The Scions of Sarapadia
Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, the Lord of All Metallic Dragons, granted each of the peoples who lived in Sarapadia and those who would now call it home, a Scion of their people, for the good of Sarapadia. According to Cathartic, "Sarapadia used to be a wild land over a millennium ago. Dragons ruled it, perhaps largely chromatic dragons, as Bahamut was eager to grant other beings like elves, humans, dwarves, halflings, and gnomes with special Scions to be able to combat the overpopulation. They even exterminated the dragonborn, which is why you don’t see any here."
The scion of the humans is Cathartic. The scion of the elves is Kyðeon. The scion of the halflings is Cooper Thistlewaithe. The scion of the gnomes is Göia Goodpenny. The scion of the dwarves is Mortak Shieldbiter.
The Purpose of the Scions according to recollection by Laima Hjálmfriður
“Once Marah could speak to her foremothers in the Scrying Pool, she learned that this portal existed and was fashioned by the gnomes and dwarves to channel the energy from leylines to enable transportation between various sites around Sarapadia. The ancient Apadians, during the Ulon-Zirak, The War on the Under-Dark, wanted to prevent the domination of the island-continent of Sarapadia by Tiamat and her Chromatic Dragon offspring. Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, Lord of all Metallic Dragons, lent his aid to the hapless peoples of Sarapadia to try to prevent the Chromatic Dragons from taking over the entire continent with their offspring. He bestowed gifts of magical knowledge to the Scions of each of the peoples of Sarapadia. To the Scion of Elves, Kyðeon, Bahamut bestowed far sight and visions of Wyrd in the Wells, and the ability to perceive Urð, Verðandi, and Skuld, and to see their operations, but not to by default understand their purpose. To the Scion of Dwarves, Alviss Ironfist, he bestowed the ability to fashion Dragon Seeds to combine with metals, to shift the balance to the Metallic Dragons. To the Scion of Humans, he bestowed a human female to be the Lady of Light, who can command Metallic Dragons to battle in the name of Bahamut and All the Forces of Light. To the Scion of Halflings, Dagon Fleetfoot, Bahamut bestowed the ability to seek out Dragon Eggs, Dragon Seeds, and Dragon Lairs. To the Scion of Gnomes, Severus Sargaf, Bahamut bestowed the ability to use the power of Dragon Seeds to build their machines, a perfect power source with the ability to adapt; but Bahamut knew not how a given construct would work with them, so their risk was left to Severus’ research before he passed. Bahamut bestowed upon them all a generous count of years in proportion to their natural life, with the first to pass being the Lady of Light, her name lost to human history, which is short, and fleeting. Only Kyðeon yet lived, his age over a thousand years, the Last Scion of Sarapadia, already alive longer than three lives of elves.”
