The Serpent's Scales

According to the doctrine of the monks of the Scaling Ascension‌, during The Calm‌ and the creation of the world as it is known today, The Favored‌ created and employed the assistance of great beasts called Estragon. Massive, flying, reptilian creatures capable of resisting and battling the raging elemental forces and The First Spawn‌ that ravaged the world. One of these beings, a serpentine creatures of almost translucent golden light called Aurelius, capable of resisting and embodying the most torrid and blazing flames, fell in battle. As he fell and sank beneath the turbulent waters, his final roars expelled a molten stream of rock from his very core. Upon hitting the freezing surface of the ocean, they solidified into the land mass known as the Greenmount Peninsula ‌, and the islands that run to the north and south. Some believe, that Aurelius was never destroyed, and that he lie sleeping beneath the ground and waves, the lamella of his spine forming The Serpent's Scales‌, and his indolent respirations forming the molten lava fields to the south, The Serpent's Scales‌. With the advent of The Fall‌, the region has experienced an increase in tremors and volcanic activity from Ember Gate‌ to the north, and The Serpent's Breath‌ to the south. The belief of some, is that Aurelius, or his counterpart, Erythraean, that is stirring in his slumber.