Editing Fear To Tread (section)

=Ancient Days=

The world and the many planes that surround it are ancient beyond belief.  In the earliest of reality's days, Tiamat and Bahamut willed each other into existence and for a time, they lived in harmonious companionship, a cosmic joining of order and chaos.  Both were proud and mighty, and the fruit of their union were the dragons.  Bahamut took great pride in their children and grew to love them, and this love revealed to him the nature of Good and elevated him.  Tiamat . . . felt otherwise, and remained true to her original nature.  In time, this rift between them became impossible to bridge, and the two separated.  Their children split also, the ones loyal to Bahamut shedding their colors, while Tiamat's children shed their metallic gleam.

Of course, pride and a wounded heart seldom lead to a happy ending.  Tiamat and her brood struck at their now despised family.  Bahamut was wounded in the surprise attack and ascended to the heavens, while his children were slain over a bloody millennium of war.  Once that was done, Tiamat and the chromatic dragons bent their will to subjugating the world, which did not work out as planned.

The metallic dragons are thought to be lost to time, but hope persists, and they left remnants of their power and lives behind.