[quote=Lucian]So...Is he actually the Dragon-messiah or what? Or did the Dragon-kin simply make up that legend before Melkaia dropped all the Gods onto the world? I mean, either way he's accepted, I'm just curious.
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...Yes and no. Initially, he just fit the pre-existing description for the Dragon King well enough that the Weredragons were willing to overlook or change the details. As time wore on and his abilities changed to fit his experiences and beliefs, he's grown into the role well enough that the more skeptical Clans are willing to accept his claims.

The Were-beasts have a deep mythology that traces back well before any of the Gods actually appeared. It's unique in that most of their objects of worship actually sort of exist, in the form of powerful spirits. 

I'd just like to clear a few things with you before I try to write them in. First, I'd like to establish Zarkoum as being largely uncharted and mostly unknown. Most people would know only of it as being hellish and uninhabitable, full of strange monsters and supposedly men that can take the shape of beasts. Well-educated persons wouldn't know much better, as even those that can withstand Zarkoum's ecology fare poorly against its inhabitants.

Second would be the presence of the "Umbra." This is a parallel dimension that reflects the "true world." The Umbra is a projection of the world as spirits see it, untouched and untarnished by civilization. The Umbra is also where spirits reside, carrying out whatever incomprehensible tasks they're compelled to do. Shamans have the ability to "step sideways" in and out of the Umbra for any number of reasons, a task made easier in places where the "Gauntlet" between dimensions is thinner. In particularly thin locations, the Gauntlet practically does not exist, and spirits can come and go as they please.