Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty

For those native to or long-dwelling in the region, ALL Common Knowledge may be Pervasive.

It was, by record, killed, And unlike all other dragon dreams, it never haunted the dreams of its killers – leading scholars to believe it’s physical form was actually slain. It was confirmed to have manifested as a female at the time of her death.

Her nest in the Great Forest of Rhyl was named Rhylan, and the area took its name from it.

Early Rhyl Settlements: For a thousand years, settlers slowly trickled in, most choosing to acknowledge the dragon’s control and pay tribute to it. It. Occasionally they would be reminded who had the real power. Few foolhardy souls would go against it and would be made an example of. It accepted powerful items from the Noble East lands of Dominion that would eventually fall. Tribute in the form of antiques, ancient coins, ancient tomes, and mystical accouterments. Sometimes it would trade safety for the tribute of knowledge, even exchanging some of its own knowledge to powerful wizards, sorcerers and priests & druids who sought to understand the fantastic power that dwelled in the forest of Rhyl or the heartlands. Little is known of these bargains, only that they happened. And those who had sought audience with the dragon and survived would simply say that knowledge was traded or powerful items were gifted in tribute for an exchange of knowledge and safety for the region. For then, the area was wild and vastly unsettled.

Uncommon Knowledge / Average Difficulty

The lizard folk once settled all around lake Vhym in tens of thousands. They were in swamps and rivers and lakes all through the Rhyl forest in even greater numbers – a hundred thousand under the dragon’s protection. They were driven to extinction in the conquest of Rhyl by the Blood of Saemon from around CY 700-1000. The conquest was gruesome, the last of them hunted or driven out after the dragon’s death.

What made the dragon fiefdom of Rhyl so powerful? There were once 5 dragons of Rhyl (according to the best records that could be pieced together) – they were aggressive and conquered the large territory over ten thousand years – killing and/or culling all other competitors but the dreams all dying in the process. By the time the Blood of Saemon came around CY 300, there was only the awakened, live dragon named Ssiluzra. There was never another dragon on Helca with such a large territory ever recorded.

The Heart of Rhyl Discovery: Slowly, and then with a sustained effort over hundreds of years, hints turned into discovery of a massive natural Anima fount in the Great Forest of Rhyl. A key to the dragon’s power and an explanation of the verdant and bountiful land that was Rhyl.

Killing the Dragon The expansion of the Blood of Saemon was unkind as they sought to settle and spread by force of arms. When the final movement to wage war came, the fighting was fierce and no quarter was given from either side. The powerful magics wielded by elves and humans seeking to remove the chaos and violence that a dragon were of an origin that seemed the dragon was more vulnerable to. It was cornered in its nest and slain in CY 1002. It is thought that little remains of a record of this endeavor because of its savagery and brutality and the devastation wrought that took thousands of years to recover from before living creatures would return to the area. Many powerful priests and wizards died.

Scarce Knowledge / Hard Difficulty

Though it is not well known and mostly forgotten, the Mushrooms of Rhyl in the Great Forest of Rhyl have a higher tendency to grow in the areas once Frost Melded; The Wylden of Rhyl somehow influences the areas of the Dragon of Rhyl’s breath was used – sites for hunting or fighting.

Uniquely, it never slept, always on the prowl. It was possessed of a fearsome breath weapon like never seen before or since; It never manifested like other dragons’ and had its own properties. It’s physical form shook the great forest of Rhyl with its anger of being disturbed with tribute. It seemed to seek dominion over the entire area, like that of some ego-driven young dragon or dragon-dream rather than one ready to evolve and move on in their cycle.

The northern hemisphere once held many sleeping dragons, and their dreams predated the lands around them – sometimes savaging neighbors and demanding tribute. Like all dreams, their experiences become those of their source – all that they learned, so did it. These dreams seemed real and solid to all others upon the world, so powerful were they. By the time of the arrival of the Blood of Saemon, there were several dragon territories that had clashed with each others, the southern humans led by the Celestine, elves & faeries and beasts of the Steel Realms. The territory of Rhyl was one of the largest dragon fiefdoms.

Rare Knowledge / Very Hard Difficulty

Obscure/Hidden Knowledge