"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.
Interesting.
He left to go hang out with Kahless the Unforgettable.
So do you think he will return bringing so help along with him?
I do love me some world building
He's probably asleep under a mountain range somewhere. While dragons don't grow old, they do get tired. 'tis kind of, geological in nature. A truly ancient dragon will find himself cooling, slowing down, getting tired more easily. Like a dormant volcano. Eventually, they fall asleep one day and never quite wake up again. They're not dead, but their fires have gone too cold for them to rouse unaided.
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Unless it is an Ice Dragon or Shadow/Light Dragon (Going by the lore that shadow and light dragons are born from the souls of dragons that dies in battle).
I wonder what would happen if a bunch of Pyromancers got together and summoned their most powerful spell to re-ignite the fire of a sleeping dragon?
I love this chapter. Mei Long may be Spike's friend, but she's telling it like it is, sparing no one and pulling no punches. I bet Spike himself would laugh at being called a 'pup' by Mei Long.
And Danielle has herself one HELL of an interview here. Colleges across Earth-Hasbroverse will be camped on her doorstep to offer her scholarships on the strength of this interview alone.
At least this version of the story doesn't involve a grumpy dragoness that had insomnia.
9466888 There'd probably be widespread destruction as a major mountain range gets up and stretches.