 It was the Ak-Baba who hunted the dragons of Deltora near extinction until Doran the Dragonlover (known as Dragonfriend to the dragons) persuaded them to sleep until a king of Deltora wearing the Belt of Deltora came to rouse them.The Shadow Lord is in control of at least seven Ak-Baba which took the seven gems to the seven areas of Deltora.In The Sister of the South, the dragons face off the Ak-Baba.