The Dragonstones

**The Dragonstones** are a government body in Cogitamim that was formed in 1562 and have had the highest authority on Earth since 1956. There are 12 members who are all dragons that are each named after one of the birthstones that play a vital role in keeping order on Earth.

## Duties

The Dragonstones act in a similar to a monarch does to parliament, with each countries government having to pass laws that get majority approval from The Dragonstones, they can also enforce laws themselves that each country have to implement the law within a certain timeframe. Each member tends to respond to a certain kind of request or event, such as Garnet Nightstrider responding to reports of damage, destruction or anything that has similar consequences.

Due to the huge power they control over Earth, some leaders have come to question their authority and have even gone to break the countries links to The Dragonstones, however all the accounts of this happening have often led to a countries decline and such leaders often lose their leadership rather quickly.

## History

Due to their habitation in remote locations, resources had become scarce and dragons were running out of options for survival. Garnet Nightstrider (known as Nightblaze at the time) organised for all dragons to relocate to her clan was located at the Himalayas and form a society similar to other species on the planet so they could trade for resources and befriend others. After studies were conducted, in 1561 **The Dragonstones** was founded with 12 members who had renamed themselves after the 12 birthstones that their studies had found in hopes to better friendship between them and other societies.

The Dragonstones was a success, allowing dragons to survive through trade and assist the various tasks of other civilisations like heavy lifting for construction and using their high speed of flight to deliver messages faster than they had previously. In 1712, Aquamarine Stormqueller proposed the idea of the integration of dragons within general civilisation as most people had now only known a world with the friendship in place, this was generally regarded as a good step forward and The Dragonstones worked to outline rules and tests to make sure that existing dragons would act suitably within non-dragon civilisation and proposed the idea to various civilisations that they had helped over the years. In 1716, Japan became the first country to accept the deal and shortly after various other countries accepted the deal after seeing the impact on development the integration provided. By 1740, most countries had accepted the deal and around 90% of the dragon population was now living outside of the Himalayas.

Within 100 years, dragon population had increased dramatically and so had the development of the world with the help of the dragons, causing The Dragonstones to become a very important member in the world, continuing to monitor and police dragons around the world. In 1882, The Dragonstones were invited to nominate a member to represent them in World Congress, in which Garnet was nominated for being the founding member.

During the 1900's, conflict had arisen between countries due to territorial issues and wars broke out during the early part of the century. The Dragonstones came together to condemn wars and prevent them from arising, with Garnet stating "We united with the world to escape the pain our wars created. We urge you not to do the same.". Many dragons were also forced to conscript into these wars as their natural trains rendered them effectively invincible to the technology of the time, however this often backfired as dragons that met on the battlefield from opposing sides refused to fight each other. Some leaders at the time attempted to oppose The Dragonstones and attacked their base of operations, however all the attacks failed.

In 1940, tensions around the world had reached an all-time high, The Dragonstones decided to finally test their power by threatening that if peace was not negotiated within 6 months, they would personally take action. Many smaller conflicts proceeded to follow this and armies in major conflicts feared to continue fighting due to the strength of dragons. After the 6 month period, All but 3 counties had stopped fighting which was USA, Germany and Russia, which were involved in a war together in which Germany were decided as the instigators. This led to the famous Solo Storm of Munich in which Sapphire Fallenshadow took control and forced Germany to declare peace within a day of arriving.

After all conflicts were resolved and territories were freed, created or merged, many people saw The Dragonstones as heroes that prevented a much worse outcome if they didn't take action. Over the following years The Dragonstones started to influence how countries were run and in 1956 were made the central governing body of the world.

When Starcanyon Island was created, OLSTA nominated The Dragonstones to be the sole governing body of the island, in which they agreed upon, making it one of only 2 places that were directly run by The Dragonstones (The other being Himaiya Village).

## Members

* Garnet Nightstrider
* Amethyst Crystalriver
* Aquamarine Stormqueller
* Diamond Lightbearer
* Emerald Blazeblade
* Unknown Pearl
* Unknown Ruby
* Unknown Peridot
* Sapphire Fallenshadow
* Unknown Opal
* Unkown Topaz
* Lapis Lazuli Skydrifter