Editing Setting:Tabula Gloria/Drakonid Highlands/The Drakonids (section)

=The First Incursion=
It is said that just as the Imperial Army was about to secure the area, the light was blotted forth from the land. Once the Army looked to the skies to see what was going on, it was too late. The tribesmen had emerged from the distant mountains, gliding above them. Once the soldiers got a good look at their snarling lizard-like faces and their glowing hands of fire, it was too late. All was chaos as bodies fell and others scattered in all directions, allowing the airborne beasts to pick the soldiers off one by one. The tribesmen had indeed prepared for this situation, for they had made a pact with a great dragon dwelling within one of the searing caves of the Highlands, rescinding the last of their humanity and civility in order to achieve greater power under the dragon's employ. In that one fell swoop, the Drakonids managed to drive the Army all the way back to their side of Lake Goldenstar.

But the Empire also prepared for a situation, though not quite like this. They had stationed two groups of Battlemages, one on the west bank of '''Nechbaer's Tears''' and another on the west bank of the lake. Though they were told to expect a tribal offensive, there was nothing in the description about them being able to fly, much less breathe fire. But the Empire's mages are nothing if not able to adapt themselves to differing situations. They managed to alter their strategy on the fly, switching it from a ground assault to an aerial one. Though there were many Battlemages who died that day, they were able to drive them back away from their posts. By the next day, another wave of Imperial soldiers marched upon Minnamack, this time with the remaining Battlemages in tow. The Drakonids never knew what hit them, having to retreat back to the distant peaks in order to regroup. Soon after, Minnamack was made into an Imperial fort, and the village of Nechbaer was founded on the spot where its regiment of Battlemages were stationed.