Veylithra, The Vile

In the moment the Great Wyrm Ophyxia’s mind fractured, giving birth to the dragons, her wild and untamed thoughts of predation and poison took form as Veylithra, the Acid Dragon. She did not seek a mountain peak or a fortress, but the dark and tangled blanket of the Shadowfang Jungle, a place that perfectly mirrored her own venomous nature. Deep within its darkest and most impenetrable reaches, she burrowed into a basin of living acid, a toxic lake that served as her lair.

And yet, even there, the whispers of the Dreaming Mother could not be silenced. The jungle called to those who shared her essence, drawing the brightly colored Poison-Dart Grung and the serpentine Yuan-Ti to her lair. Together, they erected The Venomheart Sanctum, a temple of a terrible, alien beauty, its architecture woven from toxic flora and dripping with acidic rain. It was a place of elegance and slow, agonizing death, a perfect reflection of their master's will.

From her own power, Veylithra birthed the Green Dragonborn. But her nature was not one of simple creation; it was one of control. Her tendency to manipulate those closest to her, many of her Green Dragonborn Children fled, wishing to be free of their mother’s honeyed words and vicious betrayals. Meanwhile, her blatant nepotism, favoring her Green Dragonborn Children, soon soured her children to her. Many of her Monks fled the acid basin, and in their betrayal, they were met with the overwhelming might of their mother’s terrible will. Their bones still litter the ground near her temple, a grim warning to any who would dare to leave her without her permission.

Today, the Venomheart Sanctum is a forgotten place, an echo of a time of devotion and betrayal. It is a land of death, where the bones of her enemies serve as a terrible reminder of the cost of disobedience. A few of the most devout Green Dragonborn remain, hidden from the rest of Wyrmdream, lost in their devotion and the sour, toxic air of their ancient, beautiful prison.