[RPG] Why did the ancient Elven High Mages create the Dracorage Mythal

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The Dracorage Mythal:

Created during the Time of Dragons by High mages of the Fair Folk, this High Magic effect tied a Faerûn-wide mythal to the King-Killer Star.

The Dracorage mythal encompasses roughly a 250,000 square mile area where the King-Killer Star is visible over Faerûn and causes all dragon and dragon-blooded creatures to slowly become more agitated and reckless, eventually becoming little more than raging beasts. This effect lasts for ten days.

Why would the wise elven high mages do such a terrible thing as setting all dragons on a rampage?

Best Answer

Paraphrased from the Dragons of Faerun sourcebook:

Long before the Crown Wars, there was the Age of Dragons. Dragons ruled over all other races (their foodstock) with impunity. The elven high mages, working in secret in the northern glacier, weaved a giant mythal over all of Faerûn: The Dracorage Mythal.

This mythal would induce insanity and rage upon the dragons, causing them to attack and destroy anything in their path. This included their lairs, offspring, followers, anything.

Reduced to mere rampaging beasts, the dragons could no longer rule absolute over all other races; they had won a fighting edge over the dragons.

The dracorage mythal is linked to the appearance of the King-Killer Star. Depending on the position of the comet in the sky, the rage can be localized or global.

In 1373 DR, the link between mythal and comet was broken:

Hammer 1: Sammaster successfully ties his phylactery to the Dracorage mythal, separating the Rage of Dragons from the King-Killer Star and effectively causing all dragons to go mad. Sammaster is later destroyed (on Nightal 6), ending the Rage of Dragons.

The dracorage mythal still exists, but now the only way to trigger a rage is by using the extremely rare 4th level spell Aggravate Dracorage. This spell only exists in 3.5e though.

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