Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-16047389-20130826180949

It may have been more simple than you think. The entire world was grey, unchanging, and ruled by Everlasting Dragons. Humans, giants, and gods represented change, and end to the lifestyle that the dragons had become accustomed to. The mortals did not want to stay in the dark and the dragons didn't want to give up the world they came to call theirs. When two opposing ideas come together, conflict is inevitable. Both wanted their ways of life, and both were willing to fight for it. I'm not sure there really is a right or wrong of it when it comes to this kind of thing. The mortals were probably terrified of the world they had come from. So much so, that the gods are willing to sacrifice Gwynn's soul and that of the Chosen Undead (and presumable countless more) just to unnaturally extend the Age of Fire, and delay the Age of Dark. A world of grey was probably a preferable step up for them. The Stone Dragon probably realizes that he is the last (or one of the last) of his kind, and is quite content to live the rest of his immortal life in the Ash Lake, that looks a lot like the Ancient world.