The Second Scale Wars

Era of Dragons / ~1.1 million years ago
While there was never total peace and security among the broods of the worldwide empire of dragons, the Council of Wyrms maintained control for nearly three million years. Over time the natural tendencies of the various factions led to more open hostilities, but it was a slow and gradual change. However, order eventually broke down and civil war erupted among dragonkind once again. The age that would follow is known by most today as the “Dragon Wars”, but as this was not the first age of widespread dragon civil war, historians now refer to the period as “The Second Scale Wars”.

Sometime near the end of the Age of the Council of Wyrms, or beginning of the Second Scale Wars, it is believed the races of the dwarves and orcs first appeared deep within the mountains of the world. There, they fought each other for dominance of the deep places, but eventually encountered the various races of scattered and defeated giants throughout their great mountainous regions. The lesser giants of low intelligence and evil nature (like ogres and ettins), gravitated to the orcs and their smaller greenskin cousins, joining their side battling the dwarves.

While the dwarves were outnumbered and fought great wars to secure their deep homes, the surface world raged with dragon fire and magic. Massive armies of dragons and elves, dragonborn, and various saurian races clashed across the continents of the world and Andaria burned. The period lasted only a few thousand years but countless millions died, untold knowledge was lost, and the world was left in devastation.

The war only ended with the inevitable contest of the Dragon Avatars themselves. The metallic dragons only came out victorious as they all set aside their differences and banded together, where only the Red King and Black Queen of the chromatic Dragon Avatars truly allied. Once the Green and White Avatars had been slain, it was only a matter of time until the end. The Second Scale Wars officially ended with the death of the Red King and the surrender of the Black Queen. The event that followed was known as “The Exodus”.

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