The Time of Dragons was a period in Faerûn's history that coincided with the Dawn Age, between -30000 DR to -24000 DR. The Time of Dragons began in -30000 DR when the dragons of Faerûn launched devastating attacks against the dominant Aearee Empires throughout the land, air, and underground, creating the first Flight of Dragons, destroying those nations completely. They also battled against giants over territory, forcing giantkind to yield their lands and flee to the north. Individual dragons and dragon clans came to rule large swaths of territory and battled with their rivals not only for dominion of those lands, but also over matters of religious nature as the dragons of this age were devout followers of the Draconic pantheon. This period of devastating warfare among the dragons of Toril