The Stormtalons

### Mission Statement

To strengthen relations between the dragonflights and Stormwind, bolstering both their powers.

## Introduction

The Stormtalons are a group of dracthyr, evokers and otherwise, who have chosen to join the Stormwind military and use their talents for the betterment of Stormwind and the Alliance. The Stormtalons are led by an evoker named Koderaleth while falling under the umbrella of the Stormwind Battlemage Corps. They take in and train dracthyr to help perfect their draconic powers while also getting them citizenship within the Alliance in exchange for their service to the Kingdom of Stormwind.

## History

After the discovery of the Dragon Isles and the awakening of the dracthyr, many of the long slumbering race wished to see the world and find answers to why they were imprisoned for near 20,000 years. They fanned out to all corners of Azeroth to meet new people, face new foes, uncover new knowledge and find a new purpose in the world. Some of these dracthyr chose to join the Alliance, following the lead of the Obsidian Warders to work alongside the races of the Alliance and learn from them. As the dracthyr were made to be soldiers, it was only natural that many of them gravitated towards the Alliance’s military structures as a starting point in their new journeys.

However, one group of dracthyr led by an evoker named Koderaleth sought out the blue dragonflight first, seeking to confront them about their role in the imprisonment of the dracthyr and the reasoning behind it. Their group journeyed to the Coldarra in search of the blue dragons and encountered the benefactor of the Cabal of the Burning Swords, Eldrigos.

The elder blue dragon assuaged their rage and confusion regarding the distant past and offered them the answers they sought. Eldrigos then took these dracthyr into his tutelage, seeing it as the duty of the blues to rectify their past mistakes. He eventually suggested that they may find it fruitful to seek out some of those who also followed his teachings and learned from the blue dragonflight. Notably, the Cabal of the Burning Sword was one such organization and, given that they were part of Stormwind’s military, some dracthyr took up the opportunity while others stayed behind with the blues.

The Master Mage of the Cabal, Roy Sebale, had been made aware of this resurgence of draconic power in the world, and the discovery of the Dragon Isles, so when he received word from Eldrigos about a new opportunity he was more than willing to hear the dragon out. The dracthyr were not what he was expecting, but their power couldn’t be denied. Their ability to harness all five dragonflight’s powers was intriguing and Roy knew what an asset that power could be.

Roy, Koderaleth and Eldrigos then made a pact, opening up the Cabal of the Burning Sword for all to see its draconic powers while creating a new division under the Battlemage Corps of the First Regiment; The Stormtalons. These dracthyr are those who have decided to serve Stormwind by using their talents in its military. In exchange they would receive tutelage in their draconic powers, access to the Cabal’s libraries, and citizenship in Stormwind.

## Structure

The Stormtalons are broken down into several ranks. While their overall military rank dictates their role and duties within the Stormwind military, their rank within the Stormtalons informs how much mastery over the five flight’s powers the dracthyr possesses. Gaining rank within the Stormtalons requires showing this mastery.

**Talon** - The lowest, junior rank of the Stormtalons, as it is in the traditional weyrns of the dracthyr. It is a starting point for new recruits where they must prove their worth to ascend. This proof comes in their service to the Stormwind Army and their deeds in combat.

**Scaleguard** - Having proven their combat prowess and mastery over at least one of the flight’s powers, the Scaleguard make up the bulk of the Stormtalons. Those dracthyr who wish to progress further must undergo the Five Flights, or five trials that require mastery over all the five flight’s powers. Typically this means that the Scaleguard are constantly training.

**Stormguard** - The Stormguard are the dracthyr who have completed the Five Flights and proven their mastery over all five flight’s powers. Many of these dracthyr choose to specialize in just one or two in the end, but nevertheless they have access to them all. Once at this rank, these dracthyr are then allowed to mentor newer dracthyr, as well as administer the five trials to Scaleguard.

**Scalecommander** - The leader of the Stormtalons holds the title of Scalecommander as they hold domain over all dracthyr found in the Stormtalons’ ranks. The Scalecommander oversees all the training and day to day tasks of the dracthyr found within the First Regiment and answers to the Master Mage of the Battlemage Corps.

## The Five Flights

In order to advance to the rank of Stormguard, a dracthyr in the Stormtalons must complete the Five Flights. They are five challenges that require the dracthyr to draw forth the power of each flight, one after the other, until they have full command of all five.

**Flight of Earth**

In order to prove mastery over the earth itself, the dracthyr must seek out and fix some catastrophe wrought by the land. Whether this is an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, a landslide or similar, the dracthyr must repair the damage to the land and prevent future destruction using the power of the black dragonflight.

**Flight of Life**

One of the charges of the red dragonflight is to maintain the balance of life in the world. In order to do this, they must cull some areas where the growth is choking the land, or restore life to places where it is desolate. The dracthyr must prove their mastery of the red's powers by taking the life of an area in which life runs rampant and taking that life to restore an area where it is lacking.

**Flight of Time**

The bronze dragonflight holds dominion over the time ways and work to prevent outside forces from altering those time ways in order to protect the one true time line. To prove mastery of this magic, the dracthyr must trek to the Caverns of Time and aid in restoring damage to the time line.

**Flight of Dreams**

The green dragonflight's powers are concentrated around the powers of life, and the realm of life that is a mirror image of Azeroth: The Emerald Dream. This dream is constantly under threat and without it the world would slowly die, consumed by nightmares and darkness. Thus, the dracthyr must aid in maintaining the dream by dispelling the nightmares of others, tapping into the green dragon's powers to keep the nightmare contained.

**Flight of Arcane**

Lastly, the blue dragonflight's domain is the Arcane. They were given immense knowledge of Arcane magic by Norgannon, and mastery over its uses. Their responsibilities lay in maintaining the vast leyline networks that cover the world and ensuring that the Arcane is not abused. The dracthyr's task will be in repairing leylines that have been drained or manipulated, and to hunt down whatever entity caused the damage.

## Division Leader

**Scalecommander Koderaleth** is a dracthyr evoker born with an affinity for the powers of the bronze and green dragonflights, his dragon form a brilliant bronze color. Before the dracthyr were put in stasis he used his powers of foresight to guide the dracthyr forces in battle and his emerald powers to heal those who were injured. While he did not hold the title of Scalecommander at that time, he still held a higher position due to his powers lending themselves to a commanding role on the battlefield.

As with all dracthyr, he was sealed away on the Forbidden Reach for nearly 20,000 years, and upon awakening was overwhelmed by this passage of time. His connection to the timeways caused him much despair and anxiety as he could sense a vast amount of time had passed but not why this was so. Seeking answers after escaping the Forbidden Reach, he led a cadre of dracthyr to the Coldarra because he knew the blue dragons had a part in their stasis, and that the black dragonflight would yield them nothing but hostility or lies.

There he met Eldrigos, an ancient blue dragon who long maintained relations with the mortal races, and from him they were aided in learning the reasons behind their imprisonment, and the potential for their place in the new world they found themselves in. He spent a few months there before meeting Sir Roy Sebale at the behest of Eldrigos, eventually formulating the Stormtalons as a division within the First Regiment where dracthyr could find some refuge and purpose.

## Uniform

Visage Armor

Dracthyr Armor