The Scaled Epoch. We thought Iontas was our world. But it was his. The Sanguine Calamity, a fiendish greatwyrm of ineffable power. He took over our world and made us his slaves for over a thousand years. He and his dragon armies created foul weapons, new races and burned our world to keep us in check.
~ Archmage Eshunu
In the year 0 M.E, The Sanguine Calamity amassed a great army of unified chromatic and metallic dragons and conquered the planet of Iontas in the wake of the chaos left by the Sacred Cataclysm. The Sanguine Calamity was able to forge a Draconic Empire that covered the entire planet. Mortals with exceptional loyalty to the dragons are granted fragments of their power. Those with the greatest devotion become like dragons themselves, giving birth to the Dragonborn. Some are granted fractions, giving rise to the Draconic Bloodlines. In some cases, dragons took on mortal forms to enjoy "pleasures of the flesh" with mortal companions. The results of these were Half-Dragons, a race looked down upon as abominations by both dragon and mortals alike. Mortals across Iontas are oppressed and enslaved by the dragons, who were unchecked and unopposed by any force.
The Draconic Schism & the War of Fang and Talon
Metallic dragons eventually grew displeased with the cruelty of the chromatics and most departed the Draconic Empire. At the behest of Meine, a silver dragon named Miirym took the separatist dragons and crafted a haven for mortals and dragons alike in a mountain, that she named the Silver Sanctuary. Mortals slowly flocked to the Silver Sanctuary from across Wayrth and spellcasters from other continents helped refugees from their regions retreat. The spellcasters created vast orbs known as mythallar, which drew magic from the Flow to harness it for various magical purposes, chiefly of these being to lift the Silver Sanctuary into the sky. The Silver Sanctuary gained the powers of three powerful archmages: Vadania Liadon, Eshunu and Zumvalar. The three, along with Miirym crafted powerful artifacts to be able to defeat the Sanguine Calamity and his armies.
The Great War Of Iontas
The Sanguine Calamity grew enraged at the Silver Alliance and, with an army of red dragons, began to burn cities all across Iontas. Casualties were never counted but it has been estimated to be in the hundreds of millions. The Silver Alliance launched the first counterattack against the Draconic Empire: using five Orbs of Dragonkind, and their secret allies: the Giants of Norrheim, dragons were lured to traps set up by the three archmages and Miirym and were slaughtered or imprisoned. The armies of the Draconic Empire were attacked by Yuan-ti and Half-Dragons who were sick and tired of being oppressed, along with the mortal races of Iontas. Wayrth fell into chaos as the Sanguine Calamity went on a rampage across the planet, burning even more cities and settlements, setting the world's progress back by a thousand years. Eventually however, he was lured by an orb himself. Miirym battled the Calamity, two Great Wyrms clashing across the world in a battle that lasted 8 days. The Sanguine Calamity was imprisoned and put to sleep, and Miirym was named the "Broken Wing" after her left wing was all but destroyed in her battle with the Calamity. The Draconic Empire was scattered and dissolved whilst the continent of Wayrth was abandoned by most races save for the Yuan-ti who claimed it as their own.
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