A mysterious force—never formally identified—surrounded Drachenburg for three days, making no demands and launching no attacks. The city remained sealed, its people waiting in disciplined silence. On the fourth morning, the besiegers vanished. No banners, no bodies, no trace. To this day, the Silent Siege is commemorated with a citywide fast and the tolling of bells at dawn. Scholars suggest that this harkens back to the city's foundations, or an event that transitioned Drachenburg from a fortress of survival, to a city way of life.
A coalition of lowland warlords, emboldened by a rare alliance, attempted to breach Drachenburg’s defenses during a bitter winter. They brought siege engines, tunneling crews, and even skyhooks to scale the cliffs. The city responded not with counterattack, but with silence—closing its gates and retreating into the mountain. After six weeks of attrition, the invaders succumbed to frostbite, infighting, and starvation. The siege ended without a single Drachenburg casualty.
In the wake of an early imperial Hesan succession crisis, rival claimants to the imperial throne met in Drachenburg’s Hall of Dragons. The negotiations lasted 93 days, punctuated by duels, walkouts, and one dramatic poisoning attempt. Ultimately, the Ember Accord was signed, establishing a truce that seemed to hold Hesan's internal tensions between north and south until this day. Drachenburg’s reputation as a neutral ground was sealed in legend.