Himagashu

Himagashu, Dragon's Peak. The mountaintop where Dragashu, Father of Dragons, last set his claw down before falling to his doom deep in the Vale of Clouds.

It is one of the Ten Wonders of Tumiun, and without a doubt the holiest place in the Heartland of Avanima. Monks have built many temples among the foot of the peak, miles away from civilization. They worship Dragashu, the First and Father of the Dragons, whose body lies deep under the misty Dragonfall Peaks. It is their belief that they will be the only ones spared if the prophecy is ever fulfilled, and the Worldbreaker awakens from his thousands-year slumber to swallow sea and devour moon. But others say the whole world will be destroyed and all lives lost once Dragashu rises, and that the only mercy granted to the Dragon Monks will be a swifter death.

Dragashu is one of the five Monstrosities, the first monsters, created by Mikoraza. The Mistress of Horrors created Dragashu to be used as a weapon in the Great War, thousands of years ago. Though the beast grew into a powerful ally his strength grew ever quicker, as well as his hunger. Dragashu soon proved to be too powerful, and no longer obedient to the words of his Mistress. She had only one option, to chain the seed of life she had gifted him within her, and put the Father of Dragons to sleep. Legend tells us that the shadow of the beast came down upon Avanima, who with his one claw landed on a mountainpeak before falling into the mists below.

Mountains were shattered, the earth itself was broken. Beside the ruin now stands that Peak, a testament to the enormousness that lies hidden deep in the stone below. On a clear day when the fog is thin, the sheer destruction is still visible. Though moss and grass and silver streams now cover the valley of towering boulders and broken peaks, the landscape remains utterly scarred. Dragons often visit the resting place of their fallen father, blessing the monks with a glimpse of their might. Who knows what shall come to pass here. Perhaps this is where the very fate of our world will come to be decided. Here, in the shadow of the mountain.