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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rkhet" data-source="post: 3100272" data-attributes="member: 31318">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.</blockquote>

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