Dragon Inquisitors

The **Dragon Inquisitors** are a group of Elven warriors which were created before the Elven Tribes were formed from the Phoenix Tribe.

# Legacies, History & Details

## History

Before the Elvish Golden Age, (as documented in the Elvaskript), in Cyclandia, Dragon Inquisitors hunted dragons and typically killed them. They were not called upon unless they were the most difficult or dangerous dragons - this was the field in which Inquisitors had skill. The Inquisitors were taught by their mentors all the known species of dragon and how to fight them. Early legend says the Inquisitors had one member from each of the future tribes, this is still debated upon, but it is said it began with seven members. During the Golden Age the Inquisitors (due to new beliefs about Dragon rights) primarily switched to capturing dragons, but on some occasions they were still slain. The Inquisitors also earned the disrespect of the Dragon Tribe after the outbreak of the Dragonrain Wars in 1507 because the Inquisitors often hurt dragons which the Tribe didn't like. However after the Dragon Act of 1877 was passed, the Inquisitors were forced to switch to only capturing dragons (if they didn't, the king threatened to have them banished from the Inquisitors and persecuted). Many Inquisitors left the order, and several new groups formed, such as the Dragon Order and the Dragon Traders which usually followed the older customs of the Inquisitors. At its height the order had over 10,000 members across the different Elven Kingdoms.

## Terminology

The Dragon Inquisitors originated from all seven tribes (the modern order does not contain any members from the Cloudrim Tribe and Dragon Tribe however). In Sindarin, the order was referred to as **Inquisitorius Draconis**.

Usually, when the name was not said, it was referred to as "the order" or "the inquisitors". Other inquisitors existed too, but the dragon inquisitors were most commonly known because dragons were a large part of Elven life.

The Dragon Inquisitors' staffs were known as **Dracon polus** or Dragonstaff. Other weapons included the Dragonblade which was the sword wielded by the order's leader, the Grand Inquisitor. There were also Firebows.

Inquisitors also had different titles such as Hunters, Guards (Sentinels).

Olacia was the term used for the order's home, a palace in Phoenixia (relocated to Notenal'e after the city fell).

## Branches

The Inquisitors themselves always operated as a single group and never associated themselves with other groups, even their own clans or tribes, while hunting dragons.

### Dragon Order

The Dragon Order became widespread in 1960s, even though it branched from the Inquisitors in late 1800s. They were Dragon riders who wished to ride dragons in the old ways of slavery. However, the Order soon died out and diminished by early 2000s, taking root in small kingdoms like Mistui but eventually being reverted to the new ways of Elven riding.

### Dragon Traders

Unlike the Dragon Order, Dragon Traders remained a strong group from 1878 to present day. They were so big that the Elven tribes often were forced to launch actual military operations on their bases - in 1890s, a particularly controversial attack on a Dragon Trader base on an offshore island of Coralden may have been a root cause of the fifth segment of the Dragonrain Wars. The Dragon Traders often went undercover to act innocent, and proved excellent at avoiding the Tribes' constant attempts to find them.