Dragonlords

## The Dragonlords

The Dragon Amulet, common symbol of the DragonLords

Dragon Lord Grandmaster

Dragon Lord Prime

Dragon Lord

Dragon Commander

Dragon Summoner

Dragon Hero

Dragon Tamer

Dragon Rider

Dragon Priest

Dragon Oracle

Dragon Mage

Dragon Champion

Dragon Warrior

Dragon Rogue

## Political Information

### Allies

The ShadowScythe, Swordhaven, Skyguard, Guardians, Paladins, Doomknights, Yokai, Angels

### Enemies

Chaos, The Queen of Monsters, Dragonslayers

### Known for

DragonFable

 Founding and Purpose

The order of the DragonLords have been founded in ancient times far before the AQ timeline. The first recorded history of the DragonLord order is at the DragonSpine Mountains in the AQ Classic timeline.

There, Cyrus founds and leads the cult of the Dracomancers. These humans ally the dragons and seek their knowledge and power to heal the harm done to the world. Believing that humans and dragons can live together in peace.

But Galanoth waged war against the Dracomancers, almost wiping them from the face of the earth. Eventually Cyrus manages to capture Galanoth and they make peace.

Of course the slaying of the Great Dragon of Time later does rally the dragonlords.

As the Big Fire war rages and the dragons eventually come to aid in the battle against their kind, the humans see more in an alliance with the dragons.

In the centuries of peace after, the dracomancers slowly vanish and the dragonlords emerge. First led by the dragon priests and the high priestess of dragons; Lady Celestia.

However, due to the ongoing wars and because she has to focus on the preservation of dragonkind. The order kind of falls apart and members go their own way.

## Ranks and Specifications

As the order of the DragonLords is very shattered in ranks it is more useful to list them on power.

### The Dracomancers

The first and most powerful kind of dragonlords are the dracomancers. They founded their cult a long time ago and are able to directly speak to dragons and even become a dragon. They harness the power and knowledge of the dragons, can hatch their eggs and are the most powerful and also most rare dragonlord that exists. Dracomancers live dragon years. Cyrus was the most known one.

### The Dragon Masters

These kind of dragonlords are the chosen one of the elemental dragons. They become the elemental champions of these dragons. Dragon Masters link with their dragon and even have forms of communication with the elder dragons. Which most dragonlords can not. The Dragon Masters only differences with the dracomancers are that they can not become a dragon and they are sole individuals. The only currently known Dragon Master is Aqua.

### The Dragon Lords

Then there is the actual order of the dragonlords. Led by Lady Celestia. Just like other factions they spread over lore and have dragonlords in each area. Within the order of the dragonlords are:

#### Dragon Lord Grandmaster

Often elderly dragonlords, they sometimes retire to be dragon archpriests. But mostly their pride leaves them to wear their armor. The Grandmasters are supposed to keep the order together and oversee all dragon affairs in Lore. They do not neccesarily have their own dragon anymore, or it's old or crippled. These veterans, with the high-priestess, lead the order.

#### Dragon Lord Prime or Evolved Dragon Lords

The prime dragonlords are the still battle-ready generals of the dragonlord order. They upkeep the dragon districts and are able to rally the dragonlords in a district. The prime dragonlords have the most battle hardened dragon and also lead the breeding programs in their respective district to upkeep the dragon populace. They are sometimes also the leaders of a dragonsite or city on lore.

#### Dragon Lord

A dragonlord is not just the owner of a dragon. It also is a fierce warrior and an actual lord of a piece of land. Unlike knights, the dragonlords do not rule over fertile plains or forests. Dragonlords dwell in the mountains, and they claim mountain peaks. Usually a dragonlord has subjects in the form of dwarves or humans and they live from what a mountain offers in ore, gems and what lives around it. Of course there also wandering dragonlords, but these are still different than dragon knights, because dragonlords have a strong bond with their dragon. It's also not said that a dragonlord is a warrior, sometimes they are also priest, rogue or mage. Just depending on their skills.

#### Dragon Commanders

The Dragon Commanders are novice dragonlords. The difference between dragon commanders and dragonlords is that while one does have full control over their dragon and has an adult dragon. A Dragon commander has a younger dragon and is training and bonding with it's dragon. Their biggest difference with dragon riders is that Dragon Commanders can communicate with their dragon.

### The Dragon Affiliates

Besides the dragonlords there is a whole of dragon affiliates. These are the people that worship the dragons and cater to all of their needs. They live in on around the sacred drago sites or cities and aid the dragons and the dragonlords. We will be naming the most important ones:

#### Dragon Summoners

Dragons, unlike all other magical creatures, are extremely hard to summon. It takes a special training and craft to summon a dragon. Dragon Summoners are one of the few that are able to communicate with dragons and even on long range. They also function as dragon loremasters and look after the dragon eggs together with the dragon priests and nurses. A known dragon summoner is Zolea.

#### Dragon Hero

Although a very mighty warrior, a dragon hero is not what each dragonlord wishes to become. A dragon hero is the name for a dragonlord that lost his dragon for whatever reason, but did survive themselves. Dragon Heroes are taken in the dragon sanctuaries to help raising young dragons and training new dragonlords.

#### Dragon Tamer

As the word already explains, a dragon tamer tames dragons. Not all dragons are tame, or good aligned. There are wild or evil dragons. A dragon tamer goes alone or with a dragon hunter in an attempt to calm a raging dragon. A life of a dragontamer is dangerous, because they have to confront a hostile/wild dragon before the dragonslayers arrive.

#### Dragon Rider

A dragon rider is a bit uncommon, but in times of dire need some dragons allow non-dragonlords on their back. Such people are called dragon riders. They can not really communicate with their dragon, but likely ride it like someone would ride a horse. With the risk of being eaten of course.

#### Dragon Priest

Around the cult of the dragons there is the priesthood of the dragonpriests. The dragonpriests stand for the preservatio of the bonds between human and dragon. It are the dragon priests that help with hatching and protecting dragon eggs. They can also heal and talk with the dragons.

A special order within the dragon priests are the dragon oracles, they can talk with the older dragons and determine to who an dragon egg is linked. They also do the enchanting of the dragon amulets.

#### Dragon Mage

These Mages dedicate their powers to the dragons. Some dragon mages also know dragon specific spells. They are not dragonlord mages however, because dragonmages are not linked to a dragon. They just know dragon magic. They are also known as Dragon Warlocks.

#### Dragon Champion

Dragon Champions are the ultimate dragon warriors. Often the officers in the army of a dragonlord or in the army defending a dragoncity. Some dragon champions are also the squire of the dragonlord.

#### Dragon Warrior

A dragon warrior is a warrior in the service of the dragonlords. They defend the dragon sanctuaries and march with the dragonlords.

#### Dragon Rogue

The dragon rogues are the spies of the dragonlords. They are usually not recognizable outside dragon territory, but most of them have their weapons coated with a distinguishable dragon venom.

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### Alliances and their perks

Over the course of time the order of the dragonlords has had multiple alliances with various other factions. With these factions they shared the knowledge and power of the dragons to an extent. This resulted in different orders per faction:

#### The Slugwrath dynasty

Trough trickery and theft king Slugwrath obtained dragon knowledge. With this he made the order of the Dragonking Warrior. But the dragons found out and turned against him, along with the dragonlords. The mad king used their own weapons against the dragons.

#### Swordhaven and the Dragon Knights

When King Alteon took over the kingdom of Swordhaven, he made peace with the dragonlords and the dragons. He did this by making the dragon the symbol of his house. He also invested the order of the Dragon Knights, which is an order of knights that especially has to guard the capitol and the royal family. Some of these were also dragonlord.

#### The Shadowscythe and the Draconic Doomknights

When the Alliance was formed, the dragonlords finally acknowledged the Shadowscythe as an neccesary force on Lore. It wasn't that the Shadowscythe not already had dragon powers to their possession, but the Draconic Doomknights as an idea of Sepulchure could now become an official reality.

#### The Yokai isles

On the Yokai islands there has always lived a different kind of dragon than on the rest of Lore. The Dragon Emperors were the first to know this and kept it's powers and existence secret from the dragonlords. Which was easy, because the islands were very hard to reach. This dynasty of Yokai emperors is called the DarGon dynasty, and also equipped shinobi, ninja's and samurai with the dragon's powerful emblem.

#### Skyguard

The Skyguard is actually an institution of Swordhaven. But it made an alliance of it's own with the dragonlords thanks to Stratos. For a time the dragonlords had only been helping the dragonknights, while dragons are superior in the air. Logically this would greatly beneficial for the Skyguard and there were negotiations with the highpriestess to have the skyguard make use of dragons. Unfortunately only very few dragonlords agreed with this plan; and the few that were became the Dragon Admirals of the Skyguard. But the dragonlords then even eventually refused the use of dragons for the skyguard, so it was kept at the airship fleet. The airships fly with dragon magic however.

#### The Celestial Realm

The most special kind of dragonlord are the few that got revived by the powers of the Celestial Realm at the battle of the Dawn and in the Celestial War. These celestial dragonlords form the order of the Dragon's Salvation and are the guardian angels of the dragons.

#### The Guardians

The most known of the alliances is the dragonlord's alliance with the Guardians. The Guardian Dragon is one of the most ancient dragons in existence. And the knowledge that a dragon of his age and power would support the cause of the Guardians was enough for the dragonlords for an never ending alliance.

#### The Nulgath Nation

Although the dragonlords actually did NOT have an alliance with The Nation, a dragonlord named Arkadios defected the order and joined Nulgath in it's search for power. Being the first Archfiend Dragonlord and also the last if it's up to the dragonlord order.

## Notable events and achievements.

### Adventure Quest

In the AQ timeline, the dragonlords are around in the form of Cyrus and the dracomancers.

### Dragon Fable

In the Dragon Fable timeline, the Hero is a dragonlord. Whom can either choose to be or not to be one. Here, Lady Celestia is being named as leader of the dragonlords so far, and there can be learnt more about dragons and the dragonlords.

### AQWorlds

The first place to encounter the dragonlords here is the Guardian tower at Tomix.
Yet, later also the corrupted dragonlord Vath is encountered in the war against Chaos. Although the dragonlords do not seem to actively help in the AQWorlds timeline, Lady Celestia is still around and respected.

## Fun Facts

* The house of Swordhaven has the dragon as symbol.
* There is only 1 undead dragonlord, which is Ghost.
* Everyone could become dragonlord, according to the AQWorlds saga.
* Dragonlords do not use necromancy.
* The Legion is missing out on dragon power.