Character throughline

Elder Dragons

5 moments on the timeline — from Dragonrise and the Elder Races to End of Dragons.

Appearances, in order

  1. ~20,000 BE-19,490 CC-19,800 DRContested

    The earliest recorded dragonrise

    Central Tyria

    Around 20,000 BE comes the earliest recorded rising of the Elder Dragons — the primordial beings whose millennia-long cycles of awakening, devastation, and slumber are tied to the level of magic in the world.

  2. ~10,000 BE-9,490 CC-9,800 DRContested

    The last rising of the Elder Dragons

    Central Tyria

    Around 10,000 BE the Elder Dragons stir into their most recent awakening before the modern age, a rising jotun stargazers later matched against the stars and tied to the disappearance of the Great Giants.

  3. ~10,000 BE-9,490 CC-9,800 DRApproximate

    The Great Giants vanish from Tyria

    Central Tyria

    Around 10,000 BE the last of the giganticus lupicus — the Great Giants — disappear from the Tyrian continent, a disappearance that coincides with the last rising of the Elder Dragons and is believed to have been caused by them.

  4. 1335 AE (1845 CC)1,845 CC1,535 DRFirm date

    Soo-Won is corrupted at Dragon's End

    Cantha · Dragon's End

    The Deep Sea Dragon Soo-Won — the One Elder Dragon and mother of the rest — is freed and begins to corrupt from Void magic, threatening a catastrophe should she die with that corruption unextracted.

  5. 1335 AE (1845 CC)1,845 CC1,535 DRFirm date

    Soo-Won falls and the Elder Dragon cycle ends

    Cantha · Dragon's End

    Lured to the Harvest Temple, the Void-corrupted Soo-Won is drained of her corruption and slain; Aurene absorbs the last of her power, ending the Elder Dragon cycle and becoming the sole conduit of Tyria's magic.

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