The dragons predate Humans and the Hylarr. They emerged with the dinosaurs and survived the various die-offs by creating their own realm to survive in. They all revere the Brood Mother, the first of their race and now deified by them. She had four children, each of which was bound to an element: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
From those four children, the rest of the dragons were descended, each taking on some form of the element of their ancestor. Later, some elements were spontaneously created: Darkness, Sun-Gold, Moonlight, and Star-Child. Each taking on some form of that element.
Of the Brood Mother's original four children, only one has awakened, Lao-Shan Lung, the Mountain Dragon of Earth. He has taken on the task of uniting all of the dragons again, even to the point of forming the Isles of Draconia for them to live in peace. He has taken on one of his descendants as his mate, Ebony ShadowsScale, a shadow dragon able to shift into the form of a VERY large black panther.
Together, they preside over all of the dragons as the ultimate authority with the assistance of HellBane BlackHeart, a former king of the dragon realm.
Ebony once served under contract to the Goddess and still does the occasional favor for her.