Dragon-Speaker
The Dragon-Speaker holds a High Noble rank--equivalent to or just beneath the ruling monarchs of allied nations. Though not a sovereign ruler, the Dragon-Speaker is treated with reverence by royalty, archmages, and dragons. Their authority lies not in armies or wealth, but in the respect of dragons and the balance they preserve.
Titles of Address:
- High Speaker (formal)
- Voice of Flame (ceremonial)
- The Living Accord (archaic title used in rituals)
- Speaker Mason, Lady Dragon-Speaker, etc (informal)
Qualifications
Dragon ancestry is believed to descend from the ancient Council of Twelve Flames, a union of noble mortals and elder dragons.
Requirements
Dragon-Speaker Template, a spiritual mark of ancestral bonding with dragons.
Appointment
The Dragons acknowledge his blood and power.
Responsibilities
- maintain the overmind: foster psychic and emotional connection between allied dragons
- mediations: intervene when tensions rise between dragons or between dragons and mortals.
- accordkeeper: enforce ancient pacts and charters, like the Treaty of Talonspire or the Scaled Compact.
- interpreter of dreams: many dragons dream in prophecy.
- diplomatic envoy: represents dragons in mortal courts and mortals in draconic aeries, often traveling with an honor guard or a bonded dragon.
- ceremonial bonding: oversee the psychic pairing of mortal dragonriders or allies with their draconic companions-- rituals that require deep psychic synchronization.
Benefits
- Has the right of passage to all sacred draconic places, including the Skyvault Temples and the Wyrmroots.
- immune from harm by dragons of the Accord unless judged a traitor.
- their psychic presence can calm or redirect dragon frenzy in most cases.
- trusted with a Wyrm Sigil, a relic of the First Accord that marks them as Speaker to all who see it.
Accoutrements & Equipment
Emblem: a stylized ouroboros made of twelve dragon heads, each a different chromatic or metallic type, biting its tail.
Regalia: the Mantle of Accord, a cloak woven from shed wyrm scales of every known flight, and the Wyrm Sigil, a gestone talisman fused from the first heartstone of a slain draconic tyrant.
- Dracoral Circlet: a circlet of polished black opal and red dragon-scale filigree. Worn during Overmind communion rituals, allows the wearer to project their thoughts into the shared draconic link more clearly (+2 to Diplomacy and Perform [oratory] during ceremonial linkings).
- Saddle of Accord: a dragon-sized ornate saddle inlaid with silver runes and feathers from phoenixes. Used during bond ceremonies with allied dragons. Once placed upon a dragon, it stabilizes the mental link and grants +2 mental effects to both rider and dragon for 24 hours.
- Voice-Stone of the Ancients: a polished sapphire crystal on a gold stand, etched with dozens of draconic glyphs. Amplifies the Dragon-Speaker's telepathy to all dragons within 1 mile once per day for 1 minute.
Type
Nobility, Honorific / Ceremonial
Form of Address
High Speaker
Alternative Naming
Voice of Flame, Living Accord, Speaker
Equates to
He is equivalent to a sovereign King or Queen.
Current Holders
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