The War of Flesh and Scale

The Conflict

Prelude

Many generations after the settling of The Isle of Popkin, memories of a prior draconic presence had faded into myth and blended into stories about the elemental deities of the island, whose primacy was reaffirmed with every storm and every eruption. The Beach Dwarf and Popkin Dragonborn communities, however, had different views about the form their deities took.
The dwarves, naturally, envisioned their gods as roughly dwarf-like personifications of the four elements. The dragonborn, unsurprisingly, believed the gods to be draconifications, instead. This caused no meaningful friction, until an Archdruid of the Circle of the Elements was raised who took a far keener interest in the island's society than her predecessors. She wielded openly the connection she had been granted to the Elemental Planes, proclaiming it as proof the the gods favored the dragonborn -- and therefore must themselves be dragons. 
Where previously, dwarf and dragonborn had ribbed one another good-naturedly about the others' silly beliefs, blood soon began to spill. Before long, dwarven clerics and dragonborn druids would lead armies to war.

Battlefield

The Isle of Popkin

Outcome

After the Archdruid of the Circle of the Elements was killed, within a year or two neither side wished to keep fighting. They met and reached an agreement formally defining distinct roles for religion and druidry.

Historical Significance

Legacy

The agreement they reached has shaped the society of Native Popkinians for nine millennia, even if it has long since been forgotten. Din, Mananaan, Piruun, and Taak are pictured as humanoid by both Beach Dwarf and Popkin Dragonborn followers. The clergy of the Popkin gods are more frequently Beach Dwarves, while the druids remain exclusively dragonborn. And the Circle of the Elements remains a closely-kept secret.

Conflict Type

War

Battlefield Type

Land

Start Date

-4295

Ending Date

-4283

Conflict Result

Truce by mutual agreement

Location

The Isle of Popkin