Quelxiros

Quelxiros, also known as the Land of Dragons, is one of the longest standing empires on a single continent in the history of the realm. A continent ruled by a council of ancient dragons, Quelxiros is home to all forms of dragon-kin and their offshoots. Quelxiros is notorious for remaining out of all of the world's many conflicts, even though they could topple kingdoms and squash armies with ease, or bring countries to peaceful resolutions with silver-tongue diplomacy. In the most recent campaigns or events in history, however, they have sided with the Dark Pact, a collection of countries that oppose the Alliance. Quelxiros is as ancient as the Primordial Era, as the country was created by ancient primordial dragons that eventually turned into living gods. These living gods escaped the onslaught and bloodshed of the Divine War, and passed their power down to other worthy ancient dragons, who now rule Quelxiros as an empire.

Government

The government of Quelxiros is run by a group known as the Council of Wings. This council is lead by 9 true dragons; 7 adult dragons and 2 ancient dragons. Throughout Quelxiros' history, the council has been overtaken by chromatic dragons, but even when it was overtaken by evil true dragons, the empire remained, just ruled over by tyrannical dragons. However, many civil wars and close to near annihilation of the empire, the council was eventually won back by the good true dragons, who have maintained rulership since the end of the Divine War period.

In the capital city of Stormclaw, the Council of Wings lives above the rest of the city on a floating island. The City Below, an appropriate name, is overseen by Dragonborn and Dragon-kin leaders who answer directly to the Council of Wings. Most of the politics occur at the City Below, or Lower Stormclaw, where most of the citizens reside. The government of the Dynasty of Dragons is a council-based system, and each city has a council that oversees affairs within that city, but all answer to the Council of Wings. Each city is allowed to operate in their own way, as long as they remain within accordance of the laws of the empire and report all affairs to the Council of Wings. Cities are allowed to be independent and govern themselves, and report to the main council, or can be directly overseen by the main council. It is preferred that each city oversees itself, and reports to the main Council of Wings for support or affairs of any kind. The empire is a collection of independently ruled cities governed by other dragon councils that answer to the Emperor Dragons, another name for the Council of Wings.