In the Beginning there was the God Arza the Lord of War and Hope and he had just finished defeating the Lords of The Eternal Darkness after they had destroyed the previous Universe.
Now this wasn't a simple matter of a young god destroying a malevolent force of Darkness, he held off the very forces that destroy the planes of existence and kill everyone...and he defeated them.
That made him the Top God by default.
And he spent most of the next 10 to 15,000 thousand years running around figuring out how to create the Universe….and thanks to some left over Junk from the last universe...and he created the world as we know it.
Then the Gods that didn't die in the Dark Being War, came out of hiding and they helped this teenage god run the universe.
They somehow succeeded long enough to actually create the world, the Oceans' the Monsters….and the Dragons.
Now Dragons are cool, Intelligent, and dangerous...and by design they were supposed to take over the world and rule it justly…
Then the Lord of Light, Erada, had to screw it all up.
You see, being the god of light it gave him a certain idea that he was supposed to run the universe.
This led to certain disagreements and led to the God Wars which lasted until Erada was tossed into the Pit of Shadows for about an entire age.
And now after that little Debacle...History can finally beguin in earnest with Azra going off to do his own thing while everyone else built a fantasy race to take over the world and help them usurp Azra.
The First Age was just waking up the Mortals and occasionally helping them to make Civilization a thing.
First came the Light Elves, formed from Erada's plans for a Light Worshiping Master to control the dragons.
Then came the Dark Elves who really exist by Elyn the Goddess of Shadows wanting a civilizational countermeasure to the Light Elves so they don't ruin everything.
Then the Orcs, literally formed out of Ryse's desire to defeat the Dragons to keep them from killing them all.
And the Rest just showed up as spirits, minor gods and the occational random fling produced the other races such as beastmen and other things.
The Dragons still more or less ruled everything and made that whole civilization thing very difficult.
Well at the very least with nearly a thousand or so years of relative peace and stability to become a the masters of the continent, the surrounding Islands and the big freshwater sea and Citadel the god of Architecture build for dramatic effect.
"Now clearly with a few more centuries nothing can ruin this?" The Gods said smugly...forgetting there was ONE more race that needed to be born.
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"Dad why do we have to cross a Giant Artic Hellscape while being chased by a Necromancer False God King?" Cyros the First King of Man had asked.
"It builds character my boy, now I'm going to go beat up the other gods and you have a safe trip across the frozen hell,I'll give you the best lands." Azra said as he left.
Mankind entered the Land of Azra violntly fighting the other races while fighting the Necromancer Lords army every step of the way. With everyone's wars against one another throughly put on hold they warred against each of the hordes of Evil that came to kill them.
It lasted about 500 years and most of their pre war population was dead, but they were now all sharing a continent and islands trying to make the most of their situation.
And So ended the First Age of Azra…
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The Second Age of Azra was much simpler.
Dragon's vs Every other Race of the Gods.
Why weren't the Gods involved?
Azra kicked their Ass so hard it took almost the entire Age for them to form enough power and get involved.
It was a Back and Forth between the groups for nearly...2,500 or so years, history got a little fuzy after the Ninth Sacking of the City of Avalor and the God Citadel.
Some thought it would last forever, no race ever gaining the upper hand and the Dragon's, abusing the fact they are bigger, stronger and can breath fire and use Magic.
Sure everyone else can use Magic but Dragon's had like ALL the Gods Power in them.
So after nearly 2500 years of stalemate and pointless war… High King Alrec of Man, Durn of the Dwarves, Elra of the Elves, Dwain of the Dark elves and other high ranking sorts that don't deserve a mention in the Intro...thats lore, made peace with the Dragons by asking.
"What If we make a partnership of sorts until we all sort this out."
Said partnership became the first Dragon Riders and the Establishment of the Great Dragon Empire.
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An Age has Passed now and the Powers of the Empire have been Waning as the Citadel is growing more dim as dark forces gather far to the west as old Powers Stir… Dragon Riders, Adventures and forces of random chance have conspired to bring the age to an end.
This is the 456th Year of the Thrid Age, the Year of the Black Dragon...and the Time of Change is upon us.
But the Most important question in this age is are you a Dragon Rider or not?:
[]I am a Dragon Rider: You are one of the Rare Few that own, and know the power of a Dragon.
[]I am a Adventurer: You are a Normal Individual with a great deal of training.
AN: I need a break from my normal quests for a bit this is a way to do it.
