Ye True and Marvellous Origins of ye dragonborn — authored by Pierre Trey’arc, Colonial Underscholar

The dragonborn, as the name suggests, are commonly held to be descendants of Dragons — primordial beings relegated to the Age of Myth. Verily, not even the Emperor’s most learned scholars and seers know how the dragonborn came to be. The myriad clans into which dragonborn society is organised (for want of a better word) are divided by their beliefs as to their own origin. The Khorosh’lyd cower in worship to the Dragons who they see as their god-masters, benevolent parents who bestow gifts on their faithful children. The Shli-Lutsh abhor the Dragons as wicked demons and their culture is built upon a kind of barbaric self-worship. Even so there is a third clan, the nomadic Nish, who are counted as the most civilised of dragonborn, disregarding the fabled Dragons and worshipping the pagan gods who hold sway over renegade Scatterhome and other lands that have yet to be blessed by the sanctity of the Marriage. The latter are mainly responsible for what is known as the dragonborn diaspora.