Platinum Cadre The Platinum Cadre was an order of dragonborn knights from Tymanther sworn to the service of Bahamut . Because they worshiped a dragon god they were outcasts in thymari society and wasn ' t uncommon that its members were expelled from their clans because of their beliefs . The headquarters of the Platinum Cadre were located in an abandoned section of the Catacombs of Djerad Thymar . The Platinum Cadre also had a foothold in the village of Ruinspoke , where they were accepted by the populace and could act openly without fear of reprisal , thanks to their allegiance to House Jalt . Beliefs . The Platinum Cadre professed that dragonborn weren ' t the creations of the dragons of Abeir , but instead were the ancient children of the dragon god Bahamut . As such , members of this group believed that not all dragons were evil , and actively worked to change the prejudices of the thymari dragonborn while seeking out for good dragons , in hopes of bridging the divide between them and the dragonborn . Even when most of the thymari dragonborn ridiculed the Platinum Cadre for their beliefs , in fact their members were close to truth , as the dragonborn of Abeir were actually related to the ancient dragonborn of Bahamut , although only a few older dragons knew about this relationship . History . In 1479 DR , a priest ess of the order named Nala claimed to be a priestess of Bahamut but was secretly a priestess of Tiamat . Because most dragonborn knew little about the gods of Toril , they were unable to distinguish the magic of Tiamat from that of Bahamut . Nala was working for the green dragon Skuthosiin , and her goal was to advance the plan of her master as a " taaldarax " of Brimstone ' s " xorvintaal " by using the Cadre to his benefit . Tiamat ' s power enabled the knights to use their breath more often than most dragonborn , and they used this exceptional power to defeat the ash giants who were attacking Tymanther even though other thymari troops , even the Lance Defenders , were defeated by the giants . The Platinum Cadre took part on Vanquisher Tarhun joint military operation against the giants . Although Nala didn ' t wanted them to attack at the same time the other thymari military forces did it , because she was using magic to hinder the military effort , Balasar was able to convince his " brothers - in - arms " to join the fray , to her annoyment . The joined thymari forces were able to drive the giants of their lands . Balasar exposed Nala as a tiamatan and she fled to the Black Ash Plain and sought refuge with Skuthosiin . Patrin , a paladin of Bahamut and the leader of the order , was killed in a duel of honor with Medrash , a paladin of Torm , when Patrin refused to acknowledge that Nala was really evil . After Patrin ' s death , a dragonborn named Vishva took the leadership of the order . She convinced Medrash to cleanse the members of the Cadre of Tiamat power . Nala ' s treachery stained what reputation the members of the Cadre may have won in the past operations , and they became victims of ostracism and open acts of violence . They respected Patrin ' s last wishes and didn ' t fought back , however . Although rejected , they still wanted to participate in the operation to invade the Black Ash Plain . Tarhun allowed them to remain in the battlefield , but as part of the rear forces instead of giving them honor by fighting in the front lines . During the siege of Ashhold they were put under the command of Khouryn Skulldark of the Brotherhood of the Griffon . When Khouryn Skulldark returned to Tymanther and warned them about Tchazzar plan ' s to invade the dragonborn nation , Tarhun made Medrash the official leader of the Cadre , and sent them , alongside Balasar , Biri and Khouryn , in a mission to destroy Gestaniius and liberate High Imaskar from her forces , so the Imaskari would lend their aid to the thymari . After the Battle of Luthcheq , Medrash became the protector of the Platinum Cadre , to ensure the thymari didn ' t forget that the Cadre had fought and saved their country .