1. Organizations

The Order of the Dragonlords

This organisation is defunct.
Army

One fateful day, a flight of powerful dragons arrived on Thylea’s shores, each bearing a rider. These were the legendary warriors known as the Dragonlords who could use their Oath to work together with Dragons. They heralded an upheaval that would forever change the history of the Forgotten Land. 


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Their symbol is a dragon under the waves


Piety

Earning and Losing Piety

You increase your piety score towards the Dragonlords when you expand the order's influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

  • Fighting against those who would rule over others
  • Achieving a great victory
  • Defeating a skilled foe in single combat
  • Defending Dragonkind

Your piety score towards the Dragonlords decreases if you diminish their influence in the world, work against freedom or self-expression, or allow tyranny to take hold through acts such as these:

  • Showing cowardice in battle
  • Harming innocents or non-combatants
  • Backing down from a fight or a contest
  • Letting Dragons suffer

RANK 

PIETY NEEDED

Devotee of The Dragonlords
Piety 3+
Votary of The Dragonlords
Piety 10+
Disciple of The Dragonlords
Piety 25+
Champion of The DragonlordsPiety 50+

The Oath of the Dragonlords

The Oath of the Dragonlord is the sacred rite that bonds a mortal and a dragon together. Swearing this oath requires a mortal to cast the bond of the dragonlord spell. During the casting of the spell, the Dragonlord intones the oath. If a Dragonlord ever breaks the oath, the bond ends immediately. The oath must be intoned in the Draconic language, while a magical item is sacrificed. The speaker does not need to know Draconic; they may be coached by someone who does. While the Oath is being spoken, the energy from the magic item is drained and used to bind the Dragonlord to a newly-hatched wyrmling. The magic item becomes non-magical and loses its properties. The Dragonlord must speak the following words and faithfully obey the rules of the oath. At the end of the oath, the Dragonlord considers all metallic dragons to be of his or her bloodline. The speaker of the oath becomes the dragon's “oathsworn.”

I CANNOT POSSESS YOU,
for you belong to yourself.
I CANNOT COMMAND YOU,
for you are a free creature.
WE SHALL SERVE EACH OTHER
in the ways we both require.
WE WILL INCREASE OUR WEALTH
by righteous means.
WE WILL ACHIEVE HAPPINESS
and harmony through knowledge.
WE WILL AID THOSE OF OUR BLOOD
to achieve their great destinies.
WE WILL AVENGE THOSE OF OUR BLOOD
who have been done harm.
I AM BLOOD OF YOUR BLOOD,
and bone of your bone—forever.