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History of Dragons

The timeline of the Dragons of Lyardia, from the splitting of the elements to the Conquest, Triumph and Flight.

The Time of the First Dragons

0 DD 300 DL

The era of the Lightborn.

  • 1 FD


    The Descending of the Light
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The Light-born and their kin the Dark-born Descended, leaving behind their ancestors in the Celestial, becoming the Dragons of their Creation.

  • 300 FD


    The Splitting of the Elements
    Founding

    The Lightborn slowly adapted to the different climates of Lyardia, and split into different orders. Some lost legs for wings or fins, or swapped spikes for feathers or fur.

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    Element-born Dragons

Era of the Element Borne

301 DL 999 DL

  • 320 EB

    350 EB


    The Division of the Lands
    Political event

    The dragons of the world chose their homelands, for they were beings, and needed a place to make their mark on the World.

Era of the Conquest

1000 DL 1039 DL

  • 1000 TR

    1039 TR


    The Conquest
    Military action

    Human kingdoms across Lyardia all collectively began the calculated slaying of every order of Dragon.

  • 1039 TR

    35 Specter

    The Death of the Last Dragon
    Life, Death

    On the last day of the month of the Spirit, the last dragon, Lord Delzrainth the Last, was slain by a solider who bore the Sword of Scale and Wing.

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Era of the Triumph

1040 DL and beyond

The time after the dragons were driven away.

  • 1040 PT


    The Flight
    Population Migration / Travel

    The dragons fled Lyardia. The sea-serpents swam to the depths of the Hydro Sea, the wyverns flew to the peaks of the Boundary Mountains, the drakes ran to the war-torn Split-Solar Desert, and the fire-spitters made their home in the freezing Polar Islands.