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Comment by Povelitel

After completion of A Dusty Vase quest, Veritistrasz tells the story of Hraxian after the next daily reset, as Veritistrasz decides it's time for Voraxian to learn something positive about the Black Dragonflight. The full story is quite long, it takes several prompts to hear it all.

In the end, after listening to the entire tale in full, completing the quest Hraxian's Unbreakable Will rewards Hraxian's Unbreakable Will, a toy that, when used, surrounds you with Djaradin blades - the same honor that the Djaradin showed Hraxian upon his death.

Comment by Povelitel

The full story dialog about Hraxian:

Veritistrasz says: What Sytorian did... not all the obsidian flight were depraved, there was good in them too. I will tell you of a hero who defended the weak and saved many.
Veritistrasz says: Tellywin, could you write this down? I want my flight to hear of this as well.
Tellywin Sharpfizzle says: Of course.
Veritistrasz says: This is a tale set in the final battle with the djaradin elders, where Neltharion banished them.
Veritistrasz says: This is the tale of Hraxian, and how he died.

- Tell us of Hraxian.
Veritistrasz says: He always put up with the antics of the young with a smile and a wink and he was loved for it.
Veritistrasz says: Hraxian was one of the oldest black dragons. It was said only the Earth-Warder surpassed him in strength among his flight. But for all that, he was a gentle soul.
Veritistrasz says: He would sneak whelps treats when others were not looking, and he would lift the mood of any he spoke to.

- What happened in the battle?
Veritistrasz says: The draconic army faced off in a final stand against the djaradin elders. The army needed to buy Neltharion time to enact his plan.
Veritistrasz says: The battle went... poorly. The djaradin elders' mastery over earth and fire was catastrophic; they laid waste to the draconic forces.
Veritistrasz says: One of our flanks crumpled under a devastating attack. As the djaradin closed on our medical wing, Hraxian flew to help.
Veritistrasz says: As he landed, he looked towards the wounded and the noncombatants.
Veritistrasz says: He looked towards me.

- You were there?
Veritistrasz says: I was a young dragon assigned to healing duties. Hraxian was my idol growing up. Heh, I was one of the whelps he used to sneak treats to.
Veritistrasz says: You know, I do not remember what the treats were anymore. It was such a long time ago. I have a vague memory of lemon... and tart hochenblume?
Chef Butterfingers says: After this, let's talk. See if we can recreate it.
Veritistrasz says: I would very much like that.

- What did Hraxian do?
Veritistrasz says: The djaradin have a need to prove themselves the strongest - a weakness Hraxian exploited.
Veritistrasz says: Hraxian roared a challenge of single combat to the djaradin: a challenge they readily accepted.
Veritistrasz says: Hraxian slew his opponent with one swipe of his claw and bellowed the next challenge.

- How did the djaradin react?
Veritistrasz says: One by one the djaradin faced Hraxian, and one by one they fell.
Veritistrasz says: As the first djaradin strode towards him, I could feel the djaradin armies roar deep in my chest.
Veritistrasz says: I could feel their hate, their lust for his blood, their yearning for his skull.
Rupert, the Gentleman Elemental says: They sound like absolute louts, no different from the oafish djaradin of our time.
Veritistrasz says: You are not wrong. Though they started confident, as each champion facing Hraxian fell, the cheers of the djaradin died a little until they began facing him in silence.

- What did you do?
Veritistrasz says: Nothing, I could only watch. Breaking single combat was not an option. Many of us tried to heal him, but he warned us back every time.
Veritistrasz says: Hraxian fought for what felt like hours, though... it cannot possibly have been that long.
Veritistrasz says: Scores of djaradin weapons had left their mark; his blood and scales littered the ground.
Veritistrasz says: Even so, he made them pay for it. Each challenger had to clamber over their dead to meet Hraxian.

- How did he die?
Veritistrasz says: It was not a djaradin who killed him - not an individual one at least.
Veritistrasz says: After his final battle, he stood silent. The djaradin waited for his next challenge, but it never came.
Veritistrasz says: Hraxian died on his feet, with his eyes open, staring them down.
Veritistrasz says: Each battle had drained his blood and his life until there was none left.

- What happened after he died?
Veritistrasz says: As the djaradin waited for the next challenge, Neltharion banished the elders, and the djaradin fled.
Veritistrasz says: However, a few djaradin advanced. They collected the weapons of the fallen and planted them in the ground around Hraxian.
Veritistrasz says: Then they left, leaving his body untouched. It is the only time I have seen djaradin behave in such a way to a dragon.

- Thank you for the tale, Veritistrasz.
Earthmender Narvra says: Why is it we always lose the best of us...
Veritistrasz says: I know how you feel. We hold onto the dark memories, where we remember those we loved and lament we could do nothing to prevent them leaving us.
Veritistrasz says: We miss them. We miss their laughter, their smile, their quirks. We focus on our loss, and the fact they are no longer with us.
Veritistrasz says: I have lost so many. But thanks to <name>, I am trying to change how I think.
Veritistrasz says: Instead of lamenting that loss, I try to be glad I had those memories in the first place.
Veritistrasz says: Trying to break my old patterns is a battle every day. I do not always succeed. Since meeting <name>, Voraxian, and all of you though? I am finding it easier.

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Hraxian's Unbreakable Will

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I have forgotten much in the course of my life.

Twice now you have helped me recover a valuable memory.

<Veritistrasz smiles faintly.>

Perhaps I should take Tellywin up on his offer to write memoirs, if just for my own sake.

You have done so much for myself and these folks. I hope one day to repay the favor.

	Dusty Vase (1)

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	Hraxian's Unbreakable Will		Flightstones

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Hraxian's Unbreakable Will

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