Nation/Dragonia

Ancient History The first humans to land on the shores of the land that would eventually be called Dragonia came from an Ancient Roman/Greek type culture (with some slight differences). Which still influences today's modern nation.

Roughly 20,000 years ago, Antillia was a rich continent of abundance which was lost beneath the waves in a cataclysmic event, some say it was war, some say it was the gods. Only two Antillean Kingdoms heeded the omens and signs, Ambrya and Daryen. The each in their own way gathered a flotilla of ships and left on a mass exodus only days before the Kingdoms of Antillia sank beneath the waves forever.

The most common theme in both Ambrya and Daryen was they both had a high concentration of Druids in there respective Kingdoms.

For 30 long days they traveled ever westward, searching for land. When they found land it was upon the site where modern-day Desora now stands. About a quarter of the combined flotilla decided to stay at this spot and build a new home. But neither Queen Anika of Ambrya nor King Dreigo of Daryen wanted to settle there, so after replenishing supplies, the both set sail once again, this time east around the island. Queen Anika found a picturesque place where she eventually founded the City-State of Ambrya. King Dreigo kept going around the island and eventually found a naturally protected deep harbor where he founded his new Kingdom of Daryen.

Many of the Druidic priests of Gaia followed the High Priestess Luna who said she was following the 'Voice of Mother Urth' and undertook a journey to the huge mountain range on the south-western portion of the island, there she found a home for her clergy, there they founded Moondeep high up in the mountains in caldera of a ancient extinct volcano.

Citadel Drachen and the Dragons

Dragon Isle is a small island south-by-southwest from Weyrcliff. Built upon a rocky outcropping jutting north off of the island is Citadel Drachen. Founded 1500 years ago by the then Grand Duke Andryn Drachenberg as a "summer home" for when he wanted to get away from the court, and he used it as that for his lifetime. His son and grandson built it up some more as well as developed the island with a support town for their comfort.

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Unfortunately, the great-grandson of Andryn, an Adrien Drachenberg was a corrupt tyrant and used the Citadel for his own perverse torture/pleasure palace. He created his own personal enforcer/bodyguard company he named simply the "Dragons", which he also used as his own spy network and assassins very effectively.

His son used them as well as his grandson, striking terror in the people for their own grim amusement. It was however again, a great-grandson of Adrien that put a stop to it. Jeymz Drachenberg was only thirteen years old at the time, and he already had his own personal code of honor and sense of justice that his predecessors lacked.

Jeymz was a genius of his time, more advanced in his thinking than any other persons around when it came to science and technology. If he could dream it up, he could eventually build it. From the age of thirteen on he slowly gained more influence with the Dragons who where disenfranchised with the current Grand Duke. When he was 15 he knew the time was right to see justice done, and he was the only one who could conceivably do it. His father and grandfather invited him to come to the Citadel and take part in their "entertainment.' Jeymz showed up at Dragon Isle only as an heir to the Duchy .. .. he left as the Grand Duke. No one knows what truly happened but both his father and grandfather where killed in an "unfortunate accident" down in the dungeons of the Citadel.

Jeymz restructured the Dragons into an elite arm of the military directly controlled by himself or his designated heir apparent. The Dragons became the best of the best (think Navy SEAL, Marine, CIA and Special Forces all rolled into one unit). One of his main interests was the characteristics of traits that one sees in animals when they breed with one another, how the offspring picks up those traits. He thought and researched for himself and decided that he can do that with his Dragons.

When he was twenty he started his eugenics program using the Dragons as the "base-stock". Finding the traits that were the most desirable in warriors: strength, agility, speed, intelligence, loyalty and various other traits. He did not care what ethnicity one was, as long as the person/persons had the desired traits he or she would be part of the program. Yes he was so forward in his thinking that he believed that both males and females where equal when it came to jobs and such.

He was subtle when he started his program, with but a word here, a suggestion in the right ear there to the right people, his eugenics program took off. All the children of his program are conditioned from birth to serve the Grand Duke of Dragonia unquestionably, it was a Dragons duty and honor to serve his or her leader.

All of Jeymz's children and grandchildren were taught from a young age on how to continue with the program, he even included the whole of the Drachenberg noble line as part of this program (it weeded out the corrupt, lazy, indolent and hanger-ons). All of his descendants where also taught about justice and honor, but not to be blinded by it when the need to be ruthless needs to happen for the betterment of Dragonia. The Drachenbergs effectively created the "perfect" human warrior.

Grand Duke Jeymz Drachenberg in time was heralded as a true "Renaissance Man", bringing in a new age of prosperity for Dragonia with his inventions and innovations in science and technology. (While Dragonia's close neighbors where still using horse power, Dragonia itself was at it's infancy of their steam-power age.)

Today with the advances in genetics and genetic engineering, all the Dragons are now "enhanced" from birth with superior attributes. The Dragons are a force to be reckoned with second to none. Conditioned from birth to be unquestionably loyal to the Grand Duke who himself is a product of this genetic engineering, but even more enhanced. The current Grand Duke, Jeymian Drachenberg III is a third-gen enhanced human and leader of the Dragons, who himself has gone through the training like all Dragons do.

As technology and science improves so will the Dragons.