History of the Forgotten Realms

Sharlario Moonflower and his son Cornaith visit the dark elf city of Atornash in the south. Durothil takes a silver dragon mount and becomes the first draonrider. Durothil is later slain in battle with the red dragon Mahatnartorian, known to the green elves as Master of the Mountains. »

After an attack by a flight of red dragons on the center of the great elf forest of Keltormir, the dragon fire sparked a forest fire that raged out of control. This fire extinguished four entire clans of elves, eleven giant settlements, at least four green dragons, and thousands of square miles of woodlands (the area between two great rivers, modern Sulduskoon and Ith). The once-unified elves of Keltormir splintered into a number of separate clans. »

In retribution for Calishite adventurers plundering her hoard and slaying one of her brood, Ylveraasahlisar the Rose Dragon destroys Calimshan's army, the Caleph's Court, the Raor Bakkal, and two-thirds of Calimport before she settles onto the bakkal's throne and rules the heart of the empire. Much of Calimport Muzad (the subterranean portion of the city) comes into being as a result of the red dragon's attack, as her demands for the city's immediate reconstruction forces builders to simply smooth out the rubble and begin again on top of the old structures. »

Numerous settlements and many more elf patrols fall before a trio of nycoloths rampaging through the forest of Cormanthor. Rumors say jealous Netherese archwizards summoned and sent the yugoloths in to the Elven Wood merely to test what magics they had to array against Netheril. In truth, the archwizard Aldlas Sodhese sought the long-missing Nether Scrolls (the source of Netherese magic). He had tracked the artifacts to somewhere within the Elven Woods, and he summoned the greater nycoloths to wreak havoc and uncover his ancestor's greatest magic.

The nycoloths, while normally competitive and argumentative, worked well together in their roles as strategist (Aulmpiter), stealthy warrior (Malimshaer), and terrible berserker (Gaulguth). The trio destroyed many villages of elves, whole tribes of satyrs and centaurs and at least two green dragons under Cormanthyr's boughs.

Despite his not-inconsiderable power, Aldlas Sodhese was sorely outmatched against elven High Magic and bladesingers armed with magic enough to give the Khov'Anilessa pause. While elven casualties were still high over the daylong battle, they managed to nearly slay Gaulguth and Malimshaear and subdue Aulmpiter. Aldlas died when, in a spellbattle against the Grand Mage, an arcane hand reached to wring and twist his mantle around him, crushing him under the power of his own shattering magic.

Coronal Miirphys, the High Mages, and a number of priests then used the N'Quor'Khaor High Magic ritual to bind and imprison the three. The nycoloths' invisable undetectable subdimensional prison floated high above the city of elves, unnoticed by all. It could be permeated by all sorts of energy and matter, yet it held the nycoloths as if its walls were adamantine. The nycoloths kept all their items and weapons, since their prison rendered both them and their equipment powerless and unable even to return to their home planes. They floated more than a mile above the capital, where they looked down upon the growing splendor of the city they failed to destroy. The elves set the binding ritual so that the only key to freeing the three was when a "red dragon that never knew malice or greed in its heart flies over the Coronal's throne". »

A party of adventurers finally tracked the red dragon Embercoat back to its lair. Entering the dragon's lair, the party fought a valiant battle against the wyrm, but are killed after inflicting severe wounds upon the dragon. Only the party's paladin, Reliaz Justmarch, crawled back to a nearby trail to be found by a passing merchant.

The following spring, the recovered paladin faces Embercoat as it approaches for another raid of Frothwater. Seeing one of the creatures that had wounded it so terribly. Embercoat landed and fights the paladin in a vicious battle that claims both of their lives. The city, however, is saved. »

The dwarves of Alaoreum fight and win an epic battle with the red dragon Stormcrossing. The dwarves win, but the humans are alerted to their presence in the mountains of Turmish. »

The dragon Garnetallisar becomes known to the folk of Myth Drannor, as he takes to flying with the wizard Saeval astride his back. Despite much uproar, Garnet proves himself trustworthy and humble before the coronal and others. Saeval's enchantments give this unique dragon a lawful good nature. The coronal grants his trust by providing a means for the dragon and his master to live within the mythal, despite its normal defenses against chromatic dragons. »

Birth of the Red Dragon Hoondarrh, somewhere in the easter Sword Coast North. He was the first hatchling of his brood. Due to a quarrel between his parents, one of Hoondarrh's brood-mates was killed, and another injured. Hoodarrh salys and devours his brood-mates.

He soon grows bold enough to challenge his remaining parent, but is forced to flee for his life into the northernmost Sword Coast. »

Hoondarrh attacks a human expedition struggling in the Spine of the World and devours everyone, including the wizard Tharilim of Calimport, who was in possesion of the Ongild, which becomes lodged in his innards. Hoondarrh finds that he can activate it's magic.

With this new magical power, Hoondarrh goes to challenge his surviving parent and is victorious. »

Hammer 12 Garnet's Pyre (Weeping War: Campaign #2)
A.K.A.: Dive of the Dragons; The Peace Dragon's Rage; Flight of Anger/Flight of Death
The noble red dragon Garnet, upon discovering that he was one of the primary causes of the nycaloth's escape and subsequent conflict, rashly took to the air, and headed north into the approaching war. Given the speed at which Garnet fled Myth Drannor, no forces could be assembled quickly enough to allow them to back up the dragon's wrathful attack. Still, an ally took flight after him, an elder silver dragon named Sylvallitham who had, in the past, acted as Garnet's mentor in draconic lessons such as flight, use of breath weapons, and innate abilities. The elder dragon attempted to talk his star pupil out of this rash action, to no avail. Without a thought toward his own personal safety, Garnet furiously dove into the heart of the main Army of Darkness, with Sylvallitharm reluctantly aiding his attack and joining the imprudent strike.

Flying directly out of the highsun to strike with total surprise, the two dragons took an awesome toll on the Army, Garnet breathing his arcing bolts of electrical fire and Sylvall his other magical attacks. The dragons managed to split the main Army group into two and slow the whole's advances. They also broke the army's supply lines and trapped whole regiments amidst surrounding forest fires, which created large breaks within the ranks as well and served to minimize troop coordination and communication on the ground. Despite these victories, the dragons were unable to focus attacks on the nycaloths due to various magic and heavy protective missile fire.

Had these two dragons coordinated this assault with large ground forces of elf troops, the war might have ended here, just north of the village of Oloriil. Their rashness kept many from moving swiftly to back up their angry flight, but there are inconclusive reports of small bands of scouts, adventurers, or isolated mages whose towers lay nearby that took advantage of the dragons' surprise attack. In addition to the four regiments destroyed by the dragons, these isolated and uncoordinated ground attacks by adventurers and others claimed another seven parties and two squadrons of orcs, gnolls, and hobgoblins.

Elf scouts watching the battle reported that it was victorious due merely to the passions and anger of two good dragons. However, just as they had scattered enough ground troops to finally close on the nycaloth leaders of the Army, six tightly-focused beams of light struck and engulfed the two dragons in their dive formation. Both Garnet and Sylvall disappeared without a trace, nor were they heard from throughout the rest of the Weeping War. »

The female Gold Dragon Valamaradace comes upon the dying Mairogra, a female Red Dragon who'd ruled a domain centered roughly on Everlund. Mairogra was laid low by a concentrated attack of adventurers. Valamaradace eases her passing by casting a spell that lessened the dying wyrms pain. Mairogra confers upon Valamaradace the title of 'the Dragon Queen', the title that Mairogra had used.

Valamaradace comes into possession of the Crown of the Mountain from Mairogra. »