The Last of the Gods
There weren't always dragons in the valley. Back in the Age of Heroes, before the gods left, dragons had been few and far between. But those times were long gone now and the Empire had spread over Severeth like an ever-growing spider's web, bringing with it the dragons and their riders, and so the hatchery had come to the valley. It was a good valley for it, tall and deep with high cave-riddled cliffs stretching above the verdant basin, and the dragon riders had been glad to move in – at least in the beginning, back when the Emperor was still paying attention and his forces were bringing in food and they didn’t have to rely on the food from the green lower reaches of the valley. That was when the conflict started, when the Esta Clan that had lived in the valley started really pushing back against the dragon riders who had taken the craggy heights of the mountains.
