Slayer Dragons

Officially known as the Order of Slayer Dragons or the Order of the Slayer Dragons, they are ten battling sorcerers who are the ceremonial leaders of the Alliance. The Slayer Dragons are based out of Stormwind Keep in Arindell, and have strong ties to the Atayan people.

The Slayer Dragons are based around the concepts of Truth, Liberty, and Justice, and their primary role in the world is stop others from ruling by magic.

Regalia

Each Slayer Dragon choses a combination of two colors that is unique among their group of ten. These are used in the making of their garb or regalia, and helps them to identify each other on the battlefield. The regalia is made specially for each Slayer Dragon by the Craftsmen.

Trials

The Trials are a series of tests that must be completed before a potential trainee can become a Slayer Dragon. They are highly ritualistic and symbolic in nature, and typically allow for only one new Slayer Dragon to be annointed per year.

Becoming a Slayer Dragon can start as early as the age of 10. The youngest Slayer Dragon in history was Kenneth Winter, annointed during the Ages#The Golden Age, who completed the trials at 17. Officially, the training process and trials take 3 years to complete but previous experience factors largely into how quickly one may complete the training. Kenneth, the youngest Slayer Dragon ever annointed, recieved special dispensation to begin his training at 9, and completed The Trials at 17. Enus the Abhorrent, the oldest Slayer Dragon ever annointed, began training at the age of 20 and was not annointed until the age of 55, spending a total of 35 years to complete The Trials. Hunter Jusenkyou holds the record for the fastest completion, finishing The Trials in just 2 years. However, as a Gudersnipe School graduate, he was given special recognition and allowed to skip the bulk of the training.

History

According to the S.D.C. System and tradition, the Order began in B.G.A. 6, when Uther, first Pendragon of Slayer Dragons took up the sword, Sword Excalibur, thus officially making him their leader. However, as of that date, he was the only Slayer Dragon.

Between B.G.A. 6 and A.Y. 0, Uther would gather the first generation of Slayer Dragons. They were caleld simply The Ten, a name which would endure throughout history to represent the original ten Slayer Dragons.

A.Y. 0 would be marked as the founding year of the Alliance, and also the year the Order of Slayer Dragons was created. Uther had already gathered his Ten, but they were still known simply as The Ten by that time. Draco, the great dragon, who would do more to shape the Alliance than anyone else, was responsible for the name. He bestowed upon Uther the title of Pendragon, and created the unique Slayer Dragon Magic that will help the order to complete their task.

In A.Y. 190, Pendragon Jayce Spearlock created the Slayer Dragon Count to establish a unified chronology of the Slayer Dragons. The A.Y. System would not be formalized until over 900 years later, and the Alliance had not unified calendar. S.D.C. years count forwards from B.G.A. 6 as the year 0.

From A.Y. 1298 until A.Y. 1898, the Slayer Dragons went through what would later be known as the Golden Age of the Slayer Dragons, which itself took place entirely inside Uther's Golden Age.

The Order of Slayer Dragons would exist for nearly 6,000 years, throughout all six Ages of the Alliance. Near the end of the Sixth Age, six Slayer Dragons would die, marking the begining of the end for the order.

Death and Burial

Begining with Uther in the Golden Age and ending with Raul Kem in the Fifth Age, every Slayer Dragon was layed to rest in the Valley of Sleeping Dragons, in elaborate tombs made by the Craftsmen.