps the Nation, Fifth of Tiamat's Brood, and the Envenomed Lord, is a green dragon demigod. She is able to insert fragments of her essence into living beings, as seen inside Blimey's mind, in the form of an item known as a Gilienshard.

Before losing his memory and joining the Heroes of Happenstance, Blimey first encountered Giliensharr in a noxious bog filled with the bones of the dead when he himself was also beaten to near death. Within her lair, he was nearly claimed by her before being swept away to the safety of the Faewild by Midna. While Blimey escaped from this experience with his life, the ancient green dragon managed to mark or curse him in some capacity.

Much later, while in the High Forest, the druid Wynona tapped into ancient primal magics, channelling a dangerously temperamental power to bring Blimey into a deep sleep and awaken in the Labyrinth within his own mind. When the majority of the Heroes of Happenstance fell into a magical slumber caused by the inherent and potent magic of the spell's materials, Silix was able to connect the Heroes to Blimey's psyche, and they appeared within the labyrinth of his mind. While in this strange place, the party found themselves in battle with a fraction of Giliensharr's power, an avatar that took the form of a terrible necrotic dragon made of rotting flesh and sickening green flames, and who repeated her vile curse. Upon the dragon's defeat and the party's return to the world of reality.