Timeline for Where would Zorquan (Forgotten Realms' dragon god of dragonness), be today?
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| Aug 18, 2022 at 6:50 | vote | accept | ProphetZarquon | ||
| Aug 18, 2022 at 6:36 | comment | added | ProphetZarquon | (Incidentally, variants of 'czar khan' appear to be among the oldest known epithets for an 'accepted ruler' or 'king'. I wouldn't be surprised if both fictional names were inspired by the same title\name.) ... I am not at all certain that (virtually primordial?) ancient Greatest Wyrm "deities" need worshippers on the Material, to continue existing in other aspects on planes? I would think one worshipper anywhere might suffice, & Zorq had both Material & Outlands cited; so even if Toril has forgotten Zorquan, a dragon or {n} in the Outlands, might maintain up Zorq's deific status t\here? | |
| Aug 18, 2022 at 5:54 | comment | added | ProphetZarquon | @GroodytheHobgoblin No no, my username is Zarquon, not Zorquan. Huge difference: The "great" Prophet Zarquon prophesied that he would return, then showed up at The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe & said "sorry I'm a bit late" just before the universe ended. Douglas Adams never read nor contributed to AD&D, so far as I'm aware (& I used to read his blogs & listen to his speaking appearances). -- If Zorquan actually needed worshippers, one dragon might suffice, but it would make sense to me if Zorquan were a dead god in the astral by now, given no observed followers in two ages. | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 15:32 | comment | added | Nobody the Hobgoblin | He certainly lives on in your Username... | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackRPG/status/1559917981160947712 | ||
| Aug 17, 2022 at 14:39 | comment | added | KRyan | I did also answer the question, below; is there something more you’re interested in from an answer? | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 14:37 | comment | added | ProphetZarquon | If Zorquan was a god, would they now be a dead god (with a "corpse" in the astral)? If not a god, is the ancient Greatest Wyrm dragon Zorquan's soul, serving a God on another Plane, somewhere? Whether they were a "true" god or not, remaining living or not, I'm struggling to discern where Zorquan would end up having gone to, in the 5e multiverse...? | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 14:28 | comment | added | ProphetZarquon | @KRyan Indeed, the section calling draconic deities' godhood into question, was phrased as in-universe speculation, not stated as a factual rule. Additionally, that passage seems to give draconic "deities" more leeway, in that their contact with other aspects could shore up the deity's existence against a lack of worshippers on any one specific plane? (If most dragons now eschew fervent kow-towing to potentially power-hungry gods, I'd say that reflects well on Zorquan's legacy as a draconic god who urged dragons not to risk extinction over the rivalries of gods!?) If a god, where's home? | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 14:22 | answer | added | KRyan | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 14:08 | history | edited | ProphetZarquon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added link to related question: "Where do dragon souls go after their deaths?"
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 13:56 | comment | added | KRyan | There’s at least one answer here that argues draconic gods are not “gods” per se in 5e, but personally I think the passage in question (which says something like “the closest thing dragons have to gods”) is describing the relationship between dragons and their deities (noting the limits on how much dragons truly “worship” anything) than it is a comment on what those deities actually are. This also tracks with my impression of previous editions’ comments on the subject; I think there’s room to argue otherwise but the most likely interpretation is that dragon deities are and always were gods. | |
| Aug 17, 2022 at 13:51 | history | asked | ProphetZarquon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |