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[Rkhet]

On the War of the Dragons, and the legend of the Wyrmslayers:

There are countless variations of this story, sung by bards in rundown taverns or written by sages in ivory towers. Written history of the period, a time of chaos, is difficult to find, and it is even more difficult to separate embellishment from facts. Nevertheless, the most commonly told version is something like this:

Five hundred years ago, before the time of the Empire, dragons ruled the earth. Mankind and the other humanoid races lived as subjects and slaves.

Then there was a great war between the metallic dragons, lead by the twelve-headed dragon-god, Bahamut, and the chromatic dragons, lead by the Dracolich queen, Tiamat.

Of the humanoid races, the humans, elves and dwarves sided with the metallic dragons, while the orcs and goblinkind sided with the chromatic dragons.

The war raged for decades, and a great number of lives, both draconic and humanoid, were lost. All seemed lost when Bahamut was assassinated. The chromatic dragons fell into squabbling amongst themselves as the metallic dragons and their orcish servants advanced, razing city after city.

In desperation, the humans, elves and dwarves pooled together the best of their warriors and sent them to assassinate the Dracolich.

Though most of these warriors died before they even saw her, the few that remained succeeded against impossible odds. The Dracolich was destroyed, her phylaclery shattered, and her army in chaos. This was enough to turn the tide of battle, and the alliance scored victory after victory until all chromatic dragons were slain and the orcs driven into hiding.

The surviving warriors were treated to a hero's welcome. The title of Wyrmslayer was bestowed upon them. Unfortunately, the Dracolich had cursed them even as she was struck down, and they died one after another within a year. Only two remained: the great wizard Naramyr, who found means of extending his life through necromancy, and the paladin Aziel, who ascended to Angelhood, thus escaping the Dracolich's curse.

As mankind's greatest hero, Naramyr was given his own kingdom to rule. This he did with great strength and wisdom, such that the once barren lands of Sul Taelrim has become a mighty nation whose power is second only to the Empire.

 

[Rkhet]

Velmont: it's pretty good, barring the strange spelling.

My change for storyline purposes (note that this knowledge is all OOC only):

The growing up, the things that happened in the past - all that happened right after the War of the Dragons, when the Empire was young and the humanoid races fell into war with each other. In other words, you have slept for hundreds of years in that coffin.

The current story happens five hundred years after the War of the Dragons. Naramyr, driven by his Eye of Profane Truth, wages war against the Empire. The non-human races have lost their war and are scattered. Goblins are pushed north into the badlands. Elves are scattered into small settlements. Dwarves have retreated into their mountain-fortresses. The tomb you wake up in, which used to be part of a dwarven stronghold, is now actually inside a human city.

Everyone you know have already died, except the elves and the oldest of dwarves. Which means you'll need new plot-hooks. This is a time where the war between Empire and Sul-Taelrim encompasses everything, so you'll likely have something to do with that, willingly or not.

 

[Velmont]

I know that many mistakes were in the text, and as a French speaking person, some syntax mistake might come from my French-speaking mind... Also, it took me some time to write that down, so I didn't had the time to revised it.

Here a few suggestions:

The ruins of old wizards could be the ruins of some dragons, not necesserly dragon's hoard, but surely some would have prefer to have many hideout, and some in which where the dragons was doing some magical experimentations.

The church revered Aziel. When the church found what Naramyr had done to extend his life, using the same kind magic that Tiamat use to be immortal, the church have started to track down the wizards, in fear they would use that magic against the church and the empire.

The tension between the vassal state of Naramyr and the empire raised during the the war against the dwarves. The unforseen alliance has put the kingdom of Naramyr in bad position, being the border that touch both the dwarven's mountain and the goblin's badland. During the war, the dwarves have decided to cut the line between Sul Taelrim and the empire, and avoid any combat against the powerfull wizard. The empire defend themsleves and ignored the faith of Sul Taelrim. After the war, this have raised the tension between Naramyr and the empire, influenced by the church of Aziel. The war between the two was just a question of time.

Isaac would be born in the empire, and he would have defended a mine in the kingdom of Sul Taelrim.