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｢ D E F E N D E R S ｣

｢ d r a g o n  d i v e ｣ the night is dark, calm as still water . two minutes before midnight, a  d r a g o n  blazes across the sky in a rain of  s t a r f i r e . the royal guards move to defend the king ;  they do not know it , but the  e n d  has begun .

｢ r o y a l  g u a r d ｣ p i t o u :  the firstborn of the king's three royal guards , and playful like a cat toying with its prey . loyal , and cruel .  y o u p i :  the least humanoid of the king’s royal guards . he serves as a shield who protects the king with his life .  p o u f :  believing himself to be the most rational of the royal guards , his intense devotion to the king often clouds his judgment .

｢ k i n g ｣ you were born as  k i n g ,  and you were born to  r u l e - you know that . and you know about humans, you think : your followers have met a great many of them . and aren’t they all the same ? nothing but  g r e e d , and  f e a r . you think. 

｢ s o l d i e r s ｣ h u m a n i t y  winks in their blood . . . for someone like me, with no  m e m o r y  of my previous life , t hose like you who do remember seem a little  d i f f e r e n t .  maybe it's the  l i g h t  in your eyes . . . i can just tell . i know which ones  r e m e m b e r . . .  { don't die, until you die . } *

｢ l i g h t   t h a t   i l l u m i n a t e s   a l l ｣ k i n g . . . would you like to know your  n a m e ?  . . . don't underestimate the human race,  m e r u e m .