#imrie

SUMMARY

The kingdom of Eswya began in the plains. It began with a knight, leading a group of people from a war-torn land. Each of them was lured by the promise of somewhere they could start over. It is said that the knight was guided there by a dragon, and that ever after, the city regarded the great lizards as their patrons.

For a long time, the people knew peace. They expanded into the nearby desert, growing cities all the way to the Dragonfire plateau. And all the while, descendants of the knight held the throne. Such prosperity, however, could not last.

In the southern kingdoms, there was born a king who desired an empire to his name. He marched his armies north and laid siege to Eswya. The war was almost laughably short. The king took Eswya’s throne and slaughtered most of the royal family. Save for one.

Shortly after her thirteenth birthday, the young princess fled. In the mountains bordering her home, she met a dying dragon. The dragon gives the girl a new new name, and tells her of a rebellion on the desert outskirts. In return for these things, she asks the newly named Valkaryn to take the last remaining eggs of her draconic clan to the Dragonfire plateau.

However, when Val reaches the outskirts of the kingdom, she finds the rebellion early quashed… and the fires meant to hatch the eggs burnt out. All is not lost, however, for before Valkaryn can despair, one of the eggs hatches anyway.

With the newly born Zahana’s help, Valkaryn begins a quest to reignite the rebellion and free her people once and for all. 

CHARACTERS

(this story is still in its developing stages! while i am happy with the story summary, the characters are still being developed & worked through!) 

Valkaryn is the last remaining member of Eswya’s dynasty. The rest of her family perished when the slavers came, or shortly after. She escaped at thirteen and encountered a dragon in the mountains. The dragon gave her a new name, five eggs, and a destination. Now, Valkaryn leads a rebellion, her most trusted advisors and her dragon-daughter Zahana at her side. 

Zahana is a young dragon, nearly full grown physically, but she has a while to go mentally. Her mother is the most important person in her life, and the only person with any hope of telling her what to do. Stubborn, prideful, arrogant, and easily angered, Zahana is a foe to be feared. Zahana enjoys collecting and decorated bones, collecting gemstones, and eating people who piss her off.

Sa’dia escaped slavery when the slavers first came. Things changed with the rise of the rebellion. The slavers grew harsher, and Sa’dia was captured. Her anger against the rebellion was used to persuade her to work against them. When the rebellion caught her, she would have been killed, if not for Valkaryn’s intervention. Sa’dia has sworn her loyalty to Valkaryn, in repayment for the life debt. 

Ranya was trained as an assassin before the slavers came. She masqueraded as a belly dancer. On the night the rebellion moved against the city, Ranya used the confusion to finally make her move against the leader of the city. When Valkaryn arrived, she pledged her service to the rebellion, intent on ridding the country of the slavers.

Imrie is a young bard who’s parents joined on with the resistance during it’s earliest stages. Never good at fighting, Imrie decided that he would be the one to chronicle Eswya’s fall, and their path back to glory. He’s quite the flirt, often professing his love for Ranya and Valkaryn--though in truth, he thinks of them both as sisters.