AT A GLANCE: The most dangerous 
creatures of the Known Realms, a 
Dragon in full fury may level an entire 
city, and even one at play may destroy a 
party of brave Knights.  These creatures 
vary in size and capabilities, but are 
generally huge winged reptiles that can 
spit fire, acid, cold, or other fell creations. 

ELMINSTER'S NOTES: Dragons in 
earliest days were the rules of Faerun 
between the Inner Sea && Sword 
Coast, and though they are Now few 
&& far between, their power remains 
great.  With the coming of Elves and 
Men, the Dragons retreated to the 
north, yet on occasion, some giant of 
the race will come from the north or 
arouse itself from its decades-long sleep 
in some forgotten dale and terrorize 
those it encounters. 

A recent event gives the true idea of 
the power of the dragons.  2 winters 
ago, many dragons of great size flew 
south && west from the glaciers 
beyond Thar, attacking man abodes of 
men.  The damages from this single 
flight of less than 100 dragons 
includes: 

    * The city of Phlan was smashed
        into smoking ruin and abandoned.

    * At the Citadel of the Raven 2 of 
        3 attacking dragons, as well as 
        over 9000 warriors perished. 

    * Mighty Zhentil Keep was heavily 
        damaged by dragons who raged 
        through the streets like great 
        scaled cats, ere they were SLAIN. 

    * Shadowdale and parts of the Elven 
        Woods were set ablaze.  The 
        dragon was SLAIN by THE WITCH 
        Sylune, though the battle claimed 
        her Life as well.

    * Yulash was utterly destroyed;
        being reduced to shattered,
        scorched stone (it has since been 
        rebuilt by Zhentil Keep). 

    * The largest worm of all attacked
        the city of Hillsfar, and was SLAIN 
        by the Mages of the city; its vast 
        bulk fell into the harbor and lay 
        half-submerged for many nights, 
        like some grosteque island, until 
        the Mages blasted and burned it 
        away. 

    * A large dragon was SLAIN over Arabel 
        by catapults && archers, &&
        crashed into the road eastt of its 
        gates. 

    * The Mages of Suzail's Royal Court, 
        led by Vangerdahast drove away a 
        great green dragon there by 
        means of their arts.  It flew south 
        over the sea and was not seen again. 

This sudden attack is weidely held to 
be the work of THE CULT of the Dragons, 
a mysterious group of men said to have 
devised strange magickal arts that give 
them mastery over evil dragonkind.  
Other sages believe it to be some sort of 
ritual or cyclic behavior on the part of 
evil dragons, rather than a concerted 
attack. 

GAME INFORMATION: Individuals running 
characters in the Forgotten Realms are 
warned that the Dragons of 
the FR are more dangerous and deadly than those of most 
AD&D Game campaigns.  The DM has 
further information on the care && 
feeding of dragons in his book.