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ancient, and her vengeance was terrible.
She slew the dwarves and elves present and it was only through the
combined might of the other dragons assembled that she couldn’t
slay them all as well. She gathered her hatchings together and fled
into the deep marches of the south.” He shook his head sadly.
    “My father was barely a hundred years old
when this occurred, but it forever changed his and all of their
lives. For the next five hundred years the ancient black dragon
protected her children in the marshes, chasing off or killing all
who sought to kill her monstrous children. The orcs were further
mutilated and deformed as they began to inter-breed with one
another, producing a progressively more evil and vile race as they
continued.”
    “Over those five-hundred years the dwarves
pulled away from the others, taking to brooding in their mines deep
in the mountains. The elves hid themselves in their vast forests,
becoming wild and learning magic of their own making. The dragons
stood vigil over the marshes of the mighty black dragon.”
    “During one of their routine sweeps over the
marshes they heard the call of the ancient black dragon. My father
said it was the strangest call, one of fear and horror. When the
dragons got closer they could see that the millions of orcs had
swarmed the ancient black dragon and were tearing her plates off
and feasting on her body.” Drake took another steadying breath
before continuing.
    “When I came of age, one-hundred of your
years, my father shared the vision of that day with me. I would
spare you the sight, but suffice to say that it was a grotesque
display. The dragons couldn’t help her of course, for if the orcs
could overpower an ancient dragon and the mother of their race, the
dragon host stood little chance of defeating them.” He sighed,
looking off at the eggs in the distance.
    “When the dwarves heard that the ancient
black was dead, they called for war. The elves joined them, their
shame making them foolishly act out of anger. The elves and dwarves
fought together for hundreds of years, but the orc numbers never
seemed to diminish. Many of the alliance of dwarves and elves
perished and eventually the death toll became too high for either
of the races. The elves pulled away from the war, angering the
dwarves.”
    “For three thousand years, orcs fought elves,
elves fought dragons, dragons fought dwarves, and everyone paid an
incredible price in blood. All four races killed each other without
mercy until Henjis’ father called them all to the peace talks.”
Drake looked away from everyone, remembering his old friend.
    “When he was slain,” He continued his voice
heavy with emotion. “It was unclear who the culprit was. There were
no marks on his body; he simply died in the middle of his speech.
The dwarves blamed the orcs, who had long used poisons on their
blades in battle. The elves blamed the dwarves bloodlust. The orcs
blamed the elves and their magic. The dragons though, they blamed
everyone. For another thousand years the wars intensified. The land
was raped bare; the oceans ran red with the blood of millions of
lives, orc, dragon, elf and dwarf.” Drake rubbed his face with his
right hand, sighing deeply.
    Tristan was dumbfounded, he knew of the
dragons’ arrival on this world, and why they fled. He had no idea
the cause was so long in the making. Thousands of years, millions
of lives, it was such a great waste of power and life. Drake took
another deep breath as he continued.
    “Henjis and I were born shortly before his
fathers’ murder. He didn’t take it well. We were great friends, but
his pain was more than I could take away. Eventually I gathered
Raithia, Kumanius, Socolis and Ryanite to me. Together we convinced
Henjis that we needed to flee the world of our birth and start new,
here on Amesdia. I was convinced that together we could reform this
desolate planet into something peaceful and happy.”
    “Just before our chosen time, I found