Line #79 Characters/CodexEquusDraconicPantheon


1	Here is a list of characters from the Draconic Pantheon.\
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3	To return to the main character index, click [[Characters/CodexEquus here]].
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5	!Draconic Pantheon
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9	[[folder:General]]
10	* DragonsAreDivine: Mortal Dragonkind is governed by a pantheon full of divine and demi-divine dragons called 'Ryujin', headed by Queen Tiamat and her husband, King Bahamut. So far, only Yin and Yang, and their brother Orochi are known to be their children, though Orochi 'Fell' and became an evil god responsible for terrorizing Neighpon.
11	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Both on the dishing out and receiving end, on account of being powerful enough to fight the likes of them AND being the likes of them themselves.
12	** Queen Tiamat and King Bahumet joined the battle to fight High King Ragnarokkr of the Shadowed Ones during the events of 'Final Ragnarok', proving to be among the combatants capable of going one-on-one with the Primeval-tier TopGod.
13	** General Aryte was among the Dragon divines who were nearly killed during the 'Time of Broken Scales' courtesy of the Changeling Summer Court's plots, and it led to an epiphany about Dragonkind's nature and his decision to follow it more constructively, culminating him joining the Equestrian Pantheon later on.
14	** A [[DragonsAreDemonic belligerent]] and [[SmugSnake boastful]] Dragon demigod awoke in the 'Second Age' and attempted to terrorise the world as he had before, thinking the Ponies of the era would be of no threat. He ended up getting [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4985910432 nuked]] over Communist Bloc territories courtesy of a nuclear-tipped cruise missile launched by a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRYNB7AO43E Sukhoi T-4 Sotka]] supersonic bomber.
15	---> '''Dragon Demigod:''' Ha! [[ShoutOut My teeth are swords, my scales are shields, my wings a hurricane and my breath death]]! [[PunyEarthlings What makes you think]] your [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive little]] ''toys'' [[TemptingFate can fell the likes]] of ''[[InstantlyProvenWrong OH MOTHER TIAMAT]] [[NukeEm MY EVERYTHING - !!!]]''
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18	[[folder:Dragon Queen Tiamat]]
19	!!!'''Classification:''' TBA
20	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Primordial Fire, Instinct, Change, Dragons
21	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (TBA)
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23	Bahamut's wife, Queen of all Dragonflights, and the Mother of all Dragons.
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25	* AdaptationalHeroism: She's based off of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' version of Tiamat. While still dangerous, destructive, and not one to be crossed, she's far more benevolent and reasonable.
26	* BerserkButton: Do not insult her figure. She had at least seriously considered eating/burning/crushing whole countries for such insults.
27	* BreakTheHaughty: According to one dragon legend (one that all dragons are loathe to bring up), the Love Primeval Amareros numbed her ability to feel love after Tiamat gave in to her {{Greed}} and started prizing her treasure hoard more than her own family. The literal lack of love made her interactions with her husband, Bahamut, and their divine/mortal children utterly meaningless, and for a divine dragon matriarch like her, it was ''agonizing''. From this, she learned never to become (''too'') attached to material goods again.
28	* BigBeautifulWoman: Is the mother-goddess of modern Dragonkind and likely the pinnacle of draconic ideals of perfection. She's also size of a mountain.
29	* BigEater: Has over the aeons consumed entire nations, races and deities - [[IAmAHumanitarian even those of Dragonkind]] - and condemned them to fester in her belly forever for various transgressions (or simply being hungry). Given she's a mother goddess of gigantic sapient reptiles infamous for their greed (including Giant members of such species/races), that is considered unsurprising, though her consort Bahumet had [[BrutalHonesty pointed]] [[YouAreFat out]] she had been gaining weight from all the people she's eating recently.
30	* BiggerOnTheInside: By implications, given how her size, divinity and appetite allow her to consumed entire nations, races, gods and entire lands and even whole flights and sub-pantheons worth of her own ([[AssholeVictim wayward]]) mortal and divine children, though that's standard as to gigantic deities.
31	* CloseRangeCombatant: She's a brawler who prefers to go up close and personal with her foes, fighting with her fire and claws, and could afford to owing to her size, durability and power. Best observed during the climatic battle of 'Final Ragnarok' where she goes into a brutal claw-to-claw struggle against High King Ragnarokkr in his true form while her husband hung back and struck at long-range with surgical precision.
32	* DisproportionateRetribution: Downplayed, but Tiamat had at least considered eating/burning/plundering all of Diamondia for the insults of one idiotic Diamond Dog diplomat and in one drabble doing the same to a country when a tabloid paper there called her fat. Luckily she is more reasonable than her wrath and myths had suggested and settled for more proportionate punishments.
33	* DivinePunishment:
34	** She obliterated Dalong from the face of Equus for their crimes against her new adopted children, the Dracosaurs.
35	** [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5123039418 When a corrupt highpriestess]] tried condemning Queen Invierna (who Tiamat had blessed and approved of) in Tiamat's name, Tiamat was so furious she [[KillItWithFire burned the highpriestess to death]] with holy dragon fire for her heresy.
36	* HappilyMarried: To Dragon King Bahamut, her consort and co-ruler/parent of Dragonkind, who generally acts as the voice of reason and restrain to her burning passion and power.
37	* IAmAHumanitarian: Has devoured her own mortal and divine dragons, [[SwallowedWhole swallowing]] [[EatenAlive whole]] [[BigEater mortal dragonflights]] and [[GodEating god/demigod children/grandchildren]], [[AssholeVictim though they all]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil had it coming]], and is seen in-universe as standard to Giant or gigantic deities of Giant/gigantic races, who also does this to their wayward/Fallen children as punishment for various crimes. Somehow managed to be Played For Laughs in a drabble where Bahumet warned her she's apparently eating so many so frequently in recent times that she's actually gaining weight from them.
38	--> '''Dragon Queen Tiamat:''' [[DefensiveWhat It was]] [[ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne only a]]... [[NotHelpingYourCase dozen of them!]]
39	* InTheBlood: Deconstructed on a species level. Her mortal children/subjects revered her, often emulating her character and taking her teachings on what it means to be a ''true'' Dragon to heart. Unfortunately, her nature as the Dragon mother-goddess, as well as her own worst character flaws, has proved to be a ''very'' toxic influence on Dragon culture and mindsets, such as overwhelming Greed, AppealToForce, look down on [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood brains in favour of brawn]] and other things that's making Dragonkind at risk of becoming stagnant, complacent and decadent as a whole as well as antagonizing everybody with their rampages and [[ThisMeansWar filling them with a terrible resolve]].
40	* TheJuggernaut:
41	** Dragon Queen Tiamat is titanic in size and power, making her an implacable force of nature that few would dare trifle with. It takes the likes of older and bigger deities like [[AncientEvil High]] [[BigBad King]] [[EldritchAbomination Ragnarokkr]] in [[OneWingedAngel his true form]] to actually match her raw power, and was one of the reasons why the heroes in the 'Final Ragnarok' Arc decide to persuade her to participate in the FinalBattle with her consort and other Dragonflights.
42	** To note, when she decided to raze Dalong [=SynTech=] to the ground for their crimes against the Dracosaurs (which she'd just adopted as her mortal children), [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5021027281 Dalong and several corrupt nations attempted to stop her]] using nuclear weapons, metabeing taskforces, orbital strikes, and superweapons. [[NoSell They didn't work]] and she only stopped of her own accord once Dalong was a pile of ashes.
43	* LargeAndInCharge: She's big enough to grapple with Ragnarokkr, the High King of Shadows during 'Final Ragnarok' (Whose true form is bigger than mountains) and had eaten populations of whole countries. She's also the undisputed god-queen and mother-deity of Dragonkind and the TopGod of the Draconic Pantheon, co-ruling with her consort Dragon King Bahumet and their children.
44	* MamaBear:
45	** For all her (many) flaws, she genuinely loves and cares for her mortal and divine children, considering them to be part of her 'Hoard' and seeing the act of taking them away from her as an [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable offense]]. Hearing her children being victims of the [[spoiler:Ragnarok Cycle]] was what [[GondorCallsForAid convinced her and Dragon King Bahumet]] to participate in the FinalBattle against [[spoiler:its architect High King Ragnarokkr]] during the climax of [[spoiler:'Final Ragnarok' event]], slugging it out and burning the [[spoiler:High King of Shadows in his true form]] in [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge her retribution for all those Dragons he had taken from her]].
46	** That being said, if her own divine children/grandchildren and mortal subjects do unforgivable things themselves, she [[GoodIsNotNice won't hesitate]] to [[PayEvilUntoEvil dish out their rightful punishments as well]].
47	** [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/872587897/4990559272 She completely destroyed Dalong SynTech]] in retribution for their mistreatment of the Dracosaurs, who she had adopted as her children. It turns out that the Angel ''invoked'' this when she convinced Tiamat to adopt them, knowing Tiamat's nature [[BatmanGambit would result in that exact outcome.]]
48	* MightMakesRight: Believes in this and teaches her Dragons the same. Deconstructed in that it's a toxic mentality that's causing her Dragons to be hated by many other races with their plundering, burning and stomping rampages, as well as becoming a stagnant races [[WeHaveBecomeComplacent complacent in their might]] who's at risk of falling behind the [[HumansAdvanceSwiftly other advancing races]].
49	* MonstrousCannibalism: Subverted, at least from in-universe perspective. Dragons being [[{{Greed}} who]] and [[BigEater what]] they are, Dragon Queen Tiamat occasionally [[OffingTheOffspring devouring her own mortal/divine children/grandchildren]] is not seen as particularly monstrous or horrible, since a lot of Giant or Giant-sized mortal and divine beings do the same often enough that it's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality pretty much seen and treated as normal]]. It helps that she, like most examples, usually does this as a form of punishment for various transgressions, meaning [[AssholeVictim those]] she cannibalize [[NoSympathy more or less]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil had it coming]]. She does apparently do it often enough that [[GallowsHumor at one point]] her husband [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] [[BrutalHonesty bluntly]] that she is [[YouAreFat gaining weight from them]].
50	* MultipleHeadCase: Like her D&D portrayal, she has five heads.
51	* NoSell: During her rampage, [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5021027281 Dalong SynTech and several corrupt nations]] attempted to stop her with nuclear weapons, metabeing taskforces, orbital strikes, and superweapons. None of them had any effect.
52	* OffingTheOffspring: While Dragon Queen Tiamat cares about her divine and mortal dragons enough to be considered a GoodParents ([[BlueAndOrangeMorality by Dragon standards]]), she also shows she would not hesitate to punish her children or let them be punished by others as consequence for unforgivable transgressions, even if it means their demise. She raised no protest in letting her wayward son Orochi be ([[OnlyMostlyDead mostly]]) killed and sealed away after he broke from his parents and terrorized/tyrannized Neighpon. She had also [[MonstrousCannibalism personally devoured]] ''[[BigEater whole dragonflights]]'' of her own mortal/divine dragon children/grandchildren over the ages if they do things that even [[ThisIsUnforgivable she considers to be crossing the line]].
53	* PetTheDog:
54	** For as destructive and problematic she can be, she is very much capable of genuine kindness. [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/897831515/4955720798 One drabble]] shows Tiamat saving a race of genetically engineered dragons pony scientists created whole cloth from the DNA of prehistoric reptiles. Despite them not being made or derived from her actual creations, Tiamat recognized they were as real of dragons as those she ''did'' create and stopped one of her wayward dragons from killing them, then adopted them as true dragons. She then proceeded to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge incinerate all their surviving abusive creators]] for good measure.
55	** She gave Queen Invierna of Tierra Helada her divine blessing and ordainment to reform her country. When a [[SinisterMinister corrupt priestess]] tried to [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5123039418 undermine her]] in Tiamat's name, Tiamat promptly smited the priestess with holy dragon fire and publically confirmed her support for Invierna. She also made it clear anyone trying to follow the priestess' example would share their fate.
56	* PersonOfMassDestruction: As even a single adult dragon can potentially level an entire kingdom, it's no surprise that Tiamat herself is immense in her power and destructive potential. To note, she's one of the only gods capable of putting up a major fight with High King Ragnarokkr and when rosed to anger against Dalong [=SynTect=], she singlehandedly reduced the entire MegaCorp to ashes.
57	* PlayingWithFire: Is a Fire Elemental being and fights with flames as much as claws and jaws. Given her size and power, she has the power to burn whole lands.
58	* StrengthEqualsWorthiness: Deconstructed. Like many of her Dragon children, she believes in the strength of dragons and looks down on those who rely on other means to win. She isn't [[FantasticRacism very fond of Changelingkind]], sees them as shapeshifting cowards, and even tries justifying why they deserved to be wiped out... until Bahamut calls her out on her hypocrisy and reasons that if she has the right to be furious over people massacring Dragonkind, then that means Changelingkind also has the same right if the dragons massacre their kind. [[StunnedSilence She has no response]].
59	* TopGod: Co-leads the Pantheon with Bahamut.
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62	[[folder:Dragon King Bahamut]]
63	!!!'''Classification:''' TBA
64	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Primordial Wind, Wisdom, Dragons
65	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (TBA)
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67	Tiamat's husband, King of all Dragonflights, and the Father of all Dragons.
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69	* BlowYouAway: Has powers over the wind which he could use both offensively and defensively - from powerful windstorms to concuss and cut into his opponents with high pressure, to vortexes to help cushion or catch his allies.
70	* BrutalHonesty: Played for Drama and for Laughs, in that Dragon King Bahumet does not hold back in his honest opinions to his consort Tiamat, no matter how much she finds it disagreeable or embarrassing, though he always means well or making a fair if uncomfortable point. Being her consort and likely the only being Dragon Queen Tiamat truly saw as her equal, he's likely the only one who can be so completely honest with her and get away with it.
71	* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to his consort Dragon Queen Tiamat's Red Oni, being tranquil and collected where Tiamat is fiery and passionate, wise where Tiamat is strong. They [[HappilyMarried complement each other]] very well.
72	* TopGod: Co-leads the Pantheon with his wife.
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75	[[folder:Yin and Yang]]
76	!!!'''Classification:''' Elemental
77	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Shadow and Destruction (Yin), Light and Creation (Yang), Balance (both)
78	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
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80	-> ''"Shadow and Light, Destruction and Creation - ALL must balance!"''
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82	Yin and Yang (their entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Deities-and-Divines-Part-4-738968074 here]]) are the twin draconic children of Tiamat and Bahamut, and the deities of Balance.
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84	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Yin embodies Shadow and Destruction, while Yang embodies Light and Creation. As a whole, they both embody Balance.
85	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They are Eastern style Ryujin instead of the usual Western design most other dragons have.
86	* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Exaggerated. They are based on Eastern style dragons and their overall design is effectively a recreation of the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji_(philosophy) taiji]]''. To hammer the point home, their names are literally ''yin'' and ''yang''.
87	* TheHeart: They serve this role for their parents and Dragonkind as a whole. Whenever Tiamat and Bahamut disagree on something, it's their job to lead the two into an agreement.
88	* SiblingYinYang: They essentially embody this trope as their shared domain is Balance.
89	** Yin has pitch black scales that seem constantly cast in shadow with glowing white eyes, while Yang has glowing white scales with pitch black eyes.
90	** Yin has wields the PowerOfTheVoid and CastingAShadow, while Yang wields the PowerOfCreation and LightEmUp.
91	** Yin is cold and distant, while Yang is warm and friendly.
92	** Yin is physically weaker but more magically inclined while Yang is physically stronger but has less magical capability.
93	*** Yin values wisdom while Yang values brawn.
94	** While possessing affinity for all elements as Ryujin, Yin prefers ice while Yang prefers fire.
95	** Yin holds grudges while Yang is forgiving.
96	** Yin destroys what needs to be destroyed while Yang creates new from the ashes.
97	** Yin is a 'mommy's girl' while Yang is closer to their father.
98	** Yin has a compassionate, caring side, while Yang has a cruel, vicious side.
99	* YinYangBomb: The two can combine their power of light and darkness into a powerful blast of positive and negative energy, akin to a matter/anti-matter reaction.
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102	[[folder:Prince Arcaniss, the Amethyst Guardian]]
103	--> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusChurchOfTheStars here]].
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106	[[folder:Blacktip, the Seeker of Knowledge]]
107	--> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusCobbletown here]].
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110	[[folder:Ishtiamat]]
111	!!!'''Classification:''' [TBA]
112	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Want, Desire, Passion, Evil
113	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (Tier ???)
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117	[[folder:Panzer]]
118	!!!'''Classification:''' Ascendant/Elemental/Ethereal
119	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Detonation, Endurance, Dracosaurs
120	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
121	!!!'''Affiliation:''' Angel Vale Pantheon, Draconic Pantheon(s)
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123	Panzer (first introduced [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904156163/4965280114 here]]) is the Ryujin god of Detonation, Endurance, and Dracosaurs, and is the first sapient Ankylo-Dracosaur to be created.
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125	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: He's a Ryujin god who embodies Detonation, Endurance, and Dracosaurs.
126	* DemolitionsExpert: He is a god of Detonation, and thus has explosives-related powers.
127	* NiceGuy: He's for being boisterous, friendly, and generally a protective guy, which many of his children followed.
128	* SoProudOfYou: Was immensely proud of how his mortal children are progressing in Angel Vale when he reestablished contact with them.
129	* ToughArmoredDinosaur: He's the very first Ankylo-Dracosaur whose race Chief Tere spawned from.
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132	[[folder:Hanashi]]
133	!!!'''Classification:''' TBA
134	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Bravery, Legend, Fire
135	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (???)
136	!!!'''Affiliation:''' Draconic Pantheon(s)
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138	Hanashi (first introduced [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/869479644/4959761957 here]]) is the Ryujin god of Bravery, Legend, and Fire, and is one of three divine Draconic triplets who each embodied a different emotion.
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140	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: He's a Ryujin god who embodies Bravery, Legend, and Fire.
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143	[[folder:Gorynich Tugarin, the Zmei Father(s)]]
144	!!!'''Classification:''' TBA
145	!!!'''Portfolio:''' TBA
146	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (???)
147	!!!'''Affiliation:''' Draconic Pantheon(s)
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149	Gorynich Tugarin (first introduced [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/914602463/4985928963 here]]) is a pair of conjoined divine Dragon twins and the joint-creators of the Zmei Dragons.
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