Dragon Conference
The Dragon Conference was an assembly organized by and consisting of First Men and Elves during the Dragon War to discuss the various tyrannical actions of the Dragon Order carried out by the dragons. The conference ended with the creation of the Dragon Charter, which officially founded the Coalition of Anti-Keepers. There were four chief speakers at the conference, representing the west, north, south, and eastern regions of Yaleakasardia respectively. Though, only the last, Perir of Naderā, is remembered well.
The initial aim of the conference was to discuss and strategize a diplomatic appeal to the highest officials and dragonlords of the Dragon Order to change the ways of the religion and to demand less violence in exchange for further tribute than already taken, but the conference was derailed by Perir of Naderā, a former dragon priest, who demanded more unrest and violence. At that point Perir was already known for having been the first to slay a dragon in Yaleakasardian history during the Battle at Yorsin's Pass a year prior.
I am Perir of Naderā. I refute the previous speakers today. I refute the entirety of their designs. We are long past diplomacy with the Order. We are long past diplomacy with those dragons in the Temple who call themselves gods and those dragons out here who call themselves messengers. I am a former dragon priest of Yandasard. I worked in the Temple, I have met Inver, and my father too met Inver at his end. The violence, the executions, the accusations of heresy for any indiscretion, the destructions of villages, towns, cities...the whole continent...will continue. This, I know. I will not hold conference with the dragon gods, I will not hold conference with the dragon priests, I will not hold conference with the Keeper, I will not hold conference with any Man or Elf who says we can and should do so! This will not end until we fight! We must create a new time without dragons, and we must do it now! I know they can be killed, because I have done it myself! At Yorsin's Pass, I slew the great dragon Yaren because it was the right thing to do. Him and his other dragonlord ilk killed my father for speaking up, they slaughtered my mother in Naderā, and I will not stand idly by while they slaughter other families too!
Perir's speech rallied all the conference attendees towards violence save for Elutar. Over a period of multiple days, the participants discussed a course of action for defeating the dragons, particularly vilifying the Keeper of Inver, Shatar. By the end of the conference, a consensus was reached to raise an army of elves and men to fight the Dragon Order, and the Coalition of Anti-Keepers was founded with the creation of the document, Results of the Dragon Conference. The document was authored by Perir of Naderā, as he was one of a few attendees who knew how to read and write as a result of his former priesthood.
Where the attendees of the Dragon Conference have decided on this matter unanimously and with full conviction, it is here that they will outline the RESULTS OF THE DRAGON CONFERENCE.
THE FIRST RESULT: The attendees recognize the words of the speech by Perir of Naderā, and vote on the matter of diplomacy in the face of violence, the vote is unanimous on the side of violence, save for one, Elutar.
THE SECOND RESULT: The attendees vote unanimously to expel Elutar. Elutar's vote to not expel is not counted.
THE THIRD RESULT: In remembrance of the lives lost in Naderā and various other conflicts due to the dragons and their Dragon Order, the attendees vote unanimously to form an organization opposing the Dragon Order.
THE FOURTH RESULT: The attendees imagine a number of names but take a vote between two: Anti-Keepers (in recognition of the various high crimes against Men and Elves by the Keeper of the Dragon Order) and Dragon Fighters. The vote is in favor of the Anti-Keepers 315-84.
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