Draconians were created at the end of the Age of Darkness to serve as specialists and shock troops in the dragonarmies during the War of the Lance. They were created to provide the Dark Queen's generals with soldiers who were more predictable than humans and more tractable than the ogres and goblins that made up the bulk of the army. Although male and female draconians were created at the same time, the existence of the females was concealed for a long time.
Draconians are the result of twisted and evil magic. Their race was created using the eggs of metallic dragons that had been stolen and secreted under a temple dedicated to Takhisis in the city of Sanction. The stolen eggs were subjected to a special ceremony (called the corruption ritual) performed by Dracart, a wizard of the black robes; Wyrllish, one of Takhisis' most powerful priests during the War of the Lance; and Harkiel, a dark-hearted red dragon. This ceremony corrupted the embryo within the eggs, causing it to split into dozens of humanoid creatures.
Each breed of Draconian draws its origin from a specific type of metallic dragon egg. Baaz were created from brass dragon eggs, Bozaks from bronze, Kapaks from copper, Sivaks from silver, and Auraks from gold. Until the time of the Chaos War, the world believed that draconians were sexless beings, unable to reproduce except through the corruption ceremony. The world was wrong.
Dracart knew from the earliest experinents in creating draconians that female dragon embryos created female draconians while male embryos gave rise to males. As he watched the first generation of male draconians thrive and turn into fierce warriors, he feated that the draconians might beomce a threat to the other races of Krynn. the draconians were loyal to Tahkisis and her priests now, but Dracart feared a future in which draconians might rebel against their masters. He decided that the best way to keep then draconians under control was to deny them a way to propogate except through the corruption ritual.
Dracart wanted to destroy all female metallic dragon eggs in the possession of the dragon army, but Tahkisis forbade it. Instead, she decreed that the eggs containing females be hidden in a different loation than Sanction. The eggs that contained the females were not allowed to hatch.
The Heart of Dracart: When the Whitestone Forces mounted a serious opposition to the dragonarmies, Takhisis decided that she needed a more efficient method to ensure an ongoing supply of draconians than the corruption ritual. She ordered Dracart to create such a method, one that didn't depend on metallic dragon eggs or a union of powerfully evil beings. She was confident that the draconians would remain loyal to her.
Through means known only to him and the Dark Queen, Dracart created the crystal that he called The Heart of Dracart. This artifact creates hundreds of new draconians from an already existing one, shattering the spirit inhabiting the draconian and putting slivers of it into the copies. The process kills the donor draconian. The replicas are not as smart, powerful, or long-lived as the original, but they are docile, obedient, and able to fight.
Maranta's Ambition: Dracart never used his artifact. As the Whitestone Forces searched the ruins of Neraka after the city fell, they found the infamous wizard dead with his throat slashed. The Heart of Dracart was not recovered.
The Heart of Dracart was stolen by Maranta, an Aurak. He knew that any draconian created by the artifact would be little more than a mindless slave. He had every intention of destroying the artifact, but found he could not bring himself to do it.
As time passed, draconians began to age and die. Their species truly became endangered, and the idea of creating an army of mindless slaves that would continue the species, at least somehow, began to appeal to Maranta. By about twenty years after the War of the Lance, Maranta had already built base of power, and he hoped that the surviving draconians would gather under his leadership. Now, he also started to consider the possibility of becoming the saviour of the draconian species. In truth, he cared little for the draconians who served under him and never hesitated to order his troops to defend him while he remained safe in his fortress.
Kang's Discovery: During the Chaos War, another draconian leader, a Bozak engineer named Kang, discovered Dracart's hidden collection of female dragon eggs. After a conflict with the dwarves of Thorbardin, Kang secured the eggs and allowed them to hatch.
Twenty female draconians emerged from the eggs: one Aurak two Sivaks, three Bozaks, four Kapaks, and ten Baaz. With the knowledge that his race now would be able to reproduce naturally, Kang saw the need for a place where draconians could raise their young and that they could call their own. In the company of the females and the draconians who had been his companions since the War of the Lance, Kang set out to find such a home.
Kang against Maranta: Kang and his group eventually clashed with Maranta. Despite their desire to see the draconian species continue, Kang and Maranta were motivated by two very different ideals. Kang wanted to find a secure place where draconians could thrive, while Maranta was interested in ensuring his own continued power. Maranta saw Kang and the female draconians as a threat. He feared that Kang's talk of establishing a city of draconians would cause those who had been loyal to Maranta to shift allegiance to Kang.
During a goblin attack upon Teyr, Maranta put his plan to save the draconians into action and used the Heart of Dracart. Appalled by Maranta's actions, Kang battled the Aurak, defeated him, and destroyed the artifact.
Draconians and the Nation of Teyr: With the defeat of Maranta, Kang became the leader of Teyr, a free nation inhabited by draconians. Most of the inferior draconians Maranta created were killed in the battle against the goblins, but a few survived. Kang took pity upon them and brought them with him to the new city he established. Unfortunately, these draconians were sterile. Maranta's dream of continuing the species could actually have ensured the end of it, since so few fertile draconians lived in Teyr that it would have been nearly impossible to sustain the species.
What the future holds for Kang and the draconians of Teyr has yet to be revealed.
Biography of all Draconians
...coming soon
