~The world is Ioron, (think of a Lord of the Rings-ish world, but with many more major races and magick-users) the kingdom of Dralezmar. One of the twelve kingdoms under the high kingdom of Avaria. (Avaria is the most magickal part of the world, covering one-fourth of Ioron itself. (Ioron=Earth) Dralezmar deals with mostly wizards and mages, and is considered sort of the more warrior-class of all of the kingdoms, save for Tralthar, which is the equivalent of our Sparta. Dralezmar contains the Drazlorn Forest, one of the largest forests in Avaria and also one of the most magickal.~ (If you didn't understand any of this, don't worry, it's helpful but not necessary <3)
~Pre-story~
Karelym Drazkeryan is the crown princess of Dralezmar. She lives with her mother Nadiyr, a Fae woman. Her father died while she was young, and her mother in concern sent for X (this is your character, give him a name.) X is a distant cousin, distant enough that he isn't even considered royalty despite the faint traces of royal blood in him. Nadiyr chose him because X's mother had been a dear friend of hers. When Karelym was five, and X was seven, they finally met. At first, Karelym seemed to dislike X, who took offense and started to complain to his uncle, (who'd adopted the orphan). But Karelym ran forward and stole X's hat, running away and causing the other to chase after him. Karelym ran and nearly fell off a sharp drop off, a little ledge that went down on top of large boulders. X grabbed him at the last moment, a desire to protect Karelym rising in him even as hero-worship began in Karelym towards X. From then on, as Nadiyr had desired, the two were inseperable. They caused all sorts of mischief and trouble, occasionally saving each others life and doing works of both heroism and trouble-making. This went on for twelve years, until Karelym was seventeen, and X was nineteen.
A dragon had been plaguing Drazlorn Forest for quite some time, even venturing towards surrounding towns. The people were in a frenzy, and everytime they sent a warrior to slay the dragon..he never returned. The Champion of the Realm (basically the greatest knight in the kingdom) was sent and failed to come back. Nadiyr is not sure how to handle the situation, considering she has no desire to waste lives..and honestly, being Fae, she sympathizes with the dragon and knows that the rumors of the bloodthirsty dragon are probably not entirely accurate, which is the opinion of Karelym as well. A new Champion must be declared, and inevitably, the Champion would be called to face the dragon. X, an accomplished warrior for his age, asks Karelym for the position. She declines no matter how much the other begged, telling X finally that he was not ready for such a task, that it was a responsibility that X could not handle and she appoints another. (As future Queen, appointments are her job unless Nadiyr specifically says otherwise) She chooses a battle-experienced man named Grenwon.
X is furious and hurt, not seeing why Karelym would deny him the thing he so desired..to be Champion of the Realm..to have more equal footing with his dearest friend..to be more than just the Princess' Companion (his official title) when confronted, Karelym tells X it's for the best. And X in his rage, speaks harshly. He says that he will go after the dragon himself, and when he does, he will take the title of Champion for his own. Karelym begs him not to go, further 'not supporting' X , and telling him the dragon was not just some animal. X is scornful of the thought, calling the dragon a murderous beast who deserved to die. He says one last thing before leaving. "You disgust me, you don't want me to have the title..you want a shadow to hide behind..but no more, I am not your shadow, coward." Too angry to regret it yet, he made his way into the forest.
Karelym wished to send soldiers out, but many are defending the kingdom's southern border at present, and the soldiers around had to be kept by the palace. The life of one man apparently did not weigh against anything else, and Karelym was forbidden as crown princess to leave..so she stayed..
Meanwhile, X delved deep into the forest, coming up to a large mountain with a huge cave inside that stretched in the mountain for miles. The dragon's lair lay there, and he took a trail up the mountain and found the cave. Once inside, he sees a slumbering dragon and moving quickly, stabs the dragon through one of it's only two weak spots:it's heart. It gives a bloodcurdling yell, so human that X drops his sword in horrified surprise. The dragon speaks in a gurgling, blood-choked voice, one that held no hatred or anger, simply tiredness. "Human..you are a fool..I know why you have come, and I let you give me this wound..I am tired..I would like to rest now, but for this..you will pay a price. You will have more power than you ever thought possible, something you want, correct?" Dragons were natural seers, often having powers ranging from premonition to empathy, to simply knowing things. "You want to be strong..you will have this..but because of this, you will take my place."
X started to back away, not understanding as the dragon started to rise. "I am the Guardian of the Forest, and now you must take my place..enjoy your power, for whatever it is worth." The dragon brought its hand forward and stabbed a claw through X's chest, piercing his heart. In that instant there was a flash of light and the dragon was gone. X fell to the ground and rather than bleed, he began to change. In a matter of painful, agonizing moments..X the boy was no more..in his place was a dragon. In fright and pain, he leapt from the cave, his wings moving automatically to take him aloft. He flew long and hard, coming just past the forest and in the distance, with his superior vision, he could see the castle..the castle where Karelym was..but suddenly he was halted as though he'd run into a wall. Try as he might, he could not cross..he was trapped. X gave a terrible scream, but anyone listening would have only shivered at the 'terrible dragon' that they thought was loose. Angry, hurt, and afraid, he went back to the cave, bitterly realizing only then that Karelym had been right..and that Karelym had only been trying to protect X..and now, he'd never get a chance to apologize for his terrible words.
That night, as he lay alone in the cave and cried large, dragon tears..he became human. X was overjoyed and thought himself free, but two hours later, the dragon form took over once again..two hours each night and no more, he could be human..but X decided he'd rather be a dragon, then it wouldn't hurt so much to be reminded of what he'd lost..
~Five years later~
Karelym is twenty-two years old, a Queen in everything but name. The carefree girl of her youth is gone, replaced by a strong, commanding queen that had come to life in the absence of X. Hearing her friend declared dead had hurt her before hardening her..X's final words a constant, bitter reminder. But she is not unkind, and tries to do well for her kingdom..though the dragon problem was still major, and it was decided that Karelym would set out..by herself of course. No one knew of her plan, and she snuck away in the dead of night. She did not want to kill the dragon..but there is little choice. Her magick might suceed where men's swords had failed. She traveled long into the day and night, stopping to rest only once before continuing. The forest will not harm one of it's own, halfling or not, and she passes by safetly. Karelym traveled and it wasn't until the sun had just begun to set that he found the cave, traveling up the mountain to the entrance and what lay inside..
~Pre-story end~
This is where the story begins. Karelym will enter, and neither will recognize the other at first. It's been five years, so obviously Karelym looks a bit different, and X, obviously, is a dragon. X has been forced to kill men in his time as a dragon, a kill-or-be-killed kind of thing, along with the truly evil men that entered the forest to do it harm. Any pain the forest feels, X feels as well. He's become bitter, cold, and angry at his fate and his inescapable prison in the form of the monstrous dragon body and the forest. His only bittersweet moments, the only times he's even slightly happy, is thinking on happy memories of him and Karelym..and those are the nights he cries.
X should threaten to kill Karelym when he enters, yada yada. After he gets a good look at Karelym and listens to her speak, he should recognize the other. Whether he tells his identity right away or not is your choice. - After Karelym finds out about X, she'll eventually tell the other she's going home to get help. X will try to stop her, not wanting Karelym to leave and knowing that any 'help' would not share Karelym's kindness and would try to kill X. To stop her from leaving, he'll bind Karelym to himself by drawing blood from Karelym and licking it, and then placing his own blood in Karelym's mouth and speaking the word 'bind'. From then on, Karelym will be unable to go more than forty-feet from X at any given moment, if one dies-so will die the other, they can communicate via thought, (telepathically), and also draw on each other's magick.
X knows people might come looking for their prince..but he doesn't care, he's been so lonely..missed his friend so much..it was the only thing he could think to do, even if Karelym got angry..~
~The story will involve falling in love, getting X back to normal, defending the forest/kingdom, some dragon interaction. This isn't all that can or will happen, just some ideas~
Lastly-there is a meeting of dragons called Mazrath that takes place two or three times a year, and there is one coming up in a few days. X has to go, as all dragons must, and can only leave the cave since it's via portal and he'll be back once it's over. X will have to take Karelym with him, since he bound Karelym and the bond cannot be unbroken, at least, not by either of them.~
~Karelym is mine and X is yours except in flashbacks, otherwise feel free to do anything with any character or just stick to X~
Rules:
1. No cybering, this will have physical scenes but they needn't be graphic.
2. Please be as literate as possible, at least five sentences a post and nothing like "x superman dawes went to the movies and dawes said hey i like movies and superman laughed cause superman is awesome"
3. X is either a seke leaning towards seme or full seme, NO UKE. NOOOO! *hisses*
4. Have fun!
Profiles: Yours:
Name:
Age: 24
Race: (Can be any race, or a halfling)
Personality: (one-word traits, and must be a seke leaning towards seme or full seme. And it would be nice if he had a temper <3)
Biography: Previously Stated. (feel free to add anything)
Abilities: As a dragon: Can fly, breathe fire, cast spells, talk to animals, speak any language.
As himself: (You can decide if he's a wizard, mage, part elven, ect..)
Appearance: (You can include a picture of him in his true body, and one of him as a dragon)
Name: Coryn
Age: 24
Race: Half Elf Half human
Personality: stubborn, protective, hot-headed, impatient, proud
Biography: Previously Stated.
Abilities: As a dragon: Can fly, breathe fire, cast spells, talk to animals, speak any language.
As himself: Can control plants
Appearance: As himself-
As dragon-
Mine:
Name: Karelym Drazkeryan
Age: 22
Race: Part-elven, part-wizard
Personality: Fiery, stubborn, strong-willed, kind, warm-hearted, thoughtful, goofy, strong-willed, protective, intelligent, imaginative, occasionally wise.
Biography: Previously stated.
Abilities: Wizard-can use magicks, due to her Fae blood, she can also use forest-related powers.
Appearance:
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~Enjoy!~
