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It all ended with a dead Dragon

Nowadays, what we know about this most famous battle between the "Heroes of Once" and the shadow dragon "Zeoldoras" is just a fracture of what actually transpired. Every child on this continent grows up hearing about the most famous adventuring group, uniting the races and fighting and defeating the most vile creature on Aldland. Bringing us peace and saving the world, while simultaneously banning the demons and devils from our lands. This group consisted of two humans, a dwarf, and an elf. Rumors have it that there is a fifth member, that no one actually seemed to remember, someone so dear to the group that they inscribed their initials into their symbols, yet their identity remains unknown, at least what historians say and know about it, contrary to some convenient fiction books out there.

Before we actually begin to talk about the battle itself, it is imperative that the readers will know the actual feats this group of heroes accomplished. At first, when they started their journeys back in the year 160 of The Era of Names or later, the world just started to become united. The countries and especially the rulers and nobles of different regions were getting used to the new diplomatic way the world began to run, still there were so many difficulties and prejudices that a feeling of union was strange to most peoples. In accordance to that, most simply accepted the other races and tolerated their presences in shared places, but there rarely was anything resembling friendship among those. The world was a dangerous place, it still is, but compared to some borderline totalitarian regimes that controlled the land back then, it was hard to actually do some good. This was the time the "Heroes of Once", or the "Shepherds of Ibalania", started adventuring and reforming the world, step by step.

And the fight for which they are best known for, is the last adventure this group had together and the one that birthed a new Era.