When a Great Dragon dies

[myahele]

I was watching a show on twitch when the subject of Great Dragons brought up and it got me thinking: Where do Great Dragons go to when they die?

From Tiomat, we learn that Midgardsomnr and his children aren't from Hydaelyn. We know when when anything dies their aether goes back to the lifestream ... but what about the Great Dragons? They're not off this world, after all.

It was theorized that since they can't go into Hydaelyn's Lifestream their aether spreads to the land and form over aspected/ corrupted crystals. Or at the very least their "blood" do.

1. If you look closely at Tiamat, you can see the area surrounding her is full of lighting crystals. If you look closer you see she has crystals forming at her mouth and on the places where she's been pierced.

2. Tharl Oom Kash - place where Ratatoskr was killed - is filled with corrupted lighting crystals. I suspect that the Aery might have been pulled from Tharl Oom Kash and made as a liar for Nidhogg

3. The area where Bahamut's body parts have been strewn about is filled with crystals ... granted he was a Primal

4. Lastly, tying everything else is Mor Dhona. If the death of Great Wyrms can cause crystals to be created just imagine what the most powerful of the Great Wyrm's death will do to the environment? Thus Mor Dhona became what it was.

[WellFooled]

From Tiomat, we learn that Midgardsomnr and his children aren't from Hydaelyn.

I must not have been paying close enough attention during the conversation, do you happen to have a quote with the relevant pieces of dialog?

Edit: Thanks for those quotes Anonymoose!

[Anonymoose]

Tiamat:

In a time before time, my father did come to this star, bearing seven eggs.

始原の時、生まれたばかりのこの星に、我が父、ミドガルズオルムが降り立った。 七の卵を携えてな。
In a primordial time, when this star was newborn, my father landed here. He brought with him seven eggs.

Avant le commencement de toutes choses, mon père est venu sur cette planète, avec sept œufs dans son sein.
Before the beginning of all things, my father came to this planet, with seven eggs in his breast.

Am Anbeginn der Zeit, als dieses Gestirn gerade geboren war, kam mein Vater und brachte sieben Eier mit sich.
At the dawn of time, just as this star was born, my father came and brought seven eggs with him.

Some speculate that Midgardsormr came from another planet or dimension (though, being that his name means world serpent, isn't it possible that he came into existence when this world did?). Either way, he arrived just as the planet came into being. It's unknown if this references the planet before or after the planet changed from the original form the Ascians are always on about; I'd guess after, at the moment. His pact with Hydaelyn could be that he and his children were to act as guardians after the events that went down in legend as the end of the Age of the Gods... though I'm having a really hard time making the multiple impressions I get from the few hints we have so far mesh together...

[Kyan]

This could make sense RE Crystals being dragon aether: We learn from Annoy The Void (Guildhest) that Voidsent's aether is not compatible with our Lifestream, and thus rejected as blue "aether fires". If the dragons' aether is not compatible with our world, then perhaps this is the case.

However, I feel like voidsent are better described as coming from another dimension rather than another "planet", so they may not make a good comparison.