Starting from you, Xander, I shall relate the tale of those seven hundred ancient mortals who on the eve of the Oath of Peace answered the call of silver-helmed Balmytria and braved the black-bladed waters of the merciless Wavemaker... Though you were ten years gone, taken from us by treachery, still we could feel your steady hand guiding our ships as we sailed into darkness and doubt; still we could feel your cleareyed gaze alight with hope.
The beasts of Thylea are not like those of other lands. Today, we lost twenty men to a great boar with tusks like spears. It spoke to us of death and justice, even as it devoured our comrades. (12 DA)
I still remember those quiet hours leading up to our first battle against the armies of Sydon. We were not prepared for the wrath of the Storm Titan. (12 DA).
Xander Huorath was the oathsworn of Balmytria. He was our leader, the leader of the Dragonlords, who essentially founded the Order and led us across the oceans to the new world. His death in battle against the native races is a great blow to us. (12 DA)
When the mithral deposits were first discovered, I saw little reason to celebrate. It was not until I first held a mithral weapon that I appreciated the ingenuity of Volkan and his dwarven smiths. (6 DA)
Telamok Arkelander, king of Telamok, oathbound to Tysophale and Adonis Neurdagon, oathbound of Raspytrion were killed during the attack on Praxis. My beloved Cosmo also died during the raid. Isadore Huorath became our new leader, and Damon returns to Mytros to serve as her advisor. (1 DA)
Estor Arkelander, king of Estoria, oathbound to Arkyrania, captain of the dragon lords armies and of the Ultros, has disappeared. (0 CE)
The native and cursed races of Thylea are fearsome enemies, but those who side with us against the Titans are valuable allies. I cannot fathom betraying my own kind as they have, but I find it is better not to question their motives. They choose to fight alongside us; that's all that mattered to Xander, and so it's good enough for me. (15 CE)
We entered the tomb expecting naught but deathly silence. How strange it was to instead be greeted by the sound of clear voices singing. (16 CE)
Even with the gods on our side, we were never the same without our dragons. And when Xander died, all hope of victory died with him. (38 CE)
Jasena Ventrak, oathbound to Arystonar, was a strange and secretive woman. She disappeared, and Damon considers her to be an oathbreaker (41 CE)
I will tell you what I know of Damon. He drinks knowledge like others drank wine, and his eyes are like portals into the depths of time. He knows things that no mortal should have the means to learn, and yet he never seems to thrill at the acquisition of lore. In the end, after Estor took the Ultros to wage his final war upon the Titans, I think Damon knew that it would spell the Doom of our sacred order. But with Xander gone, who could stop him? (47 CE)
Nothing was more terrifying than witnessing Sydon on the battlefield in all his wrath. It was like being caught in a storm that fervently wished you dead, with deafening thunder and lightning that vaporized entire columns of soldiers. I would rather face an army of centaurs alone than witness such destruction again. (47 CE)
Estor Arkelander, oathbound to Arkyrania, did a fearsome job as our general. He slaughtered the armies of the Titans indiscriminately. He won us the last battle against the Gygans and razed their capital. (51 CE)
I once allowed myself to become an oread's pet, though his charms were less effective on me than he believed. He was a skilled hunter, in more ways than one, and I'll always cher ish the time we spent together in “Paradise.” (54 CE)
Damon never wanted to bond to a dragon. Instead, he devoted his time and energy to studying the arcane arts, and founded the academy at Mytros. (58 CE)
Myrto was the grandson of Adonis but wasn't much of a dragonlord. I think he used his family wealth to bribe the other Dragonlords, so that he would be elected leader after the death of Isadore. (59CE)
Perhaps one day our sacred order will be resurrected, but I cannot see it happening in my own lifetime. It would require courage, foresight, and leadership equal to that of Xander himself. Isadore might have done it, but she was taken from us too soon. (60 CE)
I am proud Cosmo became our new leader when Xander died, but Telamok Arkelander held the real power until their death. (61 CE)
It was unthinkably brave of Queen Calliope to lock her cursed family away in the tombs. How many young warriors would have the stomach to do such a thing? The people of Mytros spit on the names of the Aresian queens, but I have great res pect for Calliope, who possessed the strength of will both to save her city and to seize the god of beauty. (62 CE)
There were always whispers of a deep terror lurking in the bowels of the oceans, something even more ancient and terrifying than the Kraken. Xander believed it, but he always put more stock in the native legends than I did. (62 CE)
When you cross the oceans with an army, surrounded on all sides by death, with no end to your journey insight, you soon learn the value of loyalty. (63 CE)