A new age of Dragons: Part 3
By Deeth Irteen
Of all the clans of Dragons, the Clans of Libra, Aries, Cancer and Capricorn had access to magic far more powerful than that of the other clans. Because of this, as well as the authority they held over their respective alignments, they were known throughout the world as "The Cardinal Clans".
It should so happen that, while the war was taking place, a dragoness named Elenar, the young queen of clan Aries, watching the war take place from her domain. When she saw the Dark side of the war begin to lose, she feared that all Dark dragons would be hunted to extinction, even the ones who did not fight in the war. So, formulating a plan to save her kind, she fled with an entourage to treat with the Ruler of Clan Capricorn, the aging King Urobos. When she met with Urobos and his son, the Prince Bane, Elenar proposed her plan: Clans Aries and Capricorn shall combine their recourses and magical abilities to create a new safe haven for all Dark dragons. The haven is to be a gigantic floating city, that constantly moves in the shadow of night. Urobos accepted, and construction began post haste. It took the better part of a year, but the floating city was finally created. It was named "The Hive", and nomadic Dark dragons were able to live there in secrecy. As a final way to combine the 2 clans, Bane and Elenar became mates. From this union, Elenar bore 2 sons: Rune and Cyrus.
As the years passed, the scars of the land that remained after the war were mended, and peace slowly returned. However, some Light dragons found the sudden disappearance of the Dark dragons as too suspicious. These dragons sought to seek out the Dark ones, driven by lingering hate to destroy them all. These dragons came together and formed a new group, named "The Darkstalkers", whose primary goal was the death of all Dark Dragons.
One of the problems with The Hive was that, because of the massive size of its population, it required a great amount or recourses that it's people couldn't completely create on its own. So, Prince Bane devised a spell that changes the user's scales and eyes to different colors; specifically, those of a Light Dragon. This allowed Bane to disguise himself as a nomadic dragon to gather and/or purchase needed resources for the dragons of The Hive. Bane brought a large group with him to better gather what was needed. Unfortunately, when a several Darkstalkers first discovered this new band of "nomads" wandering the lands, they became very suspicious, as the nomads seemed to come from nowhere. They suspected that the nomads were Dark dragons in disguise somehow, yet the way they did it was unknown. The Darkstalkers also couldn't figure out where the nomads would vanish off to for several weeks on end, before returning again.
But the Darkstalkers would soon get their answer, via the actions of a foolish heir…
