They knew Takhisis's nature, her tricks. They should have known better.

During the war, they killed us. That's to be expected, being on opposite sides. But that wasn't the only reason they did it; they thought it a mercy, that we were perversions and better off dead. Some of them even tried to change us back to dragons, and failed. I can still see the looks of revulsion, of pity, in their eyes when they killed us during battle. They didn't stop after the war ended, either, continuing to hunt us down.

[His wings rustle and his scales click at the memories.]