Age of Sigmar: Which Factions that Should Get Dragon Riders?
Dragons are back, but they shouldn’t be exclusively Stormcast!
The Great Plan of the Slann (no, not that one, the other one) has finally come to fruition, and the offspring of Dracothian have returned to the Mortal Realms. Alongside his last two remaining original brood, some smaller variants have hatched, bonding with Sigmar’s newest iteration of warriors to create a brand new Chamber Militant to bring order to the Realms.
However, I don’t think the golden boys should be the sole inheritors of such great power, as there are SEVERAL deserving factions in both the game and the lore. Here are three factions that could definitely use a scaly update, even if just a little one.
Lumineth
In the World That Was, the High Elves were one of the primary dragon riders, having made a pact with the eldest of them early in the creation of the world and even having a city-state exclusively devoted to their care and bonding. It would stand to reason, then, that Teclis and Tyrion would want to add the new scaly denizens of the Realms to their growing Hyshian armies to reclaim some of the lost glory of Caledor.
Time for an upgrade!
Tyrion will probably be the one to broach this, as I think Teclis is too self-absorbed and proud to accept help from anyone, even the ancient Slann or the Godbeast Dracothian.
Sylvaneth
While dragons were not as big a part of the Wood Elf faction as the other flavors of elves, they existed nonetheless, and two of the coolest special characters of the Old World rode to battle on one, the Sisters of Twilight.
I would love to see Alarielle craft a sort of tree-dragon from the departed spirits of the ancient forest dragons or work with the Slann to cultivate a new race of creatures that blend the power of Ghyran with the might of Dracothian. Plus, it would give them something other than the big beetle to contend with Kragnos and his monstrous followers.
Umbraneth
Alright, look, I know this isn’t TECHNICALLY a playable faction and that I’ve been crying for it for a couple of years, but come on, this is the perfect time to introduce Malerion and his shadow aelves. Since he has been described as being half-dragon himself, it would stand to reason that the Umbraneth he created would have at least some connection to shadow drakes, and if he asked nicely, he might even get to take a few of the Draconith eggs into Ulgu to make a few of his own. Come on GW let me have this already!
~Who do you want to get dragons-riders next?
