There is not, in the entire literature of the Ten Kingdoms, a legend wich is more famous than the one of the Great Journey of King Ezran from Katolis to Xadia. The mission he accomplished among with his companions, Callum the Wizard Prince, Rayla of Silvergrove and, of course, Azymondias, the Dragon Prince, has been told by minstrels and poets for generations. With good reason: in fact, it had been that action that allowed for a war that had lasted other than a millennium to end.
Howewer, that adventure had not occupied more than the first year of Ezran's reign: which had been long, and full of events, some of them not less important than the Battle of the Storm Spire.
In writing this Chronicle I want to dedicate myself at telling the story of the reign of Ezran, beginning exactly from the aftermath of the Virenian War.
Thanks to years of laborious researches, I think that i managed to obtain enough sources from that period. The most important of them are by far the diaries written by Callum, the Wizard Prince. They cover a period of almost fourty years, giving us a priceless insight into the royal court of Katolis. We cannot, howewer, consider them impartial: after all, Callum had been for the most of his life as important as his brother inside the kingdom government.
Another important source, that we can consider some way opposite to those diaries, is the Chronicle of Taleq of Duren. As dark mage and former sustainer of Viren, his wiew of this period tends to be very critical of King Ezran's rule: which makes that sources one of the most interesting for an historian as the undersigned.
Analizing the Xadian point of wiew on those years had been more complicated: Elves tend to distrust the written word, preferring to transmit their knowledge orally. I had managed, howewer, to contact some elder Sunfire elves wich had been young in the years of Ezran.
I would have tried to interwiew the Dragon King himself, but I am too old to travel to the Storm Spire-besides, I doubt that the Lord of the Dragons would share his past with a mere human historian. Dragons are still a misterious race, after all.
Obviusly, I have crossed those sources with hundreds of cronichles and edicts written in those years, as well as with poems and stories. I will not cite all of them: that would need another book, probably even bigger than this.
I hope to live long enough to be able to conclude this work. I think that it will be the most important achievement of my career. It will also be my small homage to those great people who contributed to lay the foundations of our world.
Magister Lucianus
Imperial University of Katolis, 16 september 468 a.p. (after the Peace)
Author Notes: For a long time I thought of writing a story that focused on what could be the political consequences of the end of the "Dragon Prince" in a credible way. The problem is, alas, my writing is terrible. So I thought that instead of a classic story, I would write History: it is much easier for me, because I am a great enthusiast of ancient and medieval history. It is an experiment: I don't know if it will work. Therefore, any criticism is welcome and indeed welcome.
