Also known as: The Devourer, The First Scourge, The Hunger That Speaks, The World-Breaker, The Worm That Endures
Possible True Name: Unknown
Apparent Metatype: Great Dragon (black, obsidian-scaled variant)
Current Status: Partially awake; locus of influence believed to be deep beneath the Seattle Metroplex, near/under Mount Rainier
Primary Sources:
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Contact with Philip Harrowfield / TB
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Contact with Wizkid
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Data gathered from the Universal Brotherhood’s Northeastern branch
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Fragmentary allusions from other dragons (esp. Lofwyr)
General Profile
Velaxas claims to be the first of all dragons, predating even the First Age of myth. He insists he alone remembers—or has knowledge of—a time before the First Age, when multiple worlds of the Solar System were inhabited by various “peoples” (interpreted as metatypes or similar). According to Velaxas, at some point over five million years ago, all of these civilizations relocated (or fled) to Earth.
He asserts that no trace of these ancient off-world cultures can currently be found because the magical level of the Sixth Age is not yet high enough to perceive the past. When mana rises further—and with billions of metahumans alive now—he predicts their return, or at least the re-emergence of their ruins and artifacts.
Philip, intrigued (and perhaps partially convinced), has engaged Halo to help raise funds for research into the arcano-ancient Solar System. There is suspicion that Saeder-Krupp is already engaged in similar work, based on cryptic remarks from Lofwyr.
The Ages According to Velaxas
(All claims are his own; veracity unconfirmed)
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Pre-First Age – Multiple inhabited worlds in the Solar System; all peoples migrate to Earth for unknown reasons. Velaxas already exists.
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First Age / First Scourge – Grows tired of “the lesser races” and annihilates them.
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Second Age / Second Scourge – Wakes to find metahumanity resurgent; attempts extermination again. Opposed by other dragons, defeated, and imprisoned in an astral prison.
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Third Age / Third Scourge – Remains imprisoned, yet claims to have influenced events from afar. Specifically, he takes credit for bringing the Horrors into the world for the first time—whether by summoning, guiding, or manipulating others to do so. If true, this was indirect destruction; if false, it is calculated myth-making.
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Fourth Age / Fourth Scourge – Metahumanity seals itself in kaers to survive the Horrors, but Velaxas says he had already corrupted some of their gods (Passions), ensuring the seeds of ruin were inside the walls.
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Fifth Age – Slumbers; claims to have gifted “nuclear fire” to the world, though this did not end the Age. Widely considered the weakest part of his narrative.
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Sixth Age (Present) – Partially awake; Universal Brotherhood works toward his revival, experimenting on magically sensitive children and possibly creating the first technomancers.
Physical Form
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Described as black as night, scales like obsidian, drinking in light rather than reflecting it.
His mere presence is death; his breath will unravel your spirit (allegedly).
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Sensed through the walls of his prison as immense, more like a living mountain than a winged serpent.
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The sheer scale makes his claims of “world-destroying” power unsettling—but also raises doubts as to whether any single being could truly achieve it alone.
Personality and Modus Operandi
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Speaks with arrogance tempered by an ancient patience.
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Often plants ideas rather than issuing direct commands.
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Views the cycle of Ages—and the destruction of civilizations—as inevitable.
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Demonstrates fascination with interplanetary history, using it as a lure for ambitious agents.
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Annoyed by the Universal Brotherhood for disturbing his rest—but suggested to Wizkid that subverting the UB to Halo’s cause may be better than destroying it outright.
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Confessed to creating the first obsidimen, and has shared methods for controlling them—raising the question: would he give away such secrets if he truly intended to break free, or is this part of a longer con?
Imprisonment & Current Reach
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Location: Deep beneath Seattle/Mount Rainier, in a sealed astral prison from the Second Age.
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Mind-to-Mind Contact: Can communicate directly with Philip/TB, and has done so with others.
Matrix access: Can link to the Matrix using Resonance.
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Redmond Cult: A small, violent group guards the only known tunnel to the barrier of his prison. They believe Philip/TB is Velaxas’s envoy and follow his instructions—mainly to keep intruders away from the tunnel shaft.
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Maria Gardner: Philip’s mother-in-law-to-be has been under Velaxas’s influence for some time. Promises to “behave” but is under constant surveillance.
Matrix Presence & Resonance AbilitiesDragon Politics and Blood Feuds
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According to Lofwyr, Velaxas murdered both of his mates across different Ages.
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Velaxas, however, has told Wizkid outright that Astrid Nygård (Tallaxia, the Radiant, White Blossom of the Second Age) is one of these supposedly “dead” mates—alive and active in the Sixth Age.
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If true, either Lofwyr is misinformed, Velaxas is lying, or Astrid’s “death” was a deception even to her own kind.
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This revelation, if real, links Velaxas to Astrid in ways neither may want made public.
Matrix Presence & Resonance Abilities
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A fragment of Velaxas—enabled by cooperative technomancers—has learned to access the Matrix via Resonance.
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This Matrix avatar interacts with Wizkid and appears less overtly malevolent than Velaxas’s physical/astral self, though motives remain opaque.
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Can “hack” certain bioroid models via Resonance and seize direct control. Last such incident ended with a warning from Philip/TB: stop, or there would be no more coexistence.
Threat Indicators
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Possible architect of all previous Scourges—directly or indirectly.
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Historically able to corrupt divine-level entities (Passions).
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Holds knowledge of interplanetary metahuman history and magic (if true).
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Linked to the Horrors, possibly their first summoner or manipulator.
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Willing to provide others with dangerous magical knowledge for unclear purposes.
Strategic Considerations
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Direct confrontation is not advised; historical precedent suggests that only united draconic action can contain him.
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His current partial wakefulness may limit direct action, but influence operations are active.
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Control of narrative and information critical—Matrix leaks could boost cult recruitment.
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Assess long-term risks of employing obsidimen using methods provided by Velaxas—control may be temporary or illusory.
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