Dragon Knights, before the Great War, had always been leaders and lords of their own land or area like Lord Lovis in Valley of Shrines (before Ba'al attacked with his demons and renamed it Broken Valley) and Lord Orobas in Orobas Fjords, they have however always been rare, as well never being more than a few Dragon Knights at a time.
As time passed, real Dragons started to be seen less and less and in the end disappeared completely, leading people to believe Dragon Knights were real Dragons. The most well known Dragon Knight was Maxos who was the first to be given the ability to transform humans blessed with the spirit of a Dragon into Dragon Knights. However, when humans started showing up, the Dragons preferred them over the other races and since then humans have been the only race gifted to be a Dragon Knight. Who the first was is unknown, but it is certain it was one of the elder Races like an Elf. Dragon Knights have existed as long as mortal races have walked Rivellon.
