"Papa, what was there in the beginning?" Muldat, Father of the First Family looked at his son Angos, and was proud. The question just asked of him meant that Angos rite of passage had arrived. It was a question that every male dragon was born ready to ask when his brain achieved that level of maturity which separated his childhood from adulthood. Muldats only male had arrived at The Dawning. It was now time for The Revelation, the end of which would signify Muldats first born male was a true Dragon.

"In the beginning." began Muldat "there was man and what he called civilization. Man built cities, created scientific advancements which lengthened each individuals time on Earth. Found antibiotics to cure deadly diseases, then overused them. He created products that made his daily life easier, and damaged his environment. He overpopulated his land and destroyed trees and all things of nature to build dwellings for the masses. He advanced the medical field to include stem cell research and cloning, little realizing what path it would eventually take. He created transportation as an industry using fossil fuels until he depleted the Earths resources and created Global Warming. Only then did he begin to see the errors of his ways. At one time, the Earth had two caps of ice, which slowly and imperceptably began to melt. The cause of that was unclear, some thought it was caused by the damage to the ozone layer of earths atmosphere by gaseous propellants used in products man designed to make his life easier. The hole in the ozone layer allowed the gasses from the sun to warm the Earths atmosphere, and the ice caps melted more and more with each passing century. The land became hot and dry like a desert.

Man began to tunnel underground to escape the deadly heat He built whole cities with schools and hospitals underground. As each century passed, the Scientists and Doctors learned more and more and people began to live longer and longer. They no longer gave birth to their offspring, they cloned them, and only the best and brightest were allowed to procreate. Others existed for pleasure, but they were not allowed to procreate until it became necessary to replace them for one reason or another. Selective breeding I believe it was called. There was a mishap in a laboratory with a very deadly virus. A scientist was using it as a way to develop a new antibiotic which was designed to quickly kill the new strains of virus that had developed immunity to the antibiotics all ready in use. It decimated the population, for some reason affecting only those that were not allowed to procreate. The human popultion was reduced from millions to just a few hundred survivors. Some time after the Deading, as it was called, enough of the ice cap to the south had melted that it exposed the preserved bodies of the only two Dragons remaining on Earth.



The leading expert on genetics and cloning was a Dr. David Fenton. He believed that Dragons were needed to repopulate the Earth. It was through his knowledge and that of his fellow scientists that we now exist in the numbers we do. There were many mistakes, and many of us were imperfect and not allowed to survive. Some did not survive simply because they were experiments that were not right. Finally the scientists figured out if they breed each group for a purpose then the process is successful, and all survive. We are the First Family my son, it is our task to sow the seeds of fruits and vegetables and harvest the produce. Selbat is father of the Egg Family, it is their task to husband the flocks of geese and chicken which are the mainstays of the all our diets, both Dragon and Human. Darrabar is Father of the Hunt Family whose purpose is to protect and defend our entire community from the Darkwings. They are the mistakes in breeding that survived and got away.

The Humans live hundreds of years at stretch before they must clone. We live thousands upon thousands of years at a stretch, we breed through the laying of eggs. We are immune to all viruses, and only die prematurely in battle with the Darkwings. We are much superior to the Humans and they accept that. Only because the best and the brightest of Humans live on.. Only those that accepted that Mankind caused the destruction of their own environment remain. They live in peace with us, and voluntarily oversee our clutch of eggs. They are kept at a constant temperature and carefully checked by the family of David. They are not our servants, nor are we theirs.
We decide how many will be added to our population and we choose which eggs to deliver to the nursery. Each family is only allowed so many births a year. You are now grown, you have achieved adulthood and I will be sending a male egg to the nursery in the next few weeks. Each of us must contribute to the life of Mother Earth. We must not ever deplete her resources by overpopulation again. We Dragons are carnivores, the Humans are omnivores, there will be enough for all during my life time. Then you will be the First Father and you must see to it that there is enough for all during your lifetime.

You must learn what I have told you and impart it to your sons when they achieve their Dawning. The Revelation holds the key to long and prosperous lives for everyone. You must never misuse your position at the expense of any in the community. You must love all as if they were your brothers and sisters, yes, even the Darkwings are loved though they come to make war on us. The Mother of your Mother Sarcassa was a Darkwing. She was captured in a raid by the True First Father and was made to understand that she was an important part of the community. She bore him many fine sons and daughters who have spread around the world to form their own communities. You will meet many when the Thousand Year Convocation arrives in a few hundred years. We are the Keepers of The Earth and we will always be so. Thus ends the Revelation my son Angoss, now we must return home to your Mother, she will rejoice in the Dawning of her First Born Son."