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// The Founding of the Dragon Clans 
// Story: Side Stories of Hasbroverse Earth 
// by RK_Striker_JK_5 
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"So, Danielle. You wish to hear of the history of the Clans? Of how  they were formed? I can tell this tale to you, as it was told to me. 

"Before the Clans, we dragons were... talking beasts, ruled by our greed, our pride, our arrogance. We squabbled, we fought amongst ourselves and lived in caves, hoarding our treasure with fervor. No clans, no friendship, no civilization! We had nothing.

"Then came Draco. He was strong, quick, tough, fierce! But he was also  wise. He saw what we were, what we could be, and decided to act. He saw  what other people were doing, how they acted. He went out among them, learned from them, protected them. he then went back among our kind.

"No, he has no title, no longer name. he is simply 'King Draco'. That is all he needs to be.

"Anyway, he went back to the dragons. He found the strongest, the  quickest, the smartest, and defeated them, one by one. He crushed them,  then held out a hand and helped them up. After defeating them, he  gathered them together. He told them, "Attack me, as I did you." And so  they did, one by one. And he defeated them, one by one. He then told  them to attack together, as a group. it was a disorganized rabble, and  he defeated them once more. However, it was much closer than before.  Draco told them, "Together, you are much stronger than apart. Together,  you could do wondrous things. Tell me, do you have the intelligence, the  bravery, to accept this? Can you make that leap?"

"One of them spoke up. She pledged her loyalty to King Draco. She was  Hwei-ru. She was the founder of the Eastern Dragon Clan. The others soon  followed. 

"It took many years, but eventually, all dragons pledged loyalty to King  Draco and the others. He divided the dragons up into what would become  the thirteen Dragon Clans. He set them to work, building our  civilization. All that we are, all that we have, came from him. Without  King Draco's guidance, we would still be beasts.

"For ten time ten thousand years, he ruled. Spykoran calls himself 'the  Old'? Bah! He is a pup compared to King Draco. He ensured we would  remember, that we would know the benefits of cooperation, of friendship,  of not succumbing to our greed. And then, one day, he told the Clan  Heads-no. We are only 'Clan heads'. We need no other titles-he told  them, that it was time for him to go. That he had done all he could, and  it was time to see if we remembered. "Look to the sky, for one day, I  may return!" And with that, he flew off.

"there are many other tales of him. One tale is the Valley of the  Chieftains was carved by him dragging his tail. Another is the Valley of  the Chieftains is where he he gathered the first. So take that with,  how do you humans say, a grain of salt. another legend is, he will  return, to sit judgement upon the Clans once more. We only hope we have  proven ourselves to him.

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An oral history of the Dragon Clans, as told to Danielle McCullen by Mei Long the Wise, Clan Head of the Eastern Dragon Clan.