[Syrlya nods.] That's correct. Elder Dragons, though they fought with vast armies of minions, carrying out their destructive will and... assisting in their ability to consume Tyria's magic.

[He taps his fork against a piece of duck, thoughtful.] They were a broken aspect of Tyria's magic regulation and went through cycles where their hunger wiped out much life on Tyria. We... lacked a lot of options for dealing with them in a timely manner. But they were primordial and overall, not the sort you can talk to.

[Those that you could talk to... it was dangerous to.]