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The '''Order of the Dragon''' was a [[Christianity|Christian]] society started by [[Vlad the Great]], and of which [[Vlad III]] was a member. Its name was a reference to Vlad the Great himself, who was personally known as "the Dragon". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'')
The '''Order of the Dragon''' was a secret organization founded in the [[15th century]] to repel the [[Ottoman Turk]] invasion of [[Europe]] and deal with the threat of pre-human cultures like the [[Mal'akh]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
By one account, it was created by the [[Vlad the Great]], who was personally known as "the Dragon"; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') by another account, its founder was [[Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Sigismund]] of [[Hungary]].
The brief description given in ''Son of the Dragon'' is historically true, but misleading because of how much it doesn't reveal. In the real world, the order wasn't a [[Wallachia]]n invention, but a wider, pan-European group of nobles who arrayed themselves against the Turks. In the [[DWU]], though — or at least as portrayed in ''Son of the Dragon'' — it comes across as something that Vlad the Great dreamt up.
 
The Order had ties to the [[Society of St George]]. The emblem of the Order was a [[dragon]] suspended from a [[crucifix]], reminiscent of the St George legend. Amongst the artefacts they collected was a [[Head of the Presidency|severed head]] which was said to have come from [[Africa]] "before the Fall". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
 
[[Vlad III]] was a member. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') After the [[Ottoman Purges]] ceased with Vlad's death around [[1447]], the Order faded into obscurity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')


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