The Old Dragon
Reyes
A old shapeshifting man who was guarding the entrance to the city.
He was part of the original group of people who were left in the dungeon and he got tasked with protecting the entrance to the dungeon in case anything made it through.
But after many years of being stuck into his dragon form, he has lots control and his memories started fading away.
Bismuth brought his memory back by accident, when they both ran into the graveyard.
His name is lost in time.
He was the guardian of the entrance to the city, one of the original 10 that survived the dungeon. Sadly his task meant that he would be out of the city for most of the day,and from time to time someone from the village would bring him food and keep him company for a few hours. He could not leave his position, he didn't want to. If something was to happen , if something went through there, it was gonna be all his fault and that needed to be avoided at all costs.
With time he decided to keep himself shapeshifted into the dragon form for long periods of time, days even, so that no one could catch him off guard at any time. But that came with a cost.
The human form, with all his emotions and thoughts was on hold, in a stasis like state whenever the dragon would be out, he didnt need to eat, sleep and he didn't age. But he was still in control because they were the same person. But by being into the dragon form for a long period of time meant that his connection between the two forms started to weaken and his control on it started to fade away, until he was no longer able to control it at all.
This meant that his human form was locked inside, frozen in time. He could see , hear and feel what the dragon felt but could not communicate or control it anymore.
With time his memories started to fade as well.
The days were passing fast, not much was happening. As usual once every day someone would bring him food and water, sit with him for an hour or two and chat. But they started to notice his habit of keeping his dragon form for too long and he started to become a bit more irritated and less friendly than usual.
One day, during the usual visit, the found him , as usual, in the dragon form. But this time he was not responding to anything they would say and would behave very aggressively towards anyone that would get in close, going as far as attacking the sage once.
The sage was called after a few visits where he would attack those who usually would bring him food and company. The sage of course had no problem defending himself but once he came back to the city a reunion was called to discuss what to do with him, since he was starting to become a problem for the city.
They talked for a few hours and they came up with a solution:
The sage would find the dragon and put a seal on him, the seal would make it impossible to enter the city, blocking effectively the dragon outside the city to avoid that, one day, he would get in and create chaos, or worse, kill someone. Since he didn't need to eat or drink no one needed to risk their life to bring him food.
It was a hard decision but it was the only way as any attempts to reach his human form within him was useless.
And so a seal was put on the dragon , the entrance was marked with magic runes and the barrier was created, effectively cutting the dragon off the society forever, and that is the reason why no one knows of his existence nowadays, the only traces of his existence are in the old books of the library, in the city.
He was part of the original group of people who were left in the dungeon and he got tasked with protecting the entrance to the dungeon in case anything made it through.
But after many years of being stuck into his dragon form, he has lots control and his memories started fading away.
Bismuth brought his memory back by accident, when they both ran into the graveyard.
Lost to the ages
His name is lost in time.
He was the guardian of the entrance to the city, one of the original 10 that survived the dungeon. Sadly his task meant that he would be out of the city for most of the day,and from time to time someone from the village would bring him food and keep him company for a few hours. He could not leave his position, he didn't want to. If something was to happen , if something went through there, it was gonna be all his fault and that needed to be avoided at all costs.
With time he decided to keep himself shapeshifted into the dragon form for long periods of time, days even, so that no one could catch him off guard at any time. But that came with a cost.
The human form, with all his emotions and thoughts was on hold, in a stasis like state whenever the dragon would be out, he didnt need to eat, sleep and he didn't age. But he was still in control because they were the same person. But by being into the dragon form for a long period of time meant that his connection between the two forms started to weaken and his control on it started to fade away, until he was no longer able to control it at all.
This meant that his human form was locked inside, frozen in time. He could see , hear and feel what the dragon felt but could not communicate or control it anymore.
With time his memories started to fade as well.
The forgotten dragon
The days were passing fast, not much was happening. As usual once every day someone would bring him food and water, sit with him for an hour or two and chat. But they started to notice his habit of keeping his dragon form for too long and he started to become a bit more irritated and less friendly than usual.
One day, during the usual visit, the found him , as usual, in the dragon form. But this time he was not responding to anything they would say and would behave very aggressively towards anyone that would get in close, going as far as attacking the sage once.
The sage was called after a few visits where he would attack those who usually would bring him food and company. The sage of course had no problem defending himself but once he came back to the city a reunion was called to discuss what to do with him, since he was starting to become a problem for the city.
They talked for a few hours and they came up with a solution:
The sage would find the dragon and put a seal on him, the seal would make it impossible to enter the city, blocking effectively the dragon outside the city to avoid that, one day, he would get in and create chaos, or worse, kill someone. Since he didn't need to eat or drink no one needed to risk their life to bring him food.
It was a hard decision but it was the only way as any attempts to reach his human form within him was useless.
And so a seal was put on the dragon , the entrance was marked with magic runes and the barrier was created, effectively cutting the dragon off the society forever, and that is the reason why no one knows of his existence nowadays, the only traces of his existence are in the old books of the library, in the city.
I saw nothing but rage in his eyes, he was so committed to protecting the door that its the only thing keeping him a dragon, and his ultimate goal. Nothing can and nothing will go through him. That is no man anymore, nothing you can reason with. Friend or foe does not matter, he will attack you, and i cannot risk the lives of everyone in the city but its not right to get rid of him either. He is still my friend, somewhere inside there he is still alive , and will be until the dragon is. Maybe one day we will meet again.Ravenclaw, The Sage
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