"History must be written of, by, and for the survivors."

-Anonymous

The Dragon Riders are highly trained warriors who are entrusted with the important task of maintaining peace throughout the world. They are not alone, for they have the assistance of their dragons. Riders and dragons are bonded during the dragon's birth, their souls entwined to form a single heart, almost a single being.

The riders have noble hearts and are "marked by destiny" when their hands caress a dragon's egg. With a single touch from the right rider on the dragon's egg, the mysterious process of soul bonding will start and the dragon will be awaken. Thus hatching from a dragon's egg and becoming a loyal friend to the rider. The Rider's mark will be imprinted in the chest of the rider, in close proximity to the heart, to seal the bonding.
If the rider shall perish, the same fate awaits the dragon. However, if the dragon dies, the rider is able to survive but the mark stays, burning the skin of the riders for their loss.

A Council was formed to insure the cycle of the riders and dragons. Their purpose was to find new riders for the dragon eggs that descended to them. Every five years, new dragons were born and riders were marked. This was an honourable path to seek for the illuminated riders, until a fee was assigned to it.

The King Servein of Reinsdrath fell ill after his son and dragon rider, Prince Raigoth, went missing along with his dragon. He stayed abed most of the time, and without the proper guidance and authority, his kingdom was in decadence. He assigned his adviser, Razok, to manage his kingdom while he was recovering from his loss.

Razok, being a warlock and rider himself,  found a great profit on the celebrated ritual, "Rider's mark". Therefore he declared a new law, anyone who wanted to try their luck and find out if they were riders had to pay 50 gold coins. This created outrage throughout the rider and non-rider community, but the Council was obliged to abide the new law, as well as everyone else.

From then on, riders were much more likely to come from a higher economical class family than lower ones. The amount of new riders diminished considerably, and a new wave of darkness was at bay, ready to engulf the Kingdom... and the world.

"Not everyone can become a rider, but a rider can come from anywhere. Only a noble heart is required."

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DISCLAIMER: We are NOT intending to plagiarize Christopher Paolini and his wonderful work: The Inheritance Cycle. We are only using his great concept of Dragon Riders (:
Events, places, people are all fiction.

Characters

Lyred Drillast
Age: 17
Appearance: dark brown hair that reaches to his eyebrows, tall and lithe body complexion. Dark amazon green eyes.
Personality: a dreamer and adventurer, he dislikes injustices and corruption. Very loyal, defensive, and protective. completely trusts in his instincts even though he is very logical.
--Dragon: Rahell
Appearance: Dark red scales, sharp white teeth, his talon and spikes on his neck and tail are white, has slightly curved horns on the sides of his head, two smaller horns on the side of his chin. Very skillful at flying and suited to the sky.
Personality: deep bond with Tallen, both of them are curious and adventurous. Friendly and supportive.
Author: Lunexian

Lilyth Astraen
Age: 17
Appearance: Long midnight hair to her hips, a fierce, cat-like expression, with narrow, piercing indigo eyes, sharp highboned cheeks, sly, thin lips and a matching slender, long-limbed body form, enhanced by the magic of the Dragon in which she is bond to.
Personality: Fierce, independent, clever, yet warm and intelligent; on occasions incredibly silent and uncertain, and others terribly outspoken.
--Dragon: Ildri
Apperance: Deep, glittering violet, being moderately large but not huge and not small either. Eyes and form very similar to her Rider's, sly and feline.
Personality: Youthful and fiery, short-tempered, "sharp-tongued", with vivacious attitude that Lilyth can only rein in at times. She sometimes only get herself and her Rider into trouble, even with the best intentions.
Author: ZillaGirl

Corrina Starlight
Age:18
Appearance: Waist-length silvery blonde hair, grey slanting eyes, full lips. Petite, with a slender figure. Feminine, and slightly muscular.
Personality: Quiet and thoughtful, only says things when they need to be said. Kind, loving, clever although protective and fiercely loyal. Loves flying.
--Dragon's: Ketu
Appearance: Electric blue, 10ft. foot to shoulder, 26ft. tail to nose, 5ft. shoulder to shoulder, 11ft wings. Long neck. Head spines, glittering white fangs and claws.
Personality: Much like Corrina, quiet and thoughtful, very clever. Has an awful temper when provoked.
Author: Stargazer

Manona Whiterbey
Appearance: Long straight dark brown hair, halfway down her back; brown-grey large round eyes; has a fringe that covers the tops of her eyes slightly; round face, with a broad nose, and average sized and shaped lips (but a pointed cupid's bow) ; slightly tanned skin from working on a farm all her life; rather short in height, but has strong arms.
Personality: A bit uncertain about who she is, can be wild and gets bored easily because she is excitable, adventurous, and not timid. Wants to be somebody, but is slightly held back by her father, who is a strict magician and does not approve of dragon riders. Manona has no magic herself though. Her mother died when she was very little and she has no siblings.
~~~Dragon: Tinu
Appearance: Emerald scales, amber eyes. Long sharp ivory claws, sharp but small, still-growing fangs, a few small ivory spikes down his back.
Personality: Patient, but can be protective and stern when necessary; slightly shy; young.
Author: SumnerzAngel

updated Feb 1 '11 by LuneXian