New hills formed, great cracks formed and hills were destroyed. The air was thick with steam and the island quaked. With a great roar, the seabed in the north split and fire belched upwards, boiling the sea. The sea monsters whipped the water into foam as they desperately tried to escape, but it was too late.
There was a low sound from the north and the people saw the sea turn white. There were thousands of them, glimmering with all the colours of the rainbow. In a glittering mass, they took to the air.
One beautiful still morning, the dragons knew it was time. The dragons too sensed that there was a change, they could feel the land quiver and smelled it in the air. Their leaders scattered fortune-telling stones and the stones meaning fire, water, death and marriage fell together often, but they did not know what to make of it. The tribe of the west, the Torans sensed that a big change was coming. But none of them could see that deep below, blind, bloated monsters dug deep into the rock of the sea-bed. Fire, water, death and marriageįor ages the sea remained unchanged, the people prisoners within their land. No matter how often they tried to reach that island, none were ever seen again. To the north of the Land of Dragons was what the people believed was their own island's twin, and was named The Twin. The people divided into seven tribes, kept to their own territory, warring often over the land's scarce resources. The people were terrorised by the sea monsters that ruled the seas and the dragons that were the masters of the sky. The land was one of the larger islands surrounded by fearsome beasts that dwelled within the deep blue. When the world was young, Deltora was known as the Land of Dragons. However, his plans were thwarted by the unification under Adin. At his side is his royal consort and the current queen, Jasmine.īefore the seven tribes of Deltora were united, Malverlain, who had been banished from Deltora's neighbouring island, Dorne, attempted to conquer the island. The nation is currently ruled by King Lief from his palace in Del, Deltora's capital. The first letters in each of the seven tribes' talismans that were added to the Belt of Deltora, had named the country from the Land of the Dragons into Deltora. Spanning for at least a thousand years, the monarchy was established after the tribes united against the Shadowlands invasion, under Adin, a result of the Battle for Deltora and led by the nations first king Adin from the Del tribe. Deltora is ruled by a monarchy which operates under the rule of a king or queen. The land is also a place of magic in various forms, some of which are regarded as natural by Deltorans, others more mysterious. Deltora is home to a wide variety of people, fauna and flora and is divided into seven territories, each home to a gem, tribe and dragon species. Deltora's south, east and west are all bordered by beach shores, where in the south, is the Ocean of the South, in the east, is the Sea of Serpents, to the west, is the Silver Sea and beneath its surface is the secret sea, which is home to the Caverns. To its north it is bordered and separated by the Barrier Mountains, where beyond that is the Shadowlands, previously Pirra. Deltora, previously known as the Land of Dragons, was an island, now a conjoined country inhabited by dragons and seven tribes and is one of the largest islands in the world of Deltora.