Story:
In Terra exists many creatures. Some are mundane creatures others are a little more extraordinary. Amongst these were the wise and the powerful azrandi.
The azrandi were a race of serpentine creatures gifted with powers similar to those of some dragons, a vast wealth of knowledge, and wisdom due to the fact that they were easily the most ancient race on the planet, far older than the first dragons. The azrandi helped many of the new races along in their evolution by providing knowledge and magic to them, as well as how guidance on how to apply both effectively and morally. For a great many years the azrandi in their vast and ornate cities got along with rest of the world peacefully.
Sadly things were destined to change, and for the worst. The dragons and the humans, who were each filled to the brim with pride and greed since they came into existence, felt threatened by the azrandi's great power. They formed a coalition between their two races to destroy the azrandi. Their first attack was a complete success; their targets had been the azrandi flying capital city known as Hanzoshen and the human city of Dominia. The first city was their first actual attack while the second had been a slaughter of nearly the entire citizenry, leaving only a few select survivors to spread the news, thus creating a successful framing attempt to make it look like the azrandi struck first. In Hanzoshen the humans and dragons made sure to only attack azrandi to help improve their image in the eyes of the other races. As the news spread of the attacks against the azrandi, the azrandi's rage grew, and so too did their desire to fight back. When their patience reached it's end the azrandi fought back against the dragons and the humans in force. The azrandi showed no mercy to either race during their war with the human and dragon Coalition, and their vast powers quickly turned the new war against the humans and dragons.
However, this had a price, the other races were not fully aware of the actions committed by the humans and dragons and so only saw the azrandi's attack against the otherwise highly favored races. The humans and dragons pleaded with the other races for help to defend their lives from the azrandi threat. That plea was heard and was given a response in the form of armies of other races ranging from good to evil, some came for the sympathy to their comrades and others for their own selfish purposes.
For two long years every corner of the world was a battlefield. Unimaginable feats of skill and displays of power could be seen everywhere by everyone. Races that normally despised each other could be found working together to rid the world of the azrandi. All this because the first attacks against the passive race were done in secret and had not reached the ears of those outside the azrandi race until it was almost all lost.
As the war waged the dragons began to feel pity for the failing azrandi and decided that their kind should not be exterminated but instead played on a fact they had discovered during the war. That fact was that intelligence in azrandi race was a recessive quality. Unless an intelligent azrandi mated with another intelligent azrandi there was little chance of them producing intelligent offspring. The dragons played this to their advantage and declared near the end of the war that only intelligent azrandi were to be slain. As only about half the azrandi populace retained any kind of intelligence at the time this declaration was possible to carry out without endangering the existence of their race. The other races quickly agreed to the idea either feeling it was better then total annihilation or simply didn't care one way or the other. The systematic killing of intelligent azrandi defined the last six months of the war and left the race crippled. However despite this intelligent azrandi exist even today as survivors. These azrandi are in hiding and many are burning for revenge against the races that they themselves nursed from infancy.
With the war over the coalition of races broke apart and the other races returned to their lives and petty squabbles. However as time passed they grew fearful of the dragons as they are now the greatest power out their since the azrandi. Fortunately the treaties with the dragons still stand strong with all the other races with the exception of the orcs.
Setting: The Role Play takes place near the end of the medevil age. Guns still don't exist though.
Plot: The war ended ten years ago and while none have forgotten it, it is not often a topic of discussion. You could be a member of one of the many races that were involved in the destruction of the Azrandi. Most go about their daily lives without a care in the world but those who know better are trying to stop the Azrandi's silent revenge and such beings can be found as being a part of one of many organizations that still recognizes the threat of the Azrandi. You could also be a survivor of the fall of the Azrandi civilization, many are burning for revenge against the other races that so unjustly brought down everything they knew and loved so that they could have their own selfish glory, or you could be just trying to get by without being noticed. In either case the dragons are not as popular as they used to be and there is a lot of amnesty towards them these days and it is not uncommon to hear people discussing dragons with a hint of worry in their words.
