The Empress and Emperor, live for one thousand years - after which, they land in their dragon form on the Aloha Island; within an open temple, laying in each other’s embrace until their bodies are consumed by black flames and turn to dust.
This is known as The Ritual of Rebirth. During this time, Dralic from all clans gather at the temple where the Emperor and Empress lie in their final hours and light a purple flame.
The Island is filled with a purple light that could be seen from the beyond - the Dralic Clan members stay on the Island until their Guardians finally die and disintegrate into dust. After which, they wait in silence, as two youngling Guardians rise from the dust. So the cycle continues.
During the time when the Emperor and Empress are only younglings, the elders that Dwell on the Aloha island raise and care of them until they are able to fly back up into the sky - forever circling each other, watching over their people, until the day they die.
The Guardians, Protectors, Emperor and Empress - in their new life, receive the memories of their past lives upon rebirth. They have the earliest memories of their history than any other Dralic.
Making them both sacred, treasured and precious beings of the Dralic Culture.