Death Mountain Empire

The Death Mountain Empire was the ruling power of the Death Mountain Range from the Ancient Age to the Rise of Ganon, composed of the Volvagians and their subservient Lizalfos and Goron slaves.

Ancient Age
The Volvagians were among the last surviving Dragons on Hyrule, a race of reptilian beings that lived within and breathed fire.

In 5000 BG, the Volvagians were one of four races warring for control of the Death Mountain Range, with the Gorons, Lizalfos, and Dodongos. When Maphaeus named Dakkon her successor, he promptly used his new Sage powers to win over the Lizalfos as servants, kill the Goron King and enslave his people, and dominate the Dondongos as subservient beasts of burden. Dakkon then declared himself Emperor of Death Mountain, and would rule the Range unchallenged for over 5000 years. The Lizalfos, Dinalfos, and their kin would enjoy a relatively privileged position as the dragons' enforcers and soldiers, lording over their Goron slaves and on occasion interbreeding with the Volvagians.

Rise of Ganon
Ganon attacks the Empire in late 1 BG in search of the Triforce and eventually confronts Dakkon in his salutary in the Fire Temple. At first enraged that the tiny Moblin has been killing its servants and invading its kingdom, Dakkon is forced to compromise when Ganon reveals that he has had his men rig then entire Temple with explosives and asks Dakkon why the prideful creature tolerates being a lackey to the First Sages and Hylians- an impressed Dakkon decides to side with the Blins. Despite the Empire's newfound allegiances, their Goron slaves rise up, and their leader Darunia is fatally bitten by Dakkon and forced to retreat to the rebel capital of Gor Goronon. There he is approached by Princess Nylin Zelda I of Hyrule, whom promises to help free the Goron people and make Darunia the new Sage of Fire upon his Death. The combined Goron and Hylian forces attack Death Mountain Crater, defeating the Blin and Volvagian forces and killing Ganon. The surviving Volvagians are forced to flee west into the Gerudo Desert or join their former Lizalfos servants in exile in Faron Woods.