Red Dragons of the North

The Red Dragons of the North were the host of dragons, serpents, and winged wyrms that invaded the ancestral dwarven homeland of Dhurend in the _ age. They were a great horde of beasts that sought to claim the wealth of the land, though it is unknown to what extent they exist in ages since. They are a legendary breed, and the only known affairs that they are known to have been involved in were in their great war with the dwarves of Dhurend.

The War with the dwarves
The Red Dragons are the host that fought the dwarves long before the Founding Clans established the present dwarven kingdoms. The dwarves were engulfed in various internal conflicts, as the entirety of Dhurend was but a collection of city-states, each with their own ideology and philosophies. While some dwarves were lucky enough to leave before the disaster, the lack of unity in the land weakened the dwarves when their kingdom was attacked.

Though s ome believe it to have been the cause of bad fortune, the dwarves believe that they dragons, in their cruelty, grew selfish and jealous of the dwarves and sought to steal their immense wealth. The Sun beneath the Earth, an artifact of great power from an age long past, was the crown jewel of the dwarves, and the dragons burned the earth until it was like glass seeking it.

The term "red dragons" usually refers to a dragon with red scales. The Red Dragons, however, refers to a specific group of dragons, the host that sacked Dhurend, and are named such for their slaughter and death that they brought, and the red fire which seemed to spread everywhere that they went.

The dragons return to the north
The degree of organization or leadership that the host possessed is not known, and indeed it may have been a group of three or four dragons whom sought the treasure of the dwarves and attacked, signaling others to follow suit and take their share of the horde. Some say they were cunning and cruel, while others say that the dragons were little more than dumb beasts sent here to spread destruction by some other more powerful force.

Dwarves and other races have not encountered the Red Dragons in the time since the sacking, and it is believed that they returned to the north where they came from after failing to find the Sun beneath the Earth.