Emberclaw
Fire
"Born in volcanic forges — scales that shimmer like molten lava."
The Story
The Prophecy of the First Light
Long ago there was a single light in the sky — the Aurelan — and every dragon shared it. Then came the Sundering, and the light shattered into six glowing Shards, one falling into each homeland. The pieces cooled into six elements and six clans, who slowly forgot they had ever been one. Now a slow, cold grey called the Long Dark is creeping in from the edges of the world… and the old prophecy has woken six small dragons — one per clan — to gather their land's lost light and carry it home.
The First Light
One sky, one warmth, passed claw to claw so it never sat still and never went out — until a frightened guardian tried to hold it all alone, and it broke in his hands.
The Sundering
Six Shards fell, one into each land. Each cooled into an element — fire, water, lightning, earth, ice and shadow — and a clan was born around it, then forgot the others.
The Long Dark
A divided light is a dim light. The grey spreads, lands grow cold, and friends begin to fade — until a fallen Shard glows with your colors and chooses you.
The Rekindling
Gather your land's light, wake your Shard, and — when all six wake — rekindle the First Light. There is only one way to keep it lit: by sharing it, never by holding it.
Even the villains here are understood, never simply beaten — including the Ashborn King, who turns out not to be a monster at all, but the world's first grief: the guardian who loved the light so much he tried to keep it safe, alone.
"When six lights dim and the long grey climbs, six small hearts wake in six far lands. Not one will hold the fire alone — they keep the dawn by passing it on." The Prophecy of the First Light
