“It does not simply channel power—it remembers what the world was, and what it might yet become.”
—Sage Rhendol, Archivist of the First Flame
Overview
The
Dragonsoul Crucible is a mythic relic from the Age Before Ages, forged as both a vessel and a weapon. Shaped by the draconic goddess
Tynathria, the Crucible was designed to house the five
Wyrmstones, soul-gems containing the essence of ancient dragons representing the fundamental forces of reality: earth, fire, water, air, and void.
Far more than a container, the Crucible is a conscious engine of transformation—an artifact forged not merely to preserve power, but to wield it. At its full potential, the Crucible was intended to allow Tynathria to remake the multiverse in her image, casting down the pantheon of gods and ascending as the singular divine force. That vision was never realized. Before the final ritual could be completed, the gods intervened. Tynathria was struck down and forced into an eternal slumber, and the Crucible was lost to time.
Function and Power
Legends agree on one point: the Crucible is
alive, or at least aware. It whispers in tongues older than magic, pulses with the heartbeat of dying stars, and responds only to those with a will strong enough to reshape creation. While its true abilities are obscured by myth and propaganda, recurring themes in recorded sightings suggest:
- A reactive intelligence that communicates through vision, dream, and thought.
- The ability to channel and amplify draconic and elemental power.
- A growing hunger for the Wyrmstones, each of which unlocks further aspects of its will.
- Potential to reshape reality in subtle or catastrophic ways.
It is said that the Crucible alters its bearer as much as it empowers them, subtly aligning their mind and purpose toward the ancient design of Tynathria.
The Wyrmstones
Each Wyrmstone was forged from the heart and soul of an elder dragon. Individually, they represent mastery over a single element. Together, they form the basis of the
Dragonsoul Equation—a metaphysical model of reality that Tynathria intended to overwrite with her own design. Socketing the Wyrmstones into the Crucible is said to awaken deeper layers of its consciousness and initiate transformative effects that ripple across ley lines, bloodlines, and even planar boundaries.
Historical Impact
The Crucible’s influence haunts the margins of history. Wars of succession in fallen empires. Magical ruptures that reshaped continents. Disappearances of entire bloodlines. In every case, chroniclers note the whispered presence of a hovering relic shaped like a floating disk of veined crystal and molten metal, responding to no known command yet impossible to ignore.
Scholars who delve too deeply into the Crucible’s past often find their dreams fractured by visions of dragonfire consuming the stars, or of a goddess cloaked in scales, whispering that the end was never supposed to look like this.
Current Whereabouts
Its exact location is unknown. Some say it sank with a god-killing leviathan beneath the
Eye of Abendego. Others claim it lies buried beneath the shattered sky-temple of a forgotten prophet. Cults, dragons, and tyrants alike scour the world for it—some seeking godhood, others terrified of its return.
One thing is certain: the Crucible is not dormant. It is
waiting.
