Age Of Dragons: Alliance of Light
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When Ghost Dragon refugees, hounded by the Ascendancy, arrived in the Southern lands they found the twin domains of Arrantis and Kalarn, both riven with small wars and disunity.
The Ghost Dragons brought with them tales of the growing dominion of Endless Night in the North, and to their credit the dragons of the South listened. The Solar Dragons saw this as an opportunity to restore unity amongst the Dragons of Order, and brokered a treaty named the Alliance of Light that would guarantee cessation of hostilities between Pure, Argent and Solar draconic factions. The Ghost Dragons were included as well, but as refugees with no domains and little military might, there was an unspoken agreement that they would be second-class citizens in this Alliance, with no place on the ruling council and little influence.
The Refusal of Alliance
The Ascendancy had effortlessly taken over control of Sable, Blood and Velvet breeds, and somehow also convinced a number of Forest Dragons (namely the mountain dwelling Jade Dragons of the North) to join them. The Ashen Dragons had of course declared neutrality, the Ghost Dragons had fled to their enemies, and the remaining majority of the Forest Dragons remained deep within the Heartswood to the west, beyond the reach or interest of draconic society as a whole.
The Alliance, in contrast, had equal strength in theory, with Pure, Argent and Solar united, with the Ghost refugees in tow. However in practice, the Alliance was far weaker, with less unified leadership, a smattering of independent mortal armies rather than one huge one, and internal division still causing great difficulties. In fact, many Dragons of Order refused to do any more than pay lip service to the Alliance, and few were willing to risk personal resources to pursue a war that was still distant to them.
The Alliance of Light knew it needed to draw in allies, and so Solar emissaries were dispatched as ambassadors to the remaining breeds...
