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Once upon a time, there was a lonely knight. I mean the kind they wields a sword, not the one you look up and see the Moon. Pay attention! Save the questions for later. Where was I? Right … knight. Anyways he was lonely and wanted a lady to marry. Now he wasn’t just any knight, but a mighty knight. Mighty? Yeah, I guess that would have made things clearer the first time.
Now this knight was - mighty knight - was also a prince, the second son of a great King. The kingdom had long been a bitter enemy of a rival kingdom … What? Kandor. I aid hold the questions. The Knight was a prince of Kandor. Kandor’s bitter enemy was Grymm. No, not forbidding or uninviting. Grymm … like the Fairy Tale. The Lord of Grymm -- What? No, not the Grim Reaper. Totally different kind of grim. Crap, where was I? Oh! Right there was a Grymm Lady - and before you ask, not that kind of grim either. She was the third daughter of Lord Grymm.
Now to end a long era of bitter hatred a marriage was arranged. But the Princess wanted nothing to do with a hated scum like a knight of Kandor - handsome or not. Neither did she care to have her fate ordained by her father. So she hatched a plan to avoid the union. You see the Lady was also an alchemist. She decided to use her knowledge to stage her abduction - by a Dragon. She used her arcane lore to restore life to a fossilized talon of a dragon. She slew a cow for its blood, ripped her dress, with the talon … and fled into the mountains. She was very, very clever about misleading any search party. One of her best tricks was to use a kite to carry blood away and downwind in a waterskin. Then she waded upstream to where she had a cave filled with supplies for a week - and of course different clothes - commoner clothing.
Now the Dragon had no idea he was being used for a scapegoat. The very notion that a great dragon such as himself would ravage a … human … was ludicrous. The notion of eating a sapient creature might have appealed to his ancestors, but he liked to think they his great race had come a ways since those days. Well they had come a long ways - even helped the two legged race known as Man achieve a measure of knowledge and civilization - before they turned on the dragons and began to hunt them. Oh how far his kind had fallen. But their fall had begun with their own greed. And perhaps they did slay a few humans in their rage when their hordes were sought by human lords looking for the funds to build armies. Where once the dragon was friend to Men, they became natural enemies.
Finally we have the Other Woman, or the Lady of the Lake. She is the friend to the Dragon, his protector and champion. Okay … let’s be real about this. To her the Dragon is like a father. He raised her for as long as she can remember. (She even calls him Father at times.) She spent many a stormy night sleeping in the safety of his coils. Dragons are NOT slimy evil creatures of some dark hell. They are filled with wonder and awe. Perhaps it is her long life with the dragon that has imbued her with draconic powers.
Learning that humans seek to harm the Dragon certainly did not land them on her good side. But she can understand how they would be angered by a dragon harming one of their people - except that he didn’t. So it is her duty to protect the dragon - but also protect the Knight. For an angry dragon is a very, very dangerous thing. There is a reason that the tales of slaying dragons are legends. If anyone is to blame for this whole mess, it is the Grymm Lady who has framed the Dragon.
Lastly, there is Stygea? Did I forget them? Many have. They are the lands to the south. Urulchai, Uruk, Drow, and others. They worship the darker powers. They raise demons. And they are coming. When they get here it will take the combined might of both kingdoms to stand a chance against the hordes.
Please note: I intend to roleplay the dragon.
The link to the RP is at the top.
Note that Advanced and Casual are both tagged. I prefer Advanced, but I do expect more posts than usual to be casual in a group RP like this. They can't all be long posts.
Once upon a time, there was a lonely knight. I mean the kind they wields a sword, not the one you look up and see the Moon. Pay attention! Save the questions for later. Where was I? Right … knight. Anyways he was lonely and wanted a lady to marry. Now he wasn’t just any knight, but a mighty knight. Mighty? Yeah, I guess that would have made things clearer the first time.
Now this knight was - mighty knight - was also a prince, the second son of a great King. The kingdom had long been a bitter enemy of a rival kingdom … What? Kandor. I aid hold the questions. The Knight was a prince of Kandor. Kandor’s bitter enemy was Grymm. No, not forbidding or uninviting. Grymm … like the Fairy Tale. The Lord of Grymm -- What? No, not the Grim Reaper. Totally different kind of grim. Crap, where was I? Oh! Right there was a Grymm Lady - and before you ask, not that kind of grim either. She was the third daughter of Lord Grymm.
Now to end a long era of bitter hatred a marriage was arranged. But the Princess wanted nothing to do with a hated scum like a knight of Kandor - handsome or not. Neither did she care to have her fate ordained by her father. So she hatched a plan to avoid the union. You see the Lady was also an alchemist. She decided to use her knowledge to stage her abduction - by a Dragon. She used her arcane lore to restore life to a fossilized talon of a dragon. She slew a cow for its blood, ripped her dress, with the talon … and fled into the mountains. She was very, very clever about misleading any search party. One of her best tricks was to use a kite to carry blood away and downwind in a waterskin. Then she waded upstream to where she had a cave filled with supplies for a week - and of course different clothes - commoner clothing.
Now the Dragon had no idea he was being used for a scapegoat. The very notion that a great dragon such as himself would ravage a … human … was ludicrous. The notion of eating a sapient creature might have appealed to his ancestors, but he liked to think they his great race had come a ways since those days. Well they had come a long ways - even helped the two legged race known as Man achieve a measure of knowledge and civilization - before they turned on the dragons and began to hunt them. Oh how far his kind had fallen. But their fall had begun with their own greed. And perhaps they did slay a few humans in their rage when their hordes were sought by human lords looking for the funds to build armies. Where once the dragon was friend to Men, they became natural enemies.
Finally we have the Other Woman, or the Lady of the Lake. She is the friend to the Dragon, his protector and champion. Okay … let’s be real about this. To her the Dragon is like a father. He raised her for as long as she can remember. (She even calls him Father at times.) She spent many a stormy night sleeping in the safety of his coils. Dragons are NOT slimy evil creatures of some dark hell. They are filled with wonder and awe. Perhaps it is her long life with the dragon that has imbued her with draconic powers.
Learning that humans seek to harm the Dragon certainly did not land them on her good side. But she can understand how they would be angered by a dragon harming one of their people - except that he didn’t. So it is her duty to protect the dragon - but also protect the Knight. For an angry dragon is a very, very dangerous thing. There is a reason that the tales of slaying dragons are legends. If anyone is to blame for this whole mess, it is the Grymm Lady who has framed the Dragon.
Lastly, there is Stygea? Did I forget them? Many have. They are the lands to the south. Urulchai, Uruk, Drow, and others. They worship the darker powers. They raise demons. And they are coming. When they get here it will take the combined might of both kingdoms to stand a chance against the hordes.
Please note: I intend to roleplay the dragon.
The link to the RP is at the top.
Note that Advanced and Casual are both tagged. I prefer Advanced, but I do expect more posts than usual to be casual in a group RP like this. They can't all be long posts.