[Sable.]

characters for a story I'm writing.

It's about a small group of the 'hero' characters.
The evil character {unknown yet} plans to destroy the last of the dragons so he can take control of the country of Serilia.

The characters are Rigonder, which mean 'Friend of Dragon' in the Spoken Language. {like a dragon rider i guess}

They must find the 8 shards of the Star Fire piece before the evil guy does.

The shards of the Star Fire piece each has the spirit of the six dragons which created the land.
The dragons of earth, fire, water, air, life, death, time and space dragons. If all the shard where pieced together could recieve ultimate power to control the land.

the dragons are the protectors of the land, without them there would be nothing to save them

If this sounds like your story, it is a coincidence. Let me know and I'll rework the plot.