CaveWing History

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## Timeline

### Pre-CaveWing History (?? - ??)

Silence was a quiet dragonet with big dreams and few friends. As an animus, he was virtually worshiped by his classmates, and his teachers always held him at an impossibly high standard. Exhausted by the constant stress of never feeling good enough, even as one of the most powerful dragons of his day, he ran away as soon as he finished his studies, as such treatment would assuredly continue even into adulthood. There were even rumors of making him king, and Silence by no means wanted that responsibility. After all, he was an adventurer by heart, and loved exploring.

He set out on his own and traveled for a few days, eventually coming across a somewhat hidden cave. Intrigued, he started to explore it, picking his way through the darkness and the winding, dangerous drop-offs. Eventually, he found something far better than he could ever dream of finding, an abandoned underground civilization. He dug a small hole in the rock to hide his few belongings, a crevice that he would one day expand into a large lab-like area.

For weeks, he excavated the ruins, determined to bring it back to the life it had enjoyed so long ago. Silence learned much about the ancient tribe; they were the StoneWings, a tribe that was both birthed from the caves, and after death returned to the rocky walls around them.

Broken stone tablets, once pieced patiently back together, told the tales of the tribes. They explained some of their creation, their history, and their customs. The first StoneWings had been carved from granite and andesite, commonly found on the surface of the mountains above and around the caves. Their creator had breathed life into them, and had used these new dragons as servants that needed no care and could operate on their own without any interference. However, as time passed and the creator died, they wandered into the caves, where they had lived for centuries before Silence’s appearance.

He spent much time in the old library, slowly putting the tablets back together to learn more about them; he had all the time in the world, after all. After a while, though, Silence took a break, continuing to poke around the ruins. He quickly discovered a lower cave, collapsed unfortunately due to some natural disaster, and inside it was a graveyard of broken and disintegrated statues.

Most, if not all of them, were beyond recognition as a dragon; however, one of them appeared practically untouched. In the corner of the smaller cave, it was a bit scuffed, sure, but even the minor and intricate details could be seen still, even after all these years.

Recalling the way they were created, Silence wondered if he could recover this one, at least. He returned to the library and spent days scouring through the thousands upon thousands of historical records so that he could at least give this StoneWing the memories of its past life, if possible. He soon gathered that this dragon was a former queen, and one of the last of her kind, Black Cobra.

Amid a dying tribe, she had stayed strong and kept the few left behind alive and healthy as long as she could, to the detriment of her own health; as a result, Black Cobra died relatively young. A popular and amazing leader, the last StoneWings dedicated their final years to immortalizing her among their ancestors, strategically placing her carefully detailed statue near the opening of the cave, just in case an earthquake or some other event happened to cause a cave-in.

Armed with this new information, Silence set about with his enchantment, one of the largest he had tried yet as of now. Although it drained him immensely, he managed to bring the queen back, albeit with none of her memories. It wasn’t that much of a problem for Silence since he had done his studying, fortunately, so another quick enchantment fixed that issue.

Black Cobra was understandably a bit confused at first, but touched that Silence would go through so much effort just to revive her and then return her memories. She saw him as a kind-hearted and powerful NightWing, and Silence in return saw her as caring and loving; the two struck it off well from the start.

After a brief explanation as to why he was there, Black Cobra quickly informed him that he could stay. She even helped him continue to expand his small hideout a bit, feeling as if she owed him for a new chance at life. Silence and Black Cobra continued to live in the caves for years afterward, returning the old StoneWing civilization to its former glory.

Later on, Silence managed to piece together a few more statues, giving life to a few other StoneWings. Although their history was much less documented, the kings and queens were still able to function well. Additionally, Silence recruited a few misfit NightWings that were tossed out of the tribe for being ‘undesirable’ due to physical malformations or mind-reading abilities, since most NightWings considered it invasive.

In this way, Silence and Black Cobra started a merged civilization, and the original CaveWings were created from the StoneWings and NightWings.

However, there were a few StoneWings who were not happy with the situation; they saw no reason to accept the tribe that was, in their eyes, stealing from the queens and royals back in their golden days.