How Thubel ate the Sun
This is a common bedtime tale in some parts of the The Kingdom of Excelsis, which tells the story of the birth of Mount Dragonsbreath as well. It is told in the form of a poem. The moral of the story that parents tend to pass to their children is never to disobey Excelsis, but scholars argue that there could be other interpretations.
In the night, sleeping, dreaming
Lied a dragon, basking, beaming
His scales tempered by void and flame
He scowled at the power he could not tame
He stretched his wings
(Ascension)
The air grew thin
(Breakthrough)
Disobeying his king
Breaking convention
Committing Sin
The cold subdued
The dragon Thubel
Was among the stars
The burning heat
Opened his scars
His flesh was liquid
His bones were charred
He bit the sun
(Chomp)
And took a shard
Excelsis grew angry
The heat grew unbearable
Thubel invoked wrath
Great and terrible
He fell to the mountain
Called Dragonbreath
The shard of the star
Alive in his breast
The power was angry
The mountain erupted
For the dragon Thubel
Did not do as instructed
There is much debate over this poem, who it was written by, and it’s purpose. Although no one is alive to remember the creation of Mount Dragonsbreath, and dragons themselves have not been seen in decades, at least not by anyone who would tell the public. Although the origin of Mount Dragonsbreath is not written in fact, it has been noted that the volcanic activity it sometimes produces is both magical and much more destructive than other volcanoes. It is a topic of debate wether the lava that spews from Dragonsbreath matches the power of a star. All that is known of Thubel is that he once existed, and was an extremely powerful dragon who had large ambitions.