[@Lunamaria Hawke] Its explained in the song, but Flightless soul explained it fairly well

[quote=@Flightless_Soul]


	Before the empire rose, before civilization took hold of the land, dragons were free and lived without a care.

	But then humans being [s]dickheads[/s] themselves, they began enslaving/killing dragons, burning their nests, and eradicating their younglings (breaking eggs/infanticide)

	The dragons, fed up with the humans, are now waging war against them, led by a powerful dragon warlord (think Alduin or Parthurnaax from Skyrim).

	Naturally, the emperor--and the empire as a whole--fabricates lies that the dragons are the aggressors.  Possibly, they paint them as nothing but bloodthirsty demons, intent on devouring every living soul and spreading destruction and chaos.

	We, the player characters, are vassal lords of the empire.  Though we have been loyal for centuries (or however long this empire existed), what we discover in the Blachorian Mountains, and hear from the dragon warlord himself, causes us to become sympathetic.  Thus, we--and the small states we rule over--defect from the empire and join the dragons.

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