Drakor

***"I Have had the most unfortunate fate handed to me human, my existence within these walls has been a long and troubled one, my kind have not wandered these halls in thousands of millennia, I have gathered millions of years' worth of knowledge, so tell me, what is it you wish to know? -* Epograz the Scholar**

The Drakor are a near extinct ancient alien race which existed primarily millions of years before humanity. The Drakor were a part of the few Bygone races which were the original intelligent species that roamed the galaxy. The race was reptilian, and lizard like with the exception of their giant wings which were located on the races back. Few remnants of Drakor society have survived in small fragments across the galaxy with ruins of their ancient cities still standing on some planets. The Drakor would often fly through the cosmos in their free time and were seemingly immortal with none dying of old age. By the year 450 FOF there was only one known living Drakor left in the galaxy.

**THE ANCIENT DRAKOR**

The Drakor species were prominent throughout the milky way from -900,000,000 FOF to -110,000,000 FOF, this time in Drakor history would be the golden age for the species, the Drakor would live and fly all around the milky way galaxy with the other ancient Bygone races. The race demonstrated extremely powerful abilities and were considered almost God-like beings, other than the ability to freely fly through space at extremely high speeds the Drakor also could breathe physical plasma, and solar energy, these breath attacks served as the Drakor's main weapon and could scorch entire planets. The Drakor would make large castle like homes on many planets throughout the milky way, some large cities would even be constructed in certain areas below ground or embedded in the sides of giant mountains. The underground settlements which were created could stretch for hundreds of miles in all directions not to mention the many vast large open areas built within. The limited knowledge of the species mostly comes from the ancient carvings and writings which were chiseled into the walls and structures of the Drakor ruins.

The peaceful existence of the Drakor would be dismantled around -106,000,000 FOF when the **Great Universal Struggle** began, the Bygone alien races would go to war with each other for millions of years which included the Drakor. This struggle against their neighbors led to the decline of the Drakor's population, the drop in population was so severe that by -103,000,000 FOF only around 20% of the race was left according to uncovered texts. The Drakor would eventually gain the upper hand in the Great Universal Struggle and would begin massacring many of its enemies however this victory would not last long. At some point around -102,000,000 FOF the leader of the entire Drakor species, **Osgrummax the Eternal** would contract a disease which would cause him to go mad, this affliction would soon spread to nearly all of the Drakor race in the following years, The sickness made its Drakor victims completely lose their sanity and memories which would leave the individual in a constant state of delirium and confusion. Another side effect was the intense anger and rage caused by the increased trauma to the Drakor's mind which would make the victim violently lash out at others. This sickness would cripple the entire race of Drakor and would quickly destroy much of the species. Many surviving Drakor would be forced to evacuate their underground cities and would flee to remote parts of the galaxy where many would either die from the sickness or by the hands of other bygone races.

**SOCIETY AND CULTURE**

While little is known about the Drakor society and its customs it is clear that the species had a strict hierarchy system in place, the leader of the Drakor was considered the most intelligent and wise of the species and was looked up to by the other members of Drakor society. The next highest-ranking class in Drakor society was its engineers and crafters who designed and built the homes and underground cities, artists and elder Drakor's were also in this class. The bottom class of Drakor society was made up of the young and inexperienced of the species who had yet to proves themselves or were too young to be separated from their parents. The Drakor would take great pride in their physical appearance and were known to show off to others, another aspect of Drakor culture was the universal love of knowledge and wisdom, many Drakor would spend thousands of years in solitude learning about different subjects which intrigued them, one example of this being **Epograz the Scholar's** love of marine biology and life underwater.

**KNOWN DRAKOR**

**Osgrummax the Eternal** was the leader of the Drakor species and was one of the wisest and most ancient of the race, Osgrummax would be one of the leaders which led the Drakor during the Great Universal Struggle and was known for his staunch bravery and honor in battle. He would reign as ruler of Drakor kind for millions of years until his eventual fall into madness in which he would be slain by his own kin.

**Hakkhgog the Betrayer** was a former Drakor warrior who betrayed his species during the Great Universal Struggle. Hakkhgog would lead a small rebellion against Osgrummax and his supporters in which he would nearly kill Osgrummax in a close duel. Hakkhgog and his rebellion would be mostly destroyed after Osgrummax defeated Hakkhgog in battle and in which Hakkhgog would be thrown into an active black hole.

**Kortina the Graceful** was a female Drakor who after fiercely fighting in the Great Universal Struggle would return to find her friends and kin all suffering from the madness brought on by the disease, she would mercifully dispatch her compatriots and stricken with grieve would return to the underground city of Fremarrg on Earth where she would die by her own hand.

**Epograz the Scholar** is an elder Drakor scholar who resides inside the gigantic Drakor city of Norro. As of 450 FOF Epograz is the last known surviving Drakor, Epograz spent most of his years in the city of Norro until the madness began afflicting the city's residents, in an attempt to prevent himself from falling to the madness Epograz split his soul from his body and into the city itself. While Epograz would ultimately survive his soul would be left shattered which prevented him from ever returning his soul to his corpse. Now he can only present himself in a ghostly apparition like form which is bound inside of Norro.