Allanth's Diamond

Early in the worlds history after the first dragons had retired to Thuban and their children roamed the world, one dragon called Allanth tunnelled into the earth and found a great stone. Washing it in the sea he discovered that he held a blue crystal thats depths sparkled like the sun. It sang to him of those who created the world, a sound he never wanted to loose the music of. This stone he brought before his brothers and sisters to share its beauty and mystery.

The dragons kept it mounted on the top of the highest mountain so that the sun could shine through it and all could appreciate its beauty. Its existance became legend among the dragons.

But as the centuries passed the earth changed. Even as dragons age, the mountains are worn away. One day there was an earthquake and the stone fell many thousands of feet, shattering upon the rocks below.

Mournfully the closest dragons flew down to retrieve the pieces but even as they did the earth moved again and a crevase opened in the earth as more rock plunged down. Those closest to the shards were killed, their crushed bodies falling into the crevase with the pieces of the shattered crystal.

Those who saw what happened chose to leave their dead brethern undisturbed even though it meant the loss of the crystal. So there lay the shards for uncounted centuries until another race discovered them among the ancient dragon bones.

The dwarves knew nothing of the mysterious powers of the shards, only coveting them for their beauty. They worked the crystals, making each into shapes that caught and held the light. These they mounted in various ways, for jewelry and the largest pieces for display.

Other races, more sensitive to magic, discovered the dwarves work and the pieces were traded away for other things. Thus over the centuries the crystals have been scattered throughout the realms among the many races. But some dragons never forgot what was originally theirs and the story of the blue crystal still exists in old scrolls.