Post by Cyberguy on Dec 22, 2006 11:19:05 GMT -5
It has been said that, in the beginning, there was only one type of sentient life in the world of Oranath, as the humanoids call it, or Zenirr, as the Draconoids call it. This species, referred to in both group's records simply as the First, was said to be perfect. They are depicted in images as massive armored beings, with long necks and wings, which stood on two legs and walked the earth as easily as the sky. The First were said to have a perfect and peaceful civilization. Under their era, the world was said to have been a utopia.
But, alas, the First did not last forever. It has been said that, for reasons unknown, the First's civilization broke up, and members of the perfect species split up and left to different corners of the world. Some went above to the skies, and some below to the earth. Historians believe that it was this separation that first divided the First, splitting them into two distinct groups: The Draconoids, those who remained in the sky and kept their wings, and the Humanoids, who remained on land and retained their bipediality.
As history progressed, these two distinct groups split amongst themselves, time molding them into the various different species of Dragons and the various different Humanoid Species known in the world today. For the eons they spent evolving, the two groups remained fairly peaceful, mostly ignoring the other. Certain conflicts arose, but most were just personal and quickly ended. Agreement after agreement between the two species retained the same exact basic arrangement: As long as the Dragons kept to the skies, and the Humanoids kept to the earth, there would be no problems. Both groups were to remain isolated for the sake of peace.
And, of course, this could never last. It was the invention of magic, in fact, that gave birth to what would become the greatest War in the history of the world. Now, magic itself did not cause this, as different kinds belonged to different individual species. It was a very specific application of Magic that caused the war. By means of Magic, a Gold Dragon known to historians as Effran'Zioch, or, in Draconic, "Bastard Mother", managed to take on a human form. She went on to live amongst the Humans of the earth for many years and, inevitably, found love amongst them in the form of a Man known to historians as Peacemaker. And, as their love was born, soon enough was also born a child.
This child, an amalgam of Draconoid and Humanoid, became the first Lizardfolk, as they would soon be called. It was said that the mere birth of such a creature alerted both the Humanoids and the Draconoids to its presence. Historical images show this first Lizardfolk as having all the characteristics of both dragon and human, except for the crucial fact that the creature stood on two legs and had no wings. To the dragons, this marked the creature as being a humanoid, and a bastard child at that.
The dragons, seeking to keep their what they believed to be superior race pure, demanded the child be destroyed. The humans, however, would not allow the dragons to kill an innocent Humanoid. This was the initial conflict that caused tensions between the two sides to rise. While this anger was growing, the first of the Lizardfolk had managed to breed with other humanoids, thus expanding the species to one that could sustain itself. These Lizardfolk then banded together and left human civilization, seeking an end to the anger their existence caused, and left to live within the earth, deeper even than the Dwarves. Sadly, this move did not help, as the dragons saw it as a way of hiding the bastard Lizardfolk away to protect them, only creating more hostility, until, eventually, tension had to be relieved.
Historians are not certain, mostly because neither side will admit it, whether it was the Dragons or the Humanoids who struck first. Perhaps it was both. Perhaps it was neither. Regardless of the truth, this unknown initial attack cast a spark into the powder keg that the world had become. War broke out. The dragons broke the pact, many flights leaving the skies to claim areas of land below, stealing them from their humanoid owners. The Humanoids began devising more and more ways to strike at the sky-bound dragons, using their precious magic.
Seeing that magic had again caused them to suffer, the collective dragon flights chose to ban it from their ranks. Dragons were forced to surrender all but their most innate magic, that of the Breath. This move, which sought to bring peace, as a certain lying down of arms, was not taken as such. Soon after, the elves attacked the Gold dragons, once the greatest magic users of all time. Without their magic, however, the Gold flight was all but annihilated by the magic-wielding elves. The only thing that spared the Gold flight was the neighboring Silver flight, slightly less powerful, who managed to drive the elves out in time.
After the defeat of the Gold flight, the dragons, who had been, up until now, certain of their own superiority, realized their vulnerability. The eight flights had become, with the war, separated. And, due to the fact that dragons, by their nature, do not reproduce quickly, the numbers of the individual flights were far less than those of the Humanoids they fought on a regular basis. Due to this disadvantage, the dragons sought to unite together. But their time on land had changed the flights to a point where such unity as in the past was impossible. And so they did the best they could. The Metallic dragons; the Gold, Silver, and Bronze flights, kept to their sky nations and only touched down at the highest of peaks. The Chromatic dragons; the Red, Blue, and Green flights, lived on land and in the mountains. And the Negative Dragons; the Black and White flights, chose not to unite, but rather left to live in the barren volcanic plains in the south and the frozen wastelands to the north, respectively.
This move by the dragons caused a calm in the fighting between Humanoid and Draconoid, which could only have resulted in the infighting that occurred next. The three primary groups of dragons found issues with one another, these conflicts causing the groups to resent one another, with actual fighting occurring between them. The Humanoids, though, managed to stay, for the most part, united, only splitting into two groups. The largest group consisted of the Humans, the Elves, the Dwarves, the Gnomes, and the Halflings. The second group consisted of the Orcs, the Goblins, and the Lizardfolk, who had, due to the war, become resented by the other groups of Humanoids. These two groups have also found conflicts with one another.
Today, the world is split into these five major factions. And while there are still conflicts between the two sides, there have been few actual cases of infighting between them, as the calm has ended, and the war between the Draconoids and the Humanoids has begun again.
But, alas, the First did not last forever. It has been said that, for reasons unknown, the First's civilization broke up, and members of the perfect species split up and left to different corners of the world. Some went above to the skies, and some below to the earth. Historians believe that it was this separation that first divided the First, splitting them into two distinct groups: The Draconoids, those who remained in the sky and kept their wings, and the Humanoids, who remained on land and retained their bipediality.
As history progressed, these two distinct groups split amongst themselves, time molding them into the various different species of Dragons and the various different Humanoid Species known in the world today. For the eons they spent evolving, the two groups remained fairly peaceful, mostly ignoring the other. Certain conflicts arose, but most were just personal and quickly ended. Agreement after agreement between the two species retained the same exact basic arrangement: As long as the Dragons kept to the skies, and the Humanoids kept to the earth, there would be no problems. Both groups were to remain isolated for the sake of peace.
And, of course, this could never last. It was the invention of magic, in fact, that gave birth to what would become the greatest War in the history of the world. Now, magic itself did not cause this, as different kinds belonged to different individual species. It was a very specific application of Magic that caused the war. By means of Magic, a Gold Dragon known to historians as Effran'Zioch, or, in Draconic, "Bastard Mother", managed to take on a human form. She went on to live amongst the Humans of the earth for many years and, inevitably, found love amongst them in the form of a Man known to historians as Peacemaker. And, as their love was born, soon enough was also born a child.
This child, an amalgam of Draconoid and Humanoid, became the first Lizardfolk, as they would soon be called. It was said that the mere birth of such a creature alerted both the Humanoids and the Draconoids to its presence. Historical images show this first Lizardfolk as having all the characteristics of both dragon and human, except for the crucial fact that the creature stood on two legs and had no wings. To the dragons, this marked the creature as being a humanoid, and a bastard child at that.
The dragons, seeking to keep their what they believed to be superior race pure, demanded the child be destroyed. The humans, however, would not allow the dragons to kill an innocent Humanoid. This was the initial conflict that caused tensions between the two sides to rise. While this anger was growing, the first of the Lizardfolk had managed to breed with other humanoids, thus expanding the species to one that could sustain itself. These Lizardfolk then banded together and left human civilization, seeking an end to the anger their existence caused, and left to live within the earth, deeper even than the Dwarves. Sadly, this move did not help, as the dragons saw it as a way of hiding the bastard Lizardfolk away to protect them, only creating more hostility, until, eventually, tension had to be relieved.
Historians are not certain, mostly because neither side will admit it, whether it was the Dragons or the Humanoids who struck first. Perhaps it was both. Perhaps it was neither. Regardless of the truth, this unknown initial attack cast a spark into the powder keg that the world had become. War broke out. The dragons broke the pact, many flights leaving the skies to claim areas of land below, stealing them from their humanoid owners. The Humanoids began devising more and more ways to strike at the sky-bound dragons, using their precious magic.
Seeing that magic had again caused them to suffer, the collective dragon flights chose to ban it from their ranks. Dragons were forced to surrender all but their most innate magic, that of the Breath. This move, which sought to bring peace, as a certain lying down of arms, was not taken as such. Soon after, the elves attacked the Gold dragons, once the greatest magic users of all time. Without their magic, however, the Gold flight was all but annihilated by the magic-wielding elves. The only thing that spared the Gold flight was the neighboring Silver flight, slightly less powerful, who managed to drive the elves out in time.
After the defeat of the Gold flight, the dragons, who had been, up until now, certain of their own superiority, realized their vulnerability. The eight flights had become, with the war, separated. And, due to the fact that dragons, by their nature, do not reproduce quickly, the numbers of the individual flights were far less than those of the Humanoids they fought on a regular basis. Due to this disadvantage, the dragons sought to unite together. But their time on land had changed the flights to a point where such unity as in the past was impossible. And so they did the best they could. The Metallic dragons; the Gold, Silver, and Bronze flights, kept to their sky nations and only touched down at the highest of peaks. The Chromatic dragons; the Red, Blue, and Green flights, lived on land and in the mountains. And the Negative Dragons; the Black and White flights, chose not to unite, but rather left to live in the barren volcanic plains in the south and the frozen wastelands to the north, respectively.
This move by the dragons caused a calm in the fighting between Humanoid and Draconoid, which could only have resulted in the infighting that occurred next. The three primary groups of dragons found issues with one another, these conflicts causing the groups to resent one another, with actual fighting occurring between them. The Humanoids, though, managed to stay, for the most part, united, only splitting into two groups. The largest group consisted of the Humans, the Elves, the Dwarves, the Gnomes, and the Halflings. The second group consisted of the Orcs, the Goblins, and the Lizardfolk, who had, due to the war, become resented by the other groups of Humanoids. These two groups have also found conflicts with one another.
Today, the world is split into these five major factions. And while there are still conflicts between the two sides, there have been few actual cases of infighting between them, as the calm has ended, and the war between the Draconoids and the Humanoids has begun again.