Editing Leaping Salmon Clan History (section)

==Third Council==

Hargaard consented, and so did the local elves. These two forces, with Imperial dragonewt aid, suppressed the dwarves and drove the trolls back over the mountains, then entered a period of relative peace. The trolls sacked the city and shallower tunnels of Greatway about this time, and also burned the forests covering the land now called Dangerground. Seven hundred and fifty years ago the rulers of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends altered their government to a magical theocracy bent upon reestablishing the magical powers of the Gods Age in their land through the manipulation of the unusual Dragon Magics. They called their new organization the Third Council. For some time this succeeded, but internal dissension began, when the rulers ordered their subjects to worship them as gods. This brought protests, and the Aldryami of the Elder Wilds were the first to protest militarily. They seceded, and then invaded with a strong raid which escaped unscathed.  We traveled with the elves and raided with them, gaining spoils from the raid and losing very little.

Humans, less repulsed by the orders, fought the elves for some time, but the region was generally peaceful. The elves were hard pressed by their traditional foes, the trolls, for the elves had no imperial aid. Humans gained the southern forests as their realm by promising the elves that they would kill trolls, and by telling trolls they would kill elves. This was the first clear-cut agreement which delivered any of the region to humans directly. The elves probably planned to retake it at their convenience, but that has not come about yet.  We promised the elves that we would kill trolls in return for the southern forests as our realm.

Dissatisfaction with the leaders of the Third Council grew until at last the Votanki peoples agreed to throw off their draconic yoke. Many other borderlands of the Third Council were also revolting.
We hated the Third Council who abused their power and were among the first to agree to throw of the draconic yoke. At first the Votanki were overrun by a brilliant raid by Third Council mercenaries. The Votanki asked for outside help from bands of mercenary adventurers, who thought they might seize themselves a kingdom while aiding the hunters. Many failed.  We asked for help from mercenary adventurers.