Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11923066-20130126013641/@comment-6003396-20130605071247

what exactly is the origin of Seath and what is the ultimate origin of the dragons?

the fact that he is albino implies that Seath is an anomalous product of breeding. (assuming that the meaning of "albino" in this context is the same as our own understanding of it.)

in the opening cinematic, the dragons seem to just be a part of the scenery, created whole with everything else (or perhaps the dragons themselves were the creators of the unformed world?). if they were created whole (or started whole), then they were fully able to breed a variety of offspring from the start. it seems more likely that seath was a result of their breeding, rather than being one of the originals - or some entirely other kind of dragon.

in any case, he was probably always viewed to be apart from the everlasting dragons, even if he were born from them. lacking scales of immortality, he would be unable to be called "everlasting". but if "Everlasting Dragon" is a term describing a genetic commonality then he may technically be one. the opening also states that he "betrayed his own", which not only implies that he was an Everlasting Dragon, but that he may have had some kind of (partial) acceptance from them.

this also leads to the question of why he betrayed them in the first place?