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On the continent of Gathandia in the first supereon, a stalwart nation of dwarven warriors managed to fell an enormous Kaijan. Using elder runemagic through ancient artifacts that they only partially understood, they reanimated the  

corpse of the Kaijan into a new creature. This was the first dragon. The dwarven leaders of this nation mastered the craft and created one more dragon, whereupon the artifacts broke in a tremendous magical explosion, preventing the arcane creation of any more dragons. However, the two dragons had seven offspring, and the nine dragons departed from the dwarven kingdoms to claim their own territory. These are the nine true dragons, glorious and immortal, and from them all drakes, wyverns, winged serpents, and the like have descended. Dragonfolk are a proud and mighty [[remnant]] of an ancient kingdom ruled by the immortal nine dragons. The inhabitants of this lost kingdom were once humans and other humanoid lineages, and the first generation of dragonfolk were transformed from these lineages into their dragonlike bodies through powerful arcane magic cast by the nine dragons. The descendants of these first dragonfolk are the dragonfolk that populate Ancerra today. Though their kingdom has long since fallen into antiquity, and the dragons themselves are veiled in myth and legend, most dragonfolk still hold onto the regal bearing of their ancestors and embrace the finer points of culture such as art, dance, and song. Visually, they resemble their true dragon ancestors with tough scales, reptilian tails, curled horns, and even wings. While most are flightless, all dragonfolk can breathe fire by tapping into the vestigial power of their ancestry.