Kevin Blackburn:
>I assume that the Dream Dragons are accidental, rather than intentional,
>and tend to reflect emotions not yet under control.
For a dragonewt ruler, to manifest a dream dragon is an active power. I guess it is a required experience on its way to full dragonhood. For Kralori military exarchs, dream dragons are a supplemental force to their armies. For sleeping true dragons, I find it likely that some dream dragons are a voluntary creation in order to retain or create a balance.
During the EWF, the humans seem to have embraced the manifest mysticism of the dragons. Flaming breath or dragon wings are mentioned for disciples of the draconic ways.
Large-scale emanations (excuse the pun) seem to have been restricted to True Dragons (like Drang), and to have been a team effort - when Alakoring slew Drang, this was the end for several leading Orlanth Dragonfriend priests, IIRC.
On a smaller scale, I think that much of Argrath's Magical Union in the Dragon Pass boardgame was a re-invention of EWF techniques.
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