Red Dragons (also known as Fire Drakes) are fearsome, malevolent creatures born from a tragic and ancient curse. They are the descendants of the Solar Drakes, once majestic and divine beings that reigned supreme over the realms in the Second Age of Creation. The Solar Drakes, imbued with the pure and radiant power of the sun, were revered as divine protectors and creators of the Solir—the sun elves—who were sculpted in their image to serve them.
However, as the ages passed, the Solir grew in power and ambition. The sun elves, who had once worshiped and served their draconic overlords, began to resent the Solar Drakes' rule. Fueled by vanity, pride, and a desire for independence, the Solir rose in rebellion against the very beings that had created them. This uprising led to a cataclysmic conflict, known as the War of the Sun's Wrath, in which the Solar Drakes were nearly annihilated by the combined might of the Solir's powerful Sun-Rifting magic.
In their final moments of defiance, the Solir knew that the Solar Drakes, beings of immense power, would eventually be reborn from the ashes of their defeat. To prevent this resurgence, the Solir cursed the eggs left behind by the fallen Solar Drakes. This curse twisted the essence of the eggs, corrupting them and condemning the creatures that would hatch from them to a monstrous fate. Thus, the Red Dragons were born—lesser dragons fueled by an insatiable wrath and an unending hunger.
Red Dragons retained some of the fiery power of their Solar Drake ancestors, but their divine nature was lost, replaced by a malevolent and destructive force. No longer the majestic beings of light they once were, the Red Dragons became covetous, evil creatures, consumed by their own vanity and greed. They are supremely confident in their abilities, making snap decisions driven by their overwhelming arrogance and disdain for others.
These dragons delight in ruin, death, and destruction, spreading terror wherever they go. Their breath is a cone of intense fire, capable of incinerating anything in its path. The Red Dragons are now the largest and most powerful of the chromatic dragons, feared and reviled across the realms for their cruelty and malevolence.
The curse that damned them to this fate serves as a dark reminder of the rebellion of the Solir, and the twisted legacy of the Solar Drakes—a once noble and divine lineage, now reduced to the fiery rage of the Red Dragons.