You and the other players are lords of small semi-feudal kingdoms, that are outside a medium size empire. The Emperor of said empire informed you that dragons were gathering in the Blachrion Mountains, specifically near the Holden pass. The holden pass is the only way through the mountains to the more wild part of the continent, which is mostly un-populated. You were going up to the nearby caves when you hear a song.
youtu.be/AvG2NMbA5z4?t=21 (it starts partway through the song intentionally)
and you decide to join the dragons cause. Now you must convince the dragons of your sincerity, and then prepare your land, for the coming war.
The empire and where you are is the southeastern part of the continent, and the mountain range seals off everything to the north and west. Beyond that is the dragons territory, not much is known about the land beyond, the official line is that it used to be a thriving kingdom a few thousand years ago before the dragons killed everyone and only a few made it out through the Holden pass. The Empire wants the land beyond the mountains.
Before the empire rose, before civilization took hold of the land, dragons were free and lived without a care.
But then humans being dickheads themselves, they began enslaving/killing dragons, burning their nests, and eradicating their younglings (breaking eggs/infanticide)
That was during what the empire calls 'The Expansion Crusade'
That was 1000 years ago, now the empire is preparing to expand again.
And 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.
(thanks to @Flightless_Soul for some help)
youtu.be/AvG2NMbA5z4?t=21 (it starts partway through the song intentionally)
and you decide to join the dragons cause. Now you must convince the dragons of your sincerity, and then prepare your land, for the coming war.
The empire and where you are is the southeastern part of the continent, and the mountain range seals off everything to the north and west. Beyond that is the dragons territory, not much is known about the land beyond, the official line is that it used to be a thriving kingdom a few thousand years ago before the dragons killed everyone and only a few made it out through the Holden pass. The Empire wants the land beyond the mountains.
Before the empire rose, before civilization took hold of the land, dragons were free and lived without a care.
But then humans being dickheads themselves, they began enslaving/killing dragons, burning their nests, and eradicating their younglings (breaking eggs/infanticide)
That was during what the empire calls 'The Expansion Crusade'
That was 1000 years ago, now the empire is preparing to expand again.
And 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.
(thanks to @Flightless_Soul for some help)
