Scaled Scions of Abeir
[Excerpt from Scaled Scions of Abeir by Cosomel Ixithir] Common misconceptions about dragonborn abound, including the falsehood that they are the result of breeding between dragons and non-dragonic species. Dragonborn are their own distinct phenomenon, hailing from the twin-planet of Toril, Abeir, which was given over to the primordials long ago. For millennia the dragonborn lived in bondage beneath dragon masters, until they escaped Abeir during a cataclysm called the Spellplague. Now residents of Toril, they abhorred slavery, dragons and their tyranny, and indeed, a good deal of theism and religious worship.