The Blood-Oath Celebration commemorated the pact formed between the elves and dragons at the end of Du Fyrn Skulblaka, or "The Dragon War". This was a spell that took nine years to create. Queen Tarmunora and her spellcasters gathered at Ilirea, along with a white dragon, whose name could not be spoken in any language, chosen to represent the entire dragon race. Together, they melded the souls of elves and dragons, giving the elves immortality and dragon magic. In return, the dragons received language and civilization (although to what extent is unclear, seeing as the dragons had no known cities) and they vowed that there would never be another dragon war. Layered within these enchantments were the mechanisms needed to bind a dragon to its Rider.