The War of a Thousand Dragons

The War of a Thousand Dragons was an Aversarian civil war between the The Aversarinas Aagiokratians lead by Aexionarax and the Aersodaxians led by Aautokratir Dhacixen. The seeds of the conflict was laid by Aautokratir Dhacixen, who wished to stop the spread of the Aagiokratia, which he found cruel and twisted in comparison to the "old ways". Meanwhile, Aexionarax and his Aagiokratian followers used this as a justification to rebel against Dhaxicen and attempt to seize power over the Aversarian state.

At the start of the War of a Thousand Dragons, there were over 800 recorded Aversarian Dragon Riders, including Aautokratir Dhaxicen himself, whose mount was Anatar'ianax, Lord of Aversaria's dragons. Due to the number of Dragon Riders and Magi involved in the conflict, the War of a Thousand Dragons brought an unprecedented amount of destruction to Aversaria. According to ancient legends, the war so horrified Dhaxicen that he went out to meet and negotiate a peace with Aexionarax. Rather than parley, however, Aexionarax sprung a trap, capturing Dhaxicen, Anatar'ianax and their guard. Dhacixen, his dragon and their guards were then tortured in front of Oraispol until the city dropped its gates, at which point Aexionarax killed his hostages, burned Oraispol to the ground and proclaimed himself Aautokratir.

After the War of a Thousand Dragons, the Aagiokratia was recognized as the official state religion of Aversaria. Due to the Dragons' resistance to Aagiokratian belief, Aexionarax viewed them as a threat. Thus, he eventually had them genocided under the pretext that the they were stealing magic from Aversarians and had helped Dhacixen attempt to destroy the memory of the Purest. These justifications later became part of accepted Aversarian history, as seen in the book "The Dragon Tale".