Dragons

Long ago elves nearly worshiped the elder race of dragons. They would walk quests in the name of some of the more venerated ones and come to them for council or to petition for aid in times of strife.

When dragons and dwarves mingled, the relationship was business at best. Wealthy dwarven kingdoms enlisted the dragons as banks and defenders against trolls and goblins. The tendency for dragon/dwarf relations to grow sour after the course of about 700 years was common. The smouldering wrath of a dragon in the service of dwarven kings was predictable after a time. Out of necessity, the dwarf first learned how to bind a dragon's wings, some rudimentary and dangerous husbandry practices as well as vital strike points where the natural heavy armored plates on the dragon's hide were formed such that one could seriously wound a dragon if they could get close enough.

Dragons came to learn that Dwarf tastes like chicken.

Dragon Knights
In the Age of Form and Flow humans ventured forth and discovered dragons. As for the first human adventurers to meet a dragon, no tale is told by a human of how that session fared. Dragons became wary of humans and their expressive entitlement. Infrequently at first, brave dragons who could no longer tolerate the steady stream of armored warriors intruding in their lairs would attack local settlements. In an intellectual fashion, crops and livestock were devoured or destroyed. A season later, the dragons would knock down villages and castle walls. If repairs were attempted, those humans were gobbled up or incinerated. Finally, the offending dragon would route the populous by kidnapping a member of the ruling family... alive.

Learning of the respect rendered by elves, and the negotiating and combating tactics of the dwarves, a select detachment of Knights of the Rose Empire and a pair of wizards embarked upon a quest to capture and train dragons. Their primary objective was to collect five dragon eggs and quickly return them to the Glass Citadel capital of the Rose Empire,

Notable Knights

 * Saint Kaspar (also known as Kaspar of Whitt) - Was told of his impending death, and subsequently hid dragon eggs at the temple in what would become the Township of Ayrie. Kaspar rode an Air Dragon, whose name is lost to history.