The Dragon Star
After the Cataclysm the gods of man saw the Dragons to be a great threat. The gods created the Dragon Crowns. One for each of the Ancient Kings of yore, seven in all. The dragons power matched that of the Gods themselves, so the left the mortals with these crowns to defend themselves. They would use this as to test the strength of their children. They left man to his wits. Dragons swept over the land in search of the crowns. The budding realms of man were swept by Dragonfire . Goblinkine ruled the ruins. Out of these dark times a trio came forth to quell the onslaught of the dragons. An elven Archmage known only as Dark Star, a half-elven swordsman called Lorien Triestiendirth, more commonly known as Rath Ravenwolf, and a human rouge by the title of Herbert the Swift. They became legends.
There were two crowns left. One was lost whilst the other the trio retrieved from the Ancient Vault of Dullin Thaines, tomb of the supposed first Dwarven king, for this Dwarves and Elves fought for seven hundred years. Herbert was known ever after as the greatest of the thieves.
Dark Star was great in power. He raised land into the sky, creating another sky island of glittering light and glass in the shape of a dragon. Whilst Rath called the dragons to him, no mean feat. Only he possessed enough strength of will to resist the tempting powers of the crown. The intangible qualities of being able to resist the great magiks at work from the archmages, island and crown and being able to resist the dragons without being torn asunder. As well as the physical power and skill to avoid being slain by something as mundane as tooth or claw.
The Archmage then laid a curse upon the dragons on the island to lay in slumber for eternity. Some say he did it for his own reasons and not that a sense of well being for his fellow man. Because the next mention of him is fifteen years later as g od himself, serving the greater forces of Merlin as am emissary. Rath gained a true agelessness and some claim an inability to die a final death. He still wanders the realms to this day. And Herbert vanished into obscurity once he reached Feltrest. Some say he was behind the founding of the ancient organization order of the Blackhand.