The Draconic Dynasties

> *"Every storm contains an eye which passes. The Dragons will rule again."*
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- Dragonlord Ezkan The Prophet

## The Most Ancient Empire

**The Draconic Dynasties** are old and rooted in ancient traditions from a time before the written word. The Draconic mythology was recorded from spoken word from the first **Dragonborn**, the children of the **Astral Dragons** who at one point ruled all of **Terra** but eventually abandoned the land for **The Astral Sea**. **The Dragonlords** were a theocratic group of mage-kings who ruled from the **Throne of Scales** in **Wyrmfell**, far beyond the **Desert of Carth**. The current **Dragonlord** is **Ezkan The Prophet**, acolyte of **Bahamut**.

Most of the dynasty spans the barren, arid lands known as **Ashatan** and the **Desert of Carth**, but also extended into the numerous jungle islands that dotted the **Coast of Scales**. **The Draconic Dynasty** however once spanned all across **Midland**, before the appearance of **The Lymerians**, and few forget the hundreds of years of enslavement they endured at the hands of the **Dragonlords**. Some zealous and ambitious **Dragonborn** such as **Ezkan The Prophet** believe a day will come when Dragons rule over all once again.

## The Astral Dynasty

The oldest known Dynasty was known as **The Astral Dynasty**, and led by the Great Twin-Headed **Omaru**, worshipper of **Ouroboros**. It began recording written history, and expanded outward to every coast in Midland. The later days of the Astral Dynasty saw the start of the enslavement of the Free Races (**Elves**, **Halflings**, **Dwarves**) and were also the parents to the **Dragonborn**--the humanoid species of Dragon that currently populates the continent.

## The Wyrmfell Dynasty

**Xaraton the Red** of House **Drakara,** a massive Red Dragon and worshipper of Tiamat, was the first to revolt and overthrow **The** **Astral Dynasty**. This was done by unifying **The Orcish Tribe**s from **Ungol Canyon**, which doubled their military power. The Chromatic Dragons--red, green, blue, white and black--who worshipped **Tiamat**, mounted by Orc and Dragonborn soldiers, assaulted the **Capital of Wyrmfell.** The Metallic Dragons, led by the followers of **Bahamut**, attempted to defend the ancient city against an overwhelming assault from the skies. They ultimately failed, and many old, might metallic dragons fell and were forced to flee to islands and caves in the **Coast of Scales,** where they hid and attempted to survive being hunted.

For hundreds of years **The Wyrmfell Dynasty** ravaged Midland and slaughtered all in their path, capturing those who survived as slaves to increase the might and glory of the Dynasty. They were resisted by a group of Dragonborn rebels known as **The Dragonlords**, who rode Metallic Dragons into battle along human, elven, halfling and dwarven counterparts. The Orc tribes of **Ungol Canyon**, old allies of the Chromatic Dragons who long served House **Wyrmfell**, were promised greater authority over government and political spheres, and thus aided in the assault on the capital and overthrew the former rulers to instill the minority leader **Ezkan the Prophet**. The downfall of **The Wyrnfell Dynasty** lead to the emancipation of thousands of slaves.

## The Drakara Dynasty

**Dragonlord Ezkan**, a silver Dragonborn, was the first Dragonborn to become emperor of a Draconic Dynasty. He vowed freedom and prosperity not only for Dragonkin and citizens of The Dynasty, but all individuals of all races who traveled through the battle-scarred lands that he inherited. A relative age of peace settled on the Southern Lands, aided by trade routes and alliances established with Samal. **The Drakara Dynasty** temporarily ended the long feud between the desert-city of **Samal** and **The Orcish Tribes**.

## The Endless Draconic Civil Wars

Due to the thousand-year dispute among the royal houses of **Drakara** and **Wyrmfell**, a civil war has been on-going and there is great strife and conflict in the land.

To this day the throne is contested, and Dragonborn are split into two factions: **Wyrmfell** and **Drakara**. Desert-dwellers and Island-folk. The Desert Dwellers of **Wyrmfell** follow Tiamat, the Five-Headed Dragon of Chaos, while the Dragonborn of the coastal islands and **Drakara** worship **Bahamut**, The Platinum Dragon, and thus the two sides seem fated to eternal conflict.

Currently **The** **Drakara Dynasty** possesses **The Throne of Scales** at the heart of **Wyrmfell**, headed by **Dragonlord Ezkan**, and are considered to be the currently reigning Dynasty, but conflict and battle is ever-present in the lands of the South, which are considered extremely unsafe for travel.