From the Start

Before humans were a glimmer in the eye of evolution, there existed a group of 7 godly beings that had taken an interest in the physical realm. They focused their gaze upon a new world, young and hot, and found themselves drawn to it. They allowed it to form, breathed life upon this world they had favored and watched it grow, change, and flourish. In the blink of the eyes of beings so eternal, all manners of great and powerful beasts came and went.

The beings decided that their magically created forms were not enough and began to create physical bodies, evolved upon this world they had grown fond of so that they could experience it as their creations could. They selected a small, six-limbed reptile that could glide between trees and slither through underground tunnels, carefully selecting and guiding their evolution in the creation of these physical bodies to inhabit. Ultimately, over eons, they created nearly immortal bodies, immense serpents that dwarfed anything else on the planet. In doing so, from those that did not directly create the next generation of the bodies they intended, evolved the dragons and became the favored species of these beings.

At first, many kinds of dragons flourished, filling the world with their myriad of forms, but the eons dragged on and saw the rapid rise of a new creature, one that eventually became known as the Drawg. Species after species evolved, naturally designed in competition and predation, to hunt the chosen children of the world’s gods until only a few species were left. The beings watched with great sorrow, but they allowed nature to take its course for all things in the world were their creations, even those they did not favor.

Just when it seemed to the Serpents that the Drawgs would wipe out the dragons, Du’un turned his eyes to the stars and soon a strange new species came from across the great expanse of space. They called themselves humans and sought a world to start anew. Arriving in ships from across the void, knowing this world was lush, they cultivated the land to do their bidding, and brought with them a sense of curiosity and a new way of existing.

At first, the Serpents watched with interest. They watched the humans struggle to survive in a world dominated by their favored creations and the many forms of Drawg. They watched as the humans discovered the dragons were different from the other beasts of the world, recognizing them as another social and intelligent creature that could think and reason. They watched when humans chose peace with the dragons rather than retaliation, and instead attempted to form friendships with any family groups of dragons that lived near their towns, even throwing celebrations and offering sacrifices.

By the fourth generation of pioneers, the twins Tolvar and Sandra Morthar successfully hatched and raised a pair of the powerful Royal dragons. While upon the backs of their mighty steeds, it was then that the Serpents made themselves known to the humans in a great spectacle known as Day of Deliverance. Seeing that the humans were mighty and clever enough to survive all that the planet had thrown at them and still willing to fight for what they thought was precious, the Serpents wished for their favored children to be precious to the humans. The twins were said to have cried out that the dragons were already precious to them, and that they wished for a way for humans to live in even greater peace with the gods children.

With those words, the Serpents spoke in their tongue that vibrated through the planet and time and even death, and thus the Bond of Spirit was created to protect both humans and dragons, melding the souls of both beings together, creating a silent hole in the spirit of each that could only be filled with the Bond. It was not required to be Bonded, but so powerful was the spell that all longed to know the intimacy of the connection, and the breaking of it was catastrophic.

To protect the dragons and maintain the Bond, the Serpents weaved their magic once again and bestowed the Power of Will to the Morthar twins, and the people dubbed them Dragon Tamers as no dragon could resist their will ... and it soon turned out, neither could most people who were born on the planet. With merely a look, the Tamers could force weak minded men to do unspeakable acts, tear apart minds, and some kept harems of controlled women. This effect was even stronger for those Bonded. As their numbers rapidly grew and spread, some nations decided that Tamers were too powerful and should not be in control of humans because their Purpose- given to them by the Serpents along with a set of laws- was to control dragons and maintain the Bond.

Over the millennia, as humans expanded and created more nations, they evolved through several forms of government. The Tamers spread independently, though closely involved, and most nations had at least one family of Tamers.

It became immediately necessary for Tamers to need special protections as assassins, thieves and politicians were constantly hounding them. At first, select warriors voluntarily pledged their lives to be in service of Tamers and gained some power by the connection, becoming known as Guardians. When their Tamer was in danger, a Guardian could accomplish great feats that often became stuff of legend.