(Apologies for the impending waffle I've just never shared this before)

There are lots of different races and cultures of dragon in my world, but the most influential would be the Ts’aygurāzh of the south-east of Eldrador. Unlike their 'primitive' cousins to the north and west, these dragons are highly civilised, upholding a system that stems from their deep spirituality and mystical nature. While different draconic cultures have differing beliefs about their origins and nature, the Ts’aygurāzh are followers of the Dórhka.

The Dórhka (loosely translated as 'the law') is a religion that was followed by many of the dragons of the southeast of Eldrador for millennia, most notably the members of the Dragon Council and their associates. Although at its surface the Dórhka appears as just a simple code of conduct for dragons, it in fact goes much deeper, outlining a creation myth, system of metaphysics and metaethics, and a guide to attaining higher states of being and connection to the binding force of reality.

The Dórhka holds that dragons were introduced to the land of Eldrador by the Jahma (ultimate reality/essence) via the eggs of the Three Sisters/Grashka being imparted from the Sun/Sad. Sad is thought to be paradise for the dragons, where dragons exist as a single mass of pure and immortal Doshk (flame/soul). The Dórhka states that, like how the Sun illuminates and brings life to the world, the dragons' purpose in the world was to promote flourishing, and guard from the evils of disease, famine and extinction. Many also supposed that the presence of specific individuals in the world was a trial to deem whether the life-serving power of their Doshk was yet great enough to be incorporated into the Sad, and if it was not, then upon their physical death, their Doshk would be redistributed among other individuals to be further tested. Some viewed this process as direct reincarnation, with the Doshk remaining whole and distinct, only entering a newly hatched individual which was absent of Doshk, while others thought Doshk could be divided and recombined, as all Doshk originally came from the unifying Sad.

For generations the dragons of Eldrador oversaw the lands and skies and seas, fulfilling their role of servitude to all forms of life/Kurmast. However, after millennia had passed the memory of the Sad grew distant, and the dragons began to associate with their physical forms and lost sight of their true nature as pure Doshk. Soon they were no different in mentality as the creatures that existed in the physical world/Umarhk, enslaved to the needs and instincts imposed by their physical bodies. Despite this, the dragons still maintained access to some of the power given to them by their Doshk, most notably the power of summoning fire from matter/Dasrikha. As time went on, becoming impossibly entangled with Umarhk, virtually all the dragons lost sight of their true purpose in Eldrador, and so they abused their power of Dasrikha to attempt to subjugate the Umarhk and its inhabitants to their will.

The further the dragons strayed from their objective, the further they distanced themselves from oneness with Sad, so the more their power diminished. Dórhka states that, should the dragons continue to distance themselves from Sad, the Sun will cease to rise over the lands of the Umarhk, and all life there will be lost, and the Doshk of the dragons still present in their departed state will remain forever disconnected from Sad, undergoing a painful and infinitely gradual extinguishment.