Great story, well told, once again affirming that the lore around the Azim Steppes were the best conceptualised in this expansion.

It also reminds me that I've been wanting to discuss the Dawn Father and the Dusk Mother, and the more I think about them, the more I believe them to be xaela mythic re-imagination of Zodiark and Hydaelyn.

I know there's a popular fan theory that the myth is about Bahamut and Tiamat, but I've never liked that hypothesis very much, not least because there's no strong link between the au ra and dragons, other than the scales.