Darkus picked up a stone slab and looked at it with a question mark on his face.
This was already the tenth day after the incident. Druchi's team was divided into two waves. Darkus took some of the wounded to recuperate in Conquata and looked for some useful gadgets, commonly known as: archeology.
Maranur took a part of the Druchi, Obion natives and a huge army of lizardmen to encircle and suppress the remaining orcs and Chaos around Conquata.
After taking a look, Darkus handed the slate to Ren next to him. Because he was not sure what he saw, he asked Ren to help him palm his eyes.
There are very few lizard words on the slate. The entire slate is covered with a painting, which seems to be a wild dragon?
This is a long story, so let’s make it short and talk about it another day...
As we all know, there are dragons in the world where Darkus lives. As the saying goes, if the mountain is not high, there will be dragons... and if the pond is not deep, there will be turtles. That’s it.
Dragons are one of the oldest and noblest creatures in the world. Their appearance even predates the rise of Chaos. Their history can be traced back to the arrival of the aliens of the Old Ones, and they have been in the world long before the hot-blooded creatures ruled the world. Soaring in the heat rising from ancient volcanoes, wandering in the skies of cold worlds.
Some elven legends indicate that the dragon was once a servant of the mysterious Old Ones; others suggest that the Old Ones were enemies of the dragons and caused their downfall. But none of these legends are true, some are left and right, but not in the center.
The unknown ancient dragon Brynreldy known as "Roaring Storm" once said.
"When the Old Ones first forged their gates from the material of the stars, I was there to assist them in their work. Over the long years, I witnessed the rise and fall of the civilizations of your lower races. In my years, I Destroyed knights and cities, burned fields, routed armies. I could tell you many things about the world, much you have forgotten, and much more you have never known, but I think not. You and All of you serve no other purpose than to provide me with entertainment and an occasional piece of jewelry for my pleasure in my lair, and I see little else of value in you."
Legend has it that there were two, maybe three, giants. Dragon is called "the father of dragons".
The first is "Black" Calgaranos, who is said to be the ancestor of the entire dragon family. This black is not just black, but... colorful black. Its descendants are said to possess every color under the sun, so the hue of a dragon's scales is not just a pigment but a sign of the dragon's nature.
Calgaranos is said to be the largest dragon in the world, with a body larger than a battleship and a head larger than a house. It is said that it now sleeps underground, with the mountains as its backbone, waiting for the day when all the dragons will wake up from their slumber and soar above the clouds again.
The second place is Ummsklar Drak, but it is also said that dwarf legends tell that it was an enemy of the dwarves in ancient times. The ancestor of the dwarves, Grimnir, the war god, fought and killed it in Imperial Calendar -4650. Is it, perhaps in the Khazalid language of the dwarves Umskala Drak is Calgaranos? Who knows? You have to ask those who have experienced it.
The third was Dragunir, who according to elven legends was welcomed equally in the courts of Asuryan, for both elves and gods were in awe of his power and nobility.
But not all elven gods are so enamored with it. Kane's sister Anes Lema, the goddess of wild hunting. She believed that Dragunir was nothing more than an upstart beast who should be harassed and hunted like other beasts. She then took up her spear and hunted Dragunir in the sky.
The ensuing contest shocked the whole world, and even Asuryan woke up from his meditation. The Creator ordered the fighting to stop, but it was too late to save Dragunir, whose wounds would not heal.
With just one word, Asuryan banished Anes Lema to the world of Hades forever. He worked hard to create a new land from the corpses of his dead friends, where elves and dragons could live in peace without the gods. of jealousy. He created the mountains of Ulthuan from the bones of Dragunir, and the vast plains from the flesh of Dragunir.
Dragunir's gleaming scales were given to Isha by Asuryan for safekeeping, who in turn passed them on to his mortal children. The elves used the scales to create many mythical works, among which The most important thing is a powerful battle standard, woven with Ithilama silver and hung with gems of various shapes and colors.
Decorated with the mighty symbols of Ulthuan, this majestic World Dragon War Banner serves as a reminder not only of the bond between elves and dragons, but also of both races' ties to their ancestral homeland. It is said that the Dragon Horn was forged by the fire breathed out by Dragunil. It is said that the sword of Kane, which Val personally crafted, was also forged by the fire breathed out by Dragunil. He rarely interferes with elves and their lives. The forest dragon believes that Loic's skills were taught to him by Dragneel.
However, this may just be a legend, as dragons have existed in this world long before the Old Ones, so it seems unlikely that any of these three were the true original founders of the race.
In the Old World, dragons were mythical creatures, and every place had legends and folktales about dragons. Legend has it that the dragon's mouth will spurt scorching fire, and its claws are so sharp that they can cut through stone. In folklore, dragons are cruel and whimsical tyrants, described as vicious, fire-breathing monsters with a penchant for slaughtering people and destroying cities.
For example, there was a red dragon in the Reikland of the Empire in the old world. Calledale, known as the "Scythe of Fire," was still hunting in the fields in the living memories of dwarves and elves before the rise of mankind. Record. There are almost endless legends about it, most of them terrifying, and the dwarves have an entire book of hatred against it, the most outrageous entries detailing its acquisition of star iron to smear its claws with.
Star iron is also called "meteor iron" in Khazali German. It is a rare metal that only dwarf blacksmiths can process. They would forge it into weapons or strong armor. The mining of these ores can only use equally strong meteorite picks, because even the strongest steel picks or drills are helpless when encountering meteorite.
Occasionally Calledale descends over the fields at harvest time, attracted by an unheard of scent. This move no doubt terrified the poor farmers, as it landed in the fields and demanded immediate gratification of its curiosity. What it smelled was the famous Stimigan apples, and after receiving a few barrels, it showed visible joy. After enjoying the tribute, it promised the farmers that as long as they presented two large barrels of Stimigan apples every harvest season, Meagan apples, it won't burn the fields.
In the days that followed, Carledale had not been seen for a century, but even so, to this day there are still two large barrels of fresh apples kept in a nearby clearing and rotated throughout the harvest season to ensure freshness. , lest it find that the tribute is missing when it returns, and each barrel of apples has a "dragon approved" mark.
However, in Ulthuan, the legend of dragons takes up most of the story, just like the "father of dragons" in elven mythology is Dragunir, which is completely different from the terrible folk tales elsewhere.
Dragons are a noble, intelligent species, their minds as clever and cunning as the elves. Generation after generation of elves have grown up with them. Without them, perhaps the elves would have ceased to exist thousands of years ago. Over the centuries, they have developed a bond with the Dragon Prince that has become woven into their psyche. They have a very close relationship with the elves, and they are their oldest and greatest allies.
When the first elves came to the Dragonspine Mountains, the dragon tamer Caledor occupied the land and named it after himself. Caledor the Dragon Tamer conquered the dragons and controlled them with magic until the dragons succumbed to his will. When he rode the dragon and flew over Ulthuan, all the elves recognized his rule. . This began the first golden age of the elves, which ended with the arrival of the Chaos Demon and the rise of the first Phoenix King Aenarion.
Later, the Dragon Tamer recognized Aenarion as the first Phoenix King and presented Aenarion with Indragnir, the greatest and oldest dragon of that era. Everything was known later, but many elves and dragons were killed in the war, because they were always the first to fight the enemy and the last to withdraw from the battlefield, and the dragons became weaker and weaker all the time. few.
With the establishment of the Maelstrom, the elves finally won, but at a heavy cost. As magical power was withdrawn from the world, and as the Age of High Demons turned into the Age of Low Demons, many bizarre things came to an end. The dragon's nest cooled, and the remaining giant dragons grew sleepy and tired. They grew increasingly slumbering, and the elves of Caledor found it increasingly difficult to wake them.
Once upon a time, few dared to offend the kingdom of Caledor, as their dragon princes could ravage enemy armies and lands in hours, their mounts' massive wings covering the sky with their numbers.
However, times have changed. Dragons are few in number compared to the days of old, when they dominated the world and the skies were filled with soaring dragons vying for supremacy in the ancient skies. Now there is silence in the huge cave deep in the Dragon's Back Mountains. Although there are still giant dragons here, they are all sleeping, and the air is filled with the sound of their rough breathing.
There is also a theory that when the Old Ones used mystical science to change the orbit of the planet in pursuit of their grand plan, the dragons entered a state of hibernation. As cold-zone creatures, they hated the warmth that the Old Ones loved. Many dragons still slumber, waiting for cooler times to come, dreaming of the day when the Old Ones' creations will be but memories and they will once again rule the skies.
However, this obviously does not add up. From the arrival of the Ancient Saint to the Great Invasion and even the War of Revenge, dragons have been active in this world until the reign of the sixth Phoenix King "The Slaughterer" Tesiris. , the giant dragon fell into a deep sleep for unknown reasons. Other sources indicate that most of the dragons fell asleep by the end of the reign of Balshana, the second Phoenix King.
Some sources also suggest that the dragons voluntarily chose to sleep because they had lost interest in the elves.
Darkus suspected that this might be related to the death of Caledor II's brother Imradric in the Old World.
Imradric is the most outstanding dragon tamer after the dragon taming ancestor. He has learned all the skills of the dragon taming ancestor.
"They have no masters, no obligations, no rules of law. They do what they want, and that's all about them. Blame, regret, servitude, none of that means anything to a dragon. Risk, magnificence, luxury .If you had lived for thousands of years in the world, this was all you cared about." Imradric told the dragon mage Leandra about the nature of dragons.
"I like her, I always have liked her, she has a heart similar to ours." Imradric's dragon Drakken once said of Liandra to him.
Franesh is a female dragon with gleaming, fiery red scales. It is a distant relative of Drauken, and as Leandra's partner, it has a deep relationship with Leandra and likes Leandra very much. She calls Leandra the "Daughter of Fire".
Who is Leandra? She is tall, pale-skinned, athletic and beautiful, with blue eyes and copper-colored hair. She habitually wears crimson clothes and armor. She was born in the Old World colony of Corbanas, which is now Altdorf. . She was Imradric's lover, and eventually witnessed Imradric fall to the dwarf's axe.
With the death of Imradric and the end of the War of Revenge, everything changed. Although the dragon song was still passed down, the core that the dragon tamer really mastered was broken, and during the War of Revenge, there was no Many dragons also suffered losses. Franesh and Drauken both died during that period due to various reasons.
In Darkus' view, the care between the dragon and the elves is more like... I think highly of you, I think you are good, we are friends, so you can fight side by side on my back, and then Well...
"Perhaps the dragon is sleeping because the magic wind blows much softer now than in the past? Or is it all factors combined? That's not right. Ulthuan has never lacked magic wind."
Darkwu Si looked at the second stone tablet and thought about it. The stone tablet said that dragons are the deepest magical creations. Their varied shapes and breaths are because each dragon maintains vitality through different winds of magic.
You must know that the dragon before the arrival of the ancient saints will not spit out fire until the ancient saints arrive and change the orbit of the planet. The relationship between the ancient sage and the dragon was more of a state of equal communication, until something unknown happened next, something that was not recorded in history, and was only known to the ancient sage and the ancient dragon. The dragon's relationship with the Old Ones became estranged, or more appropriately, the dragon began to avoid the Old Ones.
Darkus thinks it has something to do with the stone slab he saw? Perhaps the Ancient Sage, who is good at biological modification, has made a modification plan for the dragon. Who is not confused after reading this? If it were him, he would run too.
As times change, as time goes by. The dragon princes of Caledor now spend months or even years singing ancient dragon songs, imploring the dragons to awaken from their slumber and come to their aid.
The Song of the Dragon is an ancient and closely guarded trust between elves and dragons. Anyone who knows their secrets will be bound by a sad magic, and if the alliance is betrayed, they will be doomed.
When the dragons are awakened, their appearance is terrifying, and their deeds and actions are legendary. Light hits their gleaming scales, then they spread their huge wings to shade the sun, illuminating the world with their fiery breath. But those dragons that can be awakened are sometimes sluggish and bad-tempered. They quickly become weak and tired and must return to sleep to regain their strength.
Therefore, dragon princes are reluctant to use their mounts except when needed most. "Long is not here" has also become a term in Asur's mouth. Except for the greatest dragon prince in the Kingdom of Caledor who still rides a giant dragon to participate in the battle, the other dragon princes have not ridden the sky to participate in the battle for many years, or their whole life. Part of the time was spent riding donkeys.
Drukki both coveted and hated the dragons that fought alongside Assur, and while few Dreadlords were reluctant to command such behemoths, most would kill every single one, just for the sake of Don't let Assur get the dragon. Kane's assassins have sneaked into the Dragonspine Mountains more than once to attack sleeping dragons or steal unhatched dragon eggs, but such attacks are rare and successful even rarer.
The dragon prince Imrik, who was a contemporary of Darkus, had a direct bloodline from Caledor. When Imrik fought with Drukhi to defend the sleeping dragon in the Dragonspine Mountains, he was killed by Drukhi's serrated sword. When his body was impaled and he fell to the ground dying, Minasnir, who had been sleeping for centuries, woke up. After defeating the attacking Druch, Minasnir took Imrik back to the city to heal. Afterwards, Minas Nir chose Imrik and began to fight side by side, directly destroying the world. It is a typical good guy who gets rewarded...
Among the dragons of Ulthuan, the youngest dragon is usually called "Fire Sun" The name "dragon" comes from their bad temper and the color of their scales.
Dragons whose will and brains are superior to those of the Sun Dragon are called "Silver Moon Dragons". They can skillfully use sharp claws and terrible flames to kill the enemy.
The oldest and most powerful dragons are called "Star Dragons" because their lifespans are as long as the stars in the sky. Any one Star Dragon is capable of wiping out an entire legion, tearing a manticore to pieces, or ripping the head off a wyvern, so even if it's faced with a Chaos Daemon, it's enough to win.
The old world and other races also have other classifications, such as baby dragons that have just hatched, and young dragons, also known as "Drake", followed by dragons, giant dragons, and up to the largest emperor dragon.
In terms of type, there are many kinds of dragons. Although the dragons in Ulthuan are colorful, including gold, emerald, ivory, amethyst, burgundy or green, they are all fire dragons in the traditional sense.
Black dragon... forget about black dragon.
As mentioned before, the black dragon was originally a fallen dragon species created by Malekith using black magic on the basis of the Ulthuan dragon. Currently, most of the black dragons live in the cold land of Naggaroth. , of course, there are a few who are not in Naggaroth. For example, the famous "Bloodfang" Urislach found the opportunity to run away to the old world when the world fell apart, and has disappeared since then.
Of course not all black dragons with black scales are the result of Druchi's experiments, some are of natural origin, just like black dragons of other colors. The black dragons created are known as one of the most vicious species, reveling in wanton murder and massacre for their own benefit.
"It hates us, it hates us, but it needs us." A Druchi sorceress once said of the black dragon.
The Song of the Dragon is the secret of the Dragon Prince of Caledor. Druchi will not do it. Instead, he uses brute force, anesthetics, black magic and pain to control their black dragon. The result is a conflict between Druchi's dragon knight and his mount. The relationship is one of domination and forced servitude, with both parties looking at each other for the slightest weakness that can be exploited to turn the tide.
To put it more bluntly, many of Druchi's dragon knights died under their own black dragons. The dragon knight from the Hell Calamity family who killed three Caledor dragon knights in a row died under his own. Under the black dragon.
Black dragons are relatively similar in appearance to their pureblood cousins; however, they lose the ability to breath fire breath, but gain the ability to breath poisonous gas and acid, one of their most powerful weapons, and are used against their enemies. The overwhelming fear of seeing such a bloodthirsty and destructive monster. Due to the plethora of dark magic flowing within them, they are more powerful than their pureblood cousins, but only in relative terms, between the Sun Dragon and the Silver Moon Dragon.
There are many famous black dragons, such as Malekith's original Suleh and the second Seraphin that merged with him in the next era, Lacchus' Barchus, Loxia's Wave Whirlpool, and Newkel of Shaklot and so on.
Due to the combination of various characteristics, although Darkus liked the giant dragon after his rebirth, he did not like the black dragon. With his ability and identity, of course he can ride the entire black dragon, but what next? You must know that Druchi's beast taming has always been famous for being unreliable. When his own strength is weak, the black dragon will not benefit him, but will make him die without knowing. The black dragon was distorted the moment he was born. It is impossible to say that I am your mother. The black dragon regards you as your mother.
In Darkus' opinion, what suits the moment is always the best, such as a big guy who is obedient, smart and loyal, and knows how to help him at critical moments instead of giving him a bite and killing him... "But
maybe Can you change your mind?" Darkus looked at the third slate and thought.
The third tablet introduces an ancient holy creation, just like a blessing incubator, but this one is specifically for dragons...
In addition to fire dragons and black dragons, there are many types, such as the rouge dragon, which is an evil, smart and A deadly creature, when the dragon's lair in which it lays its eggs is saturated with the winds of Shasu, the heart and soul within the eggs gather and amplify, and new dragons are born.
The rouge dragon is named for its strange and shiny scales, which are soft and yet as hard as steel. They are dark ruby red when young and gradually turn deep purple to almost black as they age. In dwarven legends, their appearance is always seen as a harbinger of disaster. Their lairs are said to be in dark swamps, ancient battlefields, and the ruins of fallen cities, anywhere there is mass death so that the winds of Shash can nourish them.
The anger of the rouge dragons is extremely terrifying. They can spit out the original and powerful Shaxu wind shock wave, which can wither metal and turn flesh and blood into dust. It seems that thousands of years have passed in just a few seconds, just like Akko. The same age curse that Han cast on Eltharion. They are rarely succumbed to, let alone ridden, powerful mages in their own right, capable of wielding the Winds of Shash on instinct unless as part of some dark purpose or design of their own, though if they do, Usually restricted to those versed in the winds of Shash and arcane knowledge.
The famous Imperial Amethyst Mage, Elspeth von Duncan, rides a rouge dragon.
Red dragons are ill-tempered dragons whose fire and fury have become legendary and synonymous with the dragons of the Old World. Although they are rare creatures, a brood of fire dragons found their way to the dwarf fortress Torrent Pass and were sealed in a hall, which was later called the "Dragon Hall". Dyer, it is said that Marcus Wolfart once shot and killed the mighty Marathrax, a rex-level red dragon, and Shmagu who was killed by Gilles, etc. ...
In addition, there are many types of dragons. For example, there is a peculiar forest dragon in the forest of Athel Loren. Like Aslay, they have slowly become part of the will of the forest in order to survive and reproduce. Although they are still voracious predators, they only hunt when the forest needs them, and at other times they lie dormant quietly somewhere. When creatures far stronger than the spirits of Athel Loren invade, the forest will occasionally awaken one or two forest dragons to eliminate these crises.
The magma dragon has been introduced before. In addition to the one in the Black Ridge Mountains of Naggaroth, there is also a magma dragon named Hagdar in the dark land of the old world. It has the infamous title of "the natural disaster of the dark land".
Frost dragons are a relatively quiet and sleeping ancient dragon. They can use the wind of Aegir, and their frost breath is extremely powerful. Ymildrak's ice cave is located in the Mourn Mountains of the old world. Its frost breath is so powerful that it once froze an entire ogre tribe into a lump of ice. But there were also frost dragons killed by ogres. Joe Greer was beheaded by Gresu Golden Fang. It exuded a rotting stench, and the dragon skin torn from the side was made into a battle flag.
The Frost Demon Dragon and the Frost Dragon are not the same species. They have two obvious heads. Some people think that they were actually Frost Dragons before they mutated. Transformed by Chaos, they lurk in lairs beneath the surface of the treacherous wasteland of the Troll Kingdom. When such giant winged monsters appeared, no one knew their original nature and origin, but now they have undoubtedly been corrupted by Chaos. evil monster.
Storm Dragon, "Dragon Dragon" Miaoying... No, this is an extremely rare dragon that usually does not appear on the ground, but above the storms and clouds. The blue scales can generate explosive charges, and the mouth can spit out lightning balls. The most famous one is Ibas, who is known as the "Sapphire Eyes".
At dawn, a dying dragon would fly to die in the Old World's Plains of Bones, which became a vast graveyard filled with huge dragon bones. With the beginning of the Great Invasion, the Plains of Bones began to be filled with a large amount of dark magic, which eventually contaminated the dragon bones. Some dragon bones were reactivated into undead monsters. From then on, the dragons never went there again.
With the rise of vampires and various powerful necromancers, the Plains of Bones gradually became a land of pilgrimage for them, where they would select one of the many dragon bones. Once a suitable corpse is found, they use the excess dark magic that taints the land to resurrect the dragon's remains as their eternal battle mounts, but all while doing so while being wary of the nightmare dragons that dwell there.
Nightmare dragons are believed to not be truly living creatures at all, but rather entities composed of pure winds of Shash. Omdra "The Terror" is one of the greatest nightmare dragons of all time. Unfathomably ancient, dwarfing even other dragons in size, it is considered a god by the inhabitants of the Darklands of the Old World. It is so large and powerful that it takes tens of thousands of Chaos Dwarves, Ogres, and evil creatures of the Chaos Wastes to bring it down, and even then it only returns to its lair to heal again.
Finally, there are the twisted chaos dragons. The two-headed frost demon dragon is just one of them. Of course, there is also a theory that they are the descendants of Garlauch. There is also a dimensional fire dragon, which is an extremely rare dragon that consumes dimensional stones.
Garrauch is remembered as the "Great Dragon". His golden body is also called the "Golden Dragon". He is the brother of Indragnir and the strongest dragon at that time besides Indragnir. It had been fighting Chaos during the Great Invasion, but before the Maelstrom was established, that is, when Aenarion fought the four demons, it ushered in its tragic fate. It and the Dragon Prince who rode it Lilfin encounters Carlos Fateweaver.
Carlos Fateweaver skillfully used magic to quickly break through Garrauch's defenses and kill the Dragon Prince Lilfin.
Distraught, Garlauch attacked Carlos Fateweaver, determined to exact revenge at the cost of his own life. Unexpectedly, Carlos Fateweaver's huge body did not offer any resistance, and the dragon's huge mouth suddenly bit Carlos Fateweaver's bird-like head and tore it into pieces. Carlos Fateweaver's broken body instantly turned into colorful mist, shrouding the mad dragon, and then disappeared.
Garlauch flew high into the sky with the glory of victory, and the elven warriors below let out cheers of victory. But its body suddenly twitched violently, and the cheers of the elf warriors stopped abruptly. It froze in mid-air, its eyes glowing with evil iridescence. Its scales flow like water, forming a sinister, leering face that cackles maniacally in praise of the Lord of Change.
Vile tentacles and evil spikes sprouted from Garrauch's flesh, eventually splitting its once noble head in two, down to the base of its neck. To the horror of the elven warriors, both of its heads turned towards the former ranks. One head spewed out black flames, burning dozens of elves alive, while the other spewed out a stream of acidic gas, causing terrible mutations and madness to everything it touched.
At first, both heads were similarly infected. Dominated by the will, but soon, they began to tear each other with hatred, which obviously showed that Garlauch's soul had not been completely destroyed, but soon Chaos controlled its powerful body again, and with the establishment of the Maelstrom, It has also disappeared, but there are still traces of it from time to time.
In addition, the more famous Chaos Dragon is Baldros. After the Battle of Fenua Plains, Teclis could not completely defeat it and could only seal it...
"It's really a wild dragon." Darkus looked at it. He was muttering to the rubbing album handed over by Ren. (End of chapter)