"I know this isn't your Expired Times and Diluted Histories class, but you should know that dragon-kind has been through some dark times, especially since after the Five Ancient Elders passed on. Many prominent dragons rose in those dark times, claiming to be the second coming of the most prestigious of our kind there had ever been. They flashed their great casts, their unique Marka, their masteries of niche powers unseen to sway the frail of will. In those times, some grew to be seen as gods. Well, only by lesser races, that is," Professor Lyall said.
The First Years paid rapt attention. Considering that most of them had reached and wondered about the small pedestal, they were more than willing to learn about the story behind it, which, apparently proved the pedestal to be special.