Order of the Dragon - History and Origins

Order of the Dragon

Drákōn



Dragons are legendary creatures, typically for heroes and warrior stories. Dragons live in the myths of many cultures.

The two most familiar interpretations of dragons are European and Asian dragons, derived from various folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies. The English word "dragon" derives from Greek δράκων (drákōn), "dragon, serpent of huge size, water-snake", via Latin draco.

DRAKON (Δράκων): Greek name meaning "dragon." In Greek mythology, there are many dragons mentioned. For example, Drakon Ismenios was a gigantic serpent which guarded the sacred spring of Ismenos near Thebes; the Drakon Kholkikos was the guardian of the golden fleece; Drakon Maionios was a huge Dragon that ravaged the land of Lydia.

Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China. Many Chinese people often use the term "Descendants of the Dragon" (simplified Chinese: 龙的传人; traditional Chinese: 龍的傳人; pinyin: lóng de chuán rén) as a sign of ethnic identity.

Historically
Order of the Dragon



The Order of the Dragon (lat. Societas Draconistrarum, hun. Sárkány Lovagrend, ger. der Drachenorden, rom. Ordinul Dragonului, ser. Ред Змаја / Red Zmaja) was a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility, created in the late Middle Ages. Founded in 1408 by Sigismund (r. 1397-1437) Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433-1437), the Order primarily flourished in Germany and Italy.

Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire (after 1410)
Despot Stefan Lazarevic of Serbia
King Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples
King Vladislav Jagello of Poland
Grand Prince Vitovd of Lithuania
Duke Ernst of Austria
Christopher III, Duke of Bavaria and King of Denmark
Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk (after 1439)
Vlad Tsepesh, Duke of Wallachia (after 1431)

The Order of the Dragon adopted as its symbol in 1408 the image of a circular dragon with its tail coiled around its neck. On its back, from the base of its neck to its tail, was the red cross of St George on the background of a silver field.

Other emblems of the Order included a necklace and a seal, each with a variant form of the dragon motif.

In MMO's Dragon guilds are very old. Dragon warriors have spread the fame online in various games (example of an old Archlord game here - recruitment thread from 2006) http://www.allquests.com/question/2396577/Dragons-Knight-Order.html.

In PWI, ''Dragons'' faction is the oldest on Heavens Tear server. The oldest TW guild as wellold forums link. Today its a home for players that quit the game and vent for their final rest. We are continuing the life of a band of brothers and sisters once paused in Drakon.

Faction is open PvE PvP TW guild. Respect to others in PWI is most important. 10%~ of faction members will be lower levels to grow up strong and continue the guild life if some higher players quit. 10%~ is planned for PvE players alone, as some can not TW out of practical reasons but can help a great deal in any faction, spirit, effort, and fun wise. 80% is reserved for TW players, even alts of theirs that can TW strong.

Guild will issue items bank has to players that need, such as molds, shards, tt mats and nirvana crystals, oht gear and weps, all depending on stocks.

Leadership is not to be a feud, nor is it something of an ownership of the current leaders to be passed to friends that they please.

Guild is designed as a Knight Order, everyone is equal, players with positions are promoters, not classic officers.
Promoters from different timezones of Europe, Americas, Australia, Asia and Africa. We dont want to end up with 2 hours difference with all the players that have position to invite into faction or help out others.

We are open for other guilds to merge into the Order.