Flightless

The Flightless, are a group of drakonid and dragonspawn who rebelled against the Valdrakken Accord in Thaldraszus after the dragons and the Dragon Aspects returned to the Dragon Isles. The dissatisfaction of the dragonkin was due to the treatment of dragonkin appearing as dishonorable, feeling that they were pushed aside, reduced to mere servants,Cause Without a Rebel and they felt displaced.Follow the Clues They joined the Primalists and conglomerated in the Misty Vale,Rebels With a Cause and also made camps near Valdrakken, Scalewatch Caverns and Rebellious Cliffs. They were all instigated by Belaphon.
==History==
After the awakening of the Dragon Isles, the dragons returned home and took back Valdrakken. Feeling disvalued, Instigator Belaphon, having a way with words and quills, gathered drakonid and dragonspawn who felt they were being used by the dragons and looked down upon, left Valdrakken and took several bases across Thaldraszus, starting an active rebellion against Valdrakken Accord.Reconcilable Dissidents
The rebels made one camp at the Misty Vale and allied with the Primalists. They provided them with magical runestones, which the rebels tried to use to detonate the Seat of the Aspects. Except for commotion, the attempt was unsuccessful, but it alerted the Scalesworn. Investigator Erima and an adventurer, sent by Captain Drine, investigated the crime scene, witnesses, and the Inert Runestone that was supposed to blow up the Seat.Chaos and Commotion The rebel that was sent to the Seat dropped a map that was found by Erima and the adventurer. They examined it and noticed the mark on Misty Vale.
The pair traveled to the vale and worked with the adventurer on killing rebels and Primalists,Rebels With a Cause gathering their attack plan maps,Detonation Locations and destroying Incendiary Runestones that were to be used for explosions.Ruin the Runestones As Erima was scouting the camp, he found his childhood friend, Maldra Flametongue, being held captive. Maldra had joined the rebels, but after she discovered their true intentions and tried to leave, but they imprisoned her instead. Orian Darkwater was holding her bound magically, but the adventurer killed Orian and freed Maldra, and the two friends were reunited.Maldra's in Hot Water Inside the vale was the Emberslate Cavern where the rebels and Primalists were creating their fiery runestones. To gain access to the cavern, Maldra had the adventurer bring her motes from the vale's water elementals.Chasing Waterfalls Using Orian's knowledge, Maldra then performed a ritual to breach the fire wall and gain access to the cave.To Breach a Fire Wall Inside, Maldra and the adventurer continued fighting against the rebels and their elemental allies,Worst of the Worst destroyed Primalist Foci that the rebels had been using to create new explosive runestones,Fracture the Foci and sealed the Primalist portal and killed the fire revenant Magmaticus. This thwarted the rebels' plans completely and Maldra resigned from the Flightless for good.Ring of Fire (quest) The Scalesworn, however, needed to continue keeping a close watch on any dissent going forward.Report on the Rebels
The rebels stationed at Scalewatch Caverns were ambushing civilians along the roads to Valdrakken. Captain Drine sent adventurers to halt their operations by thinning the enemy numbers, freeing Imprisoned Travelers from Rebel Cages and destroying their Weapon Racks.Rebel Concerns
The rebels at the Rebellious Cliffs raided a caravan of medical supplies and took them back to their encampment. Drine sent adventurers to reclaim the supplies.Stolen Bandages
The fighting against the rebels was successful, but it wasn't enough to stop them. Erima infiltrated the camp at Scalewatch Cavern and learned of their new plan. In the meantime, Queen Alexstrasza wanted to find a different way than combat to end the rebellion and asked Maldra for help. Maldra explained their reasoning. Soon, Erima quickly arrived and informed them that the rebels were stockpiling explosives beneath the city to collapse the aqueduct from Tyrhold. Erima, Maldra, and the adventurer grouped together again and went to the heavily guarded cavern. They knew they had to fight their way through, but they also wanted to take prisoners.Explosive Interruption Maldra once again used Orian's magical knowledge and created a ring of elemental binding to be used on defeated rebels. The rebels also had several pieces of propaganda. Erima had the adventurer gather it, and the investigator learned that it was written by Belaphon.Rebel Rousing Writings To halt the detonation, Erima asked the adventurer to kill the architect of a plot to destroy the Valdrakken aqueduct, Agitator Zoralek, and recover his detonator. With that done, the aqueduct was secured.Irreconcilable Differences
The rebel prisoners were sent to Steelcliff Rampart, where Alexstrasza also arrived to speak with them, but they were refusing to talk to her.Temporary Accommodations Wanting this rebellion to be brought to an end with as little violence as possible, Alexstrasza asked the adventurer to speak with the prisoners in her stead. Alexstrasza listened, understood their reasonings, and even realized things she didn't consider.Persistent Dissidents With new knowledge and understanding, she also wanted to hear the adventurer's opinion on the dragonkin problem.Solicited Opinions In the meantime, Maldra was further examining the propaganda from Scalewatch Cavern and found a secret code about Belaphon's location at the Rebellious Cliffs. Alexstrasza hoped that the rebels there wouldn't need to be defeated.Cleaning up the Cliffraff
This time, Erima, Maldra, and the adventurer arrived at the camp peacefully, spreading the word of planned changes for the dragonkin. Upon hearing the news, many stopped fighting, but some continued.Wreckonciliation To stop the quills from inciting the rebels, Maldra had the adventurer gather Belaphon's quills.The Quill to Power The final task was to deal with Belaphon - Maldra gave the elemental binding ring to the adventurer, and they used it to make Belaphon surrender and brought her to Alexstrasza to discuss ending the rebellion.Stop the Presses Alexstrasza admitted to poor treatment of the dragonkin and presented a way for rights and respect that were fair to dragonkin. Still, many dragonkin died due to the instigation, and Belaphon rebellion and needed to pay for her crimes. But instead of pronouncing a sentence, Alexstrasza gave her the option to use her skills with quills to inform the dragonkin of Alexstrasza's new rules of equality and freedom for the dragonkin going forward, which Belaphon agreed to do.
Maldra regretted her time in the rebellion, but she was glad the dragonkin got greater respect and that it brought peace to Valdrakken. Belaphon admitted that the rebellion was always about treating dragonkin right and fairly, and that she was never against the Aspects themselves.
Alexstrasza offered Maldra to join in the defense of the Dragon Isles alongside the dragons. Maldra declined and before could accept that, she first wanted to see if the dragons would truly abide the equal relationship suggested by Alexstrasza. The Dragon Queen accepted, as Maldra's choice was completely free to make.Reconcilable Dissidents
==Members==
===Named===
Name 	Role 	Status
Instigator Belaphon	Rebellion leader 	
Agitator Zoralek 	Architect of a plot to destroy the Valdrakken aqueduct	
Orian Darkwater 	Leader of rebels at Misty Vale 	
Maldra Flametongue 	Former member 	
===Unnamed===
==References==
Category:Dragon organizations
Category:Primalists
Category:Thaldraszus