Kladeth

Kladeth is a human city-state which sits in the shadow of a mountain containing the eerie of the Warsong Flight, a dragon flight. When the region was first colonized in A.Y. 3581, the Warsong Flight was hybernating, and had been for over a century, well before human intrusion into the area.

The humans who built the city had no idea they were in the shadow of a dragon flight. They just knew that the land was abundantly fertile, and their crops and heards grew strong and fast. The city became a major center for agriculture, with exports of grain, vegtable products, and meat being it's primary economic activity.

Kladeth grew for a little over three hundred years before the dragon flight awoke. To say the Warsong Flight was annoyed to find a bunch of humans on their doorstep would actually be completely inacurate; they were delighted to find a city full of tasty meat-snacks just hanging around right outside, fleeing in terror. They were also delighted to discover the human invention of ketchup, which was especially tastey on it's inventors.

A curious note in dragon history: A.Y. 3883 is the first recorded date of dragons discovering ketchup, a sauce which they enjoyed imensly. No flight before Warsong is known to have discovered this invention, in fact the use of dipping sauce at all by any dragon flight was never observed before Warsong smashed open a ketchup factory in Kladeth and then ate some of the workers.

In A.Y. 3884, Kumono, Pendragon of Slayer Dragons and a representative from the High Mountain Flight traveled to Kladeth to mediate the dispute. Warsong had no quarrell with High Mountain, so negotiations could take place.

After some setbacks, it was eventually agreed that the city would change it's name to Warsong. No further expansion would be allowed, and the citizens would pay a tribute to the dragon flight consisting of gold, cattle, and ketchup. Certain areas were designated as "human free" zones in which any humans could be devoured by the flight, but the rest of the region was generally open.

The city of Warsong would continue to be prosperous, and by the Sixth Age was something of a tourist destination, for being one of the few cities in which dragons in the skys were a common sight. "Dragon Watching" became a popular pasttime, and numerous open-air theaters were established with stadium seats to allow spectators the chance to watch the dragons overhead. Dragon shows were even put on every now and then by the flight, who's younger members delighted in the attention.

Dragons in Warsong were often known to take human form and socialize with the citizens. As is not uncommon, this led to romance, and Warsong now houses the largest population of dragon-halfs people in the known worlds.

Trivia

Air travel too and from Warsong is unavailable, as dragons invariably have the right of way. A high-speed rail line between the a neighboring city delivers passengers to the airport there.